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'Unknown 64' Collection
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Francis Frith & Co
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35 mm
35 mm; Roll film negative
animal husbandry t&e: beehive
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Cap ribbon
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: ribbon, cap
Cutaway model
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: section(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
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lifebelt
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water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(cutaway: decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport: service vessel: barge, hopper
water transport: training vessel: training ship, paddle and screw (HMS)
water transport accessory: badge, boat
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Blake, R.
Cozzens, Frederic S.
Danckerts, Cornelis
Harris, Douglas D.
Heard, Joseph
Hill, Henry Oliver
HM Dockyard, Devonport
John Piper Ltd
Maudslay, Sons & Field
Nooms, Reinier
Scribner's, Charles, & Sons
Simonds, F J
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
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Beechwold (1895)
Beecroft
Beehive (1752)
Beeston (1920)
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British Beech (1964)
Busy Bee (1885)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe (1943)
Irish Beech (1884)
Phantom 1868 [American]
Queen Bee 1852
Rhyl (1959)
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Syren (Fl. 1884)
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BP Tanker Co Ltd
Burke, John
Deeside Shipping Co Ltd
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HM Dockyard, Chatham
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Irish Shipping Ltd, Dublin
Johnston Warren Lines Ltd
Millman, Charles
Nigerian Navy
Royal United Service Institution
Thomas Rose & Co
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Busy Bee (1885) (Historic Photographic Negative)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Beecher Island (1944) (Negative)
Beechfield (1922) (Negative)
Beech (1929) (Negative)
Cap ribbon
Technical drawing
lifebelt
Official boat badge of HMS Bee (Boat badge)
Verschey de Schepen.... Plate b7. De Swarte Beer een Groenlants Vaerden (Print)
Technical drawing
The barque 'Queen Bee' (Painting)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Bee (Historic Photographic Negative)
Beecher Island (1944) (Negative)
Beechmore (1954) (Negative)
Beechmore (1954) (Negative)
Beecher Island (1944) (Negative)
Beechmore (1954) (Negative)
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