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Ship Plans and Technical Records - Admiralty Collections
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35 mm Roll film negative
boat frame mould
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clothing accessory: uniform insignia: ribbon, cap
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documentary artifact: photonegative, film
documentary artifact: ship plan: carronade(32pdr)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, quarter & forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
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water transport: cargo vessel: fruit ship
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water transport: fighting vessel: 10 gun boat
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 14 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 16 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, brig
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: scenic)
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Adams, Edgar Tarry
British School, 19th century
Chappell, Reuben
Clark, William
Gould, Frederick Charles
Grierson, Alec R.
Harris, Douglas D.
Hawkins, George
Hill, Henry Oliver
Horner, Thomas B.
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph
Lees, James
Marine Photo Service
McMorrow, Justin
Mends, George Pechell
Merwe, Pieter van der
Oke, Philip Jesse
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co Ltd
Reinagle, George Philip
Sheppard, after
Thomas, Robert Strickland
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Weston, Derek Richard
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Greek War of Independence, Battle of Navarino, 1827
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Helen Barnet Gring 1919
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Helen Denny 1868
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Helen Macgregor 1843 [British]
Helen M Mcallister (1959)
Helen of Troy 1929
Helen Pembroke (1870)
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Jabel (fl. 1932)
Jamaica Producer 1934
Kangaroo (1805)
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La Belle Helene (31.12 Fl.1920s)
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Maggie Helen 160LK 1904
Martin (1805)
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Miss Helen (fl. 1932)
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Regardless (1929)
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Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
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Kamp's Scheepvaart & Handelmaatschappij N V
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Lugthart, H.
Merwe, Pieter van der
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A distant port near broadside view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Essex oyster smack Skylark (1877) and the bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail, racing in the Thames Estuary. (Roll film negative)
A port side view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Colchester smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and the London bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in the River Medway, bound downriver after the start of a match. (Roll film negative)
A port side view, taken from only just abaft the beam, of the Colchester smack Charlotte Ellen (1907) and the London bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in the River Medway, bound downriver after the start of a match. (Roll film negative)
A port bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Leigh bawley Helen & Violet (1906) under sail in the Thames estuary during the Swale Match. (Roll film negative)
La Belle Helene (31.12 Fl.1920s)
Helena Anna (1870) (Historic Photographic Negative)
La Belle Helene (31.12 Fl.1920s)
La Belle Helene (31.12 Fl.1920s)
La Belle Helene (31.12 Fl.1920s)
The motor coaster Sea Ems (1956) under way in theThames estuary, probably in River Thames (35 mm Roll film negative)
Helencrest (1941) (Negative)
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Lower deck plan
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Contract for Helena (1804) (Manuscript)
A boatyard on the Miami River at Miami, Florida. (Sheet film negative)
Cap ribbon
boat frame mould
boat frame mould
boat frame mould
boat frame mould
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