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'In Milford Haven. First voyage'. This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and Au
1940
National Maritime Museum

'Milford Haven. First voyage'. This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and Augus
1940
National Maritime Museum

. A 10” Kelvin-type light dry card compass with the card inscribed “Wilson Gillie” and “John Lilley & Son, London & N Shields”. The card is graduated to 360° with a second, inner, circle of degrees within the poin
1940
National Maritime Museum

. A grey painted aluminium corrector magnet holder with a 2.5" (6.4cm) long vertical magnet mounted at top of aluminium tube 5.5" (13.4cm) long.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. A Thompson type and has counter balance and spirit level at one end. A cross strut holds the shadow pin at centre. A sloping tube houses a magnifier with wire in its lower end. At the upper end of the tube is a small adjustable prism and two semi-circul
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Admiral of the Fleet's monkey jacket.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Amplifier unit for the MK22 Gyrocompass
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Black plastic corrector box. Containing two independent pairs of magnets operated by bevel gearing inside box and rotated by square-headed key.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Blazer
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Bowl- Dia. 9.75" (24.8cm) Black painted brass, domed china base, with patent bubble trap. Inside of bowl painted white with four black wire lubber lines. Card-Dia. 7.5" (19cm) White painted aluminium with black markings, graduated to 360 degs.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Bowl- Diameter 6.5"(16cm) Grey painted aluminium bowl, expansion chamber at base (below domed cover). The top cover plate has a hole 1" (2.5cm) dia. through which a section of the card can be seen, a lubber line is fitted across the hole below
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Bowl-Dia. 9.75" (24.8cm) Grey painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base incorporated with glazed bottom, base fitted with a heavy balancing ring. Inside of bowl painted white with two black wire lubber lines mounted on side. Mou
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Bowl-Ironium (?) plated, filler plug on foreside, expansion chamber at top. Inside of bowl black with a white painted wire lubber line mounted across diameter of curved verge glass. Mounted in a bracket on coil springs with felt pads. Corrector magnets
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Box for azimuth circle. The azimuth circle has been deaccessioned.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Card for a liquid compass. Card: A one inch band of mica is supported by a wire framework attached to the dome. The card is mica, brown with black markings graduated to quarter points and quadrantally in degrees. Needle: The two needles are enclose
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Card- Consists of an aluminium rim and centre boss between which are stretched 32 silk threads. A white paper band 2" wide is attached partly to the rim and partly to the threads. The band has black markings and is graduated to 1/4 points and to 36
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Commander's monkey jacket with two rows of ribbon bars.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Consists of a rectangular metal framework with a crossbar at centre. The crossbar has a hole in it. The two hinged sights are the same size, though one is an open arch with thread and the other a slit sight. Two threads run from the crossbar to the bott
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Dry compass Card: Consists of a paper band attached to a metal circumference and metal centre by fine silk threads. The paper is white with black markings graduated to 1/4 points and quadrantally in degrees. There is also a 0 - 360 degree notation. Th
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass Bowl: Dia 8.25" (21.0 cm) Grey painted brass, two filler plugs at side, expansion chamber at base. Electric light fitting at base. Brass verge rings graduated to 360 deg. Domed verge glass is fitted with a brass spigot at centre, f
