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armament t&e, artillery: cannon
armament t&e, artillery: model, cannon(working)
astronomical t&e: telescope (26 inch)
astronomical t&e: telescope component: guide, offset
Bark cloth
Boat cloak
Builder's, Half block model
Cannon model
Cap badge
ceremonial artifact: flag, house
cloth, tapa
clothing, outerwear: uniform: jacket, mess
clothing, outerwear: uniform: jacket, monkey
clothing, outerwear: uniform: trousers
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Second Officer's
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: badge, cap
Colour transparency
commemorative artifact: monument(part)
Design model
documentary artifact: photonegative, film
documentary artifact: photonegative, glass
documentary artifact: phototransparency, film
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, protective
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, superstructure
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
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documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
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documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
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documentary artifact: ship plan: watertight compartments, general arrangement
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hold
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Life saving award
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medal, British: campaign medal: General Service Medal 1793-1840
medal, British: prize medal: Arts and Commerce, Society of
medal, Spanish: lifesaving award: Silver Medal
Mess jacket
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Monkey jacket
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Ordnance modelCannon model
original art: print
personal symbol: coat of arms
presentation artifact: salver
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sail
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String-gnomon dial
surveying & navigational t&e: sundial & compass, pocket
Tapa cloth
Technical drawing
Trousers
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watertight compartments, general arrangement
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: general cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: liner, cargo
water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey vessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, protected (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, composite (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun
water transport: fishing vessel: sharpie
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: equipped: half)
water transport: model, instructional: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)
water transport: passenger vessel: excursion vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: sharpie, 2 masted
water transport: sailing vessel: sloop, ship rigged
water transport: service vessel: tug
water transport accessory: rudder, common
water transport accessory: rudder, Thompson's patent
water transport component: model design
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Beaton, Edwin
Bennett, William
Bunney & Gold
Carr, W L
Christian, Mauatua
Copley, John Singleton
Earlom, Richard
Engleheart, Francis
Engleheart, George
Evans, George
F. C. Gould & Son
Firmin & Sons Limited
Francis Frith & Co
Frenleny, P.
Frenzeny, P.
G. Thompson & Sons
Gainsborough, Thomas
George Riley
Gold, Joyce
Gould, Frederick Charles
Gould, Frederick Samuel
Grierson, Alec R.
Grubb, Howard
Hardy, Jacques
Hardy, Thomas
Harris, Douglas D.
Hill, Henry Oliver
Hills, Lionel Thomas
Hollis, Aiskew Paffard
John P. Thompson & Co
Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Ltd
Kellerhofer
London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company
Mackenzie
Marchionni, Luiz
McKenzie, A.
Miller Rayner Ltd
Mills, George
Monnery & Son
Moore, Alexander
Morisset, James
Pingo, Lewis
Ridley, William
Roberts, P.
Smith, John Raphael
Thompson, George
Thompson, J. A.
Turner, Charles
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
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Ward, James
Warren, E C
White, M.
