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Accommodation model
Anchor cable
Anchor Chain Compressor
Anchor chain compressor model
Antenna cable for Trimble Navigation GPS
Arm badge
body
bound cable charts
Bound volume
Bound volume; Print; Manuscript
Bridge deck plan
Builder's, Half block model
Builder's, Mirror backed model
Button
Cable
cable
cable, anchor
cable, electric
cable, submarine
cable chart
cable chart; Manuscript
cable chart; Manuscript; Lithograph
cable charts
cable compressor
Cable compressor model
Cable link
Cables
Cable wire
Capstan model
Carburettor with throttle linkage and cable
Chart plotter cable
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: badge, arm
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: button(3)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Leading Wireman's (cable jointing)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Petty Officer Wireman's (cable jointing)
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Wireman's (cable jointing)
Computer cable
Deck model
Design, Sectional model
Design, Skeleton model
documentary artifact: photonegative, film
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: cable compressor
documentary artifact: ship plan: casing, tops
documentary artifact: ship plan: chain cable
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, shelter
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
Drawing
electrical & magnetic t&e: cable, electric
Electrical cable
Electric cable
energy production t&e: cable, electric
Engine model
Engine model; Plug with cable
Equipment model
Equipment model; Cable compressor model
Full-hull model
Full hull exhibition model
Full hull model
Full hull model; Rigged model
Full hull model; Rigged model; Scenic model
Full hull model; Rope cable
Gas pipe and electric cable
Glass plate negative
GPS Receiver electrical cable
Gyro-magnetic compass cables
Gyrocompass cables
Half block model
Half block model; Mirror-backed model
Half hull model
Inboard profile plan
Interconnecting cables
Junction Box and Cables
Lines
Lithograph
Lower deck plan
Main deck plan
Manuscript
medal, British: prize medal: H.M.S. Implacable: Reward for Merit 1856
Metal and textile cables
Metal cable
Midship model
Mirror-backed model
Navigational computing instrument box
Navigational computing instrument cable
Navigational electric sextant cable
Negative
Night periscope cable
Painting
Plug
Plug with cable
Porthcurno - Lisbon - Gibraltar - Malta - Zante cable
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Rigged model
Rope cable
Rope rigging
Sailor's work, Full hull model
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Ship equipment modelCable compressor model
Structural model
Submarine cable
Submarine cable box
Submarine cable box key
Submarine cable case
Submarine cable case key
Submarine cable cross section
Submarine cable length
Submarine cable mount
Technical drawing
telecommunications t&e: cable, submarine
Transceiver power cable
TSS 333/335 Motion Sensor Active Junction Box and Cables
TSS 335B Motion Sensor - Junction box and cables
Upper deck plan
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Scenic model
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: fighting vessel: light cruiser
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: half: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)
water transport: model, exhibition: mirror backed model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
water transport: service vessel: anchor boat, cable &
water transport: service vessel: cable ship
water transport: service vessel: cable ship (HMCS)
water transport: service vessel: cable ship (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: cable vessel
water transport: service vessel: tug
water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel
water transport: steam vessel: screw
water transport accessory: cable
water transport accessory: cable(3 samples)
water transport accessory: cable(8 samples)
water transport accessory: cable, anchor
water transport accessory: cable, wire
water transport accessory: cable link
water transport accessory: capstan (method of running in cable)
water transport accessory: compressor, cable
water transport accessory: model, cable compressor
water transport component: deck: compressors
water transport component: midship: cable locker (leads)
water transport component: midship: compressor
water transport component: midship: deck
water transport component: midship: deck fittings (bitts, chain cable)
water transport component: midship: nippers
water transport component: model, capstan(decked: equipped: midship: working)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(cutaway: decked: equipped: midship)
water transport component: model, design: skeleton model(decked: equipped: deck with cable compressors)
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(decked: equipped: midship: working)
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aluminium?
black ink
blue colourwash
board
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coating: gilt
coating: varnish
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fruitwood
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green ink
grey colourwash
gutta percha
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india rubber
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metal: brass
metal: bronze
metal: copper
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metal: tin
metal: unknown
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organic: hemp
organic: jute
organic: paper
organic: rubber
paint
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pencil
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plastic?
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steel?
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wood: birdseye maple
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AMAL
Anglo American Cable Co
British Indian Submarine Telegraph Company
Chinese School, 19th century
Collins Radio Co
Compagnia italiana dei cavi telegrafici sottomarini
Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques
Company, Commercial Cable
Culley, W. R.
Derek Henden Co.
Direct Spanish Telegraph Company
Direct United States Cable Company
Eastern & South African Telegraph Co
Eastern Extension Australasia & China Telegraph Company
Eastern Telegraph Co
Ebbage, C. W.
Ferranti, Sebastian Ziani de
Garmin International
George Kenning & Son Ltd
Glass Elliot & Co
Goodall, Stanley Vernon
Grierson, Alec R.
Hoad, Lewis
Italian Government
John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd
Joseph T. Eltringham and Co
Lucas, Francis Robert
Moore, John
Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke A.G.
Pirelli Cables Ltd
R. & H. Green & Silley Weir Ltd
R. S. Newall & Co
Riddle, Edward
Siemens Brothers and Co Ltd, London
Spanish Government
Systems, Navstar
Teledyne TSS
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Thompson and Mercer
Trimble Navigation
Underwater Welders & Repairers Ltd
Unknown
W. L. Byers & Co Ltd
Western Telegraph Co
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Africa (1905)
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Blazer (1856)
Castor (1832)
Edinburgh (1855)
Elba 1854
Emden (1908)
Great Eastern (1858)
Hibernia (1861)
Holdfast (1921)
Hyperion (1807)
Implacable 1805 (HMS)
Kangaroo (1853)
Lasso (1938)
Latimer (1941)
Mercury 1962
Mirror (1885)
Monarch (1946)
Norseman IV 1885
Patrol (1903)
Recorder (1885)
Roddam 1887
Sancroft (1941)
Scotia (1862)
Seringapatam (1819)
Sun XII 1925
Sun XXIII 1961
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Baddeley, William
Baker, Jill Peta
Bordeaux, T
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Captain C. Robinson, C.
Captain Henry Manning, Henry
Clifford, Henry
Company, Commercial Cable
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Eastern Telegraph Co
German Government
HM Admiralty
John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd
Mogridge, C. T.
Philip and Son Ltd
R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie & Co. Ltd
Ramage & Ferguson Ltd
Robert Napier & Sons
Royal Navy Trophy Centre
Science Museum Group
South Kensington Museum
Symonds, William
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Western Union Telegraph Company
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Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable cross section (Submarine cable cross section)
Cable compressor (Equipment model; Cable compressor model)
Gas pipe and electric cable
Cable wire
TSS 333/335 Motion Sensor Active Junction Box and Cables (Junction Box and Cables)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable cross section (Submarine cable cross section)
Electric cable section in glazed case (cable, electric)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable box (Submarine cable box)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
cable
Submarine cable (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable cross section (Submarine cable cross section)
Submarine cable
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Cable wire
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
Submarine cable section (Submarine cable)
HMS Bellerophon (1866); Warship; Central battery iron clad; 24 guns (Sectional model; Deck model)
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