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cast: medal cast: commemorative medal
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, protective
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: rig, general arrangement
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documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
documentary artifact: ship plan: watertight compartments, general arrangement
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water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (German navy)
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
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Hörnlein, F.
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White, W H
Wyllie, William Lionel
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
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Hörnlein, F.
Weddigen, Captain-Otto von
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Medal commemorating the destruction of the English armoured cruisers 'Aboukir', 'Hogue' and 'Cressy', by 'U 9', 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating the destruction of the English armoured cruisers 'Aboukir', 'Hogue' and 'Cressy' by 'U 9', 1914 (Medal)
Technical drawing
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Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
Four coins (Coin)
Cressy (1899) (Negative)
Cressy (1899) (Negative)
Loss of HMS 'Aboukir ', 'Hogue' and 'Cressy' in the Broad Fourteens action of 22 September 1914 (Drawing)
Medal commemorating the destruction of the English armoured cruisers 'Aboukir', 'Hogue' and 'Cressy' by 'U 9', 1914 (Medal)
Medal commemorating the destruction of the English armoured cruisers 'Aboukir', 'Hogue' and 'Cressy' by 'U 9', 1914 (Medal)
Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
Cressy (1899) (Technical drawing)
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Cressy (1899) (Negative)
Cressy (1899) (Negative)
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