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J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
Dog that dived to the bottom of the ocean surfaces at the National Maritime Museum
A toy that journeyed to the very bottom of the ocean has been donated to the National Maritime Museum.
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armament t&e, ammunition: torpedo component: head, torpedo collision
balance, letter
Document, letter
documentary artifact: calendar
documentary artifact: timetable (mail packets to and from Capetown)
household accessory: letter box, country house
land transport: carriage, funeral
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Nameplate letter
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original art: letter, brass
Printing set - chamois pad
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Printing set - typeface letter holder
Printing set - typeface letters
Printing set - typeface letter stamp
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water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
weights & measures t&e: balance, letter
written communication t&e: letterbox
written communication t&e: letter opener
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Wright, H B
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King George V (1911)
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Zealandia (1904)
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Castle Mail Packets Co Ltd
Markham, Albert Hastings
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Torpedo collision head (Letterbox)
Nameplate letter
Nameplate letter
Nameplate letter
Nameplate letter
Nameplate letter
Nameplate letter
Post box (Letter box)
Trafalgar Woods: Newsletter from the Woodland Trust, Spring 2005 (Newsletter)
[Report of events surrounding the launch of the Cunard RMS Etruria, a Cunard Royal and United States Mail Steam Ship, Saturday 20 September 1884, Glasgow Herald] (Newsletter)
Cunard World: a private newsletter for past passengers, November 1985 (Newsletter)
KNSM Why? The port and transport division in Europe [Newsletter, special issue, containing interview by David Post of the Journal of Commerce] (Newsletter)
New vessels for NRM. Special issue of De Kroonvlag, house magazine of KNSM Group N.V. and its working companies (Newsletter)
New vessels for NRM. Special issue of De Kroonvlag, house magazine of KNSM Group N.V. and its working companies (Newsletter)
KNSM How? The port and transport division in Europe [Newsletter containing interview by David Post of the Journal of Commerce] (Newsletter)
New vessels for NRM. Special issue of De Kroonvlag, house magazine of KNSM Group N.V. and its working companies (Newsletter)
Document, letter
Document, letter
Document, letter
Tin letter (Tin letter)
Printing set - typeface letters
Printing set - chamois pad
Tin letters from Lord Nelson's carriage. (Tin letters)
Nameplate letter
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