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D. Napier & Sons Ltd
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Bowater SS Co Ltd, London
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A half-length gilt figurehead of Sunbeam [Constance Alberta Brassey] from the team yacht Sunbeam. (Figurehead)
A bust figurehead of the Greek Fury Alecto from the captured French 74-gun Third Rate HMS Implacable (captured 1805) (Figurehead)
Implacable ( formerly Duguay-Trouin) (Stern Fragments)
The bust-length figurehead of Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson from HMS Horatio (1807) (Figurehead)
A half-length bust of Queen Leda of Sparta from HMS Leda (1828). (Figurehead)
A three-quarter length monochrome painted bust figurehead of the Roman general Gaius Marcius Coriolanus from the three-masted merchant ship Coriolanus (1876). (Figurehead)
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A half-length figurehead of Ajax the Great from the 74-gun Third Rate two-decker HMS Ajax (1809) (Figurehead)
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Speedwell (E2) (Racing Dinghy; Enterprise Class)
Miss Britain III (Racing speedboat)
Lion VII D (engine, aero)
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