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Warship models 1650–1815
Models of many of the Royal Navy's ships were constructed by order of the Royal Navy Board, many of which still survive today.
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Warship model styles 1650–1815
While almost every ship model is different in its treatment of hull form and details, they fall into two principal types: the frame model and the block model.
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Visit the home of time
Visit the home of Greenwich Mean Time and discover how time-keeping, astronomy, global exploration and world communications are all intricately linked.
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Unrated naval vessels in the 17th to 19th centuries
During the 17th to 19th centuries, the British Royal Navy had a number of unrated vessels under the command of lieutenants and commanders.
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Tycho Brahe's star maps
The careful and meticulous Tycho Brahe was an early and inspirational astronomer.
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Traditional ways to determine a ship’s position
How did ships know where they were before seamen could get an accurate reading of their east/west location?
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Toll for the brave, the curious sinking of the Royal George
Toll for the brave - the story of the Royal George and how it went down in a home port with huge loss of life.
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Thomas Cochrane
Royal Navy officer Thomas Cochrane (1775-1860) was a notorious naval officer and the real-life 'Master and Commander'.
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The size of the British Empire
The British Empire was at its largest in 1919. At this point, there was truth in the saying that the Sun never set on the British Empire.
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The search for new trade
The search for new markets during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I helped to boost England's maritime confidence.
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