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'Aquilon' (1786), [also spelt Aquillon or Acquillon]. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Aquilon (1786). From Tyne & Wear Archives Service, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne,
1782
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'Colossus' (1787); 'Leviathan' (1790); 'Carnatic' (1783); 'Minotaur' (1793). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Colossus' (1787), 'Leviathan'
February 1782
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'Royal Geoge' (1788); 'Queen Charlotte' (1790). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Royal George' (1788), and a year later for 'Queen Charlotte' (1790), both 100-
circa November 1782
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'Royal George' (1788). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Royal George' (1788), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. This plan was later recalled and replaced
23 March 1782
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'Standard' (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board detail, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Standard' (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built at Deptford Dockyard.
8 October 1782
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'Tremendous' (1784). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Tremendous' (1784), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Deptford by Mr William Barnard. Initialled by Edward Hunt [
22 January 1782
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'Venerable' (1784); 'Victorious' (1785). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Venerable' (1784) and 'Victorious' (1785), both 74-gun Third Rate two-deckers building at blackwall by Mr Joh
29 January 1782
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. Calendar for the single year of 1782. The calendar is made from a disc of bronze with a gold-coloured finish. On one side of the calendar is a table with the months in three letter abbreviations and a table with the numbers for the number of days. Aroun
1782
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. deck, orlop
1782
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
1782
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. frame
1782
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. Inboard profile plan Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784]. NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 304, states that 'Solebay' was begun in May 1783 by Barnard & Adams, and launched 26 March 1785. NMM, Progress Book, vo
7 May 1782
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. Inboard profile plan
1782
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. lines
1782
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. lines & profile
1782
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. Lower deck plan
1782
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. One of a pair of shoe buckles (JEW0007-0008) with a plain silver frame. The buckle has an iron chape with pitchfork prongs on an iron crossbar and a two-pronged iron roller. The inside of the buckle is inscribed with the words 'Victory over the Fre
1782
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. stern
1782
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. Upper deck plan
1782
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A commercial map of Scotland with the roads, stages and distances. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Physical description Note: Coloured in outline. Scale: [ca. 1:750 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated globular projection, meridian through
1782
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A Storm Depicting wrecked vessels off a rocky coast with survivors struggling ashore. No.5.
1782
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A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound (before title). Mounted in album with PAI1517-PAI1551, PAI1553-PAI1596.
1782
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Accurate Charte eines theil von der Noord See von Helgeland nach die Elbe und Weser & Jaade auch der Weser Strom, von der Schlussel Tonne in der See zu der Stadt Bremen.... Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:200 000 (bar). Cart
1782
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Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Perforated badge of oval form showing 'La Ville de Paris' under sails (one on fore and mizzen, three on main), flying the British above the F
1782
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Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Perforated badge of oval form showing on either side 'La Ville de Paris' under sails (two on fore, one on main and mizzen) flying the British
1782
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Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Badge commemorating the Battle of the Saints, 1782. Uniface. A pierced badge of oval form showing 'Ville de Paris' under main and mizzen topsails, flying the British above the French ensign at
1782
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Cambridge (1755). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the stern board decoration, and sheer lines for Cambridge, an 80-gun Third Rate, three-decker, with her quarterdeck altered and roundhouse removed. The plan illustrates the repairs with oak and fir, and the addi
24 May 1782
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Captain William Carlyon. Captain dress 1774-1787. Signed by artist and dated.
1782
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Celestial globe gores. Celestial globe gores. Astronomical details on the gores are almost exactly the same as Dunn, GLB0218. There are neither constellation figures or contours, and only the brightest stars are included. A table for the magnitude is miss
1782
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Celestial globe gores. Celestial globe gores. Astronomical details on the gores show that only the brightest stars are included. There are neither constellation figures nor contours. A table for the magnitude is missing but the stars are represented by fo
1782
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Commemorative medal presented as a gift from the Clergy to the Navy. Commemorative medal presented as a gift from the clergy to the navy. Obverse: Bust of King Louis XVI in a tie-wig, uniform and ribbon over shoulder (right). Legend: 'LUDOVICO XVI .
1782
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Cormorant (captured 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Cormorant (captured 1781), a captured American privateer, as
31 August 1782
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Counter commemorating Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792) and HMS 'Formidable'. Counter commemorating Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792) and HMS 'Formidable'. Obverse: The Admiral's bust (right), cocked hat and unifor
1782
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Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83. A dollar. Similar to MED0001. A plate, with rigid loop. Obverse: A brick furnace. Inscription: "Spaniards defeated by RED hot SHOT at Gibraltar Sept. ye 13th 1782". Reverse: a Spanish battering ship on fire, inscrip
1782
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Defence of Gibraltar 1779-83. A plate, with rigid loop, engraved. Obverse: Port broadside view of the flagship "Pastora" blowing up, clouds of smoke above, a rowing boat in foreground. Legend: "TEN SPANISH BATTERING SHIPS DESTROY'D BEF
1782
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Echo (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail and decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth for Echo (1782), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as built and launched at Liverpool in October 1782 by John Barton.
