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Accommodation model
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anchor, sea
armament t&e, ammunition: cover, gun(gun or sword cover) ?
bag
Bag
bag, kit
bag, oil
bag, rigger's
bag, sailmaker's
bag, signal flag
bag, water
Bell Tent
Belt
Boot
Boot, pair
Boots
breeches buoy
building: lighthouse
building: school
building: tent
building: tent, bell(inner)
building: tent, ridge
building: tent, ridge(8 man sledge tent)
bunt cloth, mainsail
Cabin trunk
Canvas bag
Canvas cover
carrier, cartridge
Cartridge carrier
case
Chart bag
Chest
clothing, footwear: boot(pair)
clothing, outerwear: gauntlet(pair)
clothing, outerwear: mitten, over(pair)
clothing, outerwear: overalls(3 items)
clothing, outerwear: trousers
clothing, outerwear: trousers, overall(snow repellers)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: smock(racing crew)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: smock, protective
clothing, outerwear: uniform: trousers
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Rating's
Clothing accessory: belt, money
clothing accessory: uniform: bag, shoulder
clothing accessory: uniform: belt
clothing accessory: uniform: belt, khaki
clothing accessory: uniform: belt, money
clothing accessory: uniform: uniform, Leading Marine Engineering Mechanic's
clothing accessory: uniform: uniform, Wren Telegraphist's
container: bag
container: bag, canvas
Cover, Sledge
Crow's Nest
Design, Sectional model
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
documentary artifact: model, sail
documentary artifact: tent, model
Equipment model
Equipment model; Mast and spar model; Sails set
Foul weather trousers
Full hull model
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled
furniture, ship's: chest
furniture, ship's: chest(midshipman's)
furniture, ship's: chest, sea(midshipman's type)
Gaiter
Gauntlet
Glove
Gun cover
Half hull model
hammock
Harness bag
Harness bag, sledge harness, and coil of rope
Heliograph
Instructional, Sectional model
jib
Khaki belt
Kit bag
Knapsack
land transport: sledge(8 man sledge)
land transport accessory: bag, harness
land transport accessory: cover, sledge
land transport accessory: cover, sledge(for 8 man sledge)
land transport accessory: harness, sledge(man harness)
leather case
lifebelt
lifejacket
life jacket
Lifejacket cover
Lifejacket instructions
lifesaving t&e: breeches buoy
lifesaving t&e: cover, lifejacket
lifesaving t&e: lifebelt
lifesaving t&e: lifejacket
Liquid compass
Magazine model
mainsail
mallet
Mast, band
Mast, part
Mast and spar model
Mast and spar model,
Mattress
Midship model
Mitten, over
Model tent
Money belt
needle, sailmaker's
Oil painting
oil painting
original art: painting
original art: picture
original art: picture, needlepoint
Overall
Overall top
Overall top sleeve
Overall trousers
Over trousers
Painting
painting, oil
personal gear: bag(shipwrights)
personal gear: bag, kit
personal gear: bag, water
personal gear: case, leather
personal gear: chest
personal gear: chest, sea
personal gear: knapsack
personal gear: suitcase, navy
personal gear: trunk
personal gear: trunk, cabin
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal
personal symbol: flag: ensign, red
Picture
picture, needlepoint
Pin cushion
Plimsoll
relic: cover, canvas
Ridge tent
Rigged model
Rope Ladder
Sailmaker's canvas
Sailmaker's canvas bag
Sail model
Sails furled
Sails set
Scenic model
Sea chest
Sectional model
Sectional model; Half hull model; Midship model; Accommodation model; Magazine model
Sectional model; Stern model
shipbuilding t&e: bag, oil(shipwrights)
shipbuilding t&e: bag, rigger's
shipbuilding t&e: bag, sailmaker's
shipbuilding t&e: canvas, sailmaker's
shipbuilding t&e: needle, sailmaker's
Shoe
Shoulder bag
Sledge
Sledge cover
Sledge harness
sling
Smock
smock, foul weather
Smock, protective
Spectacles case
Stern model
suitcase, navy
surveying & navigational t&e: bag, chart
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid
Tent
Tent, Ridge
textile working t&e: pin cushion
topsail
Topsail [fragment]
Toy, Waterline model
Tripod carrier
Trousers
trousers, foul weather
Trousers, over
Trousers, Overall
Trunk
visual communication t&e: bag, signal flag
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Scenic model
water transport
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: packet
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: monitor, coastal
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler
