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Dockyards, buildings, and topography

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Powered warships

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Timekeeping

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Astronomical regulators and precision clocks

Chronometers, precision watches and timekeepers

Domestic clocks and watches

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Type

26 ft and 27ft Gunboat (1804?)

Aft section plan

Atmos clock

Baseboard

Bathythermograph

Beret

Binoculars

Book

Box

Box base

Box of ship plans

Builder's, Full hull model

Cap badge

ceremonial artifact: flag, house

ceremonial artifact: pennant, official

Chart

chronometer

chronometer, marine

clothing accessory: uniform insignia: badge, cap

Compass power supply unit

Control unit, compass compensating

documentary artifact: ship plan: armour, general arrangement

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, quarter & forecastle

documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper

documentary artifact: ship plan: draught of water, launching

documentary artifact: ship plan: frame

documentary artifact: ship plan: hold

documentary artifact: ship plan: keel, sliding

documentary artifact: ship plan: lines

documentary artifact: ship plan: lines & profile

documentary artifact: ship plan: platform(fore & after)

documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard

documentary artifact: ship plan: rig, general arrangement

documentary artifact: ship plan: section

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(4.5 inch guns)

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(20)

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(144)

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(bomb room)

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, construction(engine room)

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward

documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship

documentary artifact: ship plan: stern

Drawing

Figurehead

Forecastle deck plan

Frame

Full-hull model

Full hull exhibition model

Full hull model

Full hull model; Plank-on-frame

Full hull model; Plank-on-frame(?)

Full hull model; Plank-on-frame(?); Scenic model

Full hull model; Rigged model

Full hull model; Rigged model; Baseboard

Full hull model; Rigged model; Sails set

Full hull shipbuilder’s exhibition model

Georgian, full-hull model

Georgian, Full hull model

Georgian, full hull model

House flag

iceworking t&e: knife, snow

iceworking t&e: knife, snow ?

Inboard profile plan

Keel

Keel, Sliding

Knife

leatherworking t&e: knife, ulu

Letter

Lines

Liquid compass and binnacle

Lower deck plan

Manuscrip

Manuscript

Marine chronometer

Measuring set

Menu card

Miniature model

Navy Board, Full hull model

optical t&e: binoculars, prismatic

Painting

Pennant

personal gear: knife

personal symbol: broad arrow

Photograph album

Pistol

Plank-on-frame

Plank-on-frame(?)

Pocket bubble sextant

Remote Control Unit

Revolver

Rigged model

Roll film negative

Rubber stamp

Sails set

Scenic model

Sextant

Shelf

Ship Plan

Snow knife

surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid

surveying & navigational t&e: power supply unit, compass(remote reading)

Technical drawing

Technical Records - Admiralty Collection

Ticket

timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)

timekeeper: clock, atmos

Trouseres

Trousers

Ulu knife

Upper deck plan

Waterline model

Waterline model; Miniature model; Scenic model

water transport: cargo vessel

water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate

water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 4th rate

water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate

water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate

water transport: fighting vessel: 26 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: 28 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: 32 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 38 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 44 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: 50 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: 50 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 51 gun ship (Spanish)

water transport: fighting vessel: 64 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: 64 gun ship (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: 74 gun ship

water transport: fighting vessel: aircraft carrier, fleet (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: brig

water transport: fighting vessel: brig, gun

water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 3rd class (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: cutter

water transport: fighting vessel: frigate

water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (Spanish)

water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat

water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, wood (HMS)

water transport: fighting vessel: motor launch

water transport: fighting vessel: schooner

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 12 gun

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 14 gun

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 16 gun

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, 18 gun

water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, brig

water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked)

water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)

water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged)

water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set)

water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails set: scenic)

water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked)

water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped)

water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped: scenic)

water transport: motor vessel: twin screw

water transport: passenger/cargo vessel

water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: packet, cross-channel

water transport: passenger vessel: liner

water transport: sailing vessel

water transport: sailing vessel: barge, mule rigged

water transport: sailing vessel: barge, spritsail

water transport: service vessel: chain boat

water transport: service vessel: cutter (16ft)

