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A distant starboard bow view of the general cargo coaster Swallow (1892) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
American Steamboat Swallow (Print)
Official boat badge of HMS Swallow (Boat badge)
Beechams Pills 3 boxes... Montevideo, December 17th 1889 HMS Swallow (gun vessel)...with yellow fever on board...signalled...list of necessities...on the list was Beechams Pills...for the Captain! The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Print)
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Swan (1745); Speedwell (1744); Hazard (1744); Tavistock (1745); Kingsfisher (1745); Falcon (1745); Badger (1745); Swallow (1744); Dispatch (1745) (Technical drawing)
Cruizer (1797); Ferret (1805); Scorpion (1803); Swallow (1805), Musquito (1804); Scout (1804); Despatch (1804); Snake (1797); Victor (1798). (Technical drawing)
Snake (1798); Victor (1798); Fly (1813); Grasshopper (1813) (Technical drawing)
Swallow (1781) (Technical drawing)
Kite (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Swallow (1795); Sylph (1795); Pelican (1795) (Technical drawing)
'Swallow' (1812) (Technical drawing)
Swallow (1769) (Technical drawing)
Swallow (1769) (Technical drawing)
Pelican (1795); Kite (1795); Dispatch (1795) [alternative spelling: Despatch]; Albatross (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Sylph (1795); Swallow (1795). (Technical drawing)
Merlin (1744); Swallow (1744); Hind (1744); Vulture (1744) (Technical drawing)
Plover class gunvessels (technical drawing)
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Peacock class patrol boats (Technical drawing)
42ft Liberty and Swallow Boats (Technical drawing)
Life Saving award, Hamburg Senate (Lifesaving award)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the general cargo coaster Swallow (1892) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
Loss of the Steamboat Swallow while on her trip from Albany to New-York, on Monday Evening April 7th 1845. When opposite Athens she struck a large rock, took fire broke in two and sunk-By which melancholy occurrance, it is supposed that nearly 40 lives were lost (Print)
Albatross (1795); Dispatch (1795); Kite (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Swallow (1795); Sylph (1795); Pelican (1795). (Technical drawing)
Albatross (1795); Dispatch (1795); Kite (1795); Raven (1796); Star (1795); Swallow (1795); Sylph (1795). (Technical drawing)
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