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armament t&e, firearm: gun, submachine
Badge
Boat's liquid compass
Boat's Liquid Compass and Binnacle
Builder's nameplate
Burgee
Bush
Caddy
Calendar
ceremonial artifact: burgee
ceremonial artifact: flag
Chair
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Chocolate tin base
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Cistern barometer
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data processing t&e: computing instrument, navigational: computer, jet
Design, Half block model
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docking
documentary artifact: nameplate, builder's
documentary artifact: photonegative, glass
documentary artifact: ship plan: docking
documentary artifact: ship plan: general arrangement
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furniture, relic: chair
furniture, relic: table
general arrangement
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Jigsaw puzzle
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Medal box base
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meteorological t&e: barometer, mercury: barometer, cistern(domestic double angle barometer)
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paget angle sextant
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relic, animal: zoological specimen: beaver, stuffed
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sawset
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sheet film negative
Signal gun
sound communication t&e: gun, signal
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Submachine Gun
Submarine liquid compass
Submarine liquid compass and binnacle
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, dry card
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, submarine liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: octant
surveying & navigational t&e: path indicator(Holmes)
surveying & navigational t&e: pelorus
surveying & navigational t&e: rangefinder(stadimeter)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant, paget angle
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timekeeper: chronometer, marine
timekeeper: chronometer, marine(2 day)
timekeeper: clock, long case regulator
timekeeper: movement, watch
timekeeper: timepiece, skeleton
timekeeping t&e: calendar
timekeeping t&e: dial, portable: dial, horizontal
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water transport: fighting vessel
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: submarine
water transport: fighting vessel: trawler, anti-submarine (HMS)
water transport: fishing vessel: trawler, side
water transport: model, design: block model(decked: half)
water transport: model, design: plating model(half)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: scenic)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: service vessel: lifeboat (SS Ocean Viscount)
water transport: service vessel: tractor, water
water transport: service vessel: tug, canal
water transport: steam vessel: screw, twin
water transport accessory: repeater, gyro
woodworking t&e: sawset(shipwrights)
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American Anti-Slavery Society
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Opening of the first Atlantic Telegraph Cable, 1858
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Britannic (1930)
Brodsworth (1960)
Cameronia (1920)
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Dayton (1930)
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Florence (1980)
Flying Cloud (1851)
Frances (1979)
Genevieve (1980)
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Gripsholm (1925)
Illinois (1851)
Kellingley
Kungsholm (1928)
Lady Madelaine 1939
Monarch of Bermuda (1931)
Niagara [British]
Ocean Harvester 1969
Ocean Sceptre fl.1969
Ocean Viscount fl.1945
Richard J Barrett (1919)
Royal George (1756)
Samaria (1921)
Sir Winston Churchill (1966)
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Whitehead (1970)
YC 112 (1943)
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Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
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Observatory of Mount St John
Postel, Warren Fred
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Wianno Yacht Club, Osterville, Massachusetts, US
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Cavendish (1944) and Cavalier (1944) (Technical drawing)
Cavendish (1944) and Cavalier (1944) (Technical drawing)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Cunard Line cruise ship Samaria (1921) alongside a pier in New York harbour. (Sheet film negative)
A slightly distant starboard bow view, taken from wide off the bow, of the Cunard Line cruise ship Samaria (1921) alongside a pier in New York harbour. (Sheet film negative)
The Manhattan skyline at New York. (Sheet film negative)
The Manhattan skyline at New York. (Sheet film negative)
Weehawken and the Hudson River at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish passenger cruise ship Kungsholm (1928) while under way in the Hudson River at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Cunard White Star Line passenger cruise ship Britannic (1930) manoeuvering away from Pier 90 at New York (Sheet film negative)
Piers 46 to 52 on the east side of the Hudson River, New York (Sheet film negative)
On board the Cunard White Star Line passenger cruise ship Britannic (1930) manoeuvering away from Pier 90 at New York (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish passenger cruise ship Kungsholm (1928) while under way in the Hudson River at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board an unidentifed Cunard White Star Line passenger cruise ship ready to depart from Pier 54 at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board a Swedish American Line passenger cruise ship leaving Pier 97 at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board a Swedish American Line passenger cruise ship leaving Pier 97 at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board a Swedish American Line passenger cruise ship leaving Pier 97 at New York. (Sheet film negative)
Tugs off Piers 95 to 97 at the Transatlantic Terminals on the Hudson River at New York. (Sheet film negative)
A slightly distant view of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board an unidentifed Cunard White Star Line passenger cruise ship manoeuvering astern away from Pier 54 at New York. (Sheet film negative)
On board the Cunard White Star Line passenger cruise ship Britannic (1930) manoeuvering away from Pier 90 at New York (Sheet film negative)
On board the Swedish passenger cruise ship Kungsholm (1928) while under way in the Hudson River at New York. (Sheet film negative)
Viola (1910) (Technical drawing)
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