water transport: service vessel: tender

water transport: service vessel: weather ship

water transport: steam vessel: paddle-wheel

water transport: steam vessel: screw, single

water transport: steam vessel: yacht

water transport accessory: figurehead(half length)

water transport accessory: keel

written communication t&e: stamp, rubber

Materials

alloy

alloy, aluminium

aluminium

antler

aquatint, coloured

black ink

blackprint

black print

blend wool

blue colourwash

blue ink

blue wash

bone

brass

British oak

brown ink

brown wash

card

cardboard

caribou (Rangifer tarandus) antler

caribou (Rangifer tarandus) sinew

carved

cast iron

Cellulose nitrate negative

coating: varnish

coloured lithograph (?)

Colour washes

copper

cotton

electrical wiring

etching

fabric (ticken)

fruitwood

gesso

gilt

glass

graphite

Graphite

graphite & wash, grey

gravel

green ink

grey colourwash

grey wash

horn

inorganic: printing ink

inorganic: textile (cord)

iron

jewels

lead paint

leather

linen

Linen backed paper

liquid

lithograph

lithograph, brown

lithograph, coloured

lithograph, tinted

lithographic reproduction

machine sewn

mahogany

Manuscript ink

metal

metal: steel

metal alloy

mica

musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) horn

nickel

oil on canvas

oil on panel

orange ink

organic: card

organic: cotton

organic: paper

paint

paper

Paper

pencil

perspex

photographic prints

plaster

plastic

ply-wood

printed

red ink

red wash

silver

steel

steel engraving

synthetic

synthetic blend

synthetic materials

textile

textiles

tin

tracing

varnish

walnut

walrus ivory

Wash off print

watercolour and bodycolour on card

wood

wood (pine)

wood, plastic, metal, rubber

wool

wool blend

yellow wash

Display Location

Display - Atlantic Gallery

Display - Cutty Sark

Display - Nelson, Navy, Nation Gallery

Display - Ocean Court

Display - ROG

Display - Sea Things Gallery

Display - Traders Gallery

Not on display

Creator

Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd

Barnaby, Nathaniel

Bendix Aviation Corporation

Board, Navy

British School

British School, 18th century

C. G. Conn Ltd

Cadell, Robert

Collins Radio Co

Colt Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Co.

Cooke, Edward William

Day, Summers & Co Ltd

Director of Naval Construction

Dixon, William

Duncan, Edward

DUPLICATE, J. B. Huddy

E. S. Ritchie & Sons

G. Felsenthal & Sons

H.M. Stationery Office

Hamilton Watch Co

Hampshire, Charles James

Harnden & Whiddon, Harnden &

Heine, Peter Bernhard Wilhelm

HM Admiralty

Holman, Francis

Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore

Huggins, William John

Hunts

Jaeger-Le-Coultre

John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd

John Millikin

Large, Joseph

Lied, J.

Linton, Hercules

Luke, James

Martin, Francis

P. S. Duval & Co

Peters, W T

Pick

Porter Bros Ltd

Queen, James

R. & H. Green Ltd

R. Wilkins & Co

Rennie, John

Research Enterprises Limited

Sarony, Major & Knapp

Sinclair, T.

Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd

Stanfield, Clarkson

Topham, Francis William

Turner, Charles

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)

Unknown

Velde, Willem van de, the Younger

Walker, Baldwin Wake

Watts, Isaac

Webley & Scott Revolver & Small Arms Co. Ltd

William Denny and Brothers Limited

X., S.

Places

Admiralty House

Birmingham

Blackwall

Boston

Buckler's Hard

Canada

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Chiswick

Cochin, Malabar

Deptford Dockyard

Dumbarton

Dumbarton: Scotland

Elswick

England

Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Lancaster

Liverpool

London

Navy Office

Nunavut

Sheerness Dockyard

Southampton

Switzerland

Teterboro

Toronto, Canada

United States of America

Unknown

Yeominster, England

Events

Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859

Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880

Vessels

Aboukir (1807)

Acorn (1807)

Active (1758)

Active (1780)

Adamant (1780)

Aeolus (1758)

Aggressor (1801)

