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1 part marked and photographed by Nat, Jan 2018
Adjusting key
Air conditioning inner ventilator key
Air screw with key head
Allen key
Anemometer adjusting key
Arctic shore dry compass box key
armament accessory: key, grip firing
armament accessory: key, magazine
Artificial roof horizon box key
Artificial roof horizon mercury box key
Astronomical regulator
Astronomical regulator; Winding key
Astronomical regulator case key
Astronomical regulator case key, hood and trunk
Astronomical regulator case keys
Astronomical regulator front case key
Astronomical regulator hood key
Astronomical regulator jar cap
Astronomical regulator Keys
Astronomical regulator keys
Astronomical regulator mercury
Astronomical regulator PL case key
Astronomical regulator PR case key
Astronomical regulator trunk-base key
Astronomical regulator trunk key
Azimuth compass box key
bedkey
Bezel key
blade, keyhole saw
Boat badge
Book box key
Box key
Bracket clock
Bracket clock; Winding key
building: castle
Cabin key
Case
Case key
case key
Case keys
Casket key
Chronometer winding key
Chronometer winding key?
Clock key and wooden pegs
Clock winding key
clothing, headwear: uniform: uniform, Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: jacket
clothing, outerwear: uniform: jacket, monkey
clothing, outerwear: uniform: Junior engineer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: tunic, white
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Admiral of the Fleet's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Assistant Paymaster's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Cadet's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Cadet's (RN)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Chief Commandant's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Chief Engineer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Chief Marine Engineer Mechanic's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Chief Officer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Chief Petty Officer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Chief Sick Berth Attendant's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Chief Steward's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Commandant's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Commander's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Constructor Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Deputy Assistant Director's (WRNS)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Engineer Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, First Officer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Inspector of Lights' (Turkey)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Instructor Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Lieutenant's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Lieutenant-Commander's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Lieutenant-Commander's (pilot)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Master's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Midshipman's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Paymaster-in-Chief's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Paymaster Captain's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Paymaster Lieutenant's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Purser's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Rear-Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Second Mate's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Second Officer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Second Radio Officer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Senior Nursing Sister's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Senior Purser's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Sub-Lieutenant's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Sub-Lieutenant's (temporary)
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Surgeon Rear-Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Third Engineer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Third Officer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Vice-Admiral's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Warrant Mechanician's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: uniform, Warrant Officer's
clothing, outerwear: uniform: working dress uniform, Second Officer's
container: casket
Course indicator box key
Crank winding key
Deck watch
Deck watch box key
Dial clock
Dial clock; Case key
Drill bit key
Dry card compass box key
Dry card compass winding key
Electrical key
fob, key
Full hull model
Full hull model; Rigged model; case key
Full hull model; Rigged model; key
G. M. balance box key
Grip firing key
Handr Set Key
Hand Set Key
Hood key
household accessory: key
household accessory: key, Greenwich Hospital
Identification band and key
jacket
Jacket, monkey
jacket, monkey
Jewellery box key
Key
key
kEY
key, Greenwich Hospital
key, morse
key, morse sending
key, ship
Key, winding
Key - aircraft compass
Key fob
Key holder
key hole surround
Keyring
keys, ship's
knob
Lock
lock & key
Longcase clock
Longcase clock; Winding key
Longcase clock trunk key
Magazine key
Marine chronometer
Marine chronometer; Winding key
Marine chronometer box key
Marine chronometer case key
Marine chronometer key
Marine chronometer winding key
Mercury
Micrometer adjustment key
Milled key
Miscellaneous keys
Monkey jacket
Morse key switch
Motion Monitoring System case key
Night watchman’s key safe
Nipple
Nipple key
Octant adjusting key
Octant adjusting key?
Octant box key
Ownership bracelet
Padlock key
Painting
personal gear: holder, key
personal gear: keyring
personal symbol: coronet, ducal
Pienmen nephoscope box key
Pin
Pocket watch
Pocket watch; Winding key
punch, monkey
Quintant adjusting key
Quintant adjusting pin
Quintant box key
Ralston stability indicator case key
Rangefinder adjusting key
Ratchet key
Reflecting circle adjusting key
regulative & protective t&e: key
regulative & protective t&e: key (2)
regulative & protective t&e: key (7 linked)
regulative & protective t&e: lock(with key)
Regulator
Regulator; Winding key
Repeating circle
Repeating circle; Box key
Repeating circle box key
Reversing holder box padlock key
Revolver
Revolver; Nipple key
Rigged model
Roxby's pendulum quandrant box key
saw, compass
saw, keyhole
Sea chest key
Sextant adjusting key
Sextant adjustment key
Sextant box key
Sextant spanner
Ship's badge
Ship's keys baseboard
shipbuilding t&e: bedkey
Short interval timer winding key?
