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documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
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water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3 decker (Spain)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (Spain)
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British School, 19th century
Captain James Weir, James
Cull, Alma Claude Burlton
Daniell, James
Holingford?, R
Jukes, Francis
Pocock, Nicholas
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French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797
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Agamemnon (1781)
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Flora 1780? [HMS]
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Nelson, Horatio
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'[Battle of Cape] St Vincent. Nelson in the Captain engaging Santissima Trinidad, San Josef etc' (Drawing)
The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 (Painting)
Majestic (1785); Orion (1787); Captain (1787) (Technical drawing)
Nelson at Cape St Vincent February 14th, 1797. 'All hands to board' roared Nelson... (Print)
Majestic (1785); Orion (1787); Captain (1787) (Technical drawing)
Nelson's Flagships at Anchor (Painting)
The 'Captain' capturing the 'San Nicolas' and the 'San José' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 (Painting)
View of the West Side of Porto Ferrajo Bay, With positions of the Captain 74 - Flora Inconstant, Southampton, Frigates (Print)
View of the West Side of Porto Ferrajo Bay, With positions of the Captain 74 - Flora Inconstant, Southampton, Frigates (Print)
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