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armament accessory: rod, gun cleaning
armament t&e, ammunition: ball, musket(11 pieces)
armament t&e, ammunition: cap, percussion(94 caps of 3 types)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridge, wire(3)
armament t&e, ammunition: cartridges, packet of(2 packets)
armament t&e, ammunition: flask, shot
armament t&e, ammunition: hook, sword belt spring(fragment)
armament t&e, ammunition: lid, powder case
armament t&e, ammunition: screw plug, powder keg
armament t&e, ammunition: sheath, knife
armament t&e, edged weapon: arrow
armament t&e, edged weapon: bow
armament t&e, edged weapon: pike head
armament t&e: charger, shot
Arrow
Badge
Barrel hoop fragments
belt, sword spring-hook
Bible
biological t&e: tweezers, specimen collecting
Boat weather-cloth
Boat weather cloth
Book
Boot lace
Bootlace
Bottle
Bow
Box
Box, dip circle
Brimstone match
Brimstone matches
Bristles
Burgee
Button
Buttons
C
Cap ribbon
ceremonial artifact: burgee
ceremonial artifact: ensign
ceremonial artifact: flag: ensign, naval(fragment)
Chart
Cigar case
Clasp Knife
Clothes brush
clothing, outerwear: glove(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: shirt(fragment)
clothing, outerwear: waistcoat(fragment)
clothing accessory: brush, clothes
clothing accessory: button
clothing accessory: button(two)
clothing accessory: button(two buttons)
clothing accessory: button, royal naval
clothing accessory: cord, gold ?
clothing accessory: lace, boot
clothing accessory: neckerchief
clothing accessory: neckerchief(knotted)
clothing accessory: ribbon
clothing accessory: uniform insignia: ribbon, cap
Coat fragment
coat [fragment]
Cobbler's awl
Compass binnacle
container: tin
Copper sheet fragments
Curtain rod
Design, Half block model
Dessert fork
Dessert spoon
Dip circle
documentary artifact: badge
documentary artifact: bible
documentary artifact: bible: New Testament
documentary artifact: book
documentary artifact: book(fragment)
documentary artifact: book, hymn
documentary artifact: book, prayer
documentary artifact: paper, government
documentary artifact: photonegative, glass
documentary artifact: ship plan
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, bridges
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, orlop
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, signal
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: frame
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines & profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: planking
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
Drawing
Elm board
Ensign
File
fishing & trapping t&e: line, fishing
Fishing line
Flask stopper
Flint & steel
Flint and steel
Folding rule
food processing t&e: stove(3 pieces)
food service t&e: cup, tea(fragment)
food service t&e: fork, dessert
food service t&e: fork, table
food service t&e: knife, table
food service t&e: rations: bone, pork(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: canister, tea
food service t&e: rations: tin, meat(fragment)
food service t&e: rations: tin, pemmican
food service t&e: spoon, dessert
food service t&e: spoon, table
food service t&e: spoon, tea
food service t&e: stave, water keg bung
food service t&e: stopper, flask
Fork
Frame
Gimlet
Glass photonegative
Glass plate negative
Glove
Gold cord
Government paper
Gun-cleaning rod
Gun cleaning rod
Half block model
hold
household accessory: rod, curtain(two pieces)
iceworking t&e: knife, snow
iceworking t&e: knife, snow ?
