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Course, speed and distance indicators
Electronic navigation
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4-prism Astronomical Spectroscope
Adze Head
Anchor
Anchor; Single fluke
Anchor Chain Compressor
Anchor chain compressor model
Anchor model
Anklet
Apparatus, Cooking
Argentinian Dugout Paddling Canoe
armament, ethnographic: arrow
armament accessory: carriage, gun
armament accessory: carriage, gun (2 wheeled)
armament accessory: carrier, hot-shot
armament accessory: lock, gun
armament accessory: model, gun carriage
armament accessory: sight, gun
armament t&e, ammunition: cannonball
armament t&e, ammunition: flask, powder
armament t&e, ammunition: flask, shot
armament t&e, ammunition: fuze
armament t&e, ammunition: mine(fragment)
armament t&e, ammunition: mine, sea
armament t&e, ammunition: shell
armament t&e, ammunition: shell(fragment)
armament t&e, ammunition: shot
armament t&e, ammunition: shot, bar
armament t&e, ammunition: shot, grape
armament t&e, ammunition: shot, grape(part)
armament t&e, ammunition: torpedo
armament t&e, artillery: cannon
armament t&e, artillery: carronade
armament t&e, artillery: chamber, gun
armament t&e, artillery: depth charge thrower
armament t&e, artillery: gun
armament t&e, artillery: gun, field
armament t&e, artillery: gun, swivel
armament t&e, artillery: gun breech, dummy
armament t&e, artillery: model, cannon
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun and carriage
armament t&e, artillery: model, mortar(working)
armament t&e, artillery: mortar
armament t&e, edged weapon: arrow
armament t&e, firearm: gun, boat
armament t&e, firearm: musket
armament t&e, firearm: pistol, sea service
armament t&e, firearm: rifle
armament t&e, firearm: rifle-musket
Arm badge
Armillary sphere
Armillary sphere stand
Armourplate bolt
Arrow
Artillery Carbine
Assegai
Astronomical regulator
astronomical t&e: polishing machine
auger, nose
Axe
Axe, Ice
Azimuth compass
Badge
badge, German: War Award: High Seas Fleet Badge
Bailer
Balehook
Bar
Barometer
Barrel hoop
Barrel Hoop Fragment
Barrel hoop fragments
Barrel Hoop [part]
barrelmaking t&e: chiv(cooper's)
barrelmaking t&e: croze(cooper's)
Bar shot
Beam
Beam model
bedkey
Belaying pin
Bell
Bell clapper
Bell hook
bevel
Binnacle and compass
Binnacle and liquid compass
Block
block, three sheave
Block fragments
Block part
Block sheave
Boat
Boat's liquid compass
Boat's Liquid Compass and Binnacle
Boat's thimble
Boat Gun
Boat gun
Boat sheet hook
Boiler plate
Bolt
Book chest
Bottle
Bow model
Box
box, tool
Box containing roving iron parts
Bracket for a bell
Breeching ring
Buckle
Builder's, Instructional, Sectional model
Builder's, Sectional model
Bullet mould
Burton hook
Button
Cabin stove
Cable
cable, submarine
Can
Candle holder
Candle lantern
Can hook
Can lid
Canned food
Cannonball
Cannon ball
Cannonball section
Cannon dial
Cannon model
Canteen
Capstan model
Carbine
Carpenter's hammer head
Carriage model
Carronade
Carving knife
Case for artificial lodestone
Casserole dish
Caulking mallet handle
Caulking mallet head
Chain
Chain boom link
Chain link
Chamber, Gun
Chest
Chest Handle
Chiv
Chiv blade
Clock
Clock finial
Coat of arms
Coin
commemorative artifact: tray
Compass
Compass and binnacle
Compass binnacle
Compass card magnifier
Compass correction chain
Compass Corrector
Compass needle
Component
Component model
Component model; Door
Component model; Mast model
Component model; Sectional model
Container
Cooking Apparatus
Corrector magnet
Cramp
Crampon
Crow's Nest
croze
cruisie lamp
Cutlass
Cutter
Depth charge thrower
Design, Full hull model
Design, Sectional model
Design model
Dip circle
Dip circle (part)
Direction post
Ditty box
Dividers
Dockyard truck model
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
dog, timber
Dog hook
Door
Double can hook
Double compass
drafting t&e: dividers
drafting t&e: dividers, single handed
Drag, ice
Drawing
Dry card compass
Dry card compass and binnacle
Dry card compass on tripod
Engine
Engine model
Entrenching tool
Equinoctial dial
Equipment
Equipment model
