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Design, Half block model
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
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medal, British: prize medal: Arethusa & Chichester, Tarining Ships
medal, British: prize medal: Arethusa, Tarining Ships
medal, British: prize medal: Arethusa, Training Ship
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water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 50 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: half)
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Ackermann, Rudolph
Adams, Edgar Tarry
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Boys in uniform mustering on the upper deck on board the boys training ship Arethusa (1849) at her permanent moorings in the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Annual prizegiving day on board the boys training ship Arethusa (1849) at her permanent moorings in the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the boys' training ship Arethusa (1849) at moorings on the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port broadside view of the boys' training ship Arethusa (1849) at moorings on the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Trial between H.M.S. Phaeton, Arethusa, Leander, and Indefatigable, March 13th 1851 (Print)
H.M.S. Arethusa 50 guns Captain T.M.C. Symonds (Print)
The Arethusa Frigate (Drawing)
Phaeton and Arethusa (Drawing)
Malta Harbour with Admiral Dundas's Squadron May 1853 (Print)
Arethusa (1849) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1849) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1849) (Technical drawing)
Arethusa (1849) (Technical drawing)
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