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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 world of notorious pirate queen Zheng Yi Sao to life
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Aft section plan
armament accessory: gun truck, pivoting
armament accessory: slide carriage, gun
armament t&e, artillery: gun, slide carriage
armament t&e, artillery: model, gun
armour, general arrangement
deck, poop
Deck section
Design, Half block model
Design, Sectional model
documentary artifact: ship plan: armour, general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, forecastle
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, lower
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, main
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, platform
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, poop
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, shelter
documentary artifact: ship plan: deck, upper
documentary artifact: ship plan: hold
documentary artifact: ship plan: holes in bottom
documentary artifact: ship plan: profile, inboard
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
documentary artifact: ship plan: section
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, aft
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, forward
documentary artifact: ship plan: section, midship
documentary artifact: ship plan: sheer
documentary artifact: ship plan: shell expansion
documentary artifact: ship plan: watertight compartments, general arrangement
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water transport: fighting vessel: armoured ship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, 3rd class (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, central battery (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, central battery ironclad (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship, ironclad (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: corvette (HMS)
water transport: model, design: block model(half)
water transport: service vessel: accomodation ship, barracks (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: despatch vessel (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: target
water transport: steam vessel, paddle
water transport: unknown function: sloop
water transport component: midship
water transport component: model, design: sectional model(decked: equipped: side: working)
water transport component: model, instructional: sectional model(midship)
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Champness, H. R.
Currie, H. M.
Davies, L. G.
Deadman, H E
Gianni, Giancinto
Green, Charles
Griffin & Co
H. M. Currie & Son
Heslop, M
Martino, Eduardo de
Mitchell, William Frederick
Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Reed, Edward James
Robinson, William B.
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Tozef, J
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
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Wyllie, William Lionel
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H.M.S Hercules (Drawing)
H.M.S. Hercules (Print)
H.M.S. Hercules (Print)
H.M.S. Hercules (Drawing)
The Crisis in Egypt: - Some of Our Modern Ironclads (Print)
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HMS 'Hercules' (1868); Warship; Central Battery Ironclad (Instructional, Sectional model; Midship model)
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