Skip to main content
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Royal Museums Greenwich
Main navigation
Menu
Royal Museums Greenwich
Search
Close
Plan your visit
Back
Plan your visit
Tickets and prices
Getting here
Accessibility
Family visits
Group visits
School visits
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Adult: £22 | Child: £11
Members go free
Free
National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Free
Queen's House
Queen's House
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Royal Observatory
Royal Observatory
Open daily 10am-6pm
Last entry 5.15pm
Adult: £24 | Child: £12
Members go free
What's on
Back
What's on
Exhibitions
For families
Member events
Talks and tours
National Maritime Museum
Exhibitions
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition
See the world's greatest space photography at the National Maritime Museum
Cutty Sark
Events and festivals
Opera at Cutty Sark with Monteverdi Choir and Orchestras
An immersive rendition of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas performed by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists
National Maritime Museum
Family fun
Astronomers Take Over
This brand-new interactive gallery gives curious minds aged 4 to 104 the space to play, learn and explore!
Stories
Back
Stories
Maritime history
Space and astronomy
Art and culture
The ocean
Time
Royal history
Must-see artworks in the Queen's House
What to look out for in the inspiring new take on the Queen’s House’s displays in 2026
How to see the 12 August 2026 partial solar eclipse
Learn more about the best solar eclipse visible from the UK and Ireland so far this century, when around 90% of the Sun will be covered by the Moon
Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
Collections
Back
Collections
Conservation
Research
Donating items to our collection
Collections Online
Search our online database and explore our objects, paintings, archives and library collections from home
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio
Caird Library
Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
Learn
Back
Learn
School trips and workshops
Self-guided school visits
Online resources and activities
Booking an on-site schools session
Booking a digital schools session
Young people and youth groups
Support us
Back
Support us
Become a member
Donate
Corporate partnerships
Become a patron
Leave a legacy
Commemoration and celebration
Our sites
Cutty Sark
National Maritime Museum
Queen's House
Royal Observatory
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Beta
Back to all results
Explore our Collection
Objects
Library
Archive
Search our collection
filters…
Search
Item Category
Select…
Item Category
Item Category
Decorative art
Decorative art
Show all
Ceramics
Furniture
Glass
Jewellery
Objet d'art
Plate
Sailors' craftwork
Apply Filter
Flags
Flags
Show all
China
France
Germany
House flag
Russia
United Kingdom
Apply Filter
Ship models
Ship models
Show all
Cargo vessels
Dockyards, buildings, and topography
Exploration and research vessels
Fishing and hunting vessels
Lifeboats and lifesaving vessels
Passenger vessels
Powered warships
Racing and pleasure craft
Royal yachts and ceremonial craft
Sailing warships
Service vessels
Small craft
Apply Filter
World Cultures
World Cultures
Show all
Africa
Franklin relics
North America
Pacific
South-East Asia
South America
South Asia
Apply Filter
Apply Filter
Type
Select…
Type
Type
adornment: comb
Adze
Anchor
armament, ethnographic: arrow
armament, ethnographic: blowpipe
armament, ethnographic: bow
armament, ethnographic: club
armament, ethnographic: dagger, shark's tooth
armament, ethnographic: sling
armament, ethnographic: spear
armament, ethnographic: sword
Arrow
Associated Bulk Carriers
Associated Bulk Carriers House flag
Australia-Japan Container line House flag
Back splice
Bag
Bailer
Banner
Baseball cap
Basket
Bellrope
Belt
Blackjack
Blackwall hitch
Block model
Blowpipe
Boat cast
Boat model
Boat replica
Bow
Bowl
Bowl base
Bowline
Bowline on a bight
Box
Brush
building: pagoda
Burgee
Carrick bend
ceremonial artifact: banner
ceremonial artifact: ensign
ceremonial artifact: ensign, merchant
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval
ceremonial artifact: flag
ceremonial artifact: flag, house
ceremonial artifact: flag, national
ceremonial artifact: flag, official
ceremonial artifact: mask
ceremonial artifact: standard
ceremonial artifact: tambua
Ceremonial toki
Chain splice
Civil ensign
clothing accessory: belt
Club
Comb
Command flag
Common sennit
Compass and binnacle
Cutaway model
Cut splice
Design, Full hull model
Dha
Diamond knot
Digital Print
documentary artifact: disc, identity
documentary artifact: flag, table
documentary artifact: knot
documentary artifact: knot: eight-strand star
documentary artifact: knot: five-strand star
documentary artifact: knot: pineapple
documentary artifact: knot: rose
documentary artifact: knot: sennit
documentary artifact: knot: turk's head
documentary artifact: knot collection
documentary artifact: knot collection(in case)
documentary artifact: knot collection(on stand)
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
documentary artifact: sinnet
documentary artifact: splice
documentary artifact: tackle
Door Mat
Double carrick bend
Double Matthew Walker knot
Double sheet bend
Drawing
Dugout model
Ensign
Ethnographic boat model
Ethnographic boat model; Gangplank
Fan
Fid
Fisherman's bend
fishing & trapping t&e: float, net
fishing & trapping t&e: net
Flag
flag
Flemish eye
Fly whisk
Font
food service t&e: bowl
Four-stranded rope eye splice
Fue
Full hull model
Full hull model; Block model
Full hull model; Cutaway model
Full hull model; Dugout model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Dugout model; Rigged model; Sails set; Anchor
Full hull model; Dugout model; Rigged model; Sails set; Rope
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Plated model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank-on-frame; Sewn model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank-on-frame; Sewn model; Bailer
Full hull model; Sewn model
Gangplank
Grass skirt
Grommet
Hammock clew
Handkerchief
Hat
Headdress
Headrest
House flag
Hull
Identity disc
Identity tag
Inside clinch
Jock strap
Kali
Knot
Knot board
Knot collection
Lanyard
Lid
Long splice
Lower boom with jumping ladder
Man-rope knot
Mannequin
Mannequin hat support
Mannequin torso
Marlin spike hitch
Marlin spike hitch?
