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Join us on our community day at The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
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Join us on board Cutty Sark for talks and demonstrations celebrating 200 years of the RNLI and their lifesaving work
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Pollution in the River Thames: a history
Lifeline, water source, sewer – follow the murky history of London's relationship with the River Thames
Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 shortlist
See a selection of the incredible space images shortlisted in Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024
The nautical origins of everyday phrases
Ever heard that traffic was chock-a-block, been called a son of a gun, or told someone you like the cut of their jib? Learn the maritime origins of phrases you hear every day
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Eagle Weekly
We get a fascinating insight into life on board a Royal Navy aircraft carrier in the inter-war years.
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Intimate travel guide for twenty oriental cities: from Tokyo to Singapore
This item of the month is a travel guide giving a charming and enthralling insight into journeying in the Orient
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The Voyage of La Perouse round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788, 1798
Our item of the month is is the two volume work The Voyage of La Perouse round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788.
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Admiralty Movement Books
Anybody investigating the activities of the Royal Navy during World War II will be used to visiting the National Archives at Kew. However, July's item of the month shows that a treasure trove of information can be found here at the Caird Library, particularly in the series of Admiralty Movement Books.
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The Young Australia: Sketches at Sea
The Item of the Month is a newspaper entitled Sketches at sea issued on board the Young Australia during the passage from London to Brisbane, Australia in 1864.
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Photograph albums of Lieutenant Commander Charles Douglas Simmons RNR DSO (1881-1918)
This Item of the Month is some photograph albums showing life at sea in the merchant service in the eve of the First World War
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Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital Registers for 1915
Stories from the Admissions Registers of the Dreadnought Seamans Hospital
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A Philosophical Dissertation on the diving vessel projected by Mr Day, and sunk in Plymouth Sound
The first recorded death of a submariner, an incident which took place in June 1774.
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HOL/17, Signal Book, 1760
Signals extracted from the General Printed Sailing & Fighting Instructions of Admiral Saunders dated 13 May 1760, with insertion giving Lord Anson's additional signals.
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12 days of Royal Museums Greenwich
There's many fantastic objects within our collection. Using the 12 days of Christmas as a guide we're sharing a few.
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