Inboard profile plan
Iron plug
Knife
Knife clasp
Knife sheath
leatherworking t&e: awl, cobbler's
lighting device: box, match(vesta case)
lighting device: flint & steel
lighting device: match, brimstone(6)
Lines & Profile
Lower deck plan
Main deck plan
Manuscript
Meat tin
medal, British: campaign medal: Naval General Service Medal 1915-36
medical & psychological t&e: bottle
medical & psychological t&e: chest, medicine
Medicine chest
Metal plate
multiple use artifact: twine, waxed(roll of)
Musket ball
Musket balls
Nail
Naval ensign
Neckerchief
Oak chock
optical t&e: draw tube, telescope(two pieces)
optical t&e: eyepiece, telescope
Packet of cartridges
Packet of needles
Packets of cartridges
Paddle
Painting
Pemmican tin
Pencil case
Percussion caps
personal gear: case, cigar(fragment)
personal gear: flask, pocket water
personal gear: goggles, snow
personal gear: goggles, snow(part)
personal gear: knife
personal gear: knife, clasp
personal gear: lenses, spectacle
personal gear: purse, bead
personal gear: stem, pipe
personal gear: wallet
personal symbol: broad arrow
personal symbol: crest
Pike-head
Pike head
Pipe stem
Pocket chronometer
Pocket comb
Pocket compass
Pocket watch
Pocket water flask
Pork bone
Port-fire
Powder-case lid
Powder case lid
Powder case screw-plug
Powder keg screw-plug
Powder keg screw plug
Prayer book
presentation artifact: badge, presentation
Presentation badge
Print
Purse
Record tin
relic: bristles
relic: copper, sheet(6 fragments)
relic: plate, metal(fragment)
relic: plug, iron
relic: timber
Ribbon
Rigged model
Rigged modelWaterline model
Rivet
Roll film negative
sail
Sailmaker's palm
Sails furled
Scenic model
Scenic modelWaterline model
Scented soap
Scissors
Scissors, sewing
Seal
Sealing wax
Sewing set
Sextant eyepieces
Shako plate
sheer
Sheet block
Ship's bell
Ship's wheel
Shirt fragment
Shot charger
Shot flask
Shot in glove fingers
Signal flag
Snow goggles
Snow knife
Specimen collecting tweezers
Spectacle lenses
Spindle
Spoon
Stanchion
Stanchions
Stove
surveying & navigational t&e: binnacle, compass(binnacle only)
surveying & navigational t&e: box, dip circle ?
surveying & navigational t&e: circle, dip
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, pocket
surveying & navigational t&e: eyepiece, sextant(two)
surveying & navigational t&e: sextant
Sword belt spring
Sword belt spring-hook
Sword belt spring hook
sword spring-hook belt
Table spoon
Tablespoon
Tea canister
Tea cup
Teacup fragment
Tea spoon
Technical drawing
technical drawing
Telescope barrel and objective lens
Telescope draw tube
Telescope draw tube and objective lens assembly
Telescope eyepiece
Telescope lens
textileworking t&e: needles, packet of
textileworking t&e: palm, sailmaker's
textileworking t&e: scissors, sewing
textileworking t&e: set, sewing(housewife)
Three wire cartridges
Timber fragment
timekeeping t&e: case, watch(fragment)
timekeeping t&e: chronometer, pocket
timekeeping t&e: watch, pocket(fragment)
Tin
toilet article: comb, pocket
toilet article: soap, scented(4 fragments)
Topographical model
Topographical modelWaterline model
Two eyepieces, sextant
uniform accessory: plate, shako(Royal Marine cap badge)
Upper deck plan
Vesta case
visual communication t&e: flag, signal(instruction box)
visual communication t&e: port-fire
Wallet
War medal
Watch case
Watch relic
Water keg bung-stave
Water keg bung stave
Waterline model
Waterline model; Rigged model; Sails furled
Waterline modelRigged model
water transport: cargo vessel: barge, auxiliary
water transport: exploration/research vessel: yacht
water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 24 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 28 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 32 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 46 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: destroyer (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, composite (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fishing vessel
water transport: fishing vessel: crabber
water transport: fishing vessel: smack
water transport: model, exhibition: block model(decked: half)
water transport: model, exhibition: waterline model(decked: equipped: rigged: sails furled: scenic)
water transport: research/exploration vessel: discovery vessel
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: barge, ketch
water transport: sailing vessel: barque
water transport: sailing vessel: barquentine
water transport: sailing vessel: brig
water transport: sailing vessel: brigantine
water transport: sailing vessel: clipper
water transport: sailing vessel: cutter
water transport: sailing vessel: ketch
water transport: sailing vessel: yacht
water transport: service vessel: cutter, pilot
water transport: service vessel: dredger
water transport: service vessel: hulk, quarantine
water transport: service vessel: pilot boat
water transport: service vessel: pilot vessel
water transport: steam vessel: screw, twin
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
water transport: training vessel: drillship
water transport: unknown function: boat
water transport: yacht
water transport accessory: bell, ship's
water transport accessory: block, sheet(with hook)
water transport accessory: board, elm
water transport accessory: chock, oak
water transport accessory: cloth, boat weather(fragment)
water transport accessory: nail
water transport accessory: paddle
water transport accessory: rivet
water transport accessory: spindle
water transport accessory: spindle ?