Mask
Mast and sail
Mat
Midshipman's hitch
Mirror Class
National flag
Naval ensign
Necklace
Net
Net float
Normandy Ferries House Flag
Nuclear weapon timing device
Oar
original art: plaque(pair)
Outside clinch
Oval mat
P&O flag
P&O Nedlloyd
P&O Nedlloyd House flag
P&O Stena House Flag
Paddling canoe
Paddling Slacanoe
Paddling Slalom Canoe
Paunch mat
Pennant
pennant
personal gear: fan
personal gear: handle, sea chest
personal gear: lanyard
personal gear: whisk, fly
Photgraphic Print
Photographic print
Plank-on-frame
Plaque
Plated model
Princess Cruises House Flag
Racing Dinghy
Racing Dinghy; Mirror Class
Red Carpet
Ribbon
Rigged model
Rope
Ropes-end
Rope sling
Round mat
Round sennit
Rubu
Rudder and Tiller
Running bowline
Sail batten
Sails furled
Sails set
Scabbard
Scenic model
Sea chest handle
Sea chest handle/Becket
Sewn model
Shark's tooth dagger
Shark's tooth dagger or scarifier
Shark's tooth scarifier (previously called a dagger)
Shark's tooth scarifier part
Sheepshank
ship model
Short splice
Shroud knot
Signal flag
Single carrick bend
Single Matthew Walker knot
Single sheet bend
Skirt
Sling
Smock
sound communication t&e: bellrope
sound communication t&e: bellrope ?
Spear
Spritsail sheet knot
Square sennit
Stae ensign
Standard
State ensign
State flag
Strap
suit, survival
Sword matting
T.V Times Dinghy No 223
Table flag
Tabua
Tapa cloth bag
Tarred rope
textileworking t&e: fid
Threader
Three-stranded rope eye splice
Tiller line
timer
Toki
Toy
TV Dinghy
T V Dinghy No 223
TV Dinghy No 223
two pennants and a flag
visual communication t&e: flag, signal
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set; Scenic model
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, surf (Masula)
water transport: cargo vessel: container ship, refrigerated
water transport: cargo vessel: junk, river (Upper Yangtze)
water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier (HMS)
water transport: fishing vessel: inshore fishing vessel (Japanese)
water transport: model, design: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: boat, six mat (China)
water transport: muscle powered vessel: Liu-pieng Ch'uan (six mat boat)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Fiji)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Gilbert & Ellis Islands)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (New Guinea)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger (Polynesian)
water transport: native craft: canoe, outrigger dugout (Te Puke)
water transport: native craft: dau la mtepe (Africa)
water transport: native craft: lakatoi (New Guinea)
water transport: native craft: market boat (Ceylon)
water transport: native craft: raft (Formosa)
water transport: native craft: surf boat, Masula
water transport: recreation vessel
water transport: recreation vessel: catamaran
water transport: sailing vessel: barque, 4 masted
water transport: sailing vessel: bhooti (East Africa)
water transport: sailing vessel: dau la mtepe (Africa)
water transport: sailing vessel: dhow (East Africa)
water transport: sailing vessel: mtepe
water transport accessory: rope
water transport accessory: rope, tarred
water transport accessory: ropes-end
water transport accessory: sling, rope
water transport accessory: suit, survival
Weapon
Western Tug & Barge Co
Western Tug & Barge Co HOuse flag
Apply Filter
Materials
Select…
Materials
Materials
acrylic fibre
Albizia
aluminium
bamboo
bamboo or similar
Basalt
Black chalk, brush and grey wash
blend
blue-fibred, medium, slightly textured, handmade, laid paper
brass
c-type print
cardboard
Casein formaldehyde (CF)
Cellulose nitrate (CN)
coating: paint
coating: varnish
coconut fibre
Coconut fibre
compressed fibre
copper
copper alloy
cotton
cotton blend
cotton fibre
cotton wool
embroidered
expanded polystyrene
felt
fibre
fibre, coconut husk
fibre, vegetable
fibre-glass
fibreboard
fibreglass
fibre glass
fibreglass?
