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Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar': a maligned masterpiece?
J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
Dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean surfaces at the National Maritime Museum
A toy that journeyed to the very bottom of the ocean has been donated to the National Maritime Museum.
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Communications and signalling
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armament, ethnographic: bow
Bow
Brooch
Cable
cable, electric
clothing, headwear: uniform: cap, folding
energy production t&e: cable, electric
Equipment model
Equipment modelShip equipment model
Folding cap
Inflatable globe sphere
Sectional model
Sectional model; Equipment model
Sectional modelEquipment model
Ship equipment model
sound communication t&e: trumpet, speaking
Speaking trumpet
Submarine cable
Sutures
telecommunications t&e: cable, submarine
water transport: fighting vessel: light cruiser
water transport: service vessel: cable ship
water transport component: midship: keel, sliding
water transport component: model, sliding keel: sectional model(working)
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brass
calfskin
canvas
cat gut thread
coating: varnish
copper
cotton
glass
gut
gutta percha
hemp
iron
leather
linen
lithography
metal
metal, gilt
metal, gutta percha
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
organic: gut
organic: gutta percha
organic: hemp
organic: jute
paint
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Display - Forgotten Fighters
Display - Maritime London Gallery
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Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de
Glass Elliot & Co
Gutta Percha Company
Marin & Schmidt
R. S. Newall & Co
Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
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Birkenhead
London
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Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
Crimean War, 1854-1856
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Edinburgh (1855)
Elba 1854
Emden (1908)
Great Eastern (1858)
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Mercury 1913 (HMS)
Norseman IV 1885
Scotia (1862)
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Baddeley, William
Bordeaux, T
Captain C. Robinson, C.
Captain Henry Manning, Henry
Clifford, Henry
James, Horatio
Macklin, Alexander Hepburne
Marsland, G.
Mogridge, C. T.
Norris, Albert
Royal Navy Trophy Centre
Schanck, John
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Submarine cable
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Deep sea submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable
Submarine cable
Speaking trumpet
Submarine cable
Submarine cable
Submarine cable
Submarine cable
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Sectional model; Equipment model
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
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