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'Cumberland' (1842). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, with alterations dated February 1840, for 'Cumberland' (1842), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by William Symonds [Surveyor of the Navy, 1832-1848].
26 February 1839
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'Cumberland' (1842). Scale; 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, with later alterations from 1840 and 1845, for 'Cumberland' (1842), a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker.
26 February 1839
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'Diligente' (fl.1839). Scale: unknown. A plan showing the sail and rigging plan for 'Diligente' (fl.1839), a slave brigantine that was captured by HMS 'Pearl'.
1839
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'Imaum' (1836). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Imaum' (1836), a 72-gun, Third Rate, two-decker, as taken off in 1838 at Portsmouth Docky
22 February 1839
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'Norfolk College Greenwich 1839'. A colour-annotated and inscribed watercolour wash sketch of Trinity Hospital, the almshouse established by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton in 1613, though the building was somewhat remodelled externally in �
1839
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'Prince George' (1772). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the starboard inboard elevation for 'Prince George' (1772), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker, after having been cut down to the lower deck, and prior to being broken up at Portsmouth D
January 1839
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'Royal George' token. 'Royal George' token. Uniface. On a copper plate legend on a band with buckle, 'FROM THE ROYAL GEORGE'. Inscription: (within a circle), 'B.S.R.A. Presented by R. HOWE ESQE Royal Engrs'.
1839
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. Awarded to Joachim D Heinrich Satow. Obverse: Head of Nicholas I (R). Legend in Russian script. Reverse: Legend in Russian script. Bound in a volume of letters of commendation.
1839
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. deck, quarter & forecastle
1839
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. framing
1839
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. framing, engine room
1839
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. Inboard profile plan
1839
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. lines
1839
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. lines & profile
1839
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. Lower deck plan
1839
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. machine parts
1839
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. platform
1839
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. sail
1839
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. section, midship
1839
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. Upper deck plan
1839
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3483. Pocket watch in a hallmarked silver double-bottom open-face case with the glass missing. It has a full-plate capped fusee movement, signed and numbered, with an English lever escapement and plain balance. The watch has a cream enamel dial with Roman
circa 1839
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A Manual of Private Devotions. A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-8. 'A Manual of Private Devotions' by Charles James Blomfield (1786-1857 ), published by B. Fellows, Ludgate Street, London found in an abandoned boat at Ere
1839
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A two-decker and frigate at sea, 1839. Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist and dated.; Mounted with PAF6076.
1839
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Actaeon (1831). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle plan , with deck details and elevations for Actaeon (1831), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Sloop. Signed R Blake (Master Shipwright)
23rd January 1839
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Actaeon (1831). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half breadth for Actaeon (1831), a 28-gun Sixth Rate ship. Signed R Blake (Master Shipwright)
23rd January 1839
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Actaeon (1831). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lfore and aft platforms for Actaeon (1831), a 28-gun Sixth Rate ship. Signed R Blake (Master Shipwright)
23rd January 1839
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Actaeon (1831). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck plan, showing the cabin layout and seamens mess tables for Actaeon (1831), a 28-gun Sixth Rate ship. Signed R Blake (Master Shipwright)
23rd January 1839
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Actaeon (1831). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan , with deck details for Actaeon (1831), a 28-gun Sixth Rate Sloop. Signed R Blake (Master Shipwright)
23rd January 1839
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Actualités. Coloured lithograph after Honoré Daumier and published by Chez Bauger, Rue du Croisant 16. The work is one of a series of five images produced for the French journal Charivari. It shows a worker on a sugar cane plantation startl
1839
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Albion (1842); Aboukir (1848). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the stern-quarter illustrating the mode that may be adopted in selecting a stern part from the store of timber in the yard, either a scarph or knee, for 'Albion' (1848) and 'Aboukir
27 November 1839
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Becalmed sailing vessels in a harbour. Stored in paper folder with PAF5120-PAF5124, PAF5126-PAF5127.
1839
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted per order dated 15 September 1838. Signed by W. Spiller (for the Master Shipwright).
9 July 1839
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck (gun deck) for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted per order dated 15 September 1838. Signed by W. Spiller (for the Master Shipwright).