Aid (1809)

Aigle (1801)

Aimwell (1794)

Alarm (1758)

Albacore (1793)

Alcmene (1794)

Alert (1793)

Algerine (1857)

Amazon (1773)

Anacreon (1813)

Andromache (1832)

Apollo (1794)

Aquilon (1758)

Aquilon (1786)

Arapiles (1864)

Archer (1801)

Archer (1885)

Ardent (1764)

Ardent (1782)

Argo (1758)

Ariadne (1816)

Ariel (1873)

Ark Royal (1937)

Artois (1794)

Assistance (1781)

Astrea (1810)

Atholl (1820)

Attentive (1804)

Aurora (1913)

Avon (1805)

Badger (1854)

Basilisk (1801)

Beaver (1795)

Bellerophon (1786)

Belzebub (1813)

Bermuda (1848)

Biter (1855)

Bittern (1796)

Bloodhound (1801)

Blossom (1806)

Bombay Castle (1782)

Boreas (1806)

Boxer (1855)

Boxer (1868)

Brazen (1808)

Bristol (1775)

Britomart (1860)

Britomart-class (1860-1867)

Bucephalus (1808)

Busy (1797)

Cambrian (1797)

Caroline (1795)

Carron (1813)

Cato (1782)

Censor 1801

Cerberus (1758)

Cerberus (1794)

Challenger (1806)

Chameleon (1795)

Charger (1801)

Chatham (1811)

Cheerly (1804)

Cherub (1806)

Clinker (1855)

Clive (1882)

Clyde (1796)

Colossus (1787)

Comet (1807)

Comus (1806)

Conqueror (1801)

Conway (1814)

Coquette (1807)

Cormorant (1794)

Courser (1797)

Cracker (1855)

Cuckoo (1806)

Culloden (1776)

Curlew (1795)

Cutty Sark (1869)

Cyane (1796)

Cynthia (1796)

Dauntless (1808)

Dee (1814)

Defender (1797)

Delight (1806)

Destruction (1804)

Diamond (1794)

Diana (1794)

Diligence (1795)

Diligence (1814)

Doris (1795)

Dryad (1795)

Echo (1797)

Eclipse (1797)

Eden (1814)

Egeria (1807)

Electra (1806)

Elephant (1786)

Elizabeth (1873)

Endymion (1797)

Eridanus (1813)

Escort (1801)

Ethalion (1797)

Euphrates (1813)

Europa (1783)

Falmouth (1814)

Farquharson (1820)

Favourite (1794)

Favourite (1806)

Fawn (1807)

Fearless (1886)

Ferreter (1801)

Flamer (1797)

Flamer (1804)

Fortitude (1780)

Fortunee (1800)

Fowey (1814)

Fox (1780)

Fox (1855)

Furious (1797)

Furious (1804)

Furnace (1797)

Galatea (1794)

Gallant 1797

Garland (1807)

Goshawk (1806)

Grampus (1782)

Grappler 1797

Griffon 1758

Griper (1804)

Griper 1797

Growler (1797)

Guadeloupe (1763)

Hardy 1797

Harpy (1796)

Hasty 1797

Haughty 1797

Hazard (1794)

Hecate 1797

Helena (1804)

Herald (1806)

Hesper (1809)

Horatio (1807)

Hornet (1794)

Hound (1796)

Hyacinth (1806)

Hyderabad (1917)

Hyperion (1807)

Imogen (1805)

Inconstant (1783)

Inglis 1812 [HEIC]

Iphigenia (1808)

Ister (1813)

Jackal (1801)

Jalouse (1809)

Jason (1794)

Julia (1806)

Kangaroo (1795)

Kent (1798)

Kingsale (1741)

Kite (1805)

Lark (1675)

Laurel (1806)

Leda (1783)

Lee (1857)

Leopold II (1892)

Levant 1758

Leven (1857)

Linnet (1860)

Lively (1794)

Lowestoffe (1761)

Lynx (1794)

Magicienne (1812)

Mariner (1801)

Medina (1813)

Melampus (1785)

Meleager (1806)

Menai (1814)

Merlin (1796)

