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35mm Colour Negative
Aft section plan
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clothing accessory: uniform insignia: ribbon, cap
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Deck, Quarter & Forecastle
Design, Plating model
documentary artifact: model, figure
documentary artifact: photonegative, glass
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, quarter & forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, superstructure
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: platform(fore & after)
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
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documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(Y turret, boiler room, engine room, forward magazine)
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documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
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medal, British: campaign medal: Canadian General Service Medal 1866-70
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water transport: fighting vessel: 32 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 36 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 1st class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMCS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, light (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, wood (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: pirate
water transport: model, design: plating model(half)
water transport: sailing vessel: schooner
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Brock, T
Buttersworth, Thomas
Camper and Nicholsons
Champion, H R
Cluett, William C.
Director of Naval Construction
Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Edge, J W
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Huddy, M
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Thorne, R
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Velde, Jan van de
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On board 'Aurora' (1913)
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On board HMS 'Aurora' (1913), Grangemouth
On board HMS 'Aurora' (1913), Grangemouth?
On board HMS 'Aurora' (1913), Medway River
On board HMS 'Aurora' (1913), River Medway?
On board HMS 'Aurora' (1913).
On board HMS Aurora (1913)
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Aurora (1766)
Aurora (1777)
Aurora (1809)
Aurora (1861)
Aurora (1874)
Aurora (1877)
Aurora (1887)
Aurora (1897)
Aurora (1904)
Aurora (1913)
Aurora (1920)
Aurora (1936)
Aurora (1962)
Aurora (1965)
Aurora (1975)
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Aurora (no date)
Aurora [Dutch]
Aurura 1877
Beaver (1911)
Bellerophon (1907)
Black Prince (1904)
Blanca Aurora
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Britannia (1860)
C1-C26 Type non-rigid Airship
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Cleopatra (1915)
Collingwood (1908)
Conquest (1915)
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Deperdussin 1378 (1915)
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Kent (1901)
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Melbourne 1912
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Naiad (1963)
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Prince of Wales (1887)
Quebec 1760
Queen (1902)
Short Type 74 Seaplane, Serial N. 818
Sopwith Schneider No. 1557
Stag (1758)
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Bastian, Mrs William
Bastian, William
Bethell, Maurice J.
Bishop, Arthur Godfrey
Bowen, John H.
Brent, Charles Roy
Bromley, Arthur W.
Brook, Alfred C.
Cock, Alfred Ernest
Cole, Edward J.
Deptford Dockyard
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Godfrey, Owen P.
Hammacott, George
Harman, George E.
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
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Hocken, Stanley
Hotham, Alan Geoffrey
Hunkin, Samuel
James (Terrier dog)
Jeffreys, Edmund Frederick
Lambson, Ernest Alfred
Lee, Walter
Levy, J. M. D'A.
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Male, Maurice T.
Nicholson, Wilmot S.
Nicholson, Wilmot Stuart
Nicol, David Bruce
Pembroke Dockyard
personal symbol
Queen Victoria
Richard Dunston (Hessle) Ltd
Ridgeway, Geoffrey E.
Robinson, William M. M.
Roe, William R.
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A view aft looking towards the stern wave at 24 knots. (Roll film negative)
The destroyers HMS Manly (1914), HMS Murray (1914), HMS Minos (1914) and HMS Tempest (1917) coming up astern of the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913). (Roll film negative)
Firing one of the port side torpedoes on HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
Sub Lieutenant M. J. Bethell signing for the signal books on board HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
Lieutenant G. D'O Earwaker asleep in the wardroom of HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
The ship's skiff coming alongside HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
Three sailors working on one of the port side torpedoes on HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
Captain and Mrs Nicholson with James on board HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
The stern wake of HMS 'Aurora' (1913) during speed trials (Roll film negative)
Lieutenant Commander G. E. Ridgeway with the tug of war team from HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
Engineer Lieutenant S. Hocken in the Carley raft on the quarterdeck of HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
HMS 'Aurora's' (1913) wake while at speed. (Roll film negative)
Looking down on to the Compass Platform on HMS 'Aurora' (1913) (Roll film negative)
Looking aft from the port side of the compass platform on board HMS 'Aurora' (1913) during speed trials. (Roll film negative)
The starboard side mines on board HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
Looking across to HMS Abdiel (1915) loaded with mines at Grangemouth. (Roll film negative)
Lieutenant Commander K. B. Toms asleep in the wardroom on board HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
One of the propellers (screws) for HMS 'Aurora' (1913), during commissioning period. (Roll film negative)
The after port side four-inch gun on HMS 'Aurora (1913) while in drydock. (Roll film negative)
Looking aft from the foremast as the 'Aurora' (1913) turns to port during speed trials. (Roll film negative)
Lieutenant (G) Syfret on the compass platform of HMS 'Aurora' (1913) (Roll film negative)
The light cruiser HMS 'Arethusa' (1913) at moorings off Harwich. (Roll film negative)
The starboard after 4 inch gun in action on board HMs 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
Engineer Lieutenant Commander A. E. Cock lying asleep on the sofa in the wardroom on HMS 'Aurora' (1913). (Roll film negative)
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