water transport: model, design: accommodation model(cutaway: decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled)
water transport: model, toy: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: curragh
water transport: passenger vessel
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sail assisted vessel: schooner, screw
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: service vessel: barge
water transport: service vessel: storeship
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel
water transport: steam vessel: screw
water transport accessory: anchor, sea
water transport accessory: bag, oil
water transport accessory: bunt cloth, mainsail
water transport accessory: crow's nest(& section of mast & ladder)
water transport accessory: hammock
water transport accessory: heliograph
water transport accessory: jib
water transport accessory: lifejacket
water transport accessory: mainsail
water transport accessory: mainsail(fragment)
water transport accessory: rudder, jury
water transport accessory: sail
water transport accessory: sling
water transport accessory: topsail(fragment)
water transport component: cabin, officer's (HMS)
water transport component: magazine
water transport component: model, cabin: accomodation model(cutaway: decked: equipped: scenic)
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(stern)
water transport component: model, mast and spar(equipped: rigged: sails set: working)
water transport component: stern
water transport component: topsail, self reefing
whit
white shoe
woodworking t&e: mallet(shipwrights)
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inorganic: glass
inorganic: mica
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metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: lead
metal: steel
metal: unknown
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organic: canvas board
organic: cloth
organic: cork
organic: cotton
organic: hemp
organic: horn
organic: kapok
organic: kapok
organic: leather
organic: paper
organic: rope
organic: rubber
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Bata
Boddy Life Saving Appliances Ltd
Briggs, Thomas
Chembers, G
Cull, Alma Claude Burlton
E. S. Ritchie & Sons
Fosbery & Co Ltd
Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited
Giffney, Brian
Harris's Registered
Hart, William, & Co Ltd
Hebbert & Co
Hide, J, & Co
Lapthorn & Ratsey
Miles, Gus
Miller, Arthur
Moss, Edward Lawton
Nicki Clothing Company (IOM) Ltd
Sanders
Shrimpton, J
Smith W
Tapatco Ltd
Thomas & Son
Ton & Co
Union Mills
Unknown
Walder, S, Ltd
Warton, G
Zeiss, Carl
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Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
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Antarctic Exploration: Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of Coronel, 1914
World War II: Battle of the Barents Sea, 1942
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Alert (1856)
Arendal Polstad
Astra (1928)
Aurora (HMS)
Beechwold (1895)
Bokn (1917)
Britannia (1860)
Cornelia 1912 [Netherlandish]
Cowdray (1941)
Discovery (1873)
Edward Cruse fl.1967
Finn
Flid 1872 [Norwegian]
Gneisenau (1906)
Hibernia (HMS) 1905
Mariquita 1911
Naiad fl.1916
Niobe (1866)
P 30
Petrel (1901)
Queen Mary (1912)
Queen of England
Ranpura (1925)
Rawalpindi (1925)
Sirdar (1899)
Tatiana (1909)
Victorious (HMS) (1895)
Victory (1765)
Widgeon 1837
Wolverine fl.1798 [HMS]
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Arctic Convoys
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Adams, Jack
Baddeley, William
Banister, Henry
Bird, Martin
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Bush, Eric W.
Chambers, William Wylly
Craine, J. W.
Cunningham, Henry D P
Dammers, Baron Friederich Fitzherbert Hounsell
Frame, Joan
Francis, Sarah
Greater London Council
Hardinge, N. W.
Herd, George John
Howse, H. Derek
Jerram, Rowland C
Jervis, John
King Charles I
Knott, Edmund Horton
Leslie, Dorothy Marjory Hoar
Martinelli, A. S.
Mortlock, Lewis
Nelson, Horatio
Nicol, David Bruce
Parr, Alfred Arthur Chase
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Riley, Quentinfl
Rina Prentice
Royal Collection Trust
Royal Naval Reserve
Royal United Service Institution
South Kensington Museum
Stead, J. E. G.
Ward, Maria
Wicks, George
Windsor, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David
Women's Royal Naval Service
Women's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Wootton, James
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