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7Ship's biscuit
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food preparation t&e: rations: biscuit, ship's
food service t&e: rations: biscuit, ship's
food service t&e: rations: bread
food service t&e: rations: rations, dried(Type K Breakfast unit)
food service t&e: rations: rations, lifeboat emergency
food service t&e: rations: rations, lifeboat emergency(biscuits)
Grain, Wheat
Lifeboat emergency rations
Liferaft emergency rations
relic: botanical specimen: grain, wheat(4 grains)
Ship's biscuit
Ship's biscuit.
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metal: steel
organic: cardboard
organic: flesh
organic: grain, wheat
organic: sugar
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wheat
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Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery
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Carr & Co Ltd
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Carlisle, England
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Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
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World War II, 1939-1945
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Bewick, Thomas
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Fossilised bread (Bread)
Hard bread (Bread)
Ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Lifeboat emergency rations (Lifeboat emergency rations)
Ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Grain, Wheat
Square ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Bread fragment
Bread fragment
Type K breakfast ration (Dried rations)
Ship's biscuit with leaflet (Ship's biscuit)
Ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Ship's Biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Ship's biscuit (Biscuit)
Liferaft emergency rations (Liferaft emergency rations)
Rectangular ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
Hexagonal ship's biscuit (Ship's biscuit)
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