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American War of Independence: Siege of Gibraltar, 1779
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French Revolutionary Wars: Bridport's action off the Ile de Groix, 1795
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A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George, at Spithead, August 1782 (Book)
Circular wooden box made of wood from 'Royal George' (Box)
Wood fragment from 'Royal George' wreck (Timber)
Circular box (Box)
Wooden cigar case (Cigar case)
Model capstan top (Model capstan top)
Copper sheet grains from the wreck of 'Royal George' (Copper sheet)
Box
'Royal George' breeching ring (Breeching ring)
Hook from 'Royal George' wreck (Hook)
Circular wooden box (Box)
The 'Royal George' at Deptford showing the launch of the 'Cambridge' (Painting)
Carved fragment
'Royal George' (1756); 'Britannia' (1762) (Technical drawing)
Full hull model; Block model; Display label
Counter commemorating the blockade of Gibraltar, 1783 and the loss of the 'Royal George', 1782 (Counter)
Model commemoration anchor (Model anchor)
Royal George built 1776 (Print)
Wreck of the Royal George The anchorage at Spithead obstructed by the wreck of the Royal George of 104 guns, sunk in 1782, and of the Edgar of 70 guns, blown up and sunk in 1711... Divers of the Royal and Honble East India Company's Sappers & Miners... used... the improved Diving Apparatus made by A Siebe (Print)
Sinking of the Royal George (Print)
The 'Royal George' and other vessels (Painting)
Spithead, with the exact situation and appearance of the Royal George wrecked - with above 600 people on board - 29 August 1782 (Print)
The Glorious defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle Isle, on the 20th of November 1759 by a Fleet of His Majestys Ships under the command of the Honble Sir Edward Hawke... they were prevented Escorting a Body of Forces to Invade the British Dominions (Print)
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