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documentary artifact: ship plan: inboard works, expansion of
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: outboard works, expansion of
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
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water transport: fighting vessel: 28 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
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Brydon, I.
Condy, Nicolas Matthew
Elliott, William
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H.M Ship Thisbe on fire by lightning at sea 4th Jany 1786. From a drawing by N.M Condy Esq. 2 P.M Hove to under storm stay sails. 1/4 past 4 lightning disabled some of the people, a second Flash set Main sail, Top & Mizen stay sails on fire, obliged to cut away mizzen Top mast, Fore Top Mast shivered by the lightning went over the side about 9. Ship's Log (Print)
H.M.S. Thisbe on Fire by Lightning Jany. 4: 1786 (Print)
Representation of his Majesty's Ship Thisbe... after the Storm on the 3d of January 1786 (Print)
No 2. Dec 31st 1794. The Cleopatra towing the Thetis towards the Chesapeake. Lynx and Thisbe attending... A Virginian pilot boat the Sally of Norfolk in the foreground (Drawing)
Inboard Works, Expansion of
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Thisbe (Drawing)
Representation of the Uncommon Situation of His Majesty's Ship Thisbe, when in a very heavy Gale of Wind... on the Evening of the 3d Jany 1786, off the Coast of Ireland... (Print)
Hussar (1784), Rose (1783), Dido (1784), Thisbe (1783), Alligator (1787), Circe (1783), Lapwing (1785), Mercury (1779), Pegasus (1779), Pomona (1778) (Technical drawing)
Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), Resource (1778), Mercury (1779), Cyclops (1779), Vestal (1779), Laurel (1779), Pegasus (1779), Hussar (1784), Rose (1783), Dido (1784), Thisbe (1783), Alligator (1787), Circe (1783), Lapwing (1785). (Technical drawing)
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