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documentary artifact: ship plan
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
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documentary artifact: ship plan: holes in bottom
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water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier, light fleet (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMAS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, scout (HMS)
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water transport: motor vessel, twin screw
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Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd
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Abdiel (1967)
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Aeneas (1945)
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Amethyst (1903)
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Amphion (1944)
Antrim (1967)
Arethusa (1963)
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Arlingham (1953)
Artemis (1946)
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Ashanti (1959)
Astute (1945)
Audrey (1961)
Auriga (1945)
Aurora (1962)
Bacchante (1968)
Berwick (1959)
Bickington (1952)
Bildeston (1952)
Blake (1945)
Bossington (1955)
Brave Borderer (1958)
Brave Swordsman (1958)
Brighton (1959)
Broadwey (1954)
Bronington (1953)
Careful (1945)
Chrysanthemum (1917)
Coniston (1952)
County class guided missle destroyer group record
Crofton (1958)
Cutlass (1970)
Cutty Sark (1869)
Defence (1944)
Devonshire (1960)
Dido (1961)
Dundas (1953)
Eagle (1946)
Echo (1957)
Endurance (1956)
Eskimo (1961)
Euryalus (1963)
Everingham (1954)
Exmouth (1955)
Expert (1945)
Falmouth (1959)
Fearless (1963)
Fife (1964)
Fittleton (1954)
Florence (1980)
Forth (1938)
Frances (1979)
Galatea (1963)
Gavinton (1953)
Geelong (1941)
Genevieve (1980)
Ghost (1890)
Glamorgan (1964)
Gorgon (1837)
Grenville (1942)
Gurkha (1960)
Hampshire (1961)
Haversham (1954)
Hermes (1953)
Hermione (1967)
Humming Bird (1890)
Intrepid (1964)
Jaguar (1957)
Jupiter (1967)
Kent (1961)
Leander (1961)
Lincoln (1959)
Lizzie Webber [British]
Londonderry (1958)
Lowestoft (1960)
Matapan (1945)
Maxton (1956)
Melbourne (1945)
Mermaid (1966)
Monkton (1955)
Montclare (1922)
Naiad (1963)
Newcastle (1936)
Nimble (1941)
Nubian (1960)
Oracle (1961)
Orion (1974)
Orpheus (1959)
Otama (1975)
Petard (1941)
Phoebe (1964)
Plymouth (1959)
Porpoise (1956)
Rapid (1942)
Reward (1944)
Rhyl (1959)
Rothesay (1957)
Rothesay class frigate group record (1957 - 1959)
Russell (1954)
Sabre (1970)
Salisbury (1953)
Samson (1953)
Scimitar (1969)
Sea Giant (1954)
Sharpshooter (1936)
Shoulton (1954)
Squirrel (1904)
Tartar (1960)
Tenacity (1969)
Tiger (1945)
Torquay (1954)
Torrid (1971)
Tremendous (1784)
Trinidad (1940)
Tynwald (1937)
Victorious (1939)
Vidal (1951)
Whitby class frigate group record
Whitehead (1970)
Wilton (1972)
Woodlark (1958)
Yarmouth (1959)
YC 482 (1958)
YC 483 (1959)
YC 484 (1959)
Zulu (1962)
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Cockatoo Dockyard
Cogger, A.J.
Cogger, C.
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Cox, E. A.
Crawford, T. H.
Crozier, S. G.
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Dowst, D.C.
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Pembroke Dockyard
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Smith, J.T.
Smith, T.
Steele, T.
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Swann, J. F.
Tamsett, F.G.
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Thames Iron Works Shipbuilding & Engineering Co
Trott, O. C.
Tucker, K.
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Watts, D.
Watts, M.
Watts, Philip
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Forth (1938) (Technical drawing)
Whitehead (1970) (Technical drawing)
Forth (1938) (Technical drawing)
Forth (1938) (Technical drawing)
Tiger (1945), Lion (1944) and Blake (1945) (Technical drawing)
Forth (1938) (Technical drawing)
Fife (1964) (Technical drawing)
Whitehead (1970) (Technical drawing)
Eagle (1946) (Technical drawing)
Vidal (1951) (Technical drawing)
Forth (1938) (Technical drawing)
Forth (1938) (Technical drawing)
Endurance (1956) (Technical drawing)
Adelaide (1918) (Technical drawing)
Adamant (1940) (Technical drawing)
Kilmorey (1953) (Technical drawing)
Haversham (1954) (Technical drawing)
Fly (1943) (Technical drawing)
Fort Rosalie (1944) (Technical drawing)
Fort Rosalie (1944) (Technical drawing)
Maxton (1956) (Technical drawing)
Laleston (1954) (Technical drawing)
Trinidad (1940) (Technical drawing)
Trinidad (1940) (Technical drawing)
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