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after C. W. Cole
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City of Rome 1882 [British]
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Princess Royal 1769
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Probus 1865 [HMS]
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Providence of Rochester
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Revenge (1915)
Richard I
River Clyde (1905)
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Rodney (1884)
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Seydlitz
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Shackelton ?
Shakespeare 1917 [HMS]
Shamrock (1899)
Shamrock IV 1914 [British]
Shannon (1906)
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Slava [Russian navy]
SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911)
Soleil Royal (exact vessel unknown)
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Spider (1887)
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Storm Petrel (1870)
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Sunbeam (1874)
Sunfish 1895 [HMS]
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Tantallan Castle 1894 [British]
Tantallon Castle 1894 [British]
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Tartar (1907)
Tasmania 1884 [British]
Temeraire (1798)
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Terra Nova (1884)
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Theseus (1892)
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Torpedo Boat 55 (1886)
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Trinidad (1940)
U126 (1918)
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U153 (1917)
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Valhalla (1892)
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Waterhen (1918)
Welland (1904)
Worcester 1862 [British]
Worcester 1862? [British]
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WY51
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X222 (1916)
Yashima (1896)
Zealous (1785)
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View of a river and rough sketches of sailing vessels (Drawing)
Sketch of a steamer, a paddle tug and other shipping off a coast with rough sketches of sails below (Drawing)
Sunset (Drawing)
Gaff rigged ketch (Drawing)
Barge and a steamer (Drawing)
View of yachting around a coastline (Drawing)
Rough sketches of gaff-rigged yachts (Drawing)
Sketch of a coastline with buildings and moored vessels offshore (Drawing)
Port scene, industrial buildings with tall chimneys (Drawing)
Landscape sketch with mountains in distance (Drawing)
Two views of a barquentine (Drawing)
Calm, blue seascape (Drawing)
Seascape with hilly coastline in the distance (Drawing)
Solent (Drawing)
Docks (Drawing)
Renfrew (Drawing)
A church with a ruin in the background, possibly at Whitby. Very rough sketch below (Drawing)
Beach at low tide with seaweed, figures and stranded boats (Drawing)
Banns (Drawing)
Clyde (Drawing)
Solent (Drawing)
Kraenasigere, Arno Is (Drawing)
Blockhouse, Portsmouth (Drawing)
Unidentified (Drawing)
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