9 July 1839
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the orlop deck with fore and aft platforms for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted per order dated 15 September 1838. Signed by W. Spiller (for the Master Shipwright).
9 July 1839
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted per order dated 15 September 1838. Signed by W. Spiller (for the Master Shipwright).
9 July 1839
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Calcutta (1831). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Calcutta (1831), an 80-gun Second Rate, two-decker, as fitted per order dated 15 September 1838. Signed by W. Spiller (for the Master Shipwright).
9 July 1839
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Calypso (1845); Coquette (cancelled 1851). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Calypso (1845) and Coquette (cancelled 1851), both 18-gun flush-decked Sixth Rate corvettes. The plan includes alterations to the stern dated 1842.
30 October 1839
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Calypso (1845); Coquette (cancelled 1851). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle with continuous gangways for Calypso (1845) and Coquette (cancelled 1851), both 18-gun flush-decked Sixth Rate corvettes. The plan includes some outline
4 November 1839
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Canopus (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with half stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Canopus (1798), a captured French Third Rate, as taken off in Plymouth Dockyard, as per Admiralty Ord
circa April 1840
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Chain cable compressors. No scale. A plan showing the elevation, under deck plan, and the plan of the chock on the beam for fitting chain cable compressors to ships of war. A copy of this plan was sent to the Royal Dockyards, 5 March 1855. Initialled b
22 February 1839
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Chain cable compressors. No scale. A plan showing the elevation, under deck plan, and the plan of the chock on the beam for fitting chain cable compressors to ships of war. See ZAZ6708 for an initialled copy of this plan.
22 February 1839
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Chart of the South Polar Sea - B.A.1240. Scale: circa 1:2,000,000. Polar projection to Latitude 30S. Tracks of:- Cook 1772-5; Bellinghausen 1820-21; Weddell 1822-3; Biscoe 1831-4; D'Urville 1838; Balleny 1839; Ross 1840-3; Kemp 1833
1839
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Coat of arms of HMS 'Conway'. Carved and silver-painted armorial shield of HMS 'Conway', school ship, on a larger, rectangular, landscape-format wooden board and placed against a stipled background. The item has lugs for wall mounting.
after 1859
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Comparison draught between the anchor design of Perring's, Lt. Roger's, and a new anchor. No sale. Plan showing the front and side elevations, and the details of laying the plates for comparing three anchor designs: Perring's (blue ink), L
1839
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Design for an 84 cwt Anchor. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the front and side elevations, and the details of laying the plates for the shank, cross, truss and arms for an 84 cwt anchor. The plan includes references for the plating detail. Signed by David H
Circa August 1839
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East Indiaman 'Owen Glendower'. Metal plaque for the Owen Glendower.
1839
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Emerald (1820). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with platform bulkheads, for Emerald (1820), a purchased Cutter Tender to the Royal George (1817), a Royal Yacht, as fitted[?] at Portsmouth Dockyard. Signed by Richard Blake [Ma
23 November 1839
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Emerald (1820). Scale: 1:32. Plan showing the body plan, midship section, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Emerald (1820), a purchased Cutter Tender to the Royal George (1817), a Royal Yacht, as fitted[?] at Portsmouth D
23 November 1839
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Le Wulfran, Captne. Gubert. Medium includes bodycolour and pen and black ink.; Signed by artist and dated.