fibre matting
foam
glass
glass fibre tape
glue
hemp
hemp fibre
inorganic: stone
iron
ironwood
ivory
leather
lime
linen
linen blend
machine sewn
marsupial fur
medium-density fibreboard (MDF)
metal
Metal, fibreglass
metal: alloy
metal: alloy, iron
metal: aluminium
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: steel
moulded
natural fibre
or
organic: bamboo
organic: bone
organic: coconut fibre
organic: cotton
organic: fibre
organic: fibre, leaf
organic: fibre, vegetable
organic: fibre matting
organic: net
organic: reed
organic: shell
organic: silk
organic: thorn
organic: tooth, shark
organic: twine
organic fibre
paint
palm fibre
paper
perspex
plant fibre
plastic
Plastic, fibreglass, brass, paint, perspex
plywood
polyester
Polypropylene (PP)
polystirene
polystyrene
printed
shell
silver thread
sisal fibre
stainless steel
steel
stone
synthethic materials
synthetic: acrylic fibre
synthetic: fibre, acrylic
synthetic: fibreglass
synthetic: perspex
synthetic: plastic
synthetic blend
synthetic fibre
Synthetic fibre
tooth, shark
tooth, whale
varnish
vegetable fibre
wood
wool
wool blend
Apply Filter
Display Location
Select…
Display Location
Display Location
Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
Display - ROG
Display - Traders Gallery
Not on display
Apply Filter
Creator
Select…
Creator
Creator
'Shipmate'
Annin Flag Co
Atatoa, Robbie
Atkinson, B.
Bell Woodworking Co
Benjamin Edgington Ltd
Berkeman, Sune
Bonner Fahnenfabrik
Bradley, Donald
Bradley, Kenneth
Bradley, Ross
Bucknell, Barry
Chatham Flag Loft Ltd
Derbyshire, Beth
Edgington, John
Essen, Uus Van
Evans, Evan
H. & H. Sculptors Ltd
Harrison, Dennis A.
Henri-Lloyd Ltd
Henry Browne & Son Ltd
Hoar, Horace
Holt, Jack
J. Leckie Ltd
James Stevenson (Flags) Ltd
Kingdom Yacht Launch and Engineering Works
KOSMO, Korean and Scientific Models, Ltd
Lamey, William
Leckie, J, Ltd
Merrythought
National Maritime Museum
Neal, S. J. H.
Oliver, R L
Ough, Norman A.
P.L. Stonewall
Piggott Bros and Co Ltd
Plant, J, & Co
Pollen, F. H.
Polycell-Prout Ltd
Porter Brothers Ltd
Prince George, Duke of Kent
Pyranha Sport
Rudolph Equitz & Co
Russell, Ernest Edwin
Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd
Sorensen, S. H.
Stevenson, J, (Flags) Ltd
Taylor, J.T.
Thatcher, Kelvin
The Smock Company
Thomas Mercer Chronometers
Unknown
Valley Forge Flag Company Inc.