Circa October 1782
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Echo (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck and lower deck for Echo (1782), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as built and launched at Liverpool in October 1782. Reverse: Scale 1:48. Plan showing the fore and aft platforms for Ech
Circa October 1782
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Echo (1782); Rattler (1783); Calypso (1783); Brisk (1784); Nautilus (1784); Scorpion (1785). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the stern board with some structural decoration detail, including the name in a cartouche on the counter, for Echo (1782), and later fo
Circa May 1782
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Echo (1782); Rattler (1783); Calypso (1783); Brisk (1784); Nautilus (1784); Scorpion (1785).. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Echo (1782), and later for Rattler (1783), Calypso (1783), Brisk (1784), Nautilus
22 February 1782
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Eight reales. A Spanish dollar. Obverse: Engraved on a smooth surface port broadside view of a battleship under full sail except for mainsail. Inscribed below: 'Chas Aston 1782', (on a band) 'FOUDROYANT'. Reverse: The arms of Spain cro
1782
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Eight reales. A Spanish dollar. Obverse: Engraved on a smooth surface within a circle a group of flags, a hand holding scales, another with a broken sword, an anchor, guns, piled ammunition, etc. Legend: 'Taken in the Ville de Paris April 12, 1782�
1782
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Geerardus Oorthuys, Kapiten Ter Zee. Technique includes etching.
1782
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General Eliott's Medal for Gibraltar 1779-83. Obverse: View of the rock of Gibraltar and harbour, batteries and ships in action, the fleet in the foreground (L). Legend: "PER TOT DISCRIMINA RERUM". Exergue: "XIII SEPT. MDCCLXXXII"
1782
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Gold freedom box. This box was made to contain the sealed document which conferred the Freedom of the City of Cork upon Admiral Lord Rodney after the Battle of the Saints, 1782.
1782
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Hind (1785) and Laurel (cancelled 1783). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half breadth for building Hind (1785), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate, building at Sandgate by Messers Clayton and Wilson. This plan was originally
5th November 1782
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Hind (1785), Laurel (cancelled 1783). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Hind (1785) and Laurel (cancelled 1783), both 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigates, following the design for Milford (1759) of the same class. Annoted in top right
circa. November 1782
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Inspector (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Inspector (1782), a 16-gun Ship Sloop as built by Mr Game at Wivenhoe. The bo
1782
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Inspector (1782). Scale: 1:48?. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and fore & aft platforms for Inspector (1782), a 16-gun Ship Sloop, as built at Wivenhoe in 1782. Note that all the decks are slightly superimposed o
1782
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L[or]d de Cliffords house at Kings Weston 5 miles from Bristol - with a View of the King-road and the Bristol Channel - and the opposite coast of Wales [Bray album]. No. 60 of 74 (PAJ1976 - PAJ2049) Although this is from an album of drawings by Lieutenan
1782
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Map of the Island of Martha's Vineyard with its Dependencies. Single sheet. Engraving. Scale: circa1:200 000; bar scale in English miles. Ungraduated. Sparse soundings and shallows.The map shows Martha's Vineyard, Chappaquiddick Island, Elizabet
1782
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Map of the Island of Nantucket. Single sheet. Engraving. Scale: circa1:115,000; bar scale in miles. Ungraduated. Text entirely in English. The map was published in the English edition of 'Letters from an American Farmer', by J. Hector St John d
1782
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Medal commemorating commerce with the Philippines. Medal commemorating commerce with the Philippines. Obverse: Short bust of King Charles III of Spain in a long wig with curls, tied with ribbon, falling below the bust. Legend: '*CARLOS * III * INSTIT
1782
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Medal commemorating the defence of Gibraltar 1779-1783 and General George Augustus Eliott (1717-90). Medal commemorating the defence of Gibraltar 1779-83 and General George Augustus Eliott (1717-90). Obverse: Bust of Eliott (left), in tie-wig, uniform, Ri
1782
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Medal commemorating the defence of Gibraltar 1782. Medal commemorating the defence of Gibraltar, 1782. Obverse: One of the Spanish floating batteries on fire, heading left. Inscription (below): 'XIIIth . SEPR :'. Legend (on ribbons) above: '
1782
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Medal commemorating the defence of Gibraltar and General Eliott 1779-83. Medal commemorating the defence of Gibraltar, 1779-83 and General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790). Obverse: Bust of General Eliott (left). Legend: 'GEORG . AVGVSTVS . ELIOTT
1782
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Medal commemorating the launch of the 'Hercules' of 60 guns, 1782. Medal commemorating the launch of the 'Hercules' of 60 guns, 1782. Obverse: Port broadside view of the hull of a battleship moored. Legend: 'DE HERCULES, OORLOG SC
1782
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Medal commemorating the Royal care of Commerce of Stockholm. Medal commemorating the royal care of commerce of Stockholm. Obverse: Head of Gustavus III in a tie-wig (right). Legend: 'GVSTAVUS III . D . G . REX . SVECIAE'. Reverse: A wharf with m
1782
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Medal commemorating the United States declared free by the Netherlands. Medal commemorating the United States declared free by the Netherlands. Obverse: Netherlands standing, a caduceus in her left and a spear, hatted, and thunderbolts in her right hand;
1782
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Mediterranean craft with Gibraltar in the distance. Signed by artist and dated.
