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3 masted
Anchor
anchor, sea
Anchor model
Anchor with Rope
armament, ethnographic: club
armament accessory: lock, gun
armament accessory: lock, gun(pattern)
armament accessory: pull-through, rifle
astronomical t&e: telescope, reflecting (36 in)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: control, telescope
axe
bag, oil
Barquetine
Bell
Bellrope
Block
Block, double
block, double
Block, single
block, single
Block, triple
Block,triple
Boat Cover
boat spade
boatspade
Body Bag and Stretcher
Boom
box, tool
bucket
Canopy
case
cat-o'-nine-tails
Cat-o'-nine-tails
ceremonial artifact: tambua
Clapper
Club
container
Control for telescope
Dan buoy
Design, Sectional model
Diving boot
Diving boots
Double can hook
Drift Net
Equipment model
Equipment model; Anchor model; Half killick
Equipment model; Anchor model; Killick
Equipment model; Anchor model; Stone anchor
Equipment model; Dan buoy
Equipment model; Gun model; Rope
Equipment model; Propeller model
Estimator log and line
Extreme Clipper
Fender
Flag
Flag bag
Flag Pole
fob, key
Full hull
Full hull model
Full hull model; Anchor
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; boatspade
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; container
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; harpoon
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; lance
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rope
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; rope
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; unknown implement
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rope
Full hull model; Rope cable
Full hull model; Rope rigging
Gun lock
Gun model
Gyrocompass, gyro rotor
Half killick
half killick
harpoon
hook, sailmaker's
Hour-glass
Jib sheet
Key fob
Killick
Knife
Knotwork
lance
Lead line
lifebelt
lifesaving t&e: frame, line throwing
line, sea anchor
line throwing frame
Log and line
mailboat, St Kilda
Manrope
Mast
Mechanical log
Mechanical log part
metalworking t&e: box, tool
Miscellaneous piece of rope
Miscellaneous piece of rope and block
model
Model; Full hull; Rigged model; Sails set
model buoy
Mooring rope
multiple use artifact: rope
multiple use artifact: rope(fragment)
Net barrel sling
Officer of the Watch telescope
Outrigger Boom
palm, sailmaker's
Pelican hook and rope
personal gear: chest, sea
Plank-on-frame
Portable Blow Torch
Presentation Sword
Propeller model
Pulley block
regulative & protective t&e: cat-o'-nine-tails
regulative & protective t&e: cat-o'-nine-tails(replica)
regulative & protective t&e: cat-o'-nine-tails(sealed pattern)
Rifle pull-through
Rigged
Rigged model
Rigging Rope
Rope
rope
Rope (length of)
Rope cable
Rope rigging
Ropework
Rudder
Rudder/ yoke combined
Sail
Sail Bag
Sailmaker's canvas
Sailmaker's canvas bag
Sails set
scabbard, knife
Sea chest
Sea sounding instrument
Sheet block
shipbuilding t&e: bag, oil(shipwrights)
shipbuilding t&e: canvas, sailmaker's
shipbuilding t&e: hook(sailmaker's)
shipbuilding t&e: hook, sail(sailmaker's)
shipbuilding t&e: hook, sailmaker's
shipbuilding t&e: palm, sailmaker's
shipbuilding t&e: scabbard, knife(sailmaker's)
Sling
sling
Small sampan
Snotter
Sounding lead and line
Stone anchor
Strap
Strop
surveying & navigational t&e: depth sounding equipment: line, lead
surveying & navigational t&e: log, estimator
surveying & navigational t&e: log, mechanical
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope(officer of the watch)
Sword
Tabua
Telescope Strap
Throwing line
Tiller
tiller
tiller?
timekeeping t&e: hour-glass(4 hour glass)
Tripod carrier
unknown
unknown implement
Walker's Cherub III Taffrail ship-log
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: clipper
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 4 masted
water transport: service vessel: lifeline, raft
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport accessory: anchor, sea
water transport accessory: bag, oil
water transport accessory: block
water transport accessory: block, double
water transport accessory: block, sheet(with hook)
water transport accessory: hook, double can
water transport accessory: killick
water transport accessory: line, sea anchor
water transport accessory: model, killick
water transport accessory: propeller apparatus (raising and lowering)
water transport accessory: rope, mooring
water transport accessory: sling
water transport accessory: sling, net barrel
water transport accessory: snotter
water transport accessory: strop
water transport accessory: tiller
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(propeller: stern: working)
water transport component: stern
Weight
woodworking t&e: box, tool(shipwrights)
written communication t&e: mailboat, St Kilda
Yoke Line
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baize
bamboo
brass
Brass
buckram (possibly)
calico
canvas
coating: varnish
composite construction
copper
copper alloy
cork
fabric
fish-skin
foam/filling
gilt
gilt wire
glass
glass, wood, rope, wax, paper, string
gold
iron
lead
leather
lizard skin (possibly)
metal
metal, rope, wood. Colour. gold, brown, white.