water transport accessory: stanchion(3)
water transport accessory: wheel, ship's
Waxed twine
Wire cartridges
woodworking t&e: file
woodworking t&e: gimlet(common shell gimlet)
woodworking t&e: rule, carpenter's: rule, folding
written communication t&e: case, pencil
written communication t&e: seal
written communication t&e: wax, sealing
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animal hair
antler
black ink
blue ink
blue wash
bone
brass
bristle
brown wash
canvas
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) antler
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) sinew
caribou (Rangifer tarandus) skin
cherrywood
coating: enamel
copper
cork
cotton
elm
enamel
engraving
etching
fabric
feathers
flint
Gelatine dry plate
gilt
gilt brass
gilt metal
glass
gold
graphite
grass
green ink
grey colourwash
grey wash
gunpowder
hand sewn
hemp
horn
iron
ivory
lacquer
laminate
lead
leather
leather (cattle)
leather (lamb)
linen
lithograph
mahogany
metal
metal: alloy, copper
metal: brass
metal: silver
metal: unknown
metal: white metal ?
musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) horn
oak
Oil on canvas
oil on canvas
organic: textile [ribbon]
paint
painted
paper
pen & ink, black
pencil
perspex
pine
plaster
plastic
porcelain
Pork bone (British)
ptarmigan (Lagopus muta or Lagopus lagopus) feather
red ink
rope
silk
silver
silver halide: gelatine
sinew
skin
soap
steel
sulphur
textile
tin
tracing paper
twine
varnish
watercolour
waxed linen
white metal
willow
wood
wool
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Adams, Edgar Tarry
Adams, George
Arnold, John Roger
B. Fellows
Barrow Shipbuilding Company
Bateman, Hester
Bishop, William
Blake, R.
Blomfield, Charles James
Boulton, Matthew
Boyle, Vernon C.
British School, 19th century
Chapple, after
Chatterton, Randall
Chawner, William
Chief Constructor
Davis, Benjamin
Davy, Charles
Dequevauviller
Dexter, Benjamin
E., R.
Eaton, William
Edge, J W
Eley, William
Esterbrook, William
Evans, Evan
F. Barnes & Co
Fearn, William
Firmin & Sons Limited
Fothergill, John
Fowles, Arthur Wellington
Francis Frith & Co
Hammond Turner & Dickinson
Hasluck, Thomas H.
Heather, William
HM Admiralty
Huddy, J B
Hurd, Thomas
I.T.
I L
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John & Henry Lias
John Brown & Company
John Millikin
Low, Josiah
Mackennal, Edgar Bertram
Martin, Hood & Co
May, Walter William
Ministry of Defence
Mitchell, W.
Norie, John William
Northcote, Thomas
Parkin, Isaac
Parkinson & Frodsham
R., J.
Robinson
Robinson, Thomas Charles
Rossel
Savory, Thomas Cox
Shipway, Charles
Smith
S Z
Taylor, Joseph
Thomas Ward & Co
Tom, John
Tufnell, L. G.
Turcon, C.
Turner, Charles
Unknown
Wallis, Robert
Washon, J.
Watts, I
Whiting, John James
Winser, Margaret
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Barrow-in-Furness
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
Birmingham
Canada
Chatham Dockyard
Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Medway, England, United Kingdom
Clydebank
Devonport Dockyard
Dublin
Edinburgh
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London
Navy Office
Nunavut
Pembroke Dockyard
Portsmouth Dockyard
Strand
The Downs
United Kingdom
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Yeominster, England
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Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Wreck of HMS Thetis, 1830
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Acacia (1858)
Actaeon (1775)
Active (1780)
Aeolus (1825)
Alligator (1787)
Alonzo
Amazon (1821)
Andromache (1890)
Anne Ellison
Arethusa (1817)
Astraea (1781)
Auld Reekie
Bea
Blanche (1819)
Bonaventure (1892)
Brunswick (1792)
Cambrian (1893)
Canadia
Caswell (1875)
Cerberus (1779)
Cerberus (1827)
Ceres (1781)
Charybdis (1893)
Circe (1827)
Circe 1785
Clyde (1828)
Colier
Colossus (1882)
Cornubia