1782
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Miniature shoe made from the 'Royal George'. Miniature shoe made of the wood of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank in Spithead in 1782. It has a metal sole and once had a metal heel, the item is studded with round sides.
1782
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Orestes (captured 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Orestes (captured 1781), a captured Dutch privateer, as taken off in 1782 at Deptford while being fitted in the Single Dock, as an 18-gun Bri
August 1782
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Padang - the chief settlement of the Dutch Company on the west coast of Sumatra. Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca. 1:25 000]. Cartographic Note: Ungraduated. Scale in nautic miles. Soundings. Additional Places: Karimata Islands. Contents Note: Fortification
1782
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Pegase (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline with decoration detail and name in a cartouche on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Pegase (1782), a captured French T
27 June 1782
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Plan of the environs of English Harbour and Monks Hill in the Island of Antigua surveyed and drawn by John Brown, surveyor and draughtsman to the army in the West Indies 1782.. Single sheet. Col.ms. Medium: On modern backing sheet. Physical description No
1782
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Plan of the environs of English Harbour, Antigua. Single sheet. Ms. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:8 500 (bar). Cartographic Note: Shows relief and soundings. Scale in chains and yards. Additional Places: Caribbean, Leeward Islands. Contents Note:
1782
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Plan of the seige [sic] of St. Philips Castle, on the Island of Minorca. Single sheet. Engr. Medium: Segmented and backed. Scale: 1:9 500. Contents Note: Dedication to Henry Seymour Conway, the Commander-in-Chief in the British cabinet in London, Table of
1782
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Polyphemus (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Polyphemus (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as launched at Sheerness
Circa July 1782
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Polyphemus (1782). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the roundhouse, quarterdeck and forecastle, upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck for Polyphemus (1782), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as launched at Sheerness Dockyard, April 1782. Signed by Henry Peake
Circa July 1782
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Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, 1718-82. A full-length portrait facing to left in flag officer's undress uniform, circa 1774-83. A fighting sword is by his left side and he leans on a long telescope that rests on his left foot. Painted in the year o
1782
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Scipio (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Scipio (1782), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as built by Mr Barnard at Deptford and completed at Woolwic
Circa November 1782 to January 1783
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Serpent (cancelled 1783). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building the Serpent (cancelled 1783), a 16-gun Ship Sloop. The order was cancelled when the builder Phineas Jacobs of Sandgate failed (i.e.
4 December 1782
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Strangford River from an accurate survey by George Johnson of Portaferry, pilot, 1755.. Single sheet, engraving, backed with contemporary wall-paper. Scale [circa 1:17,000 (bar)]. The bar scale is in English miles. This is an ungraduated chart marking roc
1782
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Swan (purchased 1781). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Swan (purchased 1781), a 14-gun Brig Sloop purchased in December 1781. Signed by John Henslow [Ma
May 1782
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Timber from 'Royal George' wreck. A piece of timber retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. Large block of timber with three treenails, and another at right angles to them.
1782
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Timber from 'Royal George' wreck. A piece of timber retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. Worm eaten piece of wood with a treenail hole.
1782
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Timber from 'Royal George' wreck. Timber retrieved from the wreck site of 'Royal George', sank 1782. Presented to Mrs H. Lea by William Beaumont in 1856.
1782
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Trimmer (captured 1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Trimmer (captured 1782), a captured French privateer, as fitted as a brig. The plan records the
31 August 1782
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Trusty (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Trusty (1782), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker, as built by James Martin Hilhouse at Br
Circa March 1784
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Unnamed 93ft three-masted merchant ship (no date). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for an unnamed 93ft three-masted merchant ship (no date). Note that th
Mid to late 18th Century
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Wood fragment from 'Royal George' wreck. A fragment of wood and copper retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. A sliver of wood with small plaque missing from the centre. Tw
1782
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Woolwich (1785); Sheerness (1787); Severn (1786); Adventure (1784); Gorgon (1785); Chichester (1785); Expedition (1784); Dover (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with alterations to the head, longitudinal half-breadth proposed (
22 March 1782
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Woolwich (1785); Sheerness (1787); Severn (1786); Adventure (1784); Gorgon (1785); Chichester (1785); Expedition (1784); Dover (1786). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Woolwich (1785), and later used for Sheerness (1787),
22 April 1782
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