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azimuth mirror, compass
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ceremonial artifact: ensign, merchant
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval(fragment)
ceremonial artifact: flag
ceremonial artifact: flag, house
ceremonial artifact: flag, national
ceremonial artifact: pennant, broad
ceremonial artifact: pennant, name
clothing, outerwear: uniform: raincoat
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: epaulettes
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Vice-Admiral's
Collage
Cot
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documentary artifact: knot
documentary artifact: knot: sennit
documentary artifact: knot: turk's head
documentary artifact: knot collection(in case)
documentary artifact: knot collection(on stand)
documentary artifact: sinnet
documentary artifact: splice
documentary artifact: tackle
Drawing
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fishing & trapping t&e: float, net
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personal gear: pocket, wall(pair)
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shell, sea
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Signal flag
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sound communication t&e: bellrope
Tachi
Thermometer case lid
Thermometer lid
two pennants and a flag
visual communication t&e: flag, signal
Wall mounted embroidery
Wall mounted sailor's collar
Wall pocket
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper (American)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set: sails furled: scenic)
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, clipper (American)
water transport accessory: azimuth mirror, compass
zoological specimen: shell, sea
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acrylic fibre
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coating: varnish
copper
copper alloy
cord
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cotton ?
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glass
glass, cork, cotton and wood. Colour blue, brown and white.
gold alloy
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organic: cotton poplin
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Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
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Berkeman, Sune
Captain O. M. Watts Ltd
Hans August Craemer, Hans August
Hawksley, Rozanne
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Neal, S. J. H.
Pollen, F. H.
Prince George, Duke of Kent
Rudolph Equitz & Co
Stralsund, Rudolph, and Co
Taylor, J.T.
Thomson, William
Unknown
Watts Ltd, O M, Captain
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Wallasey, Cheshire, England
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Antarctic Exploration: British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913
London Victory Celebrations, 1946
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
War of 1812: Capture of the USS Chesapeake, 1813
World War II: Battle of Singapore, 1941
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Chakdina (1951)
Chesapeake (1799)
Clifford 1840
Ganges 1928 (HMS)
Hawkins 1917 (HMS)
Lanoy 1869 (barquentine)
Olympic
President (HMS)
Republic 1869
Strathlairg (1951)
Terra Nova (1884)
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Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
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AMVER
Astor, W W
Bush, E. V.
Davies, Francis Edward Charles
Denmark: Navy
Deutsches Museum
Fujita, Ruitaro
German Democratic Republic
Greenwich Hospital
Harcourt, Cecil Halliday Jepson
Imperial Japanese Navy
IPC Sailing Club
Japanese Army
King, George St Vincent Duckworth
McCartney, Samuel
Milliken, Robert
Nelson, Horatio
Nigeria: Royal Navy
Nigerian Protectorate
Pope, Linda
Skutil, Francis William
Stirling Shipping Company Limited
United States Navy
Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd
Willis, John 'Jock'
Willis, W W G B
Women's Royal Naval Reserve
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Flag
National flag of the German Democratic Republic (1959-1990) (National flag)
USA Naval ensign (Naval ensign)
Raincoat
R.M.S 'Olympic' pincushion (Pincushion)
House flag, Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd (House flag)
Pattern for Sailor's Collar with crown (Drawing)
Flag of the IPC Sailing Club (Flag)
Knot collection
Cot
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Wall pocket
AMVER pennant (Pennant)
Tachi
Sleeping bag liner
Knot board
Republic (1869); Merchant vessel; Cargo vessel; Three-masted ship (Scenic model; Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set)
National flag of Portugal (after 1911) (National flag)
Greek ensign (1828-1970) (National flag)
National flag of Italy (after 1946) (National flag)
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