Mersey 1814

Milford (1759)

Milford (1809)

Minstrel (1807)

Monkey 1801

Myrtle (1807)

Nassau (1785)

Nautilus (1784)

Navy Board model

Newcastle (1813)

Nightingale (1805)

Nimble (1811)

North Star (1810)

Northumberland (1798)

Oberon (1805)

Orestes (1805)

Orlando (1811)

Osprey (1797)

Owen Glendower (1808)

Pactolus (1813)

Parthian (1808)

Partridge (1809)

Paulina (1805)

Pearl (1828)

Pelter (1854)

Perseus (1776)

Perseus (1812)

Perseverance (1781)

Peterell (1794)

Phaeton (1782)

Pheasant (1798)

Phoebe (1795)

Phoenix (1759)

Phoenix (1783)

Pigeon (1860)

Pincher (1854)

Plover (1796)

Portland (1770)

Portsmouth (1811)

Princess Elizabeth (1927)

Proserpine (1807)

Pylades (1794)

Pyramus (1810)

Racer (1810)

Racoon (1795)

Racoon (1808)

Raisonnable (1768) [Alternative spelling: Raisonable]

Ranger (1794)

Ranger (1807)

Rapid (1808)

Rattler (1795)

Raven (1805)

Redwing (1855)

Renown (1774)

Resistance (1782)

Rippon (1812)

Roebuck (1774)

Rosamond (1807)

Sabrina (1806)

Sandwich (1679)

Sapphire (1806)

Satellite (1806)

Saturn (1786)

Savage (1805)

Scaleby Castle (1807)

Scarborough (1812)

Seagull (1795)

Seagull (1805)

Seahorse (1794)

Serpent (cancelled 1810)

Shannon (1803)

Sheldrake (1806)

Short Type 74 Seaplane, Serial N. 818

Sir Bevois (1916)

Skylark (1806)

Skylark (1855)

Slaney (1857)

Snake (1832)

Snap (1855)

Snapper (1854)

Snipe (1801)

Sparrow (1805)

Spencer (1800)

Squirrel (1785)

Starling (1801)

Starling (1855)

Statira (1807)

Steady (1797)

Stork (1796)

Stork (1855)

Swan (1811)

Swinger (1855)

Talbot (1807)

Tamar (1814)

Tamer 1794

Tanais (1813)

Tartar (1801)

Tees (1817)

Termagant (1796)

Terpsichore (1847)

Thistle (1855)

Tigress (1797)

Tower (1809)

Towey (1814)

Transit (1809)

Tremendous (1784)

Trial (1790)

Tribune (1803)

Triton (1882)

Trusty (1782)

Tweed (1807)

Tyne (1814)

Unicorn (1776)

Viceroy of India (1929)

Victorious (1808)

Vixen (1801)

Volage (1807)

Wanderer (1806)

Waterloo (1816)

Weather Observer 1940

Weazel (1855)

Wiliam Fawcett 1829

Will Everard (1925)

Windsor (1818)

Wizard (1805)

Woolwich (1785)

Wye (1814)

York (1807)

York (1819)

Zebra (1780)

Exhibition

Art for the Nation

North-West Passage

The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire

Traders: The East India Company and Asia

People

African Steamship Company

Back, George

Barnard, William

Barrow Shipbuilding Co Ltd

Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham

Cammell Laird & Co Ltd

Canadian Pacific Line

Cleverley, William

Cunard Line

DUPLICATE, J. B. Huddy

Eastern and Australian SS Co Ltd, London

Elder Dempster Lines

F. T. Everard & Sons Ltd

Hamilton Watch Co

Imperial Direct Line Ltd, Liverpool

Large, Joseph

Luke, James

Martin, Francis

Mersey Towing Co Ltd, Liverpool

Nelson, Horatio

Pike, A. N.

