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Astrolabe
astronomical t&e: astrolabe
Base of table trim
Box
Design, Half block model
documentary artifact: model, topographic(scenic)
documentary artifact: photonegative, safety film
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
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Half block model
Historic Photographic Negative
Inboard profile plan
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other structure: port
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personal symbol: Bath, Order of the
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remover, bolt
Safety film photonegative
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Scenic model; Topographic model
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Ship's badge
shipbuilding t&e: remover, bolt(shipwrights)
Technical drawing
timekeeping t&e: astrolabe(Arabic)
Topographic model
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 46 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 100 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer, flotilla leader (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: fighting vessel: galleon (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun
water transport: model, design: full hull model(half)
water transport accessory: badge, ship's
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Allen, Thomas
Brierly, Oswald Walters
British School, 19th century
British School, probably after Cornelis Ketel
Britten, Kenneth
Buttersworth, Thomas
Canot, Pierre Charles
Cruikshank, Issac Robert
de Heere, Lucas
Delff, Willem Jacobszoon
English School, 17th century
Francis Frith & Co
Goodall, Stanley Vernon
Habermel, Erasmus
Hill, Henry Oliver
Holbein, after Hans
James S. Vertue & Co Ltd
Ketel, Cornelis
Lily, George
Martino, Eduardo de
Mierevelt, Michiel J. van
Mitchell, William Frederick
Naze, Jean
Page
Scrots, William
Stretes, Guillim
Tramezzino, Michele
Wyllie, William Lionel
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Bolehill
England
Navy Office
probably Lyon, France
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Amphion (1846)
Blenheim (1813)
C 1553 (Fl.1924)
Caterham (1919)
Duke of Wellington (1852)
Esmeralda [HMS]
Grace a Dieu (1488)
Hamadryad (1823)
Henry Grace a Dieu (1514)
Hogue 1811 [HMS]
Modeste (1837)
Nereus (1821)
Powerful (1895)
St. Jean D'Acre (1853)
Thisbe (1824)
Victory (1765)
Ville de Paris (1795)
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Britten, Kenneth
Clinton, Edward Fiennes de
Groot, H De
King Edward VI
King Philip II of Spain
Queen Mary I
Willoughby, Hugh
Willoughby, Nesbitt Josiah
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Cannons firing on a city (Print)
Putting out a housefire while people escape (on reverse) (Print)
Cygnis, son of Neptune, changed into a swan (on reverse) (Print)
Weapon with rotating parts, 16th century (Print)
Sailing vessel and two men in a rowing boat (on reverse) (Print)
Battery of armoured cannon attacking a castle (Print)
Foot soldiers swimming across river in armour (on reverse) (Print)
Four men towing a boat near a camp (Print)
Men displaying their catch (Print)
Man falling or diving out of a window into a moat (Print)
Before a battle (Print)
Soldiers on a gang plank near sailing vessel (Print)
Whale-like creature caught on an anchor and being flayed (on reverse) (Print)
Monstrous fish with men standing on its back with axes (on reverse) (Print)
Blacksmith making weapons 16th century (on reverse) (Print)
Figures on their knees praying to a serpent (Print)
Various birds and a nest of young (on reverse) (Print)
Men collecting eggs whilst birds nesting, on a group of islands (Print)
Study of two ships in a swell (Drawing)
Sketch of review by King Edward in the Solent showing Victoria & Albert, Renown and Powerfull (Drawing)
Gaff-rigged yacht (Print)
Soldiers armed with axes, on horseback (Print)
Sponges, jelly fish and other sea creatures (Print)
Boatbuilding, 16th century (Print)
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