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Battle of Navarin...William Henry Duke of Clarence, ...The First General Action fought under the naval administration of his Royal Highness... (Drawing)
Port of London In 1839 (Print)
Milford Haven and Docks (Print)
Falmouth (Print)
Swiftsure Emerald off Alexandria (Print)
Battle of Navarin. To his Royal Highness William Henry Duke of Clarence...this, the first general action fought...20th October 1827 (Print)
Battle of Navarin. To His Royal Highness William Henry, Duke of Clarence... This, the First General Action fought under the naval administration of his Royal Highness... (Print)
Loss of His Majesty's Ship Venerable... Shipwreck on the Night of the 24th November 1804 on the Rocks in Torbay (Print)
South America, Magellan strait (properley Magalhaen), from various Admiralty surveys. The main strait from Cape Virgins to Cape Pillar from surveys by Captain Richard C. Mayne, C.B. and officers of HMS Nassau, 1867-8, Captain J.F.L.P. Maclear and officers of HMS Alert, 1880 and Captain W.J.L. Wharton and officers of HMS Sylvia, 1882-4. The remainder by Captain P.P. King, HMS Adventure and Commanders Pringle Stokes and Robert Fitzroy and officers of HMS Beagle, 1826-30. (Chart)
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Belem Castle (Print)
South View of the Land's End, Cornwall (Print)
A chart of the north-east coast of Devonshire, between Hartland Point and Combermartin, including the bar and ports of Barnstaple and Bideford, the harbour of Ilfracombe and Lundy Island, surveyed in 1832, by Lieut. H.M. Denham R.N. with the assistance of Lieut. C.G. Robinson and Mr. E.I. Bedford. Extracted from the survey of the Bristol Channel under the sanction of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Ilfracombe 1833.... (Chart)
A chart of the north-east coast of Devonshire, between Hartland Point and Combermartin, including the bar and ports of Barnstaple and Bideford, the harbour of Ilfracombe and Lundy Island, surveyed in 1832, by Lieut. H.M. Denham R.N. with the assistance of Lieut. C.G. Robinson and Mr. E.I. Bedford. Extracted from the survey of the Bristol Channel under the sanction of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Ilfracombe 1833.... (Chart)
A chart of the north-east coast of Devonshire, between Hartland Point and Combermartin, including the bar and ports of Barnstaple and Bideford, the harbour of Ilfracombe and Lundy Island, surveyed in 1832, by Lieut. H.M. Denham R.N. with the assistance of Lieut. C.G. Robinson and Mr. E.I. Bedford. Extracted from the survey of the Bristol Channel under the sanction of the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Ilfracombe 1833.... (Chart)
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To that Distinguished Nobleman...John Earl of St Vincent...This View of the Commencement of the Action between His Majesty's Ship Shannon and the United States Frigate Chesapeake off Boston Light House, on 1st June 1813... (Print)
Banks' Florilegium Plate 363 Reissantia Indica (Print)
Banks' Florilegium Plate 266 Piper Mestonii (Print)
Full hull model; Rigged model; Plank-on-frame; Baseboard
A slightly distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the British India Steam Navigation Company educational cruise ship Devonia (1939) under way at sea. (Colour transparency)
Rather breezy a clean capsize (caricature) (Print)
The Durham (Print)
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