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'Minden' (1810). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Minden' (1810), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, as taken off at Portsmouth Dockyard in
4 November 1812
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'Minotaur' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with modifications to the gun ports, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Minotaur', a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Chatham, similar to 'Tremendou
June 1812
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'Minotaur' (1816). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (dispostion) for building 'Minotaur' (1816), a 74-gun Third Rate, two decker, at Chatham Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813].
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. bomb bed
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. bomb bed
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. deck, gun
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. deck, orlop
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
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. deck, spar
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. Inboard profile plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 65, states that the 'Hermes' was built at Portsmouth Dockyard between May 1810 and 22 July 1811 when she was launched. She was docked on 23 July to be coppered, and sailed on 7 Septemb
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Inboard profile plan
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. Inboard profile plan
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. lines & profile
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. lines & profile
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. lines & profile
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. lines & profile
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. Lower deck plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 65, states that the 'Hermes' was built at Portsmouth Dockyard between May 1810 and 22 July 1811 when she was launched. She was docked on 23 July to be coppered, and sailed on 7 September 18
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. Lower deck plan
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. Lower deck plan
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. Lower deck plan
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. Lower deck plan
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. Lower deck plan
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. Lower deck plan
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. Small rectangular 18ct gold locket decorated with a raised urn design set within a frame of leaves. Three short chains attached to a central ring suspend the locket. The locket opens on a hinge to reveal a cavity. The locket is inscribed with the words
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. Upper deck plan NMM, Progress Book, volume 7, folio 65, states that the 'Hermes' was built at Portsmouth Dockyard between May 1810 and 22 July 1811 when she was launched. She was docked on 23 July to be coppered, and sailed on 7 September 18
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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. Upper deck plan
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A Moveable Planisphere. Planispheres are flat representations of the celestial sphere. By combining a star chart with a moveable window, they could reveal the constellations visible at a particular latitude on any night of the year. While the conception g
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Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, 1753-1812. Print. Published in 1812, this shows Cotton in flag officer's full-dress uniform 1795-1812 apparently as full admiral, a rank he reached in 1808. He was a successful officer in both the War of American Independ
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Adventures of Johnny Newcome. Set of six images detailing the 'Adventures of Johnny Newcome'. The captions are as follows (starting top left): (1) 'Johnny's reception by merry Tonkanes at Negro Ball.' (2) 'Johnny dancing with
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Agincourt (1817). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half-breadth for building Agincourt (1817), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Plymouth Dockyard. Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry
7 March 1812
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Bath banner, Adm Sir Alexander Forrester Cochrane (1758-1832). Bath banner, Adm Sir Alexander Forrester Cochrane (1758-1832). Silk banner painted with the Cochrane arms and the inscription 'Hon. Sir Alexander Forrester Cochrane' To read the righ
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Bristol halfpenny token. Bristol halfpenny token. Obverse: Inscription. Port broadside view of a three-masted sailing-barge. Legend: 'PATENT SHEATHING NAIL MANUFACTORY . BRISTOL.' Reverse: 'PAYABLE BY S. GUPPY BRISTOL & LONDON . 1812.&
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Britannia (1820). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Britannia (1820), a 120-gun First Rate, three-decker building at Plymouth Dockyard. Initialled by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and Henry Peake [Surveyor
7 March 1812
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadsi
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadsi
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadsi
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order (left). Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY'. Reverse: Starboard broadside view
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British naval halfpenny token. British naval halfpenny token. Obverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) in a pigtail, uniform and order. Legend: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY.' Reverse: Starboard broadside view of a ba
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Captain George Miller Bligh, circa 1780-1834. A half-length facing portrait to the left in captain's (over three years) undress uniform, 1795-1812, with gold epaulettes. George Miller Bligh was the only son of Admiral Richard Rodney Bligh (1737&ndash
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Flinders, Matthew, Captain, 1774-1814. Seven engravings from paintings by William Westall (1781-1850), prepared for plates in Flinder's 'Voyage to Terra Australis'. The titles added in ink below the landscapes are as follows: 'View fro
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Insolent (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck for the Insolent (captured 1798), a captured French 'corvette-cannoniere', now a 12-gun brig sloop as re-fitted at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by George Parkin [Master Shipwrigh
July 1812
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Insolent (captured 1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the main deck (upper deck) for the Insolent (captured 1798), a captured French 'corvette-cannoniere', now a 12-gun brig sloop as re-fitted at Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by George Parkin [Mast
July 1812
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