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A port bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) being rowed by Gordon and Pauline Adams off Walmer beach, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of an Adams family lug rigged dinghy under sail approaching the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant port bow view of an Adams family lug rigged dinghy at the water's edge of an unknown foreshore, probably in south-east England. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view of an Adams family lug rigged dinghy under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
The three yachts owned by Edgar Tarry Adams on the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant bow view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs, approaching the beach at Walmer. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A crew man named Joe on board the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) while under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A distant starboard quarter view of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A port side view, taken from well ahead of the beam, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) being rowed by Gordon and Pauline Adams off Walmer beach, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
A slightly distant starboard near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the Clan Line cargo liner Clan Mackenzie (1882) under way in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
A starboard bow view, taken from fine off the bow, of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) broadside on to the beach at Walmer, Kent. (Glass plate negative)
Battle of the Alma, from the sea (Print)
sheer
A slightly distant starboard side view, taken from well ahead of the beam,of the lug rigged dinghy Spitfire (1898) under sail in The Downs. (Glass plate negative)
[A]. Mediterranean western part of Candia or Crete (Kirit Adasi Turkish) surveyed by Captn T Spratt RN CB...HMS Spitfire 1852. (Chart)
Black Sea - Krimea the Khersonese Bays of Kazach, Kamiesh, & Peschana from a survey by Lieutenant G.R. Wilkinson RN under the direction of Captain T. Spratt RN, CB HMS Spitfire, 1855, and from Russian Government Surveys, 1890-1892 etc. (Chart)
Black Sea, Kustenjeh Anchorage [Constanta] surveyed by the officers of H.M.S.V. Spitfire 1854 (Chart)
Seat of war in the Krimea (Chart)
Bombardment of Vera Cruz, March 1847. Attack of the gun boats upon the city, & castle of San Juan de Ulloa. Commanded by Josiah Tatnall Esq U.S.N. From a sketch taken on board the steamer Spitfire during the action, by J.M.Ladd U.S.N (Print)
Two topographical drawings of Barbados, Aug 1835 (Drawing)
Black Sea S.W. coast of the Krimea Cape Lukul to Balaklava Bay including Sevastopol Harbour surveyed by Captain T.A.B. Spratt, R.N. C.B. and the officers of H.M.S. Spitfire, 1854-5 with corrections from Russian Govt. surveys to 1886 (Chart)
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