Equipment model; Anchor model
Equipment model; Anchor model; Sectional model
Equipment model; Capstan model
Equipment model; Dockyard truck model
Equipment model; Engine model
Equipment model; Mast and spar model; Sails set
Equipment model; Mast model
Equipment model; Metal bar rolling & branding machine model
Equipment model; Ordnance model; Mortar model
Equipment model; Propeller model
Equipment model; Steering gear model
Equipment model; Steering wheel model
Equipment model; Swivel block model
Equipment modelAnchor model
Equipment modelEngine model
Ethnographic boat model
Extreme Clipper
Eyebolt shackle
Fid
Field gun
Field gun carriage bed
Field gun carriage wheel
Field gun with carriage
Figurehead
Fireback
Fire bucket
Fire grate
Fireplace
Fish hook
fishing & trapping t&e: harpoon, whaling
Flashing lamp
Flask, Powder
Floor globe
Flying Twenty Class
food inspection t&e: machine, perforating
food processing t&e: hoop, barrel
Foy boat
Frame model
Full-hull model
Full hull design model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Plated model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Sails set; Scenic model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Pillar
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set; Plank-on-frame
Full hull model; Rigged model; Scenic model
Full hull model Rigged model
furniture, ship's: chest(midshipman's)
furniture: chest
furniture accessory: fireback
furniture accessory: firedog(pair)
Fuze
Gallantry award
gauge
G cramp
Georgian, Full hull model
Gouge
Grape shot
Grape shot fragments
Grinding & polishing apparatus
Gun
Gun and carriage model
Gun breech
Gun carriage
Gun carriage model
Gun chamber
Gun fragment
Gun lock
Gun model
Gun modelGun carriage model
Gun sight
Gun sight bolt
Half hull model
hammer
hammer, shaping
Handcuff
harpoon, whaling
Hoop driver ring
Horizontal pedestal dial
Hot-shot carrier
Hull
Ice axe
Ice saw tripod
Instructional, Full hull model
iron, caulking
Iron bar
Iron fitting
Iron fragment
Jug
Keg hoop
knife, pocket
land transport accessory: fitting, sail
lighting device: lantern
Liquid compass and binnacle
Lodestone
Lodestone and keeper
mallet
mallet, caulking
Mariner's compass
Mast model
Medal
Medallion for ship's wheel
metalworking t&e: hammer, shaping(shipwrights)
metalworking t&e: iron, caulking(boiler maker's)
metalworking t&e: top, swage(shipwrights)
meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(marine)
Midship model
mine, fragment
Mine fragment
Mirror grinding and polishing apparatus
Mortar
Mortar model
Musket
Nail
Ordnance model
Ordnance model; Gun carriage model
Ordnance model; Gun model
Ordnance model; Gun model; Sectional model
original art: plaque, portrait
Padlock part
Pair of firedogs
palm, sailmaker's
palm, seaming, sailmaker's
Paper weight
Perforating machine
personal gear: axe, ice
personal gear: chest
personal gear: chest, sea
personal gear: knife, pocket
personal symbol: broad arrow
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal
Pistol
plane, try
plane iron
Plane iron
Plank-on-frame
Plate
plate, transit
Plate chest
Poker
Polishing disc
Portrait plaque
Powder flask
Racing Dinghy
relic: bar, iron
relic: bolt ?
relic: fitting, iron
Rifle
Rifle-Musket
Rigged model
Rowlock
Sail fitting
Sails furled
Sails set
Scaling ladder model
Scenic model
Sea chest
Sea Service Pistol
Sectional model
Sectional model; Beam
Sectional model; Component model
Sectional model; Midship model
Shackle
Shell
shell, fragment
Shell fragment
Ship's nail
shipbuilding t&e: fid(sailmaker's)
shipbuilding t&e: palm, sailmaker's
Ship equipment model
Ship equipment modelAnchor model
Shot
Shot flask
Shot gauge
Sign
Signalling lamp
Single fluke
Single handed dividers
Soup canister
spike, marline
Stanchion
Steering gear model
Structural model
Structural model; Scaling ladder model
Submarine cable
Submarine liquid compass and binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle, compass(binnacle only)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: lodestone
surveying & navigational t&e: log, mechanical
surveying & navigational t&e: magnet, corrector ?
