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Builder's, Block model
Course indicator
course indicator
data processing t&e: computing instrument: computer, tidal
Full-hull model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Rigged model
Lid for liquid compass - aircraft
Magnifying glass
Mechanical deck log
Mechanical deck log top
Mechanical ship log
Planisphere
Planisphere MK.1A
Protractor for star identifier
Rigged model
Sextant magnifying glass
Star identifier
Station, speed and course indicator
Submarine liquid compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: indicator, course(course delineator)
surveying & navigational t&e: log, mechanical(navigator's rough log)
surveying & navigational t&e: plotting instrument: identifier, star
Tidal computer
water transport: fighting vessel: guardship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: fighting vessel: turret ship (HMS)
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: passenger vessel: liner
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Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd
Captain Chetwynd
Heath & Co. Ltd
Hughes, Joseph
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Lee, George, & Son
London Name Plate Manufacturing Co Ltd
T. S. & J. D. Negus
The British Engraving and Name Plate Manufacturing Co.
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World War II: Sinking of the City of Benares, 1940
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City of Benares (1936)
Monarch (1868)
Thunderer (1872)
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Ellerman Lines Ltd
Jones, Harold Spencer
Moorsom, W. R. C.
Royal Greenwich Observatory
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The Lenthall Course Delineator (Course indicator)
City of Benares (1936); Merchant vessel; Passenger/cargo liner (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Mechanical deck log
McGegan Star Identifier (Star identifier)
Protractor for star identifier
Lid for liquid compass - aircraft
Astrograph Mark 1A (Planisphere)
Submarine liquid compass
Tidal computer
Mechanical deck log top
Sextant magnifying glass
Battenberg's Course Indicator Mark 5 (Station, speed and course indicator)
Astrograph Mark 1A (Planisphere MK.1A)
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