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. A decorated trophy backboard.
1886
National Maritime Museum

. Dry compass Card: Made of linen stretched over metal framework. The linen is white with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees. There are four sections of the linen removed which show the needles. Pivot: Aluminium piv
1886
National Maritime Museum

. Unusually, the barrel of this achromatic telescope is covered in dark red lacquer painted with flowers. It has silvered brass fittings and a single silvered brass draw tube. The eyepiece has a pivoted lens cover and there is a sliding sunshade for the o
1886
National Maritime Museum

18 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for an 18 ft Cutter. Annotations in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

Annotated sketch of a damaged vessel with a rowing boat in the foreground. Medium includes grey wash.; Signed by artist and dated.
1886
National Maritime Museum

Atlantic and Indian Oceans with the eastern portion of Pacific Ocean, compiled from the latest government surveys. Scale: circa 1:20,000,000
1886
National Maritime Museum

Button, Royal Naval Reserve uniform: pattern 1886. Three buttons. Rope twist outer edge. On a lined background is a pre-1901 crown with a fouled anchor below it. On the lefthand side of the anchor stock is a R, on top of the shank is an N and to the righ
1886
National Maritime Museum

Cape and Natal Line S.S. Majuba or Elmina. Signed by artist and dated in plate.
1886
National Maritime Museum

Colossus (1882). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the inboard profile of the Colossus class turret ship HMS Colossus (1882). The plan has been signed by Henry E. Deadman [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard]. Alterations in green ink denote work carried out
July 1886
National Maritime Museum

Colossus (1882). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the main deck of the Colossus class turret ship HMS Colossus (1882). Alterations carried out by Thames Iron Works in 1903 are marked in green on the drawing. The plan bears the signature of H E Deadman [Chief C
July 1886
National Maritime Museum

Colossus (1882). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck and seamen's head of the Colossus class turret ship HMS Colossus (1882). The plan has been signed by Henry E. Deadman [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard]. Alterations in green ink denot
July 1886
National Maritime Museum

Colossus (1882). Scale 1:48. A plan showing the upper superstructure of the Colossus class turret ship HMS Colossus (1882). The plan has been signed by Henry E. Deadman [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard]. Alterations in green ink denote work carrie
July 1886
National Maritime Museum

Colossus (1882). Scale 1:48. A plan with accompanying table of torpedo room capacity showing the lower deck of the Colossus class turret ship HMS Colossus (1882). The plan has been signed by Henry E. Deadman [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard]. Alte
July 1886
National Maritime Museum

Colossus (1882). Scale 1:48. A plan with accompanying tables of magazine capacity showing the hold and hull sections at stations 18, 30, 42, 54, 60, 90, 104, 114, 126, 134, 136 and 144 of the Colossus class turret ship HMS Colossus (1882). The plan has be
July 1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1886-1901. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty GCB. As a 25 year old Lieutenant David Beatty was awarded the DSO for his services in the Sudan campaign (1896-98) on the River Nile in comman
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1886-89. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Admiral Charles James Barlow for services during the Burma War of 1885-86. Lean’s Navy List reported that General Sir H. Prendergast says: ‘Commander Barlow’s ma
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope, KT, GCB, OM, DSO. Andrew Brown Cunningham was born January 7 1883 and entered the Navy as a Cadet aboard HMS ‘Britannia&r
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton, GCB, DSO. Admiral Horton was born in 1883 and entered the training ship ‘Britannia’ in 1898. A pioneer submariner, he was given comma
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Captain C. H. Allen. Charles Henry Allen was a submarine officer and was awarded the DSO in recognition of his services on ‘E-42’ during World War I when he made a suc
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Captain Kenneth Allan Ferrers Guy. The citation in the ‘London Gazette’ 11 November 1919 reads, ‘For distinguished service in command of the ‘Emile Nobel&r
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Captain Ronald Neil Stuart VC, RNR and gazetted 23 March 1917. Stuart was serving on the Q-ship ‘Farnborough’ and was awarded the DSO after the sinking of ‘U-83&
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Commander John William Scott. The citation was published in the ‘London Gazette’ 18 April 1918, ‘For valuable services in command of the units landed from HMS &l
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Engineer Commander Richard Bolton, Royal Indian Marines, ‘for services rendered in connection with the Great War’. The medal is an enamelled white cross edged in gol
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Engineer Rear Admiral Harold Hugh Huxham. The block citation was published in the ‘London Gazette’ 14 September 1917, ‘For their services in vessels of the Harwi
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Rear Admiral Claude Congreve Dobson (1885–1940). Dobson served in submarines during World War I and on 20 July 1915 was commanding ‘C-27’. The submarine was bein
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Vice-Admiral Ernest Wigram for his part in operations on the Belgian coast between 22 August and 19 November 1915. The following despatch was sent by Vice Admiral Reginald Bacon:
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1910-36. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Vice-Admiral George Ronald Blount. George Ronald Blount was born in 1877 and entered the Royal Navy in 1892. By 1912 he had been promoted to Commander and during World War I ser
1886
National Maritime Museum

Distinguished Service Order 1938-1948. Distinguished Service Order awarded to Chief Engineer Officer John Wyld Merchant Navy. The citation in the ‘London Gazette’ 6 November 1942 reads as follows: ‘For bravery and dauntless resolution&he
1886
National Maritime Museum

England - east coast, Yarmouth and Lowestoft Roads surveyed by Staff Comr. T.H. Tizard, R.N. and the officers of H.M.S. "Triton" 1885. Scale: 1:41,720. Two insets. Lights coloured. Ungraduated Insets: 1. Yarmouth Haven, 1885 [circa 1:4,000]; 2.
1887; 1886
National Maritime Museum