Pope, Charles Meredyth

Port Line Ltd

R. & H. Green Ltd

Royal Mail

Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, London

Societa Italiana Trasporti Marittimi, Genoa

Stanfield, Clarkson

Union-Castle Line

Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co Ltd

Velde, Willem van de, the Younger

Walker, Baldwin Wake

Watts, Isaac

Century

17th

18th

19th

20th

unknown

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Contract for Gibraltar (1753)? (Manuscript)

Contract for Hyderabad (1917-20) (Manuscript)

Contract for Tremendous (1784) (Manuscript)

ADT0096; Contract for Pyramus (1810) 20 September 1805

Contract for Pyramus (1810) (Manuscript)

ADT0069; Contract for Destruction (1804) 1 August 1804

Contract for Destruction (1804) (Manuscript)

ADT0007; An 8 page contract for Avon (1805), an 18-gun Brig Sloop [referred to as a Brigantine], between the Admiralty and Richard Symons of Falmouth in the county of Cornwall, signed and dated 16 November 1803

Armament:
16 x 32 pounder
2 x 6 pounder

(Box container ADMB0773)

Contract for Avon (1805) (Manuscript)

ADT0032; A 23 page contract for Endymion (1797), a 40-gun fifth Rate Frigate, between Admiralty and Randall Brent & Sons at Rotherhithe in the County of Surrey. Note that this is unsigned and undated.

ADMB0775.

Contract for Endymion (1797) (Manuscript)

ADT0079; Contract for Triton (1882) 26 October 1880

Contract for Triton (1882) (Manuscript)

Contract for Ardent (1782) (Manuscript)

The Laws of Contract Bridge 1948 (Book)

ADT0002; A 22 page contract for Active (1780), a 32-gun Fifth Rate Frigate, betweeen the Admiralty and Thomas Raymond of Rotherhithe. Contract signed and dated 19 December 1778.

(Box container ADMB0773)

Contract for Active (1780) (Manuscript)

ADT0056; Contract for two Gunboats 1 July 1859

Contract for two Gunboats (Manuscript)

ADT0031; A 7 page contract for Elizabeth (1873), a screw iron dockyard Tank Vessel, between the Admiralty and 'Maudslay Sons & Field' of Lambeth in the County of Surrey. Signed and dated 5 March 1872.

ADMB0775.

Contract for Elizabeth (1873) (Manuscript)

ADT0246; Contract for Captain (1869) 4 March 1867

Contract for Captain (1869) (Manuscript)

Contract for Rapid (1808) (Manuscript)

ADT0068; Contract for Melampus (1785) 3 February 1779

Contract for Melampus (1785) (Manuscript)

ADT0006; A 7 page contract for Transit (1809), a four-masted narrow-hulled 11-gun Advice Boat, designed by Captain Grover of the East India Company, between the Admiralty and Bailey of Ipswich, dated April 1808.

(Box container ADMB0773)

Contract for Transit (1809) (Manuscript)

Contract for a 96 ft Vessel (Manuscript)

ADT0049; A 26 page contract for Statira (1807), a 5th Rate 38-gun frigate, between the Admiralty and Thomas Guillaume the Younger of the Town and County of Southampton, signed and dated 6 June 1805.

ADMB0776

Contract for Statira (1807) (Manuscript)

ADT0099; Contract for Cuckoo (1806) 26 December 1805

Contract for Cuckoo (1806) (Manuscript)

ADT0019; A 20 page contract for Cambria (1797), a 40-gun Fifth Rate Frigate, between the Admiralty and Mr George Parsons of Bursledon in the County of Essex. Note that this is unsigned and undated.

Box container ADMB0774

Contract for Cambrian (1797) (Manuscript)

ADT0014; A six page contract for the Busy (1797), an 18-gun Brig Sloop (stated as a Brigantine), between the Admiralty and Joseph Graham of Harwich in the County of Essex, signed and dated 23 January 1797.

To be armed with 2 x 6 pounders and 16 carronades.

(Box container: ADMB0774)

Contract for Busy (1797) (Manuscript)

ADT0062; Contract for Nassau (1785) 18 December 1782

Contract for Nassau (1785) (Manuscript)

ADT0041; A 24 page contract for Resistance (1782), a 5th rate 44-gun ship, between the Admiralty and Edward Greaves of Limehouse in the County of Middlesex, dated 21 March 1780 and unsigned.

ADMB0776

Contract for Resistance (1782) (Manuscript)

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