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Seascape (Painting)
Wave Of Life (1872); Clare (1868); Portmadoc, Caernarvonshire (Negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Premier (1946) refuelling the aircraft carrier Glory (1944) and the destroyer Bataan (1944) in the Yellow Sea (Sheet film negative)
A port bow view of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Knight (1945) moored in the Suez Canal at Port Said (Sheet film negative)
A port broadside view of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Baron (1946) under way at sea. (Sheet film negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Prince (1945) at anchor (Sheet film negative)
A port near broadside view, taken from just abaft the beam, of the paddle excursion steamer Waverley (1947) under way passing Darnet Fort outward bound in the River Medway. (Colour transparency)
A port broadside view of the paddle excursion steamer Waverley (1947) under way passing Darnet Fort outward bound in the River Medway. (Colour transparency)
HMS 'Wave' Ashore at St Ives, 1952 (Painting)
The schooner Ocean Wave entering Leghorn, 1873 (Painting)
Wave Queen (1861) (Glass plate negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea with the Keppel (1954), Wave Chief (1946) and Cavalier (1944) ahead. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea with the Keppel (1954), Wave Chief (1946) and Cavalier (1944) ahead. (Roll film negative)
A port midship detail of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Chief (1946) from on board the frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea. (Roll film negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Chief (1946) and the destroyer Cavalier (1944) from on board the frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea with the Keppel (1954), Wave Chief (1946) and Cavalier (1944) ahead. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea with the Keppel (1954), Wave Chief (1946) and Cavalier (1944) ahead. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea with the Keppel (1954), Wave Chief (1946) and Cavalier (1944) ahead. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy frigate Rapid (1942) under way in the Norwegian Sea with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Chief (1946). (Roll film negative)
On board the frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Chief (1946) alongside. (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy light cruiser Tiger (1945) under way leaving Cromarty Firth at the start of a NATO exercise in the North Atlantic off north-west Scotland (Roll film negative)
On board the Royal Navy light cruiser Tiger (1945) under way leaving Cromarty Firth at the start of a NATO exercise in the North Atlantic off north-west Scotland (Roll film negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary oiler Wave Chief (1946) and the destroyer Cavalier (1944) from on board the frigate Rapid (1942) in the Norwegian Sea. (Roll film negative)
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary replenishment tanker Wave Chief (1946) under way in the Arabian Sea during CENTO exercise Midlink VI. (Roll film negative)
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