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armament accessory: callipers, gunner's
armament accessory: scabbard
armament t&e, edged weapon: sword
armament t&e, firearm: blunderbuss
armament t&e, firearm: gun, machine
Armillary planetarium
Armillary sphere case
astronomical t&e: planetarium
astronomical t&e: telescope(astronomical reflector)
astronomical t&e: telescope, gregorian: telescope, astronomical reflector(pocket astronomical reflector)
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data processing t&e: computing instrument, navigational: napier's bones
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surveying & navigational t&e: card, compass
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, monk's: compass, Florentine
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: quadrant, mural(5ft)
Survival suit
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timekeeper: regulator
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timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, Augsburg ring
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, universal equinoctial
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water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: cargo vessel: fruit carrier
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 20 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 30 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 32 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 36 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 42 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 50 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 60 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 64 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 80 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: battery, central (Portuguese)
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water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel, composite (HMS)
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water transport: model, design: block model
water transport: model, design: block model(half)
water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, exhibition: mirror backed model(decked: equipped: half: rigged)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)
water transport: model, vessel: skeleton model(decked)
water transport: model, vessel: skeleton model(decked: equipped)
water transport: model, vessel: skeleton model(decked: equipped: rigged)
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Barr & Stroud Ltd
Bedford, George Augustus
Best, R. H.
Bion, Nicolas
British School, 18th century
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Chapelle, Howard I.
Charles Boit, Charles
Charles Price; John Senex
Christian Mur & Johann Sterr
Cleveley, John
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Cook, Henry R.
Cook, Thomas
Cotes, Francis
d'Eyncourt, Eustace Henry William Tennyson
Dahl, Michael
Desrais, Claude Louis
Diest, Willem Hermansz van
Director of Naval Construction
Donon, J
Dupin
English School, 17th century
Esnauts and Rapilly
Faber, Johan
Ferguson, James
Foggini, circle of Giovanni Battista
Gandy, William
Glynne, Richard
Gold, Joyce
Griffier, Jan
Gurney, Richard
Hagen, Johan van der
Harland & Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd
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Haward, Francis
Heath, Thomas
Henry Overton
Hire, Philippe De La
HM Admiralty
Homann, Johann Baptist
Hudson, Thomas
Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier
Kay, John
Keulen, Gerard Van
Kip, Johannes
Kneller, Godfrey
Langesund Miniatyrskipsbyggeri
Lauer Bros
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Martin, Johann
Moll, Herman
Monamy, Peter
Mortier, Pieter
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Mustang
Müller, Philipp Heinrich
Nazari, after Bartolomeo
Nazari, Bartolomeo
Neele, Josiah
Northcote, James
Olive, R.
P. Berg
Patrick, John
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Price, Charles
Ramsay, after Allan
Rheita, Antonio Maria Schyrle de
Roskell, Robert
Rowley, John
Sailmaker, Isaac
Salm, Adriaen van
Saunders, M.
Schenk, Pieter
Selva, Domenico
Senex, John
Seutter, Matthaeus
Sharp, Abraham
Short, James
Shropshire, W.
Sibley, J.
Sibley, John
Simon, Jean
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Stewart, Robert
Storck, Abraham
Street, Richard
Thornhill, James
Thornton, Samuel
Tillemans, Pieter
Townsend, John
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Unknown
Vallejo, J
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Vertue, George
Walker, J. & C.
Willdey, George
William Denny and Brothers Limited
Wright, Thomas
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First Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Leghorn, 1653
Great Northern War: Battle of Amager, 1710
Great Northern War: Capture of Viborg, 1710
Opening of the Forth Bridge, 1890
Scilly Naval Disaster of 1707
Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1665-1667
Second Anglo–Dutch War: Four Days Fight, 1666
War of the Austrian Succession: Siege of Louisbourg, 1745
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Calliope (1884)
Charles Galley (1676)
Charlotte 1677 [British?]
Chester (1708)
Cumberland (1710)
Devonshire (1710)
Eagle (1679)
Elephant fl.1745
Elizabeth (1647)
Endurance (1956)
Fairfax (1653)
Firebrand 1694 (HMS)
Furious (1916)
H.M.Y. Portsmouth
Heron fl.1745 (East Indiaman, French)
Hind (1943)
Lion 1725
Mermaid (1943)
Notre Dame de Deliverence fl.1745
Orange 1973
Peregrine
Romney (1694)
Royal Prince 1610
San Damaso (captured 1797)
Sheffield (1936)
St Albans
Stanhope [British navy?]
