showing 1839 results for “ship”
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Records of East India Company ship expenses
One of my recent cataloguing projects has been a collection of business records relating to Sir William Fraser, principal managing owner of several vessels in the service of the East India Company at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. The catalogued items all have the prefix FRS in the Archive Catalogue.
School session
KS1 Ship Explorer Tour
In this session, learners will join an interactive guided tour using the ship’s animals to discover why Cutty Sark is such an important part of Greenwich
School session
KS2 Ship Discovery Tour
In this session, learners will discover stories of Cutty Sark from 1869 to the present day by examining objects throughout the ship
Learning resource
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle KS2 classroom resource
Discover resources to support KS2 students to explore the artwork ‘Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle’ by Yinka Shonibare CBE.
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Ship launching ceremonies
Launching ceremonies of times past were often more barbarous than the champagne tradition of today.
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From sailing ships to steam power: how the Industrial Revolution changed life at sea forever
The shift from wind to fossil fuels was far from smooth. As shipping tries to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, can we learn from fuel transitions of the past?
Keeping Cutty Sark ship-shape: repairing the poop deck
Between 2023 and 2024, the poop deck of Cutty Sark was replaced as part of a major conservation project. Discover how a team of shipkeepers keep the vessel in peak condition
How to make a ship's porthole
Make your own porthole - a round window on a ship
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Dying on their own terms: suicides aboard slave ships
On International Slavery Remembrance Day, our curator, Aaron Jaffer, remembers those forced to take their own lives during the horrific Middle Passage