metal: aluminium alloy
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: lead
metal: steel
metal: unknown
nylon
nylon ?
oak
organic: baize
organic: canvas
organic: leather
organic: membrane
organic: rope
organic: rope [lashes]
organic: twine
organic: wood: lignum vitae
organic: yarn
paint
pine
plastic
rope
rope (tails)
rope, coir
rope, string, glue, wood
silvered brass
steel
steel, galvanised
stone
synthetic: perspex
textile
tooth, whale [cachalot]
twine
varnish
vellum
wire
wood
wood (handle)
wood, cork and rope
Wood, metal, rope. Colour black, gold, white, brown, silver.
wood: camphorwood
wood: cedar
wood: mahogany
wood: pine
wood [handle]
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Display - Atlantic Gallery
Display - Cutty Sark
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
Display - Voyagers
Not on display
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Anderson, Rigden and Perkins Ltd
Berkeman, Sune
Bryant, Russell
Cardnall Bros
Cary
Cutbush, Bernard George
Denny, Maurice Edward
Dollond & Aitchison
Dudley
Elwall, F. J.
Essen, Uus Van
Fox, Uffa
Goss, James
Grubb-Parsons
Hammerton
Hawksley, Rozanne
Henry Wilkinson
Jeckells
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kingdom Yacht Launch and Engineering Works
Massey, Edward
Milne, Peter
Morgan-Giles, Francis Charles
Prosser, John
R.J. Turk
Rickard Sarby, Rickard
Ross Ltd
Royal Navy
Scott & Linton
Shrimpton, A
Sperry
Sune Berkeman
Thomas Walker & Son Ltd
Unknown
Watts, James Samuel
Wessex
William Starling and Sons
Woods, Walter
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Places
Places
Ascension Island
Bere Alston
Birmingham
Blackwater
Blakeney
Bombay
Charing Cross
China
Cookham
Dumbarton
England
Fiji
Japan
London
Norfolk
Portsmouth
possibly England
Redditch
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
Sri Lanka
Sweden
Teddington
Thames Ditton
Unknown
Vanuatu
Weihai
Westminster
Whitstable
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Events
Events
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Operations against the Pirates of Malacca Straits, 1836-1870
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Vessels
Vessels
Andromache (1832)
Arabesque (1955)
Baghdad (1871)
Bengloe (1961)
Cutty Sark (1869)
Donola
Dumbarton [RMS]
Edward Cruse
Euryalus (1901)
Fiji (1939)
Fox (1855)
Lathika
Melville (1817)
Old Stan's fl.1922
Pembroke [HMS]
Royal Sovereign (1786)
Sapphire (1904)
Seal (1929)
Seawolf (1959)
Serpent (1832)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
Pirates
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
Voyagers
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People
People
Adcock, Harry
Ampuhamy, H. A. D. Newton
Anderson, Robert King
Barnardiston, Thomas
British Royal Family
Cardnall Bros
Chads, Henry Ducie
Cook, T.
Cowley, J
Crowley, Sidney
Dudley
Fox, Uffa
Gore, Honourable Colonel William J.
Gore, Honourable Robert
Goss, James
Haggard, John George
Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Arran, James
Hammerton
Hardy, Pamela
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Jay, Richard Thomas
Jeckells
Joaquim Antunes Ferreira & Co.
Kingdom Yacht Launch and Engineering Works
Lamey, William
Lockyer, Hughes Campbell
Lord High Admiral, Lord High Admiral
Maxwell-Anderson, Mildred
Merchants & Underwriters of Bombay
Miller, William
Morgan-Giles, Francis Charles
Moss, John Milton
National Maritime Museum
Parham, Frank
Platt, George
Pym-Hale, Thomas
Queen Victoria
R.J. Turk
Richardson, Percy
Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers
Royal Navy
Seniloli, Ratu Popi
Solkhon, William George
South Kensington Museum
Swedish Navy
Webster, William
Wicks, George
William Starling and Sons
Woods, Walter
Yapp, William Johnston
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Lathika (Rigging Rope)
Thames Skiff (Fender)
Thames Skiff (Yoke Line)
The Gig (Flag)
The Gig (Fender)
Thames Skiff (Fender)
Club
Mailboat from St Kilda Island (mailboat, St Kilda)
Knife
Diving boots
Sheet block
Rope
Rope
Antung Trader (Anchor with Rope)
bag, oil
Gun lock
Clapper
Key fob
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; harpoon
Rope
anchor, sea
Ropework
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Sail
Portable Blow Torch
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