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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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Astrolabes and quadrants
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Green Blackwall collection - charts
Henry Newton Stevens Atlantic Neptune collection
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Collapsible globes and orrery set
documentary artifact: globe, celestial
documentary artifact: globe, celestial: globe, star
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial
documentary artifact: globe, terrestrial(collapsible)
documentary artifact: ship plan: armour, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, orlop
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: plating, expansion of outer bottom
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard(port)
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, outboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, outboard(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: rig, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: rig, profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: rudder
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
documentary artifact: ship plan: watertight compartments, general arrangement
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water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, broadside (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, turret (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 3rd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (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: frigate, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, composite steam
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel, composite (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel, steam (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: minelayer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: minesweeper (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, paddle (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: tug, paddle (HMS)
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: troopship, paddle (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: depot ship, destroyer (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: depot ship, submarine (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: storeship (HMS)
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Anich, Peter
Blaeu, Willem Jansz
Brun, Emmy Ingeborg
Chief Constructor
Construction, Department of Naval
Coronelli, Vincenzo
Duddy, M
Euer, H
Evenden, H
Frisius, Gemma
Glenn, C. P.
Goodall, Stanley Vernon
Goody, W.
Greuter, Matthaeus
Hall, H O
Harding, A
Harland & Wolff Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Heyden, Gaspard van der
HM Admiralty
Hufill, A
James, W
Laird, John
Langren, Arnold Floris van
Lopez, Pedro Martin de
Mercator, Gerardus
Moroncelli, Amanzio
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Pledge, Henry
Plum
Pocock, George
Seutter, Matthaeus
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
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Vickers-Armstrong Limited
Walker, B.
Watts, Philip
Whiting, M T
Wilnish, J I
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Active (1869)
Adamant (1940)
Adventure (1855)
Aetna (1883)
Agamemnon (1879)
Agincourt (1865)
Agincourt (1945)
Ajax (1880)
Ajax (1934)
Albacore (1883)
Alban (1826)
Albert (1840)
Albion (1842)
Alecto (1839)
Alecto (1882)
Alert (1856)
Algerine (1857)
Algerine (1941)
Algiers (1854)
Alligator (cancelled 1863)
Ambush (1945)
Antelope (1893)
Antrim (1903)
Apollo (1891)
Aquarius (1900)
Arab (1874)
Archer (1849)
Archer (1885)
Ardent (1841)
Arethusa (1849)
Arethusa (1882)
Arethusa (1913)
Constance (1846)
Jaseur (1857)
Jasper (1857)
Leander (1882)
Lee (1857)
Leven (1857)
Mistletoe 1883
Octavia (1849)
Ontario (1863 cancelled)
Phaeton (1883)
Polyphemus (1840)
Prometheus (1839)
Slaney (1857)
Wasp (1850)
Watchful (1883)
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Unseen: The Lives of Looking by Dryden Goodwin
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Alexander Chaumont
Angear, J.
Barnaby, Nathaniel
Caird, James
Columbus, Christopher
Cook, James
Dampier, William
Davies, John
Davies, L. G.
Deadman, H. E.
Deptford Dockyard
Drake, Francis
Edye, John
Elliott, J.
Euer, H
Evenden, H
Goodall, Stanley Vernon
Harding, A
Harland & Wolff Ltd
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
HM Dockyard, Chatham
HM Dockyard, Sheerness
Hudson, Henry
J. & G. Thomson & Co
John Brown & Company Ltd
Laird Brothers
Laird Brothers Ltd
Magellan, Ferdinand
Maire, Jacob Le
Nuyts, Peter
Owen, W.
Pembroke Dockyard
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Plymouth Dockyard
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd
Robert Napier & Sons
S. P. Austin & Son Ltd
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co
Vickers-Armstrong Limited
Warren, E C
Watts, Isaac
Westwood Bailey
Witt, Gerrit Frederiksz de
Woolwich Dockyard
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Antelope 1896 (Technical drawing)
Archer (1849) (Technical drawing)
Adamant (1940) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1913) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1913) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1913) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1913) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1882) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1849) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1913) (Technical drawing)
Active (1869) (Technical drawing)
Active (1869) (Technical drawing)
Agamemnon (1879) and Ajax (1880) (Technical drawing)
Archer (1885) (Technical drawing)
Ardent 1894 (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1894) (Technical drawing)
Archer (1849) (Technical drawing)
Archer (1885) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1849) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1894) (Technical drawing)
Alban (1826) (Technical drawing)
Local Time Indicator (Drawing)
Albacore (1883), Mistletoe (1883) and Watchful (1883) (Technical drawing)
Albacore (1883), Mistletoe (1883) and Watchful (1883) (Technical drawing)
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