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Astronomical and navigational instruments
Astronomical and navigational instruments
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Astrolabes and quadrants
Celestial navigation
Charting instruments
Compasses
Course, speed and distance indicators
Electronic navigation
Globes and globe gores
Meteorological instruments
Optical equipment
Sundials
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aerospace transport: aircraft (German)
A Gyrocompass
Aircraft sextant
Air line
Air sextant
Alidade eyepiece shade
Alidade eyepiece shade
Alidade shade
Amplifier unit for the MK22 Gyro Compass
Amplifier unit for the MK22 Gyrocompass
Antenna part?
armament accessory: launching carriage, sea mine
armament accessory: lead, range finder
armament t&e, ammunition: mine, sea
armament t&e, ammunition: model, sea mine(working)
armament t&e, firearm: revolver
Army compass
Army compass and binnacle
Ashtray
Bathythermograph Slides
Binnacle
Binnacle - army compass
Binnacle - tank compass
Binnacle and liquid compass
Binoculars
Boat's liquid compass and binnacle
Boat's liquid compass and binnacle; Sealing ring
boot
boot, deckgrip sailing
Bow model
Box with glass slides for a Bathythermograph
Bubble Sextant
Bubble sextant, electric
Bubble Sextant bubble
Bubble Sextant spare eyepiece unit
buoyancy aid
Cable
Cable for surveying instrument
Cable for the surveying instrument
Cables
Calculator, manual
Canoe
Case
cast: seal cast: East India Company, seal of
cast: seal cast: Raleigh, Sir Walter, seal of, 1584
chisel, hand
Cigarette case
clothing footwear: boot, deckgrip sailing
clothing footwear: shoe, deck
Compass
Compass and binnacle
Computer
Conducting wire
Control panel
Control Unit
Control Unit - gyrocompass
Courseboard
Distance meter
Diving equipment
Diving suit
documentary artifact: bookplate
documentary artifact: model, instructional: waterline model(bow: decked: equipped: scenic: stern)
documentary artifact: model, instructional: waterline model(decked: equipped: scenic: stern)
documentary artifact: sweep table
drafting t&e: drawing instrument set
Drawing instrument set
drive belt
Dry card compass - marching
E.B.S mask and 25 ft hose
Electric, calculator
Electric cable
Electric calculator
Electric Sextant
Electronic device
Emergency breathing system mask and 25 ft hose
Equipment model
Floor Mat
Full hull model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Scenic model
Full hull model; Scenic model; Waterline model
Gas pipe and electric cable
Gun-sighting binoculars
Gun direction sight binocular
Gun direction sight binoculars
Gun model
Gyrcompass level
Gyro-compass steering repeater
Gyro-magnetic compass cables
Gyro-magnetic compass gyro unit
Gyrocompass
Gyro Compass
Gyrocompass - Compass and binnacle
Gyrocompass -Compass and binnacle
Gyrocompass amplifier unit
Gyrocompass cables
Gyro compass circuits
Gyrocompass circuits
Gyrocompass control panel
Gyrocompass gyro unit
Gyrocompass level
Gyrocompass master compass
Gyrocompass repeater
Gyrocompass repeater, steering
Gyrocompass repeater and binnacle
Gyrocompass steering repeater
Gyro rotor bearing plate fittings
Gyroscopic Sextant
Gyro unit
Gyro unit and mounting
Gyro unit and mounting, gyrocompass
Headphone ear plug
Headset for surveying instrument
household accessory: ashtray
Hull
Instructional, Waterline model
Instruction booklet
Instructions
Integrator, used for oceanographic work
Integrator box
Integrator box padding
Integrator box part
Kentish Wherry
Klepper Collapsable Canoe
Klepper Collapsible Canoe
knife, clasp
land transport: armoured vehicle
land transport: model, trailer
land transport: tank
land transport: trailer (RNLI)
Launching cradle
Launching cradle part
Levels
Lid of box for the alidade
lifebelt
life saving collar
lifesaving t&e: buoyancy aid
lifesaving t&e: collar, life saving
lifesaving t&e: lifebelt
Light fixing
Liquid compass - aircraft
Liquid compass and binnacle
Machine, calculating
Machine, manual
Master compass
Metal device
Meter, marine distance
Mine model
Miscellaneous part
Miscellaneous parts
Mould
Navigational computing instrument
Nocturnal model
Oar
Octant
optical t&e: binoculars, prismatic(fixed focus)
Ordnance model
Ordnance model; Mine model
overalls, waterproof
Paddle
personal gear: case, cigarette
personal symbol: shield of arms
Pistol
Plimsoll
Printing Block
printing t&e: block, printing
Quartz crystal
Rammer
Rangefinder
Range finder lead
Rangefinder lead
Repeater
Repeater unit - army compass
Repeating compass amplifier
Resistor unit
Resistor unit - army compass
Revolver
Rigged model
Roll of Old Rubbers for Keelslot
Rubber band
Rubber seal for liquid compass
Rubber stamp
Scenic model
Seal cast
Sealing ring
Sea mine model
Sectional model
Sectional model; Bow model; Stern model; Equipment model; Scenic model
Sectional model; Gun model; Rammer
Sectional model; Stern model; Equipment model; Scenic model
Sextant
sextant, bubble
Sextant, electric
Sextant, electric ?
