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Life on board a container ship – in pictures
Artist Zoe Childerley is embarking on a project with the National Maritime Museum to bring experiences of modern seafarers to light. How did she find her first voyage on board a container ship?
The hidden details in Turner's 'The Battle of Trafalgar'
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck
documentary artifact: ship plan: frame
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
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water transport: fighting vessel: cutter
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H.M. Revenue Cutter Vigilant towing the Barque Alfred of London, a valuable Prize captured 17th Dec 1828 having on board 1010 half Ankers of Contraband Spirits concealed under a Coasting Cargo (Print)
'Her Majesty's Revenue Cutter Vigilant, towing her Prize the barge Charlotte captured on the 13th Decr 1849, having on board nearly 7 tons of Contraband Tobacco, concealed under straw' (Print)
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821) (Technical drawing)
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821); 'Swift' (1821) (Technical drawing)
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821) (Technical drawing)
'Vigilant' (1821) (Technical drawing)
'Vigilant' (1821); 'Basilisk' (1822); 'Skylark' (1821); 'Swift' (1821) (Technical drawing)
British Admirals. Britannia Viewing the Conquerors of the Seas (Print)
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