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Deck view on Seaway Challenge (1986) (Roll film negative)
Seaway Challenge (1986) (Roll film negative)
Portsmouth Dockyard (Roll film negative)
Portsmouth Dockyard (Roll film negative)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the liquified natural gas carrier LNG Challenger (1974) arriving at Canvey Island LNG terminal. (Colour transparency)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the liquified natural gas carrier LNG Challenger (1974) arriving at Canvey Island LNG terminal. (Colour transparency)
A port quarter view, taken from wide off the stern, of the liquified natural gas carrier LNG Challenger (1974) alongside the LNG terminal at Canvey Island, Essex. (Colour transparency)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the liquified natural gas carrier LNG Challenger (1974) arriving at Canvey Island LNG terminal. (Colour transparency)
A port near broadside view, taken from just ahead of the beam, of the liquified natural gas carrier LNG Challenger (1974) arriving at Canvey Island LNG terminal. (Colour transparency)
Official boat badge of HMS Challenger (Boat badge)
Three-masted sailing vessel Challenge (copy to scale of lithograph by Louis R Menger) (Drawing)
Challenge of Charlestown Port of Fowey Capt Wm Northcote (Drawing)
HMS Challenger (Print)
H.M.S. Challenger being docked (Drawing)
Challenge (1870)
Challenger (1858) (Technical drawing)
Challenger (1858) (Technical drawing)
The Challenger commanded by Captain FitzClarence, sailing from Portsmouth with Dispatches for Lisbon, Oct 31. 1827 (Print)
The Challenger commanded by Captain FitzClarence, sailing from Portsmouth, with Dispatches for Lisbon, Oct 31 1827 (Print)
To the Commodore & Members of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club This Print of the Cutter Yacht Challenger is..... dedicated (Print)
Type TM 629 (Marine radar)
The screw tug Challenge (1884) (Glass plate negative)
Ice in the River Thames off Gravesend, 1895 (Glass plate negative)
H.M.S. Challenger (Drawing)
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