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Aft section plan
body
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, middle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, shelter
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
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documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
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water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, 1st class (HMS)
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Atkins, William Edward
Chief Constructor
Cluett, William C.
Coish, H.
White, W H
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H.M.S. Formidable at sea. 'Firing the last shot' (Drawing)
H.M.S. Formidable (Drawing)
HMS Formidable at sea (Drawing)
H.M.S. Formidable Named and Launched at Portsmouth 17th Novr 1898 by Lady Lucy Hicks Beach. Rear Admiral Ernest Rice, Admiral Superintendent. J A Yates Esq, Chief Constructor (Drawing)
Formidable (1898) (Negative)
Formidable (1898) (Negative)
Formidable (1898) (Negative)
Formidable (1898) (Negative)
Formidable (1898) (technical drawing)
section, midship
rig, profile
Lower deck plan
Formidable (1898) (Negative)
Formidable (1898) (Negative)
Handkerchief
A general view of the ships at Spithead during the Fleet Review (Glass plate negative)
Formidable (1898) (technical drawing)
Formidable (1898) (technical drawing)
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