Wyon, William
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French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Camperdown, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Napoleonic Wars: Action at Vivero, 1808
Napoleonic Wars: Attack on Gaeta, 1815
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
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Aberdeen (1881)
Alma (1940)
Alsatia (1948)
Amphitrite (1898)
Andromeda (1784)
Arab (1901)
Argonaut (1898)
Ariadne (1898)
Australasian (1884)
Benvannoch (1944)
Berkshire (1894)
Borneo (1895)
Damascus (1887)
Demosthenes (1911)
Elk (1847)
Emerald 1795 [HMS]
Empire Nidd (1943)
Empire Rain (1941)
Empire Ruskin (1942)
Empire Wilson (1944)
Everonika (1906)
Firebrand (1877)
Firefly (1877)
Hearty (1885)
Ionic (1883)
Leander (1780)
Mallard 1875
Marathon (1904)
Mary & Annie (1862)
Miltiades (1903)
Moorhen (1880)
Moravian (1858)
Moravian (1899)
Nineveh (1894)
Ocean Wayfarer (1942)
Patriarch (1869)
Patricia 1947
Pericles (1908)
Port Stephens (1944)
Privateer 1955
Salamis (1899)
Santisima Trinidad (1769)
Scotia (1893)
Scottish Eagle (1952)
Scottish Lion (1952)
Scottish Ptarmigan (1958)
Shahnstan 1911
Shahristan (1911)
Sheldrake (1875)
Sherbro (1870)
Sherbro 1870
Silverbeech (1926)
Silverguava (1927)
Silvermaple (1927)
Silveroak (1944)
Silversandal (1930)
Silverteak (1930)
Silverwalnut (1930)
Sophocles (1883)
Spartiate (1898)
Sun XXV 1963
Terrier (1883)
Themistocles (1911)
Thermopylae (1891)
Tovelil (1925)
Whitgift 1895
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Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line
Aberdeen White Star Line
Berkshire S S Co, (Thompson, Elliott & Co)
Bolt, Daniel
Cayzer, Irvine and Company Limited
Cia. Naviera Mexicana S A
Cleland, John
Collingwood, Cuthbert
Crawford, John
Cunard Line
Downes, Peter
Duncan, Adam
Durnford, John
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Fairfax, William George
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
G. Thompson & Son
Geo. Thompson, junior & Co
George Thompson & Co Ltd
Goshi Kaisha Kishimoto Shokwa
H. M. Ministry of War Transport
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Harriss, fl
Hood, William John Thompson
Huntley, Cook & Co Ltd
Ives, J E
James Turner, Grimsby
John P. Thompson & Co
Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Ltd
Kishimoto Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha
Little, Cardinal John
London Steam Tug Co Ltd
Mexican Government
Midshipman Thompson
Mr Barnet
Nelson, Horatio
Norfolk & North American Steam Shipping Co Ltd
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Oswald, James
Paterson, Mr, Master
Pembroke Dockyard
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Philip and Son Ltd
Pope, Charles Meredyth
Queen Isabella II of Spain
Queen Victoria
Robert Napier & Sons
Robey Bros, Sydney
S. & J. Thompson Ltd
Scottish Tanker Company Limited
Shaw, Savill & Albion Company Limited
Shinsan Kisen Kabushiki Kaisha
Silver Line Ltd, London
Society of Arts and Commerce
Stanley & John Thompson Ltd
The Spain & China Co Ltd
Thompson
Thompson, Arthur
Thompson, Benjamin
Thompson, Charles
Thompson, Edward
Thompson, George
Thompson, Henry
Thompson, J. A.
Thompson, John Rawlins
Thompson, Judith
Thompson, Nathan
Thompson, R. H.
Thompson, Richard
Thompson, Thomas
Thompson, Thomas Boulden
Thompson, William
Thompson Shipbuilding
Thompson Steam Shipping Co Ltd
Thompson Towage Co Ltd, Hull
Trollope, Thomas
Trustees of the London & South Western and Midland Railways jointly (R H Dutton and M W Thompson, managing agents) for the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
Turkish Government
United Towing Co Ltd
Vickers, Sons & Maxim
Watkins, W.
William Gray & Company Ltd, William
Winter, Jan Willem de
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Captain Edward Thompson (1738?- 1786) (Print)
Thompson / Harris / Andromeda (Drawing)
An exact representation of the Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet off the River Nile in Egypt, By Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson over Admiral Brueys Commander in chief of the French Fleet ... (Print)
Tapa cloth (Bark cloth)
Marathon (1904) (Glass plate negative)
Sherbro (1870); Burnham, Somerset (Glass photonegative)
Trousers
Mess jacket
Everonika (1906); Shahristan (1911); Garston Docks, Lancashire (Historic Photographic Negative)
sail
Lower deck plan
Silver salver (Salver)
The cargo liner Alsatia (1948) in the Surrey Docks, London. (Negative)
Mary & Annie (1862)
The general cargo ship Alma (1941) on the River Thames passing Tilbury, Essex. (Colour transparency)
Lower deck plan
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Ariadne (1898) (Technical drawing)
Ariadne (1898) (Technical drawing)
Ariadne (1898) (Technical drawing)
Ariadne (1898) (Technical drawing)
William John Thompson Hood (Miniature)
Royal Naval uniform (Boat cloak)
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