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J.M.W. Turner's vast naval scene is a treasure of the Royal Museums Greenwich collection, but why was it so controversial when it was unveiled in 1824?
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A toy that journeyed to the very bottom of the ocean has been donated to the National Maritime Museum.
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The Perseverance towing the schooner Shark, Sepr 29th 1849 And beating the Amazon, London & Goliath. The United Steam - Towing Company (Print)
Perseverance (1882)
Perseverance (1882)
Perseverance (Historic Photographic Negative)
Perseverance (Historic Photographic Negative)
Perseverance (Historic Photographic Negative)
Contract for Perseverance/Inconstant Class Frigates (1781-1811) (Manuscript)
Fitch's steamboat on the Delaware River opposite Philadelphia (Print)
Perseverance (1931) (Negative)
HMS Perseverance 1781. Plate II from Fragments on Electricity &c. by William Pringle-Green, 1833 (Print)
Schooners berthed in the Careenage, Bridgetown, Barbados. (Sheet film negative)
Perseverance (1882)
Perseverance (1882)
Perseverance (Historic Photographic Negative)
Perseverance (1854) (technical drawing)
Perseverance (1854) (technical drawing)
Portraits of nine ships of war and others, launched from the yards, Messrs. Randall & Brent within the space of one year (Drawing)
A mooring party on board a workboat in a basin in Chatham Dockyard (Monochrome transparency)
Urgent (1855) & Perseverance (1854) (technical drawing)
'Honor to whom Honor is Due' Origin of steam navigation. A view of Collect Pond... New York in 1793 on which... first boat... with paddle wheels... was constructed by John Fitch... first boat Perseverance... (Print)
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