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Watlington ?, Abraham
Apply Filter
Places
Select…
Places
Places
Appledore
Barking
Bhutan (probably)
Birmingham
Bonn
Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England
Borneo
Busan, Korea
Chatham
China
Denmark
East Africa
England
Fiji
Glasgow
Groningen Province
India
Kiribati
Lamu
Leeds
Leicester
Liverpool
London
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Melbourne
New Guinea
New York
Niue
Ontario, Canada
Pacific Ocean
Papua New Guinea
Poole
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Russia
Samoa
Shropshire
Sidcup
Solihull
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, Oceania
South America
Spring City, USA
Sri Lanka
Stralsund
Sweden
Sydney
Teddington
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
Unknown
Vanuatu
Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Wallasey, Cheshire, England
West Africa
Apply Filter
Events
Select…
Events
Events
34th Congress for the International Association of Cape Horners, 1978
British Canoe Expedition, 1976
British Steel Challenge, 1992
China's War against Pirates, 1862
Exploration: Cook's Third Voyage, 1776
International Congress of Maritime Museums, 1984
Nuremberg trials, 1945-1946
World War II, 1939-1945
Apply Filter
Vessels
Select…
Vessels
Vessels
Antelope (1846)
Bombay (1861)
Coopers & Lybrand
Crossbow II 1976
Dee (1841)
Donola
Dynomene 1882
Fiji (1939)
Hawkins 1917 (HMS)
Hoshi (1909)
Hydrofield Jaguar 27 1980
Illustrious (1939)
Kilmallie 1921 (barque)
Lanoy 1869 (barquentine)
Mercury 1913 (HMS)
Mirror 1
Moshulu 1904
New Zealand (1911)
Remuera Bay (1973)
Rhône-Poulenc
Ringdove 1856 (HMS)
Sirius (1950)
Torch 1894 (HMS)
Victoria and Albert (1855)
Worcester, HMS, Greenhithe
Apply Filter
Exhibition
Select…
Exhibition
Exhibition
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
Apply Filter
People
Select…
People
People
Allen, Kim
AMVER
Association of Old Worcesters
Australia Japan Container Line
Board of Trade
British and Irish Steam Packet Co. Ltd
Brookes, William Tolley
Cable and Wireless (Marine) Ltd
Canada Steamship Lines Ltd, Montreal
Carriers, Associated Bulk
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Co, Hudson Bay
Cook, James
Cory Barge Works Ltd
Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Hansa
Doviverata, Jione Atonio Rabici
General Post Office
German Democratic Republic
Govan Shipbuilders Limited
Grace Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Greenpeace
Gulf Fleet Marine
Gulf Oil Corporation, New York
Hitler Youth
International Association of Cape Horners
Island Cruising Club, Salcombe
Jackson Marine
Jellicoe, John Rushworth
Jones, Harold Spencer
Jones, Mike
Kingdom Yacht Launch and Engineering Works
Link Line Ltd, Liverpool
Lloyd's of London
London and Rochester Trading Company Ltd.
London Celebrations Committee
Lords of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy
Moonemalle Goonewardene, Ida
Morris, Stewart
Nazi Party
New York and Pacific Steamship Co Ltd, London
Normandy Ferries
Overseas Containers Ltd, London
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Pope, Charles Meredyth
Port of London Authority
Prien, Günther, Capt-Lt, Gunther
Princess Cruises
Queen Elizabeth II
Royal Corinthian Yacht Club
Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service
Royal Navy
Shortland, Frederick Willoughby
Shortland family
Snowdon, Kenneth J.
Socony Mobil Co Inc, New York
Stirling Shipping Company Limited
Taylor, Kepple
Teekay Shipping Corporation
The Western Tug and Barge Co
Thorn, C
Townsend Thoresen Car Ferries Ltd
United States Lines
Ward-Harris, J. G.
Watts, James Samuel
Western Ferries (Clyde) Ltd
Williams, John
Apply Filter
Century
Select…
Century
Century
unknown
Apply Filter
Date Range
Select…
Date Range
Date From
Select...
1701
1777
1801
1828
1832
1860
1865
1867
1877
1882
1893
1896
1897
1901
1903
1905
1908
1912
1914
1918
1919
1921
1925
1928
1930
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1939
1941
1942
1945
1946
1950
1955
1958
1959
1960
1964
1965
1967
1969
1971
1972
1973
1975
1976
1977
1979
1980
1982
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1990
1991
1992
1994
1995
2002
2007
6550
Date To
Select...
1777
1800
1832
1842
1870
1875
1877
1882
1893
1896
1900
1901
1905
1908
1912
1915
1918
1919
1921
1925
1930
1934
1935
1936
1937
1942
1945
1946
1951
1954
1956
1958
1959
1960
1964
1965
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1975
1976
1977
1979
1980
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1998
2000
2002
2004
2005
2007
6559
Apply Filter
Show only:
With images
Applied Filters
fibre
Clear all
showing 315 objects results
Sort by
Relevance
Object title/name
Object title/name (desc)
Finding reference
Finding reference (desc)
Single sheet bend
Passenger vessel; Canoe; Tepuke outrigger dugout canoe (Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set)
Methane Heather Sally(2007); Cargo vessel; Tanker; LNG (Full hull model; Cutaway model)
Square sennit
Bellrope
Knot board
Marlin spike hitch?
Tabua
Cargo vessel; Dau la mtepe (Mast and sail)
Knot
Plaque
Shark's tooth dagger
Tarred rope
Rope
Knot collection
Knot collection
Full hull model; Dugout model; Rigged model; Sails set; Rope
Full hull model; Dugout model; Rigged model; Sails set; Anchor
Slalom Canoe (Hull)
Board of Trade Blue Ensign (State ensign)
Union Flag (National flag)
Standard of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (Standard)
Slalom Canoe (Paddling Slalom Canoe)
Port of London Authority Blue Ensign (State ensign)
First
Prev
…
Page
10
Page
11
Page
12
Current page
13
Page
14
Next
Last
Loading filters
Royal Museums Greenwich
Close
Search
Want to search our collection? Search here.
Back to top