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Accommodation model
Accommodation model; Sectional model
Anchor light
armament accessory: model, gun turret
armament accessory: turret, gun
armament t&e, ammunition: flask, powder
armament t&e, artillery: gun, naval
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun(working)
Block model
Boiler tube model
bottle, water
Bow model
Box
Builder's, Full hull model
Builder's, Full Hull model
Builder's, Fullm Hull model
Builder's, Half block model
Calendar
Can
Can lid
Canteen
ceremonial artifact: monument
commemorative artifact: box, tobacco
commemorative artifact: plate
Component model
Component model; Funnel model
Component model; Mast model
container: box
container: box, tin
container: can
container: tin(shipwrights)
Coppered oval tin
Coppered oval tin box
Deed box
Design, Accommodation model
Design, Full hull model
Design, Half block model
Design, Sectional model
Dispatch box
documentary artifact: map(3 maps)
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
Drinking flask
energy production t&e: model, water wheel
energy production t&e: water wheel, cylindrical
Equipment model
Equipment model; Boiler tube model
Equipment model; Gun model
Flashing lamp
Flask, Drinking
Flask, Powder
food processing t&e: tea caddy
food service t&e: canteen
food service t&e: flask, drinking(one of a pair)
food service t&e: ladle
food service t&e: mug
food service t&e: rations: pemmican, tin of(arctic food)
Full hull exhibition model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Block model
Full hull model; Plated model
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Sectional model; Stern model
Full hull shipbuilder’s exhibition model
Funnel model
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Gun model
Gun turret model
Half block model
Instructional, Full hull model
Instructional, Sectional model
Ladle
lamp, bulkhead oil
Lamp burner
lighting device: box, match(match tin)
lighting device: burner, lamp
lighting device: lamp, bulkhead oil
Longitudinal model
Longitudinal model; Sectional model
lWater wheel model
Map
Masthead light
Mast model
Match box
medal, British: prize medal: Blane medal for Medical Officers'?
medal, British: prize medal: H.M.S. Implacable: Reward for Merit 1856
medal, British: prize medal: Metropolitan & Provincial Industrial Exhibition 1866
metalworking t&e: tin(shipwrights)
meteorological t&e: thermometer, sea(sea thermometer for Met observations)
Mug
multiple use artifact: can, oil(shipwrights)
needle, sailmaker's
Notice board
Oil can
Ordnance model
Ordnance model; Gun turret model
Ordnance modelun turret model
original art: painting
Painting
personal gear: box, deed
personal gear: box, dispatch
personal gear: flask, spirit
personal symbol: crest, royal
Plate
Plated model
Powder flask
Prize medal
Propeller model
Rigged model
Sails set
Sectional model
Sectional model; Propeller model
Sectional model; Waterline model; Bow model
Sectional modelBow model
shipbuilding t&e: needle, sailmaker's
shipbuilding t&e: torch, caulking(shipwrights)
Ship equipment model
Ship equipment modelBoiler tube model
Ship equipment modelMast model
Ship part model
Sign
Signalling lamp
sound communication t&e: trumpet, speaking
Soup canister
Starboard light
Stern model
Structural mode
Structural model
Structural modelWater wheel model
surveying & navigational t&e: tinfoil, mirroring(for sextant)
Tea caddy
Tea caddy lid
thermometer, sea
timekeeping t&e: calendar
tin
Tin box
tinfoil, mirroring
Tin letter
Tinned pemmican
Tobacco box
torch, caulking
trumpet, speaking
Turret model
visual communication t&e: lamp, flashing
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling(paraffin)
visual communication t&e: light, anchor
visual communication t&e: light, starboard
Water bottle
Waterline design model
Waterline model
Waterline modelBow model
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: junk (Chinese)
water transport: dumb vessel
water transport: dumb vessel: barge, swim
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 121 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: coast defence vessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: half)
water transport: model, design: block model(half)
water transport: model, design: full hull model
water transport: model, design: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, design: full hull model(decked: equipped: working)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: half)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: muscle-powered vessel: paddle-wheel, double in-line central
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel
water transport: passenger vessel
