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The pirate hunter's cup
What does a carved coconut shell have to do with one of the most deadly pirates in history? Dr Robert Blyth follows the story of Bartholomew Roberts, and the 'forgotten pirate hunter' Captain Chaloner Ogle
The art of piracy: imagining the world of Zheng Yi Sao
A series of illustrations by Livia Giorgina Carpineto brings the life and world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
Night Sky Highlights - April 2025
Discover what to see in the night sky this April, from the Lyrid meteor shower to bright inner planets, and more.
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A Side Scroll (Starboard) Stern Carving
A Taff Rail Centre Stern Carving
broken part
building: pagoda
Canopy carvimg
Canopy carving
Carved anchor
Carved fragment
carving
Carving
carving, bow
carving, bow scroll
carving, crown
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carving. crown
carving. horses head
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ceremonial artifact: carving
crown
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving, bow
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving, figurehead
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving, stem
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving, stern
documentary artifact: ship plan: carving plan
documentary artifact: ship plan: carvings
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, outboard(part)
Double longcase clock
Double longcase clock; Fragment of carving
food processing t&e: knife, carving
food service t&e: knife, carving
Fragment from carving
Fragment of carving
Garter Star
gun carving
hold
horses head
Lions head
Lower rope carving
Mantleshelf
Mantleshelf carving
Mantleshelf decoration
Model anchor
original art: carving
original art: carving, anchor
original art: carving, dolphin
original art: carving, maple leaf(2)
original art: ornament: carving, elephant
original art: ornament: carving, pagoda
panel
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: crown, naval
relic, ship: carving
relic, ship: carving, naval crown
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taff rail centre
Taffrail decoration
Technical drawing
water transport: fighting vessel: 1st rate
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, 1st class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, central battery ironclad (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: brig-sloop, 10 gun
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette, iron (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette, steel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette, wood (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 2nd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 3rd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, 3rd class torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser, torpedo (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: despatch vessel, armed (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: frigate, armoured (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunboat, paddle (composite: HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: gunvessel, composite (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: paddle vessel, iron (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, composite (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: sloop, wood (HMS)
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht, royal
water transport: recreation vessel: yacht, steam
water transport: research/exploration vessel: survey vessel
water transport: sailing vessel: ship (Netherlands)
water transport: service vessel: coastguard vessel
water transport: service vessel: troopship (HMIS)
water transport accessory: anchor
water transport accessory: carving
water transport accessory: carving(pieces)
water transport accessory: carving, bow scroll(2)
water transport accessory: carving, canopy
water transport accessory: carving, cathead(pair)
water transport accessory: carving, crown
water transport accessory: carving, naval crown
water transport accessory: carving, panel
water transport accessory: carving, stern(Netherlands)
water transport accessory: carving. taffrail
water transport accessory: scroll carving
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Black, J
Dean, Tacita
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Fincham, John
Hellyer & Son
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Mappin & Webb
Moore, Alexander
Nickerson, Gilbert
Robert Napier & Sons
Rogers, George Alfred
Tew, A.
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
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Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, 1672
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Arab (1874)
Arethusa (1882)
Australia (1886)
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Beagle (1820)
Bellerophon (1865)
Bessemer (1875)
Black Prince (1861)
Bloodhound (1845)
Brisk (1886)
Carysfort (1878)
Champion (1878)
Cockatrice (1880)
Colibri (Captured 1809)
Comus (1878)
Conquest (1878)
Cossack (1886)
Curacoa (1878)
Danae (1867)
Daphne (1866)
Dragon (1878)
Emulous 1806 (HMS)
Eurylaus 1877
Hawk (1869)
Imogen (1864)
Invincible (1869)
Iris (1877)
Iron Duke (1870)
Jumna (1866)
King Edward VII (1903)
Leander (1882)
Lily (1874)
Marathon 1888
Mercury (1878)
Mermaid (1865)
Milford 1932
Oriana (1960)
Phaeton (1883)
Royal George (1756)
Victoria and Albert (1899)
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Enslavement and Resistance
The Atlantic: Slavery, Trade, Empire
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
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Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Green, J. F.
Hammick, A. R.
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Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport
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HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
J. & G. Thomson & Co
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John Samuel White and Co. Ltd
Kongo Peoples
Nelson, Horatio
Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
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Royal United Service Institution
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