Sextant box
Sextant electric
Sextant Gyro
shipbuilding t&e: knife, clasp(sailmaker's)
shoe, deck
Signal lantern
Signalling lamp
SOLD Bubble Sextant
stamp, rubber
Station, speed and course indicator box
Step
Stern model
Submarine cable
Submarine cable cross section
Submarine cable length
Submarine liquid compass
Support bracket
Support bracket - aircraft compass
surveying & navigational t&e: amplifier, repeating compass
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle(liquid compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: bracket, support(aircraft compass)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(distant reading)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid(vertical card)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, army(distant read)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, army: compass, tank
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, marching: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, special purpose: compass, tank
surveying & navigational t&e: meter, distance
surveying & navigational t&e: rangefinder(hand held)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, bubble
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, gyro
Tank compass
Tape Chronograph
Tape chronograph air puffer
telecommunications t&e: cable, submarine
Telephone connection board
Telephone handset
Telephone switchboard
Thermometer base
Thermometer case base
Thermometer lid
Toilet seat
Trailer model
Tray
Viewfinder for surveying instrument
Viewing hood for surveying instrument
Visor for radar
visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling
visual communication t&e: lantern, signal
Washer
Waterline model
Waterproof plug and socket
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: minesweeper
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: scenic)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: rigged)
water transport: motor vessel
water transport: service vessel: launch, pilot (high speed)
water transport: service vessel: lifeboat
water transport: service vessel: support vessel, diving
water transport: service vessel: tug
water transport accessory: lifebelt
water transport accessory: repeater, steering
water transport accessory: washer
water transport component: bow
water transport component: stern
Wheels
Wherry
woodworking t&e: chisel, hand(shipwrights)
Wrist band
written communication t&e: stamp, rubber
written communication t&e: stamp, rubber(7)
written communication t&e: stamp, rubber(8)
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alloy
alloy, aluminium
alloy aluminium
aluminium
aluminium/steel?
aluminium?
Bakelite / Phenol Formaldehyde (PF)
bakelite/Tufnol
batteries?
brass
brass, steel, aluminium, glass, mahogany, foam rubber
brass?
canvas
canvas on frame
card
carved
cast iron
cellulose acetate
Cellulose acetate (CA)
ceramic
chalk
chrome plate
chrome plated metal
chrome plating
clinker
coating: varnish
copper
copper?
copper alloy
cork
cotton
electrical components
electrical wire
electrical wire?
electrical wiring
electric cable
electrics
electric wire
electric wires
electric wire with rubber coating
fabric
gasket material
glass
gore-tex
gravel
gutta percha
hemp
india rubber
inorganic: glass
inorganic: rubber
iron
lacquered metal
laquered metal
lead
leather
liquid
liquid in level
magnet
magnets
mercury
metal
metal: alloy
metal: alloy, aluminium
metal: aluminium
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: lead
metal: steel
mica
Natural rubber (NR)
nylon
organic: canvas
organic: cotton
organic: hemp
organic: jute
organic: leather
organic: rubber
organic: silk
paint
painted
paper
perspex
plaster
plastic
plastic, aluminium, rubber
plastic/rubber
plastic/rubber ?
plastic?