surveying & navigational t&e: plate, transit
Sword
Table globe
Tar syringe part
Technical drawing
telecommunications t&e: cable, submarine
Telescope
Timber dog
Tin
Tobacco box lid
top, swage
Torpedo
Tray
Triple block
Trunk
visual communication t&e: lamp, flashing
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling
War badge
Waterline model
water transport: cargo/passenger vessel
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 3rd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, composite steam
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, steam (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, paddle (HMS)
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler
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: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: service vessel: cable ship
water transport: service vessel: lighter
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel: screw, single
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: training vessel
water transport accessory: anchor
water transport accessory: anchor (method of forming)
water transport accessory: anchor (method of uniting shank and palm)
water transport accessory: anchor, crown
water transport accessory: anchor, fluke
water transport accessory: anchor, mooring
water transport accessory: anchor, mushroom
water transport accessory: anchor, portable
water transport accessory: anchor, scarph chock
water transport accessory: anchor, shank
water transport accessory: anchor, single fluke(Chinese)
water transport accessory: anchor, stockless
water transport accessory: binnacle
water transport accessory: block, three shreeve
water transport accessory: clapper, bell
water transport accessory: guage ?
water transport accessory: ladder, scaling
water transport accessory: model, anchor
water transport accessory: model, anchor(fluke)
water transport accessory: stanchion(3)
water transport accessory: thimble, boat's
water transport component: frame: girder
water transport component: midship: gundeck
water transport component: midship: gundeck (gun port)
water transport component: midship: hatch
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(decked: equipped: midship: side: working)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(girder)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(midship)
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(midship: side)
Whaling harpoon
Wire cartridge
woodworking t&e: auger(shipwrights)
woodworking t&e: bevel(shipwrights)
woodworking t&e: box, tool(shipwrights)
woodworking t&e: mallet(shipwrights)
written communication t&e: paper weight
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alloy
alloy, aluminium
aluminium
amber
antler
asbestos
asphaltum
Bakelite / Phenol Formaldehyde (PF)
bamboo
black ink
black steel
black washes
blue ink
blue wash
bone
brass
Brass
brass, glass, card, iron
brass alloy of copper, zinc and iron
British conifer (pine)
British oak
bronze
bronze alloy
bronzed iron
brown ink
brown wash
calico
Canadian rock elm
canvas
card
cardboard
carved
carvel
carvel on frame
cast iron
cast iron?
ceramic
ceramic lightbulb fitting
clinker
coal
coating: asphaltum
coating: gilt
coating: lacquer
coating: stain
coating: varnish
coloured ink wash
colour washes
composite construction
copper
copper-alloy
copper alloy
Copper alloy, iron
copper plate engraved
cotton
donkey-skin
drafting cloth
Drafting cloth
dugout
electrical coils
electrical wire
electrical wire?
electrical wiring
enamel
enamel?
fabric
feather
feathers
fibre
fish-skin
fruitwood
galvanised iron
galvanised tin
galvinised iron
gilt
gilt brass
gilt wire
glass
gold
gold filigree
graphite
graphite and ink technical drawing
green ink
grey wash
gutta percha
hand-coloured
hemp
Honduras mahogany
horn
ignition system: flintlock
ink
ink and graphite technical drawing
ink corrections
ink technical drawing
ink technical drawing, manuscript iron gall ink
inorganic: glass
iron
iron (probably)
iron alloy
iron gall ink
irongall ink
irongall manuscript ink
iron iodine syrup
ironium
iron ore
iron or steel
ironstone china (earthenware)
ironstone china (earthenware), colour cream and blue.
ironstone china (earthenware), painted white & blue & gold & red.
ironstone china (earthenware), painted white & gold & blue & red.
ironwood
ivory
ivory or bone
jewels
laminate
lead
lead paint
leather
leather (cattle)
lignam vitae
limestone
linen
linen backed paper
Linen backed paper
liquid
liquid?
machine-made
magnet
mahogany
Mahogany (CITES)
manuscript
manuscript ink
manuscript iron gall ink
manuscript irongall ink
marble
mercury
mercury?
mercury fulminate
metal
metal, copper
metal: alloy, iron
metal: brass
metal: brass, iron
metal: brass ?
metal: bronze
metal: bronze ?
metal: cast iron
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: iron, cast
metal: iron, galvanised
metal: iron, part gilt
metal: iron, part silvered
metal: iron, wrought
metal: iron ?