1839
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Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society Marine Medal 1844-1871. Obverse: A man kneeling on a piece of wreckage saving a woman and child from the water; in the distance a boat picking up a person from the water, a ship under sail on the horizon. Legend: &
circa 1840
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Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society Marine Medal 1871-1874. Obverse: A man kneeling on a piece of wreckage saving a woman and child from the water; in the distance a boat picking up a person from the water, a ship under sail on the horizon. Legend: &
circa 1872
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Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society Marine Medal 1874. Obverse: A man kneeling on a piece of wreckage saving a woman and child from the water; in the distance a boat picking up a person from the water, a ship under sail on the horizon. Legend: "
circa 1877
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Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea case. Case for the lifesaving award case
1839
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Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea. Lloyds of London lifesaving medal in case awarded to Henry Trollope (1815-1876). Obverse: Leucothoe handing her scarf to Ulysses, who in clinging to a floating spar. Legend: 'LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT'. Ex
1839
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Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea. Obverse: Leucothoe handing her scarf to Ulysses, who in clinging to a floating spar. Legend: "LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT". Exergue: "W.WYON R.A. 1839". Reverse: Within sprays of oak tied with ribb
1843
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Medal commemorating Admiral Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770-1846). Medal commemorating Admiral Adam Johann Krusenstern (1770-1846). Obverse: Head of Admiral Krusenstern (left). Legend in Russian (Ivan Feodorovich Krusenstern). Reverse: A winged woman, stan
1839
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Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg, 1839. Medal commemorating the building of the observatory at St. Petersburg. Obverse: Head of Tzar Nicholas I (right). Legend in Russian script (Nicholas I, by Gods will, Emperor and
1839
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Melbourne from the South Side of the Yarra Yarra. Print
1839
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Ministry of Marine & The Colonies Silver Medal. Silver, "Ministry of Marine" lifesaving medal. Obverse: Head of King Louis Philippe laureate (L) Legend: "LOUIS PHILIPPE I ROI DES FRANCAIS". Reverse: An oval shield with inscription
1839
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Miscellaneous views of sailing vessels and accessories. Plate 6.; Stored in paper folder with PAF5120-PAF5121, PAF5123-PAF5127.
1839
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Miscellaneous views of sailing vessels and marine related subjects. Plate 7.; Stored in paper folder with PAF5120-PAF5122, PAF5124-PAF5127.
1839
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On the beach at Lowestoft. Medium includes bodycolour.
1839
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Owen Glendower(1838); Cargo vessel; Passenger/cargo vessel; East indiaman. Scale: 1:24. A contemporary plank-on-frame full hull model. It is finished with original painted surfaces and supported in a launching cradle together with keel blocks within a sli
Circa 1839
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Port Arthur, Van Dieman's Land. Scale: [circa 1:70,000]. One coastal Profile of Entrance to Port Arthur. One inset plan: 1. des Morts.
1839
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Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, 1782-1869. A half-length portrait slightly to right wearing rear-admiral's full-dress uniform, 1833-43, together with his collar and star as a Knight Commander of the Bath and the Lissa medal. His left hand re
1839
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Sapphire (1827). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile plan for Sapphire (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to converting to a troopship. Maker: James Wicker NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that 'Sapphire' arrived at Po
1839
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Sapphire (1827). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lbody plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half breadth for Sapphire (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to converting to a troopship. NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that 'Sapphire' ar
1839
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Sapphire (1827). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Sapphire (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to converting to a troopship. Maker: James Wicker NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that 'Sapphire&#
1839
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Sapphire (1827). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the midship section proposed for Sapphire (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to being converted to a troopship. Maker: Jonathan Ground NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that 'Sapphire' arri
1839
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Sapphire (1827). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quater deck and forecastle, with covered waist, for Sapphire (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to being converted to a troopship Maker: James Wicher. NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that '
1839
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Sappho (1827). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan proposed for Sappho (1827), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate, prior to being converted to a troopship NMM Progress Book, volume 6, folio 548, states that 'Sapphire' arrived at Portsmouth Dockyard
1839
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Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Medal 1851. Awarded to Chief Officer W H Sanders. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Lord Nelson (L) supported by the royal crown above with laurel sprays and a flag on either side; a man with a telescop
1839
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Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Medal 1851. Obverse: A shipwreck (R) supported by the royal crown above with laurel sprays and a flag on either side; a man with a telescope and gun apparatus (L) and a body on a beach, stormy
1895
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Shipwrecked Fishermen & Mariners Royal Benevolent Society Medal 1851. Obverse: Bust of Admiral Lord Nelson (L) supported by the royal crown above with laurel sprays and a flag on either side; a man with a telescope and gun apparatus (L) and a body on

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Sir Thomas-Masterman Hardy, Bart G C B Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Governor of Greenwich Hospital, &c T M Hardy. A later impression of PAD3487, in the year of Hardy's death.
1839
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Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the quarter deck and forecastle plan for Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849), all 28-gun Sixth Rate ships. Spartan (1841) was later deleted, o
January 1839
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Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck plan for Spartan (1841), Creole (1845), Amethyst (1844), Niobe (1849), all 28-gun Sixth Rate ships. Spartan (1841) was later deleted, once built and Ame
January 1839
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