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Aft section plan
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carbon electrode
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deck, boat
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documentary artifact: ship plan: armour, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: armour, general arrangement(part)
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, boat
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, flight
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water transport: exploration/research vessel: survey vessel, wood (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMAS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battlecruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, 1st class (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, broadside ironclad (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: corvette, wood (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
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water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, ironclad battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, mortar (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, paddle (wooden: HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, wood (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, wood (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, wooden (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, wood (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine (HMS)
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water transport: model, exhibition: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht, royal (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: coastguard vessel (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: depot ship, submarine (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: despatch vessel, wood paddle (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: hospital ship
water transport: service vessel: launch
water transport: service vessel: oiler (RFA)
water transport: service vessel: tug (HMS)
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel, paddle
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Abethell, Richard
Ackermann, Rudolph
Bazopiomp
Cadell, Thomas
Canot, Pierre Charles
Captain O. M. Watts Ltd
Day & Son
DUPLICATE, J. B. Huddy
Edge, J
Edge, J B
Edge, J W
Edye, J.
Edye, John
Evans, B. B.
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
G. Smith, Watts and Co
Grey, The Hon. Frederick William
HM Admiralty
Hodges, William
Hodges, William [artist]; Watts, William [engraver]; Strahan, William [publisher]; Cadell, Thomas [publisher]
J.P. Watts, J P
John Watts, John
Jukes, Francis
Kauffman, Angelica
Kearsly, G
Large, Joseph
Luke, James
Martin, Francis
Medland, Thomas
Miller
Paget, Clarence Edward
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Robertson, C J
Robinson, Robert Spencer
Ryder, Thomas
Sandby, Paul
Sayer, Robert
Sherlock, William P.
Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of
Stockdale, John
Stonards Ltd
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Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company
Thomas, C.
Walker, Baldwin Wake
Walker, E.
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Watts, Isaac
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Adamant (1911)
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Alexandra (1907)
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Bittern 1964 (cancelled)
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E1 (1912)
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Endymion (1865)
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Eurylaus 1853
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Hardy 1856
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Immortalite (1859)
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Indefatigable (1909)
Investigator 1861
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Iron Duke (1912)
Ister 1864 (cancelled)
James Watt (1853)
King George V (1911)
Linnet (1860)
Lion (1910)
Lord Nelson (1906)
Maidstone 1912 - see Maidstone (1912)
Majestic 1853
Malacca (1853)
Malaya (1915)
Marlborough 1855
Mediator (1905)
Melpomene (1857)
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Minotaur (1863)
Minotaur (1906)
New Zealand (1911)
Northumberland (1866)
Pigeon (1860)
Princess Royal (1911)
Queen Elizabeth (1913)
Racer (1857)
Ramillies (1916)
Sabrina 1863 (cancelled)
Seahorse (1830)
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Shannon (1906)
Tartar (1854)
Undaunted (1914)
Valiant (1914)
Victor Emmanuel (1855)
Warspite (1913)
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A. & J. Inglis Ltd
Abethell, Richard
Admiralty Compass Observatory
Barnaby, Nathaniel
Beauclerk, Amelius
Bow, McLachlan & Co Ltd
C. J. Mare & Co
Cadell, Thomas
Cammell Laird & Company Ltd
Charles Hill & Sons
Chetwynd, John Henry
Damer, Anne Seymour
Deptford Dockyard
DUPLICATE, J. B. Huddy
Edye, John
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Grey, The Hon. Frederick William
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
HM Dockyard, Chatham
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Hodges, William
IPC Sailing Club
John Brown & Company
Laird Brothers
Laird Brothers Ltd
Large, Joseph
Luke, James
Martin, Francis
Millwall Iron Works
Ottoman Navy
Paget, Clarence Edward
Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Pembroke Dockyard
Pitcher
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Russian Fleet
Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Ltd
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd
Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour 12th Duke of
Strahan, William
Street, John
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Watts, Benjamin
Watts, Isaac
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Woolwich Dockyard
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sheer
Cheese dish cover
Lord Amelius Beauclerk, 1771-1846 (Print)
Full hull model; Anchor
Full hull model; Baseboard
Full hull model; Baseboard
Full hull model; Thwart
Full hull model; Anchor
Full hull model; Thwart
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Flag of the IPC Sailing Club (Flag)
Christmas Sound, tierra del fuego (Print)
Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego (Print)
The Island of Otahiete bearing S.E. distant one league (Print)
Boats of the Friendly Isles (Print)
Cheese dish container
Dish
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Lion class battlecruisers (Lower deck plan)
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