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A view of the upper deck of 'Alert' (1856) looking aft from behind the main mast
A view of the upper deck of 'Alert' (1856) looking aft from behind the main mast.
Chart
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: scales
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: uniform, Mate's
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main(part)
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documentary artifact: ship plan: watertight compartments, general arrangement
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fishing & trapping t&e: harpoon, whaling
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visual communication t&e: lamp, signalling(Mitchell's)
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water transport: fighting vessel: corvette, wood (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class (HMS)
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Carmichael, John
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A group of Inuit with some crew members posing off the port bow of 'Discovery'. (Photographic print)
Whaling harpoon
Technical drawing
Technical drawing
Technical drawing
1524 - No.80 Torpedo Boat. For Steeman's Torpedo Warfare (New Edition) (Drawing)
Inboard profile plan
Inboard profile plan
Lower deck plan
Upper deck plan
Inboard profile plan
American Great Race across the Atlantic, 1867 (Drawing)
H.M.S. Hercules (Drawing)
Wreck of the Royal Mail Rhone (Drawing)
Sail assisted steam vessel Eclipse at sea (Drawing)
HMS Caesar Spithead 1854 (Drawing)
British frigate firing a gun (Print)
F. Marryat (Print)
Southampton Docks, the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co's S.S. Massilia and the Union S.S.Co's ship Syria (Drawing)
H.M.S. Benbow in 1889 (Drawing)
H.M.S. Monarch anchored near a coast (Drawing)
A Frigate ashore (Drawing)
An Ironclad, Dido (Drawing)
John Penn Mail Packet (Drawing)
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