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armament, ethnographic: arrow
armament, ethnographic: blowpipe
armament, ethnographic: boomerang
armament, ethnographic: bow
armament, ethnographic: javelin
armament, ethnographic: spear
armament, ethnographic: spear, throwing
armament, ethnographic: spear, throwing ?
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, Bhotanu
armament accessory, ethnographic: quiver, blowpipe
armament accessory, ethnographic: shield
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deck, upper coaling arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving, bow
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving, stern
documentary artifact: ship plan: carvings
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documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper coaling arrangement
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documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines
documentary artifact: ship plan: lines & profile
documentary artifact: ship plan: planking
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documentary artifact: ship plan: profile(fore part)
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water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate
water transport: fighting vessel: 6th rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 20 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 28 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: 46 gun ship
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: despatch vessel, armed (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat (France)
water transport: fighting vessel: warship (France)
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Barnaby, Nathaniel
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Pallas fl.1800 (French Navy)
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Venus (1820); Melampus (1820); Amazon (1821); Minerva (1820); Latona (1821); Nereus (1821); Hamadryad (1823); Aeolus (1828) [alternative spelling: Eolus]; Thisbe (1824); Hebe (1826); Cerberus (1827); Circe (1827); Clyde (1828); Fox (1829); Proserpine (1830); Mercury (1826); Penelope (1829); Thalia (1830); Daedalus (1826); Diana (1822); Mermaid (1825); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824) (Technical drawing)
HMS 'Mercury' cuts out the French gunboat Leda from Rovigno, 1 April 1809 (Painting)
Aldborough (1756); Flamborough (1756); Lively (1756); Scarborough (1756); Kennington (1756); Mercury (1756) (Technical drawing)
Aldborough (1756); Flamborough (1756); Lively (1756); Scarborough (1756); Kennington (1756); Mercury (1756) (Technical drawing)
Hussar (1784), Rose (1783), Dido (1784), Thisbe (1783), Alligator (1787), Circe (1783), Lapwing (1785), Mercury (1779), Pegasus (1779), Pomona (1778) (Technical drawing)
Iris (1877) and Mercury (1878) (technical drawing)
H.M.S. Larne H.C. Cruizer Mercury Heroine Carron & Lotus Transports attacking the Stockades at the entrance of Bassein River, on the 26th Feby 1825 (Print)
[Capture of Havana, 1762. Plate 6.] Attacking and Taking the Castle and Batteries of Choera, June 11th 1762, By His Majesty's Ship Belleisle the Eccho and Mercury Frigates, and the Lurcher cutter, also the Nottingham Standing off and on, to Assist if ordered (Print)
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Arrow (Arrow)
Arrow (Arrow)
Arrow (Arrow)
Presentation Sword
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