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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
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water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 1st class paddle (HMS)
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H.M. Steam Vessel Ardent... Arrivng at Trieste from Alexandria with the Indian Despatches Septr 28th 1846 (Print)
Alecto (1839) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1894) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1894) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1841) Alecto (1839) and Polyphemus (1840) (Technical drawing)
H.M. Steam Vessel Ardent... Arrivng at Trieste from Alexandria with the Indian Despatches Septr 28th 1846 (Print)
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Alecto (1839) (Technical drawing)
Alecto (1839), Ardent (1841), Polyphemus (1840) (Manuscript)
Ardent (1841) Alecto (1839) and Polyphemus (1840) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1841) Alecto (1839), Prometheus (1839) and Polyphemus (1840) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1841) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1841) Alecto (1839) and Polyphemus (1840) (Technical drawing)
Ardent (1841) Alecto (1839), Prometheus (1839) and Polyphemus (1840) (Technical drawing)
View of Rio de Janeiro (with key) and showing Ardent, Dolphin and Crescent (Print)
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