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water transport: fighting vessel: bomb vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: bomb vessel (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: brig, mortar
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water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, heavy (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (France)
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water transport: fighting vessel: ketch, bomb
water transport: fighting vessel: ketch, bomb (HMS)
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water transport: unknown function: sloop (HMS)
water transport accessory: sailcloth(fragment)
water transport component: midship
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(cutaway: decked: equipped: midship: working)
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(cutaway: midship)
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(decked: equipped: midship)
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water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(stern)
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Andrews, George
Beard, Richard
Beechey, Richard Brydges
Boydell, John
Brooking, Charles
Captain Hoppner
Cleveley, John
Cooke, Edward William
Curzon, Francis Richard Henry Penn
Director of Naval Construction
Dudley
Finden, Edward Francis
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Halls, John James
Jeakes, Joseph
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Laire, Francis J
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Stockwell, George
Thomas Cadell & William Davies
unidentified
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Velde, Willem van de, the Elder
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Westall, Richard
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H.M. CONVOY SLOOP "AURICULA" (1917) SKETCH OF RIG (AS FITTED). (Technical drawing)
Ships in a Light Breeze (Painting)
Warship; Sloop; 12 guns; Speedwell class (Full hull model; Rigged model)
Lines & Profile
Deck, Quarter & Forecastle
Deck, Quarter & Forecastle
Fury (1814) (Technical drawing)
Slight sketch of
vessel
on the beach and others offshore near Porchester Castle
Fury (1814) (Technical drawing)
Portrait of the 'Kitchen' (Drawing)
The 'Agamemnon' cuts out French vessels from Port Maurice, near Oneglia, 1 June 1796 (Drawing)
Presentation Sword
Meteor (1823) (Technical drawing)
End of the action between HMS 'Arrow' and 'Acheron' and the French frigates 'Hortense' and 'Incorruptible' (Painting)
Action of HMS Arrow and Acheron against the French frigates Hortense and Incorruptible: beginning of the action, 4 February 1805 (Painting)
Contract for the Beelzebub (1813) (Manuscript)
The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801 (Drawing)
Colossus (1943) (Technical drawing)
Brass Plate
Mitchells taking off from US carrier 'Hornet', 18 April 1942 (Painting)
Piece of sail cloth (Sailcloth)
Study of a hooker (Drawing)
Gunroom concert party, 2 "villains" with gun and
bomb
Admiral Sir William Essington (1753-1816), KCB (Painting)
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