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted
water transport: service vessel: hull, experimental
water transport: service vessel: lighter
water transport: service vessel: lightship
water transport: service vessel: pontoon
water transport: service vessel: pontoon (Austrian)
water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel
water transport: steam vessel: screw, single
water transport: unknown function: boat
water transport accessory: light, masthead
water transport accessory: propeller
water transport accessory: propeller (raising and lowering)
water transport component: boiler tube (plan for repair)
water transport component: bow, ram
water transport component: bow: buckler (for hawse pipes)
water transport component: dispensary
water transport component: funnel
water transport component: magazine, powder room
water transport component: midship: hatch
water transport component: model, boiler tube
water transport component: model, design: accommodation model(dispensary)
water transport component: model, design: accommodation model(equipped: magazine)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(bow: cutaway)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(decked: stern)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(propeller)
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model
water transport component: model, instructional: full hull model
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(cutaway: longitudinal: midship)
water transport component: model, topmast
water transport component: propeller: lowering/disengaging apparatus
water transport component: stern
water transport component: stern: well and shaft, stern post
water transport component: topmast, heel (double wedge fid)
Water wheel model
written communication t&e: board, notice
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metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: sheet iron
metal: silver
metal: steel
metal: tin
metal: tin ?
metal: tinfoil
metal: unknown
organic: cotton
organic: flesh
organic: hemp
organic: leather
organic: paper
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Batchelor, M. A.
Bryant and May
Bulpitt & Sons
Clark, E
Eli Griffiths & Sons
Goldner, Stephen
Hawksley, C & J W
J. S. Starnes & Sons
Metal Box Co Ltd
Meteorological Office
Moore, John
Noble & Company
P. Vaughton & Sons
Pistrucci, Benedetto
Portland Ware
Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Telford Grier & MacKay & Co Ltd
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W. T. George & Co Ltd
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Antarctic Exploration: Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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90 1937
91 1937
92 1937
Alert (1856)
Amethyst (1943)
Apollo (1891)
Arethusa (1913)
Argonaut (1941)
Belle (1840)
Bellerophon (1865)
Calliope (1884)
Canopus (1897)
Challenger (1902)
City of London 1844
Columba 1878
Edgar (1890)
Implacable 1805 (HMS)
King Alfred (1905)
Mersey 1885
Nelson (1925)
Rattler (1843)
Royal Albert 1854
Royal Sovereign 1915
Rupert 1872
Tiger 1849
Victorious (1939)
William fl.1860
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Admiralty Survey Office, Admiralty Survey Office
Blane, Gilbert
Bradshaw, Percival E
British India Steam Navigation Company Limited
Caird, James
Clark, Edward
Diamond Steam Packet Company
Haggard, John George
Halpin, Robert C
Hood, Chief E. R. A. Ralph
King George IV
Mends, William Robert
Nelson, Horatio
Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase
Pole, J.
Pollack, James
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Rogers, James Macdonald
Royal Marines
Russell, C
Science Museum Group
Smith, William Sidney
South Kensington Museum
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HMS Canopus (Design, Half block model)
HMS Royal Sovereign (Design, Half block model)
90 (1937); Service vessel; Lightship (Full hull model; Rigged model)
HMS Amethyst (1943); Warship; Sloop (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Service vessel; Pontoon (Full hull model)
HMS Tiger (1849); Warship; Frigate; Paddle (Full hull model)
Cargo vessel; Service vessel; Barge (Full hull model; Plated model)
HMS Calliope (1884); Warship; Corvette; 16 guns (Half block model)
Ordnance model; Gun turret model
Sign
Can
HMS Royal Albert (1854); Warship; 121 gun (Full hull model; Sectional model; Stern model)
Box
Component model; Funnel model
Equipment model; Gun model
thermometer, sea
Tinned pemmican
Deed box
Signalling lamp
Full hull model
lamp, bulkhead oil
Anchor light
Drinking flask
Component model; Mast model
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