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Research guide C9: The Merchant Navy: First World War
This guide outlines the main sources for researching the activities of merchant ships and their crews during the First World War
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Artist profile: Yinka Shonibare CBE
Yinka Shonibare's work Nelson's Ship in a Bottle was acquired by the National Maritime Museum in 2012
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Research guide C10: The Merchant Navy: World War Two
This guide outlines the main sources for researching the activities of merchant ships and their crews during the Second World War 1939 to 1945
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RRS Sir David Attenborough – timeline and key dates
Follow the timeline of the new polar research ship, from naming and construction to sea trials and beyond
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Poles Apart: Explore the World of RRS Sir David Attenborough
Travel to the icy frontiers of modern polar science at the National Maritime Museum
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All Hands children's gallery
Steer a ship, fire a cannon and explore life at sea in this interactive gallery for children aged 6-12
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Talk: 70 years of Cutty Sark at Greenwich
Curators Louise Macfarlane and Hannah Stockton reveal how the ship came to its Thames-side location
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History of the Empire Windrush
Discover the history of the Windrush, the ship that brought some of the first post-war migrants from the Caribbean to Britain
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Talks and tours at Cutty Sark
Discover stories from the fastest sailing ship of its time and the bygone era of sail during a talk or tour
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Figureheads Collection
Heroic, saucy and sometimes downright baffling – Cutty Sark's collection of Merchant Navy ships' figureheads is not to be missed