metal: iron [blade]
metal: lead
metal: lodestone
metal: magnetite rock
metal: sheet iron
metal: silver
metal: steel
metal: tin
metal: tin ?
metal: unknown
metal: wrought iron
mica
mica?
nailed
Natural rubber (NR)
nickle
Nikalium - nickel, copper, aluminium, manganese, iron
nylon
oak
oil paint
organic
organic: bamboo
organic: bone
organic: canvas
organic: cotton
organic: fabric
organic: fabric: unknown
organic: feather
organic: felt
organic: fibre
organic: gutta percha
organic: hemp
organic: horn
organic: horn [handle]
organic: ivory
organic: jute
organic: leather
organic: leather [sheath]
organic: paper
organic: papier mache
organic: quill
organic: rope
organic: rubber
organic: sawdust
organic: string
organic: wood: oak
oxidised brass
paint
painted
painted cast brass?
painted white & blue & gold & red.
painted white & gold & blue & red.
paper
Paper
paper/ textile card?
papier mache
pen & brown ink
pencil
pine
planked and caulked
plaster
plastic
plastic?
ply-wood
printed lithography
ptarmigan (Lagopus muta or Lagopus lagopus) feather
red ink
red paint
red wash
ribbon
rivets
rock elm
rolled. Originally gold, due to dezincification colour: black white brown, orange, green, gold
rope
rubber
rubber casing on wires
rubber sealing
sharkskin (shagreen)
sheet iron
sheet steel
shellac
silk
silk cord
silk thread
silver
silvered iron
stain
stainless steel
steel
steel?
steel or iron
string
synthetic: fibre, acrylic
synthetic: glass
teak
technical drawing
textile
textile?
textiles
tin
tin, ?
tinned iron
tooth, shark
varnish
varnish, iron
varnished
walnut
walrus ivory
wash
wax
waxed linen
white metal
wire
wood
wood, iron
wood: ash
wood: deal
wood: elm
wood: mahogany
wood: oak
wood: pine
wood: plywood
wrought iron
yellow ink
yellow wash
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Display - All Hands Gallery
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Display - Bridge Gallery
Display - Chatham
Display - Cutty Sark
Display - Forgotten Fighters
Display - Main Museum Grounds
Display - Maritime London Gallery
Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
Display - Ocean Court
Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery
Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
Display - Traders Gallery
Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
Display - Voyagers
Display - West Wing Stairwell
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A. Walker & Son
Acadia Gas Engines Ltd
Adams, George
Adie, Patrick
AEG
Ames, N. P.
Anderson, Rigden and Perkins Ltd
Armstrong, William George
Askaniawerke AG
Atlas Iron Works
Bamberg, Carl
Barnes, F K
Barnett, T.
Beck-Lee Corp
Bendorff, Hugo
Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd
Bishop, William
Blaeu, Willem Jansz
Boden, W.
Bomajee, J.
Brent, Moses
Brodie, A
Browning, John
Bryants Trunk and Bucket Warehouse
Burton, J, & Bro Ltd
C. G. Conn Ltd
Carron Company Ltd
Chief Constructor
Cizarou, Antoine
Colomb, Philip Howard
Cooey
Creak, E. W.
Dawes
Dodd, William E.
Dreyse, Franz Von
Duddy, M
E. & W. Bond
E. Lamb & Co
E. S. Ritchie & Sons
Eade, Jonathan
Eberbach, W.
Edward John Dent & Co.
Egg, Durs
Eli Griffiths & Sons
Eue, Franz
Euer, H
Evenden, H
Fairbanks Morse Incorporated
Farrar, Austin Packard
Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de
Fife, Junior, William
Foster, Daniel
Fox, Uffa
G. & J. Hawksley
G. L. Ashworth & Bros Ltd
George Wilson & Co.
Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove Limited
Gilbert & Sons
Gill, J.
Glass Elliot & Co
Gloucester Iron Foundry
Gloucester Iron Furnace
Goetz, after Karl
Goetz, Karl
Goldner, Stephen
Goody, W.
Graham, George
Greener, W. W.
Grubb, Howard
Grünthal, Hugo
Guadagni, P. C.
Götze, M.
H. Lindl
Hall, H O
Hanin Fils
Harding, A
Hawksley, C & J W
Hayward, T.
Heath & Co. Ltd
Heighington
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Henry Wilkinson
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, William
HM Admiralty
Hoar, Horace
Hufill, A
Hughes & Kimber Ltd
Iversen, H.
