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Chain links
Component model
documentary artifact: ship plan: steering gear
Drawing
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Equipment model; Propeller model; Steering gear
Equipment model; Steering gear model
part of the telemotor steering gear
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Sectional modelSteering gear model
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steering gear
steering gear, telemotor
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water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 3rd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (USS)
water transport accessory: steering gear, telemotor
water transport component: model, propeller(working)
water transport component: model, steering gear(working)
water transport component: model, steering gear: sectional model(cutaway: working)
water transport component: model, steering gear: sectional model(stern: working)
water transport component: propeller steering gear
water transport component: steering gear
water transport component: stern: steering gear
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Chapman, H.
Hastie, John, & Co Ltd
Peacock, G.
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Chakdina (1951)
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Montpelier 1942
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Harfield & Company Ltd
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
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steering gear, telemotor
part of the telemotor steering gear
Equipment model; Propeller model; Steering gear
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HMS Goliath (1898); Warship; Battleship (Equipment model; Steering gear model)
Equipment model; Steering gear model
Steering gear (Steering gear model)
HMS Pioneer (1899); Warship; Third class cruiser (Sectional model; Equipment model; Waterline model)
Tell tale dial system for the steering wheel on warships[?] (Drawing)
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