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
quartz
rubber
rubber/plastic
rubber?
rubber ?
rubber cable insulation
rubber casing on wires
rubberised canvas
rubber sealing
sand
silver
steel
steel?
steel??
steel alloys
synthetic
synthetic: nylon
synthetic: perspex
synthetic: plastic
synthetic: rubber
synthetic materials
textile
textile insulation?
unidentified organic
varnish
varnished
wax
wire
wood
wood, plastic, metal, rubber
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Display - All Hands Gallery
Display - Bridge Gallery
Display - Forgotten Fighters
Display - Ocean Court
Display - ROG
Display - Sea Things Gallery
Display - Voyagers
Not on display
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Creator
AB Atvidabergs Industrier
Admiralty Compass Observatory
AEG
Anderson, Rigden and Perkins Ltd
Anglia
Anschütz & Co
AVIMO Limited
Bamberg, Carl
Barr & Stroud Ltd
Bata
Beme Electronic and Marine Equipments Ltd
Cassell, A.
Clift, E. H.
Decca
Eldred, Charles E.
Etting, Flolydia M.
Fabrique Nationale D'Armes de Guerre Herstal Belgique
Farrar, Austin Packard
Fox, Uffa
General Electric Company
gtl
Henri-Lloyd Ltd
Henry Hughes & Son Limited
Herler, Thomas
Iseco
J. H. Fenner & Co Ltd
Kelvin & Hughes Ltd
Kingdom Yacht Launch and Engineering Works
Klepper
Lindner
Lionel Corporation
MacAlister, P.
Miller-Dunn Company
Multifabs
P. Webley & Sons
Patin
Plath, C.
Plyformers Ltd
Priddle, A. T. C.
Rae, Iain L.
Ross Ltd
S. G. Brown Ltd
Shimadzu Corporation
Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd
Siebe Heinke
Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Sperry
Sperry Marine Systems
Steward, J. H.
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Thatcher, Kelvin
Thomas Mercer Chronometers
Thompson and Mercer
Underwater Welders & Repairers Ltd
Unknown
Vickers-Armstrong Limited
Vion, E
Waller, Alan Jesse Charles
Webley
Webley & Scott Revolver & Small Arms Co. Ltd
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Aberdeen
Belgium
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Bremerhaven
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Derby, England
England
Germany
Hamburg
Ipswich
Japan
Kiel
London
Margate
New York
Paris
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Sale
Southampton
St. Albans, UK
Sweden
Teddington
United Kingdom
United States of America
Unknown
Watford
Whitstable
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Vessels
Bengloe (1961)
British Diver (1984)
Chakdina (1951)
Donola
Harvest Gold
Haughty Belle
Maihar (1968)
Queen Elizabeth (1913)
Rainbow Warrior 1955
Star Arcturus 1975
Strathlairg
Sun XXI 1959
U48 (1915)
Valiant (1959)
Windrush active 1952
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People
Anderson, Robert King
Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Clifford, Henry
Fox, Uffa
Gar, Alexis Joseph
H. E. Moss & Co
Honourable East India Company
Jellicoe, John Rushworth
Kingdom Yacht Launch and Engineering Works
Klepper
Kriegsmarine
May, William Edward
Moss, Frank Sharphouse
Parham, Frank
Port Line Ltd
Queen Elizabeth II
Raleigh, Walter
Richardson, Percy
Royal Naval College, Osborne
Scanlan, Michael John
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Thatcher, Kelvin
Webley
Worth, Peter Reginald Glenhome
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Port Wellington rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Sydney rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
New Orleans rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Brisbane rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Launceston rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Cunard Brocklbank Bulkers Ltd rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Lincoln rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Glasgow rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Laurence Marques rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Huon rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Jackson rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Nelson rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Melbourne rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Victor rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Napier rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Montreal rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Chalmers rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Quebec rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Tilbury rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Alfred rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port Chalmers rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Durban rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Port St Lawrence rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
Birkenhead rubber stamp (Rubber stamp)
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