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armament accessory: carriage, gun
armament t&e, artillery: gun, muzzle-loading
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documentary artifact: ship plan: body
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water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, turret (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: guardship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: turret ship (HMS)
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: half)
water transport component: midship: gundeck
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(decked: equipped: midship: working)
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Brett, John
Edward Schuberth & Co.
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Esposito, Gaetano
Gianni, Giancinto
HM Admiralty
Lee, George, & Son
Maltese School
Overend, William Heysham
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Thunderer (1872) (Negative)
Thunderer (1872) (Negative)
HMS Thunderer (1872); Warship; Turret ship (Half block model)
1887 Manoeuvres (Drawing)
Mechanical deck log
HMS Thunderer Turret Ship 2nd Class. Launched 1877 (Drawing)
HMS Devastation or HMS Thunderer (Drawing)
HMS Thunderer off Malta (Painting)
The Conning Tower on Board H.M.S. Thunderer. From the Illustrated London News, Nov 16 1878 (Print)
Marine Melodies No. 2. The Thunderer (HMS Thunderer fitted with nettings for protection against torpedoes). Six descriptive pieces for the pianoforte, by Michael Watson (cover for music piece) (Print)
Mediterranean Fleet 1894-97 in the Grand Harbour, Malta, circa 1885 (Drawing)
Thunderer (1872) (Negative)
Thunderer (1872) (Negative)
Thunderer (1872) (Technical drawing)
Sketch of a barque and sketches of HMS Minotaur, Thunderer, Black Prince, Defence inscribed ' Channel Fleet passing the Lizard July 12.1877' (on reverse) (Drawing)
Minotaur (1863), Achilles (1863), Hercules (1868), Sultan (1870), Bellerophon (1865), Monarch (1868), Hotspur (1870), Thunderer (1872) and Glatton (1871) (Technical drawing)
Devastation (1871) & Thunderer (1872) (technical drawing)
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Thunderer (1872) (Negative)
Thunderer (1872) (Negative)
Ordnance Model; Gun model; Sectional model
Devastation (1871) and Thunderer (1872) (technical drawing)
Torpedo Practice on Board H.M.S. Thunderer: Preparing to Launch a Whitehead Torpedo. From Extra Supplement to the Illustrated London News (Print)
The Crisis in Egypt: - Some of Our Modern Ironclads (Print)
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