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A colonial building in Tinnevelly
armament, ethnographic: arrow
armament, ethnographic: bow
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver
armament accessory, ethnographic: scabbard
Arrow
Binnacle Lid
Book
Bow
Canoe
Capstan
Capstan Bar
Card case
Chess set
clothing accessory: neckerchief, sailor's
Colour transparency
Composite Paddle
Cooking and Food Locker
Cooking and Food Locker Lid
documentary artifact: model, ethnographic boat
documentary artifact: photonegative, film
documentary artifact: phototransparency, film
documentary artifact: programme
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
Fabric square
Fan
Flag
Flag Hoist
Full hull model
Full hull model; Flag
Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails furled; Plank-on-frame
game: chess set
Grapnel Anchor
Hatch Cover
Hatch cover
Honour's Board
Inboard profile plan
Lifeboat
Liquid compass and binnacle
Mast
Mast and Sail
Mast Crutch
neckerchief, sailor's
Negative
Oar
personal gear: fan
personal gear: square, fabric
Photo
Photographic print
Plank-on-frame
Programme
Quiver
Rigged model
Roll film negative
Rudder
Sailor's neckerchief
Sails furled
Scabbard
square, fabric
Stand
Steering Oar
Stockless Anchor
Storage Box
Stove
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
Technical drawing
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel (Bengal)
water transport: cargo vessel: barge
water transport: cargo vessel: boat, surf (Masula)
water transport: cargo vessel: bulk carrier, pulp
water transport: cargo vessel: general cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: general cargo vessel, short sea
water transport: cargo vessel: liner, cargo
water transport: cargo vessel: refrigerated carrier
water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey vessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMIS)
water transport: native craft: boat, surf (Masula)
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: liner, cargo & passenger
water transport: passenger vessel: excursion vessel
water transport: passenger vessel: liner, passenger
water transport: sailing vessel: barge, spritsail
water transport: sailing vessel: dhow (Indian kotias type)
water transport: service vessel: cable ship
water transport: service vessel: tug
water transport: steam vessel, paddle
water transport accessory: figurehead
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35mm slide in plastic and glass mount
Albumen print
bamboo
brass
cambric
card
card (mount)
cast iron
Cellulose acetate negative
Cellulose nitrate negative
glass
leaf
liquid
mahogany
metal
metal: brass
metal: copper
metal: iron
organic: bamboo
organic: cotton
organic: feather
organic: fibre
organic: leather
organic: quill
organic: silk
organic: twine
paper
plastic
Polyester negative
raffia
silk
textile
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Beed, S C
Bird, Henry P.
C. G. Conn Ltd
Cheyne, J. P.
Grierson, Alec R.
Headlam, E J
Master Shipwright
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Wettern, Desmond Robert French
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Alipore, West Bengal, India
Bengal, India, Asia
Dockyard, Bombay, India
Dockyard,RIM, Bombay, India
East India Docks
Elkhart, Indiana, USA
India
Indian Ocean
Kazimbazar, Bengal, India
North East India (possibly)
Trincomalee Dockyard, India
West India Docks
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Aaro (1960)
Afram River (1962)
Aki Maru (1954)
American Harvester (1945)
Anatolian (1955)
Anvers 1961
Appledore (1953)
Argentina 1943
Ashanti (1959)
Assyria (1950)
Author (1958)
Bacchante (1876)
Beatrice Maud (1910)
Benalder (1949)
Bencomo (1950)
Bendoran (1956)
Benefactor (1962)
Bengloe (1961)
Benvannoch (1944)
Beverley (1910)
Black Prince (1954)
Britannia (1929)
Bruno (1948)
Cagliari (1949)
Carthage Maru (1931)
Castagnola (1961)
City of Durban (1954)
City of Exeter (1953)
City of Hull (1947)
City of Port Elizabeth (1952)
City of Pretoria (1947)
City of York (1953)
Clan Forbes (1961)
Clan Maclennan (1947)
Clive 1919
Corfu Maru (1931)
Custodian (1961)
Dilwara (1930)
Diplomat (1953)
Dollar Bay (1944)
Egyptian Prince (1951)
Ena (1906)
Giosue Borsi 1946
Herdsman 1947
Investigator 1881
Ionia (1960)
Kirsten Skou 1953
Lancastrian Prince 1960
Larchbank 1961
Lawrence 1919
Linguist 1947
Livorno 1946
Maltasian (1950)
Marlindo (1946)
Mercury 1913 (HMS)
Mercury 1913 (HMS) ?
Mercury 1962
Morild (1939)
Muria (1932)
Nordpol 1949
Oakmore (1939)
Ocean Enterprise (1944)
Ocean Enterprise (1949)
Oriani 1944 ?
Patricia 1947
Persian Ferdowsi (1945)
Persian Roxana (1953)
Perthshire 1936
Pinemore (1955)
Portia 1955
Port Stephens (1944)
Pulptrader 1961
Rajula (1926)
Rattler (1945)
Royal Daffodil 1939
Saarstein (1951)
Scholar (1944)
Sea Avon (1977)
Selector (1943)
Sennar 1962
Silveroak (1944)
Simla (1898)
South African Statesman (1950)
Suecia 1929
Sun XII 1925
Sun XV 1925
Sun XXIII 1961
Tayra (1926)
Theron (1961)
Tiderange (1954)
Tiger (1945)
Tintagel Castle (1954)
Trentino (1952)
Tymeric (1919)
Warla (1949)
West Wales (1941)
Zadar (1950)
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Traders: The East India Company and Asia
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Alexander Hall & Co Ltd
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd
Boel, J
Bombay Dockyard
Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik
Brodogradiliste "Uljanik"
Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Charles Connell and Company
Cochrane & Sons Ltd
De Merwede Scheepswerf en Machinefabrik, v/h Van Vliet & Co
De Schelde NV Koninklijke Maatschappij Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek
Doxford & Sunderland Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd
Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft
Greenock Dockyard Company Limited
Grierson, Alec R.
Hall, Russell & Company Ltd
Harland & Wolff Ltd
Hayward, Horace
Helsingborgs Varfs A/B
Helsingors Jernskibs og Maskinbyggeri A/S
Helsingor Skibsvaerft og Maskinbyggeri A/S
Henry Robb Ltd
Henry Scarr Ltd.
John Readhead & Sons
Joseph L. Thompson & Sons Ltd
Lithgows Ltd
Lobnitz & Co Ltd
Mitsubishi Zosen K.K.
Nelson, Catherine
Nelson, Frances Herbert
New England Shipbuilding Corporation
Nordsee Emden GmbH
North Carolina Shipbuilding Co
NV Scheepsbouwerf Gebroeder Pot
Oresundsvarvet A/B
Paton, Jim H.M.
Permanente Metals Corporation Shipyard No. 1
Philip and Son Ltd
Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd
Richards, Frederick William
Royal Navy
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Societa Odero Terni Orlando
Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Uddevallavarvet A/B
Valmet O/Y Pansion Telakka
Van der Giessen, C & Zonen Scheepswerf NV
William Beardmore & Company
William Denny and Brothers Limited
William Gray & Company Ltd, William
William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd
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A colonial building in Tinnevelly (Photographic print)
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Passenger vessel; pinnace (Full hull model; Flag)
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A sheep on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Tymeric (1919) at sea in the Indian Ocean. (Roll film negative)
Apprentices Jim Paton and Horace Hayward working on a liferaft on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Tymeric (1919) while at sea in the Indian Ocean. (Roll film negative)
Apprentice Horace Hayward sawing wood for fuel on board the Bank Line cargo vessel Tymeric (1919) at sea in the Indian Ocean. (Roll film negative)
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