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A port quarter view of the houseboat Mermaid (1888) and a starboard bow view of the houseboat Persevere (1889) moored to the bank in Conyer Creek off the Swale, Kent, near the Ship Inn. (Roll film negative)
A starboard bow view of the houseboat Mermaid (1888) moored to the bank in Conyer Creek off the Swale, Kent, near the Ship Inn (Roll film negative)
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Two sketches of HMS Mermaid D56 (Drawing)
Mermaid (Print)
Mermaid - Grenada (Drawing)
Action of an English frigate with a French vessel against a rocky background - Mermaid and Brutus (Drawing)
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Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824) (Technical drawing)
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)
Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824) (Technical drawing)
Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824) (Technical drawing)
Diana (1822); Thames (1825); Mermaid (1825); Unicorn (1824) (Technical drawing)
Diana (1822); Mermaid (1825); Thames (1823); Unicorn (1824) (Technical drawing)
watertight compartments, general arrangement
Black Swan Class (modified) (Technical drawing)
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