Sidereal regulator
Sidereal regulator; Winding key
Silver cased keyless deck watch
sound communication t&e: key, morse sending
Sounding quintant box key
Spare case key
Stability indicator weight box key
Standard measures box
Standard measures box; Box key
Standard measures box; Padlock key
Station pointer box key
Strong box key
Submarine cable box key
Submarine cable case key
Survey chronometer
Survey chronometer; Winding key
Survey chronometer case key
Survey chronometer hand set key
surveying & navigational t&e: key, corrector magnet box
Telescope box key
Theodolite box key
Tide Recording Gauge winding key
timekeeper: key, crank winding
timekeeper: key, set up
timekeeper: watch, deck
Topographical model
Topographical model; Case key
Torpedo firing key cap
Trunk
Trunk key
Tunic, white
Watch key
Watch set-up key
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (Turkey)
water transport: fighting vessel: torpedo ship, submarine
water transport accessory: badge, boat
water transport accessory: badge, ship's
water transport accessory: cap, torpedo firing key
water transport accessory: key, cabin
water transport accessory: key, morse
water transport accessory: key, ship
water transport accessory: keys, ship's(bunch)
water transport accessory: keys, ship's(two)
water transport accessory: lock & key
Weight-line brass bar
White tunic
Winding key
Winding Key
Winding key, hook and dial peg
Winding key for the marine chronometer
woodworking t&e: blade, keyhole saw(shipwrights)
woodworking t&e: punch, monkey(shipwrights)
woodworking t&e: saw, keyhole(shipwrights)
woodworking t&e: wrench, monkey(shipwrights)
wrench, monkey
Writing box key
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metal: white metal
oil on panel
organic: doeskin
organic: leather
organic: serge
organic: wool
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Austin Reed
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Bliss Bros Limited
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Colnbrook Instrument Development Ltd
Daniela Corda
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Earnshaw, Thomas
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Emery, Josiah
Ertel & Sohn
Fawkes, Francis
Fernandes & Co
Firmin & Sons Limited
Gatoff, N.
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Gow, David
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Greenburgh Bros
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Harrison, John
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Heath & Co. Ltd
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Hopgood, R. J.
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Hughes, Joseph
Hume, John
Isaac, Henry P
J. B. Johnstone Ltd
J. R. Gaunt & Son Limited
J. W. Norie & Wilson
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Jones, Thomas
J W Ray & Co
Karrusel
Kelvin Bottomley & Baird Ltd
Kendall, Larcum
Knott, S
Konski
Kullberg
Kullberg, Victor
Lacey & Co.
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Lancelot
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Magellan, Jean Hyacinthe de
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Meredith, Nicholas
Meyer & Mortimer
Miller Rayner Ltd
MOD Chronometer Workshops
Molyneux, Robert
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Montague Burton Ltd
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National Maritime Museum
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Negretti & Zambra
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Parkinson & Frodsham
Philipson, Henry
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Poole, James
Poole, John
Ramsden, Jesse
Ryder & Amies
Salzer, Leonard
Samuelson Son & Linney
Simpson & Suter
Simpson, Stephen
Strachan & Hunt
Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Ltd
Thomas Mercer Chronometers
Thomson, William
Tip Top Tailors
Troughton & Simms
Unknown
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Vulliamy
W. F. Stanley & Co Ltd
Wade, Richard, & Son
Walton, Isaac
Whitaker, E J, & Sons Ltd
William Hardy
Wong Kwee Yong
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Beland, John C.
Bengal Pilot Service
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Billson, J H
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Esdaile, Frank Samuel Drake
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Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset
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Frame, Joan
Furness Withy & Co Ltd
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Turkish Inspector of Lights
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Perrier bottle keyring (Keyring)
Sextant box key
6736 (Marine chronometer case key)
Sextant box key
Octant adjusting key
Digital Sextant (Sextant box key)
Marine chronometer case key
Astronomical regulator jar cap
326 (Case key)
Winding key
Winding key
Micrometer adjustment key
1853 (Marine chronometer; Winding key)
1350 (Pocket watch; Winding key)
Astronomical regulator; Winding key
8761 (Marine chronometer; Winding key)
2362 (Marine chronometer; Winding key)
2150 (Marine chronometer; Winding key)
5685 (Marine chronometer; Winding key)
Submarine cable case key
Revolver; Nipple key
7460 (Deck watch box key)
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