Coronel 1868
Creole 1870
Culloden (1783)
Daedalus (1780)
Daedalus (1826)
Dahlia (1915)
Diana (1822)
Dido (1784)
Edgar 1865
Edwin Fox (1853)
Eliza (1825)
Ellen (1869)
Ellen 1869
Emily Watters 1870
Emmeline
Englishman 1890
Enterprize (1774) [Alternative spelling: Enterprise]
Erebus (1826)
Ethel
Exmouth (1955)
Flora (1893)
Flying Fox 1918 [RNVR]
Forte (1893)
Forward (1877)
Fox (1780)
Fox (1829)
Fox (1855)
Fox (1893)
Fox (1898)
Fox (1967)
Fox 1740
Fox 1773 [British navy]
Fox 1898
Fox fl.1852
Fox fl.1856
Fox fl.1865
Foxglove (1915)
Foxhound
Foxhound (1877)
Foxhound (1934)
Glenlyfen
Greenfields
Hamadryad (1823)
Harkaway (1903)
Harkaway 1903
Harvey Prithgwarra 1865
Hebe (1826)
Hermes 1835 [HMS]
Hermione (1893)
Hinda 1869
Holly Bough 1866
Hollywood 1875
Hussar 1784
Isabella (1818)
Junon ca.1778 [French navy]
Kamchahemia
Lapwing (1785)
Latona (1821)
Laura
Laurel (cancelled 1783)
Leading Star 1868
Leiden (1628)
Llewelyn 1875
Lowestoft (1960)
Lucy
Lupin (1916)
Madeline
Maria Morrua
Maria Ramona
Marquis of Huntley (1811)
Marquis of Worcester
Melampus (1820)
Mercury (1826)
Mermaid (1784)
Mermaid (1825)
Minerva (1820)
Morna 1873
Morning Star (1872)
Morning Star 1872
Native Pearl 1865
Nemesis 1780
Nereus (1821)
Normand
Ogmore 1864
Olive Mount 1863
Pathfinder 1858
Pattermar
Pegasus (cancelled 1831)
Pegasus 1779
Penelope (1829)
Phlegethon (1839)
Prince Regent (1811)
Proserpine (1830)
Prosperine 1830
Quebec 1781
Rose 1783
Rosemary (1915)
Rose of England 1858
Sinbad 1879
Standard 1858
Stranger 1864
Surprize (1774)
Syren (1773)
Tamanaga
Taunton
Teignouth
Ternate
Terror (1813)
Thalia (1830)
Thames (1823)
Thetis (1817)
Thisbe (1783)
Thisbe (1824)
Thomas Charles
Unicorn (1824)
Venus (1820)
Vestal 1779
Young Fox 1893 [British]
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Alexander McDonald, Alexander
Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd
Armitage, Thomas
Arnell, William Thomas
Back, George
Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd
Barrow Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Closson, William
Couch, Edward
Crouchers Ltd
Crozier, Francis Rawden Moira
Edwards, George
Fairholme, James Walter
Franklin, Jane
Franklin, John
Goodsir, Harry D.S.
Gore, Graham
HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Hobson, William Robert
Hodgson, George Henry
Hornby, Frederick John
Irving, John
I W
J O
John Brown & Company
Jones, William
King George V
Lander, C. W.
Le Vesconte, Thomas Henry Dundas
Martin, Francis
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Mitchell, W. M.
Peddie, John Smart
Peglar, Henry Peter
Petersen, Johan Carl Christian
Reed, William
Rhodes, William
Royal Harwich Yacht Club
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Severn Division, Bristol
Sargent, Robert Orme
Stanley, Stephen Samuel
Stewart, ABfl
Terry, Thomas
Thomas, Robert
Wentzell, William
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Spoon
Spoon
Dessert spoon
Dessert spoon
Fork
Fork
Tea spoon
Silver, fiddle-pattern table fork with Sir John Franklin's crest on the reverse of the handle (Fork)
Silver fiddle-pattern teaspoon belonging to Lt. James W. Fairholme. (Tea spoon)
Dessert fork
Iron and leather shot flask (Shot flask)
Fork
Tea spoon
Dip circle (Dip circle)
Lower deck plan
Pocket watch
Pocket chronometer
Silver fiddle-pattern table fork belonging to Alexander McDonald (Fork)
The Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960). The 4.5 inch gun turret and the forecastle from on top of the bridge. (Roll film negative)
The Type 12 frigate HMS Lowestoft (1960). The ship's port side from station 45 forward from the quayside. (Roll film negative)
Compass binnacle
Ensign of the Royal Harwich Yacht Club (Ensign)
Metal record case. (Record tin)
Group of 94 percussion caps and lead shot (Percussion caps)
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