J. Bagnall & Sons
J. S. Starnes & Sons
James, W
Janu, Fritz
Jeckells
Jennings and Company
Jew, Albert Edward
Johann Alexander Herschel
Johannesen
John E. Hand & Sons Co
John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd
John Maddock & Sons Ltd
Johnson & Son
Johnston, Alexander Keith
Johnston, William
Joseph Wright & Co. Ltd
K. Gotz
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kelvin & James White Ltd
Kelvin & Wilfred O White Co
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Keuffel & Esser Co
Kok-lee-arng-nŭn
Koon-e-ou-uk
Kortright, A.
Kost, Leonard
Kristian Johansen Knivsvik, Kristian Johansen
Krupp
Kullberg, Victor
Küchler, P. L.
Küchler, P.L.
L. H. Hagan & Co
Lacey & Co.
Lacy, W
Laird, John
Langridge, W. M. B.
Lapthorn & Ratsey
Lionel Corporation
Lotter, Tobias Conrad
Low Moor Iron Works
Ludolph, W.
Lusitania Souvenir Medal Committee
Löwental, Artur Immanuel
Malby & Co
Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault
Manufacture Nationale de St Etienne
Martin, Benjamin
Monk, John
Moroncelli, Amanzio
Muntz Metal Co Ltd
National Time Recorder Co. Ltd.
Negretti & Zambra
Netherwood, George
Nock, H.
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke A.G.
Nunn, W
Osborn
Palmer, C. H.
Patterson & Stone
Payne, Arthur E.
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Philipson, Henry
Phillips, William
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Pool, Arthur J
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Rafarel, W C
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Robinson
Robinson, Thomas Charles
Royal Small Arms Factory
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Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Sinclair, Jas
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Sisson, Jonathan
Sorby, I.
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Star
Steward, J. H.
Stone-Vickers Ltd
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Symonds, William
T. Bonner
T. S. & J. D. Negus
Tatham & Egg
Te-iti-n-Ueaua
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Thomason, E. S.
Thomas Walker & Son Ltd
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Thornycroft, John Isaac
Troughton & Simms
Turner, T.
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Unknown
Vaere, John De
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Vickers, Sons & Maxim
Vickers-Armstrong Limited
Vries, M. C. de Jun
W. Ottway & Co. Ltd
Waerck, Fridrics
Walker, B.
Warton, G
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Watts Fincham & Co
Wells, A C, & Co
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Westmacott, Alfred
White, James
Whitehead
Whyte Thomson Ltd
Wilnish, J I
Wilson, J.
W J Brown
Woodnutt and Co Ltd
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Woolley
Ya, Tung
Yarrow & Company Limited
Yates
Yeomans, H.
Zehle, E.
Ziegler, H.
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Action at Wadi Habashi, 1885
American War of Independence: Battle of the Saints, 1782
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Anglo-Nepalese War, 1814-1816
Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish Armada, 1588
Antarctic Exploration: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904
Antarctic Exploration: Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Anderson, 1855
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Burwash, 1926
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Collinson, 1850-1855
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Hall, 1864-1869
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Inglefield, 1852
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Penny, 1850-1851
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
Boxer Rebellion, 1900
Carte du Ciel & the Astrographic Catalogue project, 1887-1958
Crimean War, 1854-1856
Death of Nelson, 1805
Egyptian–Ottoman War: Battle of St Jean D'Acre, 1840
Ellen MacArthur circumnavigation, 2004
Exploration: Cook's First Voyage, 1768
Exploration: Cook's Third Voyage, 1776
First Schleswig War: Action off Eckernförde, 1849
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino, 1827
Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858
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Second Opium War, 1857-1860
Sinking of the St Mathias, 1667
War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Vigo Bay, 1702
World War I, 1914-1918
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World War I: Loss of submarine U22, 1916
World War I: Loss of Zeppelin LZ 54, 1916
World War I: Sinking of HMS Majestic, 1915
World War I: Sinking of HMS Pathfinder, 1914
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Ajax (1880)
Ajax (1934)
Albacore (1883)
Alban (1826)
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Alecto (1839)
Alecto (1882)
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Algerine (1857)
Algiers (1854)
Amazon (1865)
Ambuscade (1926)
Ant (1873)
Arab (1874)
Archer (1849)
Archer (1885)
Ardent (1841)
Ardent (1894)
Arethusa (1849)
Arethusa (1882)
Arethusa (1913)
Argyllshire (1911)
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Baralong (1901)
Barfleur (1768)
Bellerophon (1865)
Blazer (1856)
Blenheim (1813)
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Boxer (1894)
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Columbine (1862)
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Cuckoo (1873)
Cumberland (1926)
Cutty Sark (1869)
Deutschland fl.1916 (German)
Discovery (1873)
Discovery (1901)
Edinburgh (1855)
Elba 1854
Emden (1908)
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Energetic 1902 [HMS]
Enterprise 1848 (HMS)
Esso Guildford 1957
Euryalus (1803)
Euryalus (1853)
Eurydice (1843)
Fairy 1855
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Fox (1855)
Fricka 1895
Frobisher fl.1932
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Isabel fl.1850
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James Watt (1853)
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Jasper (1857)
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Kangaroo (1853)
Katharine Louise fl.1920
King George V (1911)
L'Orient fl.1798 (French)
Lady Franklin 1850
Leander (1882)
Lee (1857)
Leven (1857)
Lusitania 1906
Lusitania 1906 (SS)
Majestic (1895)
Mathias (1653)
Mathias (fl.1653)
Mentor 1914 (HMS: destroyer)
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Moewe 1914 (German)
Nankin (1850)
Noddea
Norseman IV 1885
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Paraguay 1888 ?