HMS Danae. Medium includes bodycolour.; Heightened with white.; Signed by artist and dated.
1886
National Maritime Museum

La Vie est un Voyage (bookplate). Album of bound prints PAD0324-PAD0335.
1886
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Lewis's Great Eastern exhibition, Liverpool. Medal commemorating Lewis's Great Eastern exhibition, Liverpool. Obverse: The 'Great Eastern'. Legend: 'LEWIS'S GREAT EASTERN'. Reverse: inscription, '
1886
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the Black Sea Fleet re-established, 1886. Medal commemorating the Black Sea Fleet re-established, 1886. Obverse: The Emperor's bust (right), in full uniform with cloak over shoulders. Legend in Cyrillic (Alexander III, by the Grac
1886
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the first Spanish expedition to the Isthmus of Panama, 1886. Medal commemorating the first Spanish expedition to the Isthmus of Panama, 1886. Obverse: Bust of the Marquis de Campo (left). Legend: 'QUIEN BIEN VELA TODO SE LE REVELA
1886
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the International Exhibition of Navigation, Travelling, Commerce and Manufactures, 1886. Medal commemorating the International Exhibition of Navigation, Travelling, Commerce and Manufactures, 1886. Obverse: Within a beaded border head
1886
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the opening of Tilbury deep water docks, 1886. Medal commemorating the opening of Tilbury deep water docks, 1886. Obverse: Within a rope border two medallions of arms divided by scroll ornaments. Legend: 'EAST & WEST INDIA DO
1886
National Maritime Museum

Medal depicting the naval monument at Valparaiso. Medal depicting the naval monument at Valparaiso. Obverse: View of the monument. Legend: 'A SUS HEROES LA PATRIA RECONOCA.' (The grateful fatherland to its heroes.) Exergue: 'ARO. PRAT.'

National Maritime Museum

Prize medal, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. Prize medal, Colonial and Indian Exhibition, London, 1886. Obverse: Head of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales later Edward VII (1841-1910) (left). Legend: 'ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES EXECUTIV
1886
National Maritime Museum

Renown (1886); Cargo vessel; Barge; Sailing barge; Stumpie. Scale 1:32. A contemporary full hull model of the 'Renown' (1886), a ‘stumpie’ sailing barge. Built plank on frame, the model is decked, fully equipped and rigged, with sail
1886
National Maritime Museum

Silver arm badge presented to Henry Cole. A silver arm badge. The badge has a stagged and gilt decoration embossed on the badge. Inscribed above the badge are the words "LIBERTY HENRY COLE". Inscribed underneath the horse are the words "THE
1886
National Maritime Museum

Steamer owned by Bullard & King? (known as White Cross Line 1860-79 under sail). Hand-coloured.; Signed by artist in plate and dated.
1886
National Maritime Museum

Syer's Marine and River Views. Album of bound prints PAD8028 - PAD8031.
1886
National Maritime Museum

Volage. Heightened with white.; Signed by artist and dated.
1886
National Maritime Museum

Great Eastern (1858) anchored at Liverpool when used for advertising Lewis' Department Store, Liverpool. A starboard broadside view of the Great Eastern (1858), a passenger liner, later cable layer, anchored at Liverpool. Along her side is the advert
1886-early 1887
National Maritime Museum

Greenwich Hospital. A view of the Royal Naval Hospital from off the Isle of Dogs to the north-west, in squally weather, with a passenger paddle steamer in stern view on the left and a Thames barge under sail inbound for London with a load of hay on the ri
1 January 1886
National Maritime Museum

16 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 16 ft Cutter. Annotations in 1886, listing where copies sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

20 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 20 ft Cutter. Annotations in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

23 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 23 ft Cutter. Annotations in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

25 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 25 ft Cutter. Annotations in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

27 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 27 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

28 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 28 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

30 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 30 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

32 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the sail plan for a 32 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

34 ft Cutter. Scale: 1:48. Lithograph showing the sail plan for a 34 ft Cutter. Annotated in 1886, listing where copies were sent to.
Dated: February 1886
National Maritime Museum

Sinking of the Steamship Oregon of the Cunard Line... off the coast of Long Island... March 14th 1886, and Rescue... by the steamship Fulda of the North German Lloyds Line, Pilot Boat Phantom and Schooner Fannie A Graham. Hand-coloured.
1886
National Maritime Museum

Truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a front and side elevation, and plan of a truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers, and to be modified for Cutters of 25ft or less in length. Signed J. B. Huddy [Chief Constructor, Devo
9 April 1886
National Maritime Museum

Truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a front and side elevation, and plan of a truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers, and to be modified for Cutters of 25ft or less in length. Signed J. B. Huddy [Chief Constructor, Devo
9 April 1886
National Maritime Museum

Truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers. Scale: 1:12. Plan showing a front and side elevation, and plan of a truck for transporting Gigs and Whalers, and to be modified for Cutters of 25ft or less in length. Signed J. B. Huddy [Chief Constructor, Devo
9 April 1886
National Maritime Museum

Colossus (1882). Scale 1:48. A plan with accompanying table of magazine capacity showing the platform deck of the Colossus class turret ship HMS Colossus (1882). The plan has been signed by Henry E. Deadman [Chief Constructor, Portsmouth Dockyard]. Alter
July 1886
National Maritime Museum

Sketch of a rainbow, shown with St Hilda's church, Whitby. Sketch of a rainbow above St Hilda's church, Whitby. Below the sketch is written: 'A glorious rainbow seen by us (S.E.H., E.D.H., J.C.W.H., & W.J.H.) 8 Sept 1886 at Whitby. By
8 September 1886
National Maritime Museum