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass Bowl: Diameter 6.5" (16.0 cm) Grey painted aluminium bowl, filler plug in top plate, expansion chamber at base (below a domed cover). The top cover plate has a hole 1.0! (2.5 cm) in diam through which a section of the card can be s
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass Card: Mica ring 0.6" (1.5 cm) wide, painted white with black markings, graduated to 360 degrees, attached by wire framework to annular plastic float at centre. The base plate is of clear perspex 6.75" (17.1 cm) diameter, and h
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass Card: Plastic ring 0.5" (1.3 cm) wide painted white with black markings, graduated to 360 degrees attached by wire framework to annular plastic float at the centre. The base plate is of clear perspex 6.3" (16.0 cm) diameter, a
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass It is not possible to see the magnetic compass, only the projector unit. Consists of a white ground glass disc with a moveable pointer at the centre, fitted with a verge ring which is graduated to 360 degrees. Mounted in a grey painted
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass The card is mounted on a plastic base plate, diameter 6.75". This base plate has four upright lubber lines of white plastic. Card: The card is a mica band 0.75" wide held to a plastic dome float by a metal framework. The card
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass Bowl: A brass bowl with a black exterior and a white interior. It has a black lubber spike and an expansion chamber at the base with a filler plug at the side. Set in double gimbals. Card: A mica band white with black markings graduated t
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass and binnacle. Bowl: Dia. 9.5" (23.5 cm) Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base incorporated with glazed bottom. Inside of bowl painted white with four black lubber lines painted on side. Verge glass car
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass bowl Bowl: The bowl itself is an expansion chamber. It has a heavy brass ring at the top and copper clips at the base. It is glazed top and bottom. Inside the brass ring is a screwed in ring which itself has six screws, this is repeated
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass with binnacle and hood. Bowl: Dia 8.25" (21.0 cm) Grey painted brass, two filler plugs at side, expansion chamber at base. Electric light fitting at base. Brass verge ring graduated to 360 degrees. Domed verge glass is fitted with
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass with binnacle and hood. Bowl: Dia. 9.0" (22.9 cm). Black painted brass, filler plug at side, expansion chamber at base incorporated with glazed bottom. Inside of bowl painted white with two black wire lubber lines attached to sides
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Magnet holder, compass corrector Black plastic corrector box. Contains two independent pairs of magnets operated by bevel gearing inside box which are rotated by a square-headed key (for E-W correction). A second set of magnets, similar to the former,
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Merchant Navy summer uniform belonging to Edward Miller, trainee officer born on 9 June 1922, died at sea on 28 Nov 1940 when the ship he was apprenticed to, the SS Aracataca, was sunk by a German U-boat whilst transporting bananas from Jamaica.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Ribbon for medal.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Set of four steel needles 4.3" (11cm) long 0.3" (1cm) in diameter. Mounted in wood blocks at either end.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Set of four steel needles 4.3" (11cm) long 0.3" (1cm) in diameter. Mounted in wood blocks at either end. Set in an aluminium tray.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Star identifier. Cardboard star chart. 7 perspex templates for latitudes 0-60. Cardboard folder.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Star identifier. Cardboard star chart. Wood star chart. 7 perspex templates for latitudes 0-60 degrees. Cardboard folder.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Submarine liquid compass Bowl: Diameter 1.99" (5.0 cm) Black painted brass, the sides of the bowl form a bellows and act as a long expansion chamber. Glazed at both top and bottom. Inside of bowl black with a lubber pointer projecting from fore
1940
National Maritime Museum

