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binnacle
Cap
Cloak
clothing, headwear: uniform: cap
clothing, headwear: uniform: hat, cocked
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Barge Crew's
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: cloak
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath's
Cocked hat
Compass and binnacle
Compass card
Creag-Osborne Protractor
Creagh-Osborne protractor
Creagh-Osborne Protractor
Dry card compass and binnacle
Dry compass
Epaulette
hat, cocked
Mariner's compass
personal symbol: crest
Protractor (Creagh-Osborne type)
Standard 10" compass and binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's
water transport accessory: binnacle
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beaver felt
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enamel?
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gold thread
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Aston & Mander Ltd
Edward Arnold
Firmin & Sons Limited
Gibson and Peat
Hunter, John
John Adams & Son
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Lewis, N.
Parkinson, R K
Thomson, William
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White, James
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Chakdina (1951)
Strathlairg (1951)
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North-West Passage
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Blake, William Hans
Bosanquet, Henry Theodore Augustus
Carew, Benjamin Hallowell
Hood, Samuel
Thomson, William
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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1843 (Cocked hat)
Mariner's compass
Dry card compass and binnacle
Dry compass
Creagh-Osborne protractor
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1812 (Epaulette)
Creagh-Osborne Protractor
Compass and binnacle
Kelvin Type (Compass card)
Dry card compass and binnacle
Standard 10" compass and binnacle
Robe of a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (Cloak)
Creagh-Osborne protractor
Non-regulation cap (Cap)
Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1812 (Epaulette)
Compass and binnacle
Compass and binnacle
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