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aerospace accessory: propeller
Anchor (with rope)
Astrolabe
astronomical t&e: astrolabe(European)
Attachment for propeller
axe
Barricoe
Barricoe Support
Basket containing rigging rope
Bellrope
bench, ropemaker's
Blackjack
Boat Hook
Box
Box lid
Bucket
Builder's, Full hull model
cast: medal cast: commemorative medal
Coiled rope
Coil of rope
Component model
Component model; Sectional model; Propeller model
container
Cordage
Design, Full hull model
Design, Sectional model
Deviation form, self propelled artillery
Diving Helmet rope
documentary artifact: bend
documentary artifact: clew, hammock
documentary artifact: hitch
documentary artifact: knot
documentary artifact: knot collection
documentary artifact: matting
documentary artifact: model
documentary artifact: model, propeller
documentary artifact: ship plan: propeller(raising of)
documentary artifact: ship plan: propeller, screw
documentary artifact: ship plan: propeller, windmill
documentary artifact: ship plan: rope jack
documentary artifact: sinnet
documentary artifact: splice
Dog rope
Drawing
Engine model
Equipment model
Equipment model; Propeller model
Equipment model; Propeller model; Propeller
Equipment model; Propeller model; Steering gear
Equipment model; Propeller model; Steering gear; Box
Equipment model; Propeller model; Steering gear; Box lid
Equipment model; Propeller model; Steering gear; Key
fender, rope
Flexible rope sponger/rammer
Four-stranded rope eye splice
Fragment of marble rope from statue
Full hull model
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; container
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; Rigged model; Sails set; Launching rope
Full hull model; Plank-on-frame; rope
Full hull model; Propeller
Full hull model; Sectional model; Stern model
gauge, rope
gauge, ropemaking
Gun model
Guy rope
Half hull model
Harness bag
Harness bag, sledge harness, and coil of rope
hawser, rope
Hotchkiss dinghy wave propeller
Instructional, Full hull model
Instructional, Sectional model
Key
Knife
knife, ropemaker's
Knot collection
land transport accessory: bag, harness
land transport accessory: rope, dog
Launching rope
Launching Skids
Life Float
Life Floats
Lower rope carving
Man-rope knot
Manrope
Map of Europe
Mast
medal, British: campaign medal: Second World War 1939-45: Air Crew Europe Star
Medal cast
Miscellaneous length of rope (for mooring)
Miscellaneous piece of rope
Miscellaneous piece of rope and block
model
Mooring rope
multiple use artifact: rope
multiple use artifact: rope(fragment)
Oar
Ornamental bell rope
Painter rope
Part of Hotchkiss dinghy wave propeller
Part of Hotchkiss wave propeller
Part of wave propeller
Pelican hook and rope
personal gear: handle, sea chest
personal gear: lanyard, sennet rope
Plank-on-frame
plate, register
presentation artifact: pencil, propelling
Propeller
propeller
Propeller, current meter
Propeller blade
Propeller indicator plate
Propeller model
propeller pitchometer
Propeller shaft model
Propeller tunnel model
Propeller tunner model
Propelling pencil
regulative & protective t&e: ropes-end, cadet captain's
relic, ship: rope(3 fragments)
Rigged model
Rope
rope
rope, wire
Rope grommet
Rope hauser
Rope hawser
rope jack
Ropes-end
ropes-end, cadet captain's
Rope sling
ropework knife
Sails set
Sectional model
Sectional model; Coil of rope
Sectional model; Gun model; Flexible rope sponger/rammer
Sectional model; Half hull model; Stern model
Sectional model; Plank-on-frame; Stern model
Sectional model; Propeller model
Sectional model; Propeller tunnel model
Sectional model; Stern model
Sennet rope lanyard
shipbuilding t&e: bench, ropemaker's
shipbuilding t&e: gauge(ropemaker's)
shipbuilding t&e: gauge, rope(rigger's)
shipbuilding t&e: gauge, ropemaking
shipbuilding t&e: knife, ropemaker's
shipbuilding t&e: plate, register(ropemaker's)
Ship equipment model
Ship equipment modelPropeller model
Ship part model
sound communication t&e: bellrope
sound communication t&e: bellrope ?
