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True Briton tied up in East India Docks (Print)
Sword
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A new and correct outline chart intended for the use of the officers in the Royal Navy and Merchant's Service to prick off a ship's track by J. W. Norie Hydrographer etc. London (Chart)
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The Union Steam Ship Company's Twin Screw R.M.S. Briton 10, 248 Tons (After a Sketch by W.L. Wyllie, A.R.A.) Supplement to the Union Castle Gazette, July 1898 (Print)
Union Line Briton at Southampton 1896? 26 Berth (Drawing)
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Shannon (1806); Leonidas (1807); Surprise (1812); Briton (1812); Lacedemonian (1812); Tenedos (1812); Lively (1813); Arethusa (1817); Thetis (1817); Venus (1820) (Technical drawing)
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True Briton (1861) (Glass plate negative)
True Briton (1861) (Glass plate negative)
True Briton (1861) (Glass plate negative)
True Briton (1861) (Glass plate negative)
A starboard side view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the Deal galley punt Briton (Fl. 1898) under sail coming ashore at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view of the Deal galley punt Briton (Fl. 1898) under sail coming ashore at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Clipper Ship True Briton 1100 Tons (Print)
The liner Briton (Print)
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