. The sextant has a black-lacquered brass three-circle pattern frame and a wooden handle. The endless tangent screw and clamping screw are positioned on the back of the index arm. The instrument has four green shades and three green horizon shades. Index-
circa 1940
National Maritime Museum

. Warrant Officer's Frock Coat.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Warrant Officer's trousers.
1940
National Maritime Museum

. Women's Royal Naval Service uniform skirt, 1940 pattern.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Albert Medal. Albert Medal presented to Able Seaman Alfred Miles (1899-1989) P/23965. The citation from the ‘London Gazette’ of 29 April 1941 reads as follows: ‘On 1st December 1940, when HMS ‘Saltash’ was passing from one do
1941
National Maritime Museum

Arm badge, Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1940-1948, Coder. Coder's arm badge.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Battleships at Falmouth, 1940. A war time scene of Falmouth. A large amount of naval shipping can be seen in the bay. In the distance on the left the cranes of Falmouth Dockyard stand vertically against the skyline. On the right, hovering above the town,
1940
National Maritime Museum

China Service Medal 1937-39. Awarded to Commander Warren Fred Postel USN. Obverse: Chinese junk. Legend: "CHINA SERVICE". Reverse: An eagle perched on an anchor and branches. Legend: "UNITED STATES NAVY". Inscription: "FOR SERVICE
1940
National Maritime Museum

Cruising Club of America, Blue Water Medal. Uniface: Within a cable border a map of the Atlantic including western seaboard of Europe, eastern seaboard of U.S.A. Greenland, Iceland; a Roman galley, a sixteenth and a seventeenth century three masted ship o

National Maritime Museum

Destroyers, War Badge. Uniface badge. Within a garland and surmount of similar design, but with eagle's wings displayed (gilt) port bow view of a destroyer overlapping garland (L) and forward superstructure, a bow wave below (iron). Reverse Inscripti
1940
National Maritime Museum

Diver (from the 'Submarines' series). In February 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903–42), became, with Paul Nash, one of the first artists to be appointed by the WAAC. He was assigned to the Admiralty and given the rank of Captain. His first assi
1940
National Maritime Museum

Diving controls (from the 'Submarines' series). In February 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903–42), became, with Paul Nash, one of the first artists to be appointed by the WAAC. He was assigned to the Admiralty and given the rank of Captain. His
1940
National Maritime Museum

Diving controls when submerged (from the 'Submarines' series). In February 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903–42), became, with Paul Nash, one of the first artists to be appointed by the WAAC. He was assigned to the Admiralty and given the rank of
1940
National Maritime Museum

Eleven o'clock in the forecastle. A depiction of sailors at rest in the forecastle (fo'c'sle) of the ship, the raised deck at the bow below which the crew were housed. The artist has used compositional elements to emphasize the content. The
1940
National Maritime Museum

Five members of a gun watch (seated, but ready for action). original art: drawing
1940
National Maritime Museum

Fleet Air Arm uniform: pattern 1924. Lieutenant-Commander's monkey jacket. One sewn on medal ribbon bar
1940
National Maritime Museum

Force H off Gibraltar, 1940. A depiction of three of the ships that comprised Britain's wartime Force H, in the western Mediterranean between June and October 1940. Gibraltar can be seen in sharp profile on the right, with the coast of north Africa o
1940
National Maritime Museum

HMS Victory in wartime. Drawing 'HMS Victory in wartime.' Signed by artist and dated.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Liberty boats at Sheerness, 1940. Oil painting
1940
National Maritime Museum

Lloyd's War Medal for Bravery at Sea. Awarded to William Harvey. Obverse: A heroic figure symbolising courage and endurance, seated looking out over the sea towards a distant liner, holding a wreath in his right hand. Legend: "AWARDED BY LLOYDS&
1940
National Maritime Museum

Minesweepers & Anti-Submarines War Badge. Uniface badge. Within a garland similar to U30 (gilt) an explosion from a mine under water; sea below (iron). Reverse: Inscription: "R.S." Instituted in Aug 1940 for personnel of Minesweepers, Anti-S
1940
National Maritime Museum

Mining badge. Mining badge. Silver anchor with gilt chrysanthemum on the shank between two silver moored mines with a background of two green branches.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Narvik War Badge. Uniface badge in the form of a shield; upon it an anchor crossed with a 2-bladed air-screw. A sunflower and stem (C) with date 19(L)40(R). Above on a tablet "NARVIK". The whole surmounted by an eagle, wings drooping, a garlande
1940
National Maritime Museum

Naval General Service Medal 1936. Awarded to Ralph Hood, Chief Engine Room Artificer (1898-1980). Obverse: Head of King George VI crowned. Legend: "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR: OMN:REX:F:D:INDIAE:IMP." Reverse: Britannia in a helmet, a trident in her rig
1940
National Maritime Museum