Steering gear
Steering Oar
Stern model
Stern model; Sectional model
Studio photograph of a South Asian woman, probably an ayah, with a European child
surveying & navigational t&e: deviation form, self propelled artillery
Tarred rope
Technical drawing
Three-stranded rope eye splice
Tiller line
Towing Post
Unidentified Part
War medal
water transport: cargo vessel: hopper, self discharging (self propelling)
water transport: exploration/research vessel: exploration vessel
water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 91 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 121 gun ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: turret ship
water transport: model, design: full hull model(decked: equipped: working)
water transport: model, vessel: full hull model(decked: equipped)
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: ship, 3 masted
water transport: service vessel: launch
water transport: service vessel: tug (HMS)
water transport: steam vessel
water transport: steam vessel: screw, single
water transport accessory: blade, propeller
water transport accessory: engine
water transport accessory: fender, rope
water transport accessory: grommet, rope
water transport accessory: hauser, rope
water transport accessory: hawser, rope
water transport accessory: model, propeller
water transport accessory: model, propeller shaft
water transport accessory: plate, propeller indicator
water transport accessory: propeller
water transport accessory: propeller (cylindrical shield for)
water transport accessory: propeller (raising and lowering)
water transport accessory: propeller, 4 bladed
water transport accessory: propeller, 9 section
water transport accessory: propeller, hand operated
water transport accessory: propeller, tug
water transport accessory: propeller apparatus (raising and lowering)
water transport accessory: propeller fitting (raising and lowering)
water transport accessory: propellers, Melville's patent
water transport accessory: propeller shaft
water transport accessory: rope
water transport accessory: rope(4)
water transport accessory: rope(fragments)
water transport accessory: rope, mooring
water transport accessory: rope, tarred
water transport accessory: rope, wire
water transport accessory: ropes-end
water transport accessory: sling, rope
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(cutaway: propeller shaft: stern)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(decked: stern)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(propeller)
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(propeller: stern: working)
water transport component: model, engine(cutaway: propeller)
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(cutaway: decked: equipped: stern: working)
water transport component: model, exhibition: sectional model(half: stern)
water transport component: model, instructional: full hull model
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(stern)
water transport component: model, propeller
water transport component: model, propeller(working)
water transport component: model, propeller shaft(working)
water transport component: model, propeller tunnel: sectional model(stern)
water transport component: model, propeller well: sectional model(working)
water transport component: propeller: lowering/disengaging apparatus
water transport component: propeller shaft
water transport component: propeller steering gear
water transport component: propeller tunnel
water transport component: propeller well: trunk, slide (method of fitting shutters to screw aperture)
water transport component: stern
water transport component: stern: deadwood, stern post
water transport component: stern: propeller well (starboard)
water transport component: stern: well and shaft, stern post
whetstone
woodworking t&e: whetstone(ropemaker's)
written communication t&e: pencil, propelling
Yoke
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black ink
blue colourwash
blue ink
brass
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canvas?
coating: varnish
copper
copper alloy
cord
cotton
cotton fibre
glass
grey colourwash
hemp
hemp fibre
horn
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inorganic: glass
inorganic: gravel
ivory
leather
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metal
metal: alloy
metal: aluminium
metal: brass
metal:brass
metal: bronze
metal: bronze, ?
metal: chromium
metal: copper
metal: iron
metal: lead
metal: silver
metal: steel
metal: tin
metal: unknown
Nikalium - nickel, copper, aluminium, manganese, iron
organic: bone
organic: boxwood
organic: canvas
organic: cotton
organic: fibre
organic: hemp
organic: leather
organic: paper
organic: reed
organic: rope
organic: sawdust
organic: sisal
organic: textile [ribbon]
organic: twine
organic: wool
paint
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red ink
rope
silver
sponge
stain
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synthetic: acrylic fibre
synthetic: fibre, acrylic
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synthetic: polypropylene
textile
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wood
wood: mahogany
wood: pine
wood: walnut
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Bambury, W. H.
Berkeman, Sune
Cardnall Bros
Cassell, A.
Chapman, H.
Cosalt (Chatham Ropery)
Craven, Edwin
Denny Brothers
Derek Henden Co.
Eames, W.
Fairweather, [John?]
Greenwich Workshop for the Blind
Gustaffson, Johan
HM Dockyard, Chatham
Johns, Arthur
Klepper
Morgan-Giles, Francis Charles
National Maritime Museum
Oliver, R L
Pope, H. J.
Proctor, Ian
Ropery
Ropery, Chatham Dockyard
Small Craft of Southampton Ltd
Sorensen, S. H.
Steell, John
Stone-Vickers Ltd
Straw
Unknown
Wimshurst, Henry
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Antarctic Exploration: Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Austin, 1850-1851
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Zeebrugge Raid, 1918
World War II, 1939-1945
World War II: Operation Pluto, 1942
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Arabesque (1955)
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Eurotas (1829)
Horatio (1807)
James Watt (1853)
Javellin 1938
Kilmallie 1921 (barque)
Lady Southborough 1923
Pomone (1845) [French]
Port Vindex
Proserpine (1807)
Queen Mary (1936)
Rattler (1843)
Royal Albert 1854
Royal George (1756)
Royal Oak (1914)
Royal Sovereign (1891)
Terror (1813)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
Vindictive (1897)
Wanderer (1958)
Windsor Castle (1858)
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Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham
Cardnall Bros
Chatfield, Henry
Dye, Frank
Fincham, John
Froude, William
Hore, Cdr
Huntley, Samuel David
Keppel Foote
Keyes, Roger John Brownlow
Klepper
Mends, William Robert
Morgan-Giles, Francis Charles
Mr McEwan
Peacock, G
Proctor, Ian
Royal United Service Institution
Russell, C
Small Craft of Southampton Ltd
South Kensington Museum
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Lathika (Basket containing rigging rope)
Equipment model; Propeller model
Arabesque (Miscellaneous piece of rope)
Arabesque (Miscellaneous piece of rope and block)
Froude propeller (circa 1874) (Equipment model; Propeller model)
Equipment model; Propeller model
Lathika (Basket containing rigging rope)
Rose (Painter rope)
HMS James Watt (1853); Warship; 2nd rate; 91 guns (Sectional model; Half hull model; Stern model)
Pomone (1845) (Technical drawing)
Sennet rope lanyard
Equipment model; Propeller model
Port Line propelling pencil (Propelling pencil)
Equipment model; Propeller model
Warship; Gunboat (Component model; Sectional model; Propeller model)
Lengths of rope from the wreck of the 'Royal George' (Rope)
knife, ropemaker's
knife, ropemaker's
knife, ropemaker's
knife, ropemaker's
knife, ropemaker's
knife, ropemaker's
knife, ropemaker's
Rope
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