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(1789-1873), Executors of the Estate of Samuel Enderby
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Warrior (1860), Black Prince (1861), Agincourt (1865), Minotaur (1863), Northumberland (1866), Royal Oak (1860), Royal Alfred (1864), Prince Consort (1862), Caledonia (1862), Ocean (1863), Achilles (1863), Hector (1862), Valiant (1863), Defence (1861), Resistance (1861) and Bellerophon (1865) (Technical drawing)
The Royal Navy cruisers Tiger (1945) and Lion (1944) alongside the Skorlergrunnskien Jetty in Bergen harbour, Norway (Roll film negative)
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'Warrior' (1860); 'Defence' (1861) (Technical drawing)
Defence (1815) (Technical drawing)
Defence (1815) (Technical drawing)
Defence (1815) (Technical drawing)
Defence (1815) (Technical drawing)
'Defence' (1815); 'Benbow' (1813) (Technical drawing)
Specifications for Defence (1815) (Manuscript)
A port quarter view of the harbour work boat Defence (Fl. 1974) on the slipway of the Acorn Ship Repair Yard at Rochester, Kent. (Colour transparency)
A slightly distant port quarter view of the harbour work boat Defence (Fl. 1974) on the slipway of the Acorn Ship Repair Yard at Rochester, Kent. (Colour transparency)
A distant stern view of the harbour work boat Defence (Fl. 1974) on the slipway of the Acorn Ship Repair Yard at Rochester, Kent. (Colour transparency)
On board the Royal Navy light cruiser Lion (1944) alongside Pitch House Jetty in Portsmouth Dockyard (Roll film negative)
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