Superb (1736)
Superb (captured 1710)
Tabaristan (1907)
Thetis (1846)
Tiger (1647)
Torbay (1719)
Vasco-de-Gama 1876
Veteran (1787)
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Ailmer, Adm, fl.1710
Aylmer, Matthew
Beauclerk, Aubrey
Berkeley, James
Bourbon, Louis Alexandre de
Bruce, David
Bullimore, Tony
Butler, James
Caus, Salomon de
Chambers, T. K.
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d'Eyncourt, Eustace Henry William Tennyson
Dashwood, Francis
Deptford Dockyard
Drake, Francis
Duff, Robert
Ferguson, James
French Navy
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Galilei, Galileo
Geary, Francis
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Harland, Robert
Haward, Francis
Hawke, 3rd Baron
Hawke, Edward
Imperial Russian Navy
James, E W
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King George IV
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Lauer Bros
Leake, John
Lieutenant-Commander Flower
Lushington, Franklin
Mitchell, David
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Niewiarowski, Stanislaus
Norris, John
Northcote, James
Nutt, Justinian
Olive, R.
Papin, Denis
Petrus Plancius, Petrus
Queen Anne
Royal Navy
Russell, Edward
Scott-Duff, A. A.
Sergison, Charles
Sheldon, Gilbert
Shropshire, W.
Slade, Thomas
Thornhill, James
Tippet, Edward
Tsar Peter I of Russia
Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
Velde, Willem van de, the Younger
Wager, Charles
Watt, James
Windsor, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David
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Mark II converted to Mark III (Rangefinder)
Gatling 10-Barrel (Machine Gun)
Nova ac verissima urbis St Petroburgi... Plan de la ville & du tort de St Petersbourg nouvelle capitale & residence des empereurs de Russie...a Amsterdam chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier geographes (Chart)
A ketch-rigged royal yacht in a breeze (Painting)
St Paul's from the South Bank (Print)
A large chart of the Channell between England and France... the flowing of the tydes and setting of the current as they were observed by Capt Edmund Halley... sold by Willm Mount and the Page on Tower Hill London (Chart)
HMS Abelia (1941) (Technical drawing)
'The Royal Hospital at Greenwich & six royal Yatchs' [sic: Yachts] (Print)
The Battle of Leghorn, 4 March 1653 (Painting)
James Ferguson, F.R.S. (Print)
Nieuwe Generale Paskaart vande Bocht van Vrankryk Biscais en Gallissia tussen I de Ouessant en C de Finisterre. Nouvelle carte generale dela Coste de France Biscaye et Gallisse entre I de Ouessant en C de Finisterre. The New sea map of the Coast of France Biscaye and Gallissia betwext Isl de Ushand et C de Finisterre. Nueva carta maritima de las Costas de Francia Biscaye y Gallissia entre I de Ouessant y C de Finisterre t Amsterdam by Ioannes Van Keulen (Chart)
A new and correct large draught of the Channell between England and France with the coast of Ireland St. Georges & Bristoll Channell and several of the most noteable harbours at large. (Chart)
Pocket telescope
Nova ac verissima urbis St Petroburgi... Plan de la ville & du tort de St Petersbourg nouvelle capitale & residence des empereurs de Russie...a Amsterdam chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier geographes (Chart)
Survival suit
A new and exact map of France divided into all its provinces and acquisitions according to the newest observations and that accurate survey made by the King's command by Mr. Picar and de la Hire, with the post roads and the computed leagues from town to town the passes of the Pirenean Mountaines, and many other remarcks &c. (Chart)
Vasco da Gama (1876); Warship; Monitor; Coastal defence monitor (Half block model)
Design for the west wall (first project) (Drawing)
HMS Calliope (1884); Warship; Corvette; 16 guns (Half block model)
Celestial table globe (Table globe)
Furious (1916) (Technical drawing)
Portable reflector telescope (Telescope)
Portrait of the 'Charlotte' (Drawing)
Portrait of the 'Charlotte' (Drawing)
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