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Research guide B7: Royal Navy: Ship records
This guide outlines the National Maritime Museum's resources for researching ships of the Royal Navy
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Life on board a container ship – in pictures
Artist Zoe Childerley is embarking on a project with the National Maritime Museum to bring experiences of modern seafarers to light. How did she find her first voyage on board a container ship?
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Lascars and British merchant shipping
For our latest Caird Library and Archive display case we highlight the lives of lascars serving on board British ships, as well as their often precarious situation in Britain.
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Joy and Work: the fate of the German cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff
This month we investigate an Archive and Library oversize pamphlet (PBB9342) entitled Freude und Arbeit (Joy and Work) dated 1938, Germany.
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Silent Grey Ironclad: The Ship Behind H. G. Wells’ Thunder Child
HMS Thunder Child is one of the most famous fictitious warships in English literature.
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Folding memories: origami ships and stories of survival
Artist Lettie McHugh explains how to create an origami ship, inspired by a family member's recovery from injury while serving in the Merchant Navy
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Cordage: its origins, construction, properties and uses in ships
Learn more about cordage, also known as rope, including the different fibres used to make cordage and the types of rope most commonly used in sailing ships