Pastora fl.1782
Pathfinder 1904 (HMS)
Pensive Temptress 1947
Phaeton (1883)
Pique 1845
Pleiad 1854 (screw yacht)
Polyphemus (1840)
Polyphemus (1881)
Prometheus (1839)
Queen (1839)
Rainbow Warrior 1955
Redoutable fl.1805 (French navy)
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Royal George (1756)
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Royal William (1719)
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Santisima Trinidad (1769)
Santissima Trinidada 1769 (man-of-war: Spain)
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Sirdar (1899)
Slaney (1857)
Solent Queen (1889)
Sophia (1850)
SS Liverpool
St. Austell
Strathlairg
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U21 fl.1914 (German)
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Victoria and Albert (1899)
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Warrior (1905)
Warspite (1913)
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Witch of Warbarrow fl.1902
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Nelson, Navy, Nation
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Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution
Seduction and Celebrity: The Spectacular Life of Emma Hamilton
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Aldrich, Pelham
Angear, J.
Back, George
Baddeley, William
Barnaby, Nathaniel
Beamish, Tufton Percy Hamilton
Beatty, David
Benbow, Henry
Bendorff, Hugo
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer
Bevis, A. E.
Blaeu, Joan
Bordeaux, T
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Brown, C.
Brown, Tom
Brown, W J
Butterley, Mr
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Cecil, Lordfl
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Clifford, Henry
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Conquest, Caroleen
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Coryton, John
Costell
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Davies, L. G.
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Deane, John
Department of Trade and Industry, Marine Survey Office
Deptford Dockyard
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Dodd, William E.
Dohna-Schlodien, Nikolaus zu
Drake, Francis
Duncan, Adam
Durrant, Francis
Eberbach, W.
Ebierbing, Joseph
Edye, John
Elliot, E
Elliott, J.
English Fleet
Eue, Franz
Euer, H
Evans, Mary
Evenden, H
Everard, James
F., M. E.
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Fleming, R H
Franklin, John
Friendly, Alfred
Gardner, G. H.
Gardner, T.
Gill, J.
Goetz, Karl
Grant
Greeley, Adolphus
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Hall, Charles Francis
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Harding, A
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Harfield & Company Ltd
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Hawkins, R. F.
Heighington
Hein, Piet Pieterzoon
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Herschel, John Frederick William
Herschel, William
Hersing, Otto
Hillson, H.
Hipper, Franz von
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HM Dockyard, Sheerness
HMS Conway
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Honourable East India Company
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Hutchens
J. & G. Thomson & Co
Jay, Richard Thomas
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Johan, Carl
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Laird Brothers
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Lusitania Souvenir Medal Committee
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Manufacture d'Armes de Châtellerault
Marshall
Martin
Martinelli, A. S.
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Miller, William
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Mr and Mrs Price
Mr Sharer
Müller, Karl Friedrich Max von
Nelson, Horatio
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Noel, Gerard Henry Uctred
Norwegian Navy
Oliver-Bellasis, Robin
Osborn
Owen, W.
Paget, Clarence Edward
Parham, Frank
Peacock, G
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Pembroke Dockyard
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Tucker, Joseph
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Warren, E C
Waters, David Watkin
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