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Cap ribbon
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: ribbon, cap
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck
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water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 64 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: ram, torpedo
water transport: fighting vessel: ram, torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 1st class paddle (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, paddle
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, paddle (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: torpedo ram
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: half)
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water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set: sails furled: scenic)
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Esposito, Gaetano
Harris, Douglas D.
HM Admiralty
Symonds, William
Thomson, W. Mackenzie
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
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William Haines, William
Wyllie, William Lionel
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HMS Polyphemus (Drawing)
HMS Polyphemus Torpedo Ram launched 1881 (Drawing)
Lines
Intrepid/Magnanime class (1765) [too long to list all the ships of the class]. (Technical drawing)
'Polyphemus' (1782); 'Repulse' (1780) (Technical drawing)
Polyphemus (Drawing)
Ardent (1894) (Technical drawing)
Ardent 1894 (Technical drawing)
Technical drawing
Technical drawing
Alecto (1839), Ardent (1841), Polyphemus (1840) (Manuscript)
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Intrepid class (approved 1765) - Intrepid (1770); Monmouth (1772); Defiance (1772); Nonsuch (1774); Ruby (1776); Vigilant (1774); Eagle (1774); America (1777); Anson (1781); Polyphemus (1782); Magnanime (1780); Sampson (1781); Repulse (1780); Diadem (1782); Standard (1782). (Technical drawing)
Polyphemus (1782) (Technical drawing)
Intrepid/Magnanime class (1765) [too long to list all the ships of the class]. (Technical drawing)
Intrepid/Magnanime class (1765) [too long to list all the ships of the class]. (Technical drawing)
Intrepid/Magnanime class (1765) [too long to list all the ships of the class]. (Technical drawing)
HMS Polyphemus (1881); Warship; Torpedo ram (Full hull model; Rigged model; Scenic model)
Battle of Trafalgar (1805) (Scenic model, Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails set)
Polyphemus (1930)
Ardent 1894 (Technical drawing)
HMS 'Polyphemus' and other sketches (Drawing)
HMS Polyphemus (1881); Warship; Torpedo ram (Half block model)
HMS Polyphemus cap ribbon (Cap ribbon)
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