Naval General Service Medal 1936. Obverse: Head of King George VI crowned. Legend: "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR: OMN:REX:F:D:INDIAE:IMP." Reverse: Britannia in a helmet, a trident in her right and a shield in her left hand, standing in a sea-car drawn by

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Naval General Service Medal. Obverse: Head of King George VI crowned. Legend: "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR: OMN:REX:F:D:INDIAE:IMP." Reverse: Britannia standing in a helmet, a trident in her right and a shield in her left hand, standing in a sea-car draw
1940
National Maritime Museum

Naval General Service Medal. Reverse: Head of King George VI crowned. Legend: "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR: OMN:REX:F:D:INDIAE:IMP." Obverse: Britannia standing in a helmet, a trident in her right and a shield in her left hand, standing in a sea-car draw
1940
National Maritime Museum

Night, lowering mines into a minelayer, 1940. Drawing 'Night, lowering mines into a minelayer, 1940.' Signed by artist and dated.
1940
National Maritime Museum

No.4 as Minesweeper Protection, Portland, 1940. Signed by artist and dated.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Officer viewing through periscope (from the 'Submarines' series). In 1940 Ravilious became one of the first official war artists. During the summer he was at HMS 'Dolphin' at Gosport drawing the interiors of submarines, sometimes at se
1940
National Maritime Museum

Patt 1152. Has general shape of an anchor without crossbar at the top. The prism has a notched sight and a line down the centre. There is one circular filter. Both prism and filter can be moved by the same milled screw. At opposite end to prism there is a
1940
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of Leading Seaman A.L. Vearncombe of HMS Vernon. In November 1939 the sitter helped to defuse, for the first time, a German Type GA Magnetic mine founded beached off Shoeburyness. The following month Vearncombe was awarded the Distinguished Servi
1940
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of Leading Seaman Dove of HMS Hardy, 1940. Kennington was already a painter when he was invalided from the army in 1915, returning home to paint 'The Kensingtons at Laventie' (Imperial War Museum). In 1916, as an 'artist visitor�
1940
National Maritime Museum

Portrait of Stoker A. Martin of HMS Exeter. Kennington drew Martin in 1940 and wrote of him: 'Man of Action: instantaneous: 100 per cent reliable: expert technician. Much humour under thorough camouflage. Very gentle, sensitive, and great physical st
1940
National Maritime Museum

Robin Hood's Bay in wartime. One of a group of 11 oil paintings by Eurich, an official War Artist, allocated to the National Maritime Museum after World War II. This was his first war-time commission, together with a companion work, 'Fishing Boa
1940
National Maritime Museum

Royal Indian Naval Reserve. Commander's monkey jacket.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Royal Indian Naval Reserve. Commander's trousers
1940
National Maritime Museum

Shipping Mines, December 1940. Framed drawing entitled "Shipping Mines, December 1940".
1940
National Maritime Museum

Submarine Dream (from the 'Submarines' series). In February 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903–42), became, with Paul Nash, one of the first artists to be appointed by the WAAC. He was assigned to the Admiralty and given the rank of Captain. His
1940
National Maritime Museum

Submarine Series. Diving Controls whilst Submerged. original art: drawing. Unfinished
1940
National Maritime Museum

Submarine Series. The Ward Room. original art: drawing. Unfinished.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Testing Davis Diving Apparatus (from the 'Submarines' series). In February 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903–42), became, with Paul Nash, one of the first artists to be appointed by the WAAC. He was assigned to the Admiralty and given the rank of
1940
National Maritime Museum

The Submarine Series. The Ward Room. Mounted graphite and wash drawing entitled "Submarine Series. The Ward Room". Lithograph version: PAD8081 - PAD8082.
1940
National Maritime Museum

The Ward (Mess) Room (from the 'Submarines' series). In February 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903–42), became, with Paul Nash, one of the first artists to be appointed by the WAAC. He was assigned to the Admiralty and given the rank of Captain.
1940
National Maritime Museum

The Whitstable