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Austrian Merchant or Naval Ensign
Boathook
cast: seal impression: Royal Naval vessels, seal of
ceremonial artifact: ensign
ceremonial artifact: ensign, naval (White Ensign)
ceremonial artifact: flag
ceremonial artifact: flag, national
ceremonial artifact: flag, official
ceremonial artifact: jack(fragment)
ceremonial artifact: staff, ensign
Civil ensign
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Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Ensign staff
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Ensign
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Pennant
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rudder
Full hull model; Rigged model; Ensign staff
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personal symbol: Ensign, Canadian
personal symbol: Union Flag
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pole truck
relic, ship: plate, name
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Trinity House Ensign
truck, ensign staff
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport accessory: staff, ensign
water transport accessory: truck, pole
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backed with net stitched in place, linen hoist and strip
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Cardnall Bros
Chatham Flag Loft Ltd
Greenwich Hospital School Boys
H, E
John Samuel White and Co. Ltd
Morgan-Giles, Francis Charles
Porter Bros Ltd
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
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Bolt, Daniel
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Austrian Ensign (1786-1869) (Ensign)
Trinity House Ensign (Ensign)
Marine Society Blue Ensign (Ensign)
Ensign, Turkey and Ottoman Empire (after 1844) (Ensign)
French ensign (1794-1814, after 1830) (Ensign)
Free French flag (Ensign)
New South Wales Ensign (Ensign)
H.M.S. 'Gladiator' staff truck (Ensign staff truck)
H.M.S. 'Immortalite' ensign staff (Ensign staff)
Arabesque (Ensign staff)
Shush (Ensign Staff)
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Ensign
Seal of Royal Naval vessels (Impression)
Ensign, Royal St George Yacht Club (Ensign)
White Ensign (Ensign)
Merchant vessel; Dhow, Ghanjah (Ensign staff)
Honourable East India Company ensign (Ensign)
Sea Cadets Blue Ensign (Ensign)
Ensign, Lloyd's of London (Ensign)
Blue Ensign of Lloyd's of London (Ensign)
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rudder
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Ensign staff
Full hull model; Rigged model; Ensign staff
Irish green ensign (Ensign)
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