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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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Banjo
Boat's compass
Box
Box lid
clothing, outerwear: uniform: trousers
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Seaman's
Compass, Chinese geomancer's
container: box
Dividing model
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
Drawing instrument set
Dry card compass - marching
Fish hook
fishing & trapping t&e: hook, fish
Frame model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Dividing model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Frame model
Geomancer's compass
Geomantic compass
Georgian, Full hull/Skeleton model
Georgian, Full hull model
Jewellery box
Lancet
musical t&e: harp
Ornamental compass
Paper knife
personal gear: chain, watch
personal gear: chain, watch ?
Photograph Album
Plank-on-frame
Puppet body
RMS Orduna penknife
Shell
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, marching: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, ornamental
toilet article: box, toilet
toilet box
Trousers
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 60 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht, Royal
written communication t&e: knife, paper
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black stone
board
bone
brass
brass?
copper alloy
ebony
fruitwood
gilt
glass
gold
gold?
ivory
lacquer
leather
linen
metal
metal: brass
metal: silver
mica
mother of pearl
mother of pearl?
organic: mother of pearl
organic: wood
paint
paper
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red stone
silk
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silver?
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stain
steel
steel?
synthetic: bead, glass
textile
turtle shell
twill
varnish
velvet
wood
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Display - Atlantic Gallery
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Browning, John
Burroughs, Thomas
Canivet
John Millikin
Koehn, E
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Walton, Thomas
Windsor, Arthur Octavius
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Birmingham
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Woolwich Dockyard
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Antarctic Exploration: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916
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Mary Rose (1509)
Navy Board model
Royal George (1756)
Royal William (1719)
Torch (1894)
Victoria and Albert (1843)
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Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames
Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits
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de France, Louis Auguste
Elliott, Thomas
Euler
Hamilton, Emma
Hardy, Pamela
Hussey, Leonard Duncan Albert
King William IV
Livingstone, David
Millar, Herbert James Ogilvy
Purey-Cust, Herbert Edward
Royal United Service Institution
VII, King Edward
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1767
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RMS Orduna penknife
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