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
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
Apply Filter
Type
Select…
Type
Type
Accommodation model
Bearing Plate
Boat's compass
Compass card
Design, Full hull model
Design, Waterline model
Dry card compass
Dry compass
Dry compass card
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Accommodation model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank-on-frame
Georgian, Full hull model
Instructional, Sectional model
Liquid compass
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass card
Liquid compass card - aircraft
Plank-on-frame
Prisoner of war work, Full hull model
Rigged model
Sails set
Sectional model
Sectional model; Waterline model; Stern model
Stern model
Stern model; Sectional model; Waterline model
Submarine liquid compass
surveying & navigational t&e: bearing plate(landing craft)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, boat's(liquid)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, boat's(overhead)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty standard 'A' card)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty standard 'J' card)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty standard)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Admiralty standard card)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(boat's)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(dipping needle card)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(experimental)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, dry(Walker's card)
surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, azimuth: compass, dry card(combined surveying compass, level and inclinometer)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: galley (Russian?)
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: 2 decker (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 20 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 36-42 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 40 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 80 gun ship (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: 80 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 110 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer, torpedo boat
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (French)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: landing craft
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (Norwegian)
water transport: fighting vessel: torpedo boat
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (HMS)
water transport: model, design: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: muscle-powered vessel: oar, 52
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: 2 masted, lateen
water transport: sailing vessel: 3 masted
water transport: sailing vessel: ship
water transport: sailing vessel: sloop, ship rigged
water transport: service vessel: troopship (Indian)
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport component: model, design: waterline model(decked: stern)
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(stern)
water transport component: stern
water transport component: stern: elliptical
Apply Filter
Materials
Select…
Materials
Materials
brass
coating: gilt
coating: stain
coating: varnish
inorganic: glass
inorganic: mica
inorganic: mica, ?
inorganic: mica ?
inorganic: mica confirmed (+brass, paper, cork, lead solder).
liquid
metal
metal: brass
metal: copper
organic: bone
organic: canvas
organic: cotton
organic: horn
organic: paper
organic: straw
paint
paper
radioactive
steel
wax
wood
wood: fruit
wood: pine
Apply Filter
Display Location
Select…
Display Location
Display Location
Not on display
Apply Filter
Creator
Select…
Creator
Creator
Askaniawerke AG
Atkins
Bamberg, Carl
Boosman, W.
Bramah & Sons
Cameron
Captain Chetwynd
Cary
Casella
Ch. Bianchetti & Co
Christie & Wilson
Creak, E. W.
D. Pearson, D
Dent, Edward John
Dickman, J.
Doignon, L.
E. S. Ritchie & Sons
Edward John Dent & Co.
Froment
George, Christopher
George Stebbing & Son
Gilbert & Sons
Gray
Hand
Heath & Co. Ltd
Hechelmann, Georg
Henry Barrow & Co
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Hewitson, J.
HM Admiralty
Instituto Idrografico Italian
J., A. J. K.
J. G. West & Co
John Lilley & Son Ltd
Jones, Thomas
Junior, Christopher Hayes
Keen, R. J.
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Krohn, J G, & Son A/S
Lorkin, Thomas
Ludolph, W.
Malacrida, Emmanuel
Messer, Benjamin
Neptun
Olsen, Chris
Plath, C.
Pope, W. L.
Preston, Grant
Robinson
Robinson, Thomas Charles
Scatliff
Smith
Smith, F, & Son Ltd
Spencer Browning & Rust
Stebbing, George
Syeds & Davis
Syeds, John
Symonds, William
T. S. & J. D. Negus
Thomas Jones & Son
Unknown
Walker, William, Cdr
Weilbach, Iver C, & Co
West & Co
Whyte Thomson Ltd
Willis, John
Apply Filter
Places
Select…
Places
Places
Amsterdam
Bergen
Berlin
Boston
Bremerhaven
Copenhagen
Devonport Dockyard
England
France
Germany
Glasgow
Grimsby
Hamburg
Italy
Japan
Kingston-Upon-Hull
Leith
Liverpool
London
Marseilles
Newcastle upon Tyne
New Eltham
Norway
Paris
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
Rotherhithe
Southampton
Unknown
Apply Filter
Vessels
Select…
Vessels
Vessels
B 1 (1922)
Collingwood (1841)
Emden (1908)
Lucy fl.1918
Narcissus
Queen (1839)
Queen Adelaide 1831
Revolutionnaire 1794
Vanguard (1835)
Apply Filter
People
Select…
People
People
Blake, R.
Captain Chetwynd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Percy, Ralph George Algernon
South Kensington Museum
Walker, William
Apply Filter
Century
Select…
Century
Century
unknown
Apply Filter
Date Range
Select…
Date Range
Date From
Select...
1760
1770
1789
1790
1795
1801
1809
1815
1816
1817
1819
1820
1825
1826
1830
1832
1834
1835
1836
1837
1840
1844
1845
1846
1848
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1860
1861
1865
1866
1868
1875
1877
1881
1885
1887
1888
1890
1902
1903
1907
1908
1909
1911
1913
1914
1915
1918
1919
1924
1925
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1940
1943
1945
Date To
Select...
1760
1770
1799
1800
1805
1816
1817
1819
1820
1825
1830
1832
1835
1836
1840
1844
1845
1846
1848
1853
1854
1855
1857
1860
1861
1865
1866
1868
1875
1877
1885
1887
1888
1890
1891
1895
1900
1903
1907
1908
1911
1912
1914
1915
1918
1919
1923
1924
1925
1929
1930
1931
1932
1935
1936
1940
1943
1944
1945
1950
Apply Filter
Show only:
With images
Applied Filters
inorganic: mica
Clear all
showing 174 objects results
Sort by
Relevance
Object title/name
Object title/name (desc)
Finding reference
Finding reference (desc)
Dry compass
Dry compass
Compass card
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Compass card
Dry compass
Dry compass
Boat's compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
Dry compass
First
Prev
Page
1
Current page
2
Page
3
Page
4
Page
5
…
Next
Last
Loading filters
Royal Museums Greenwich
Close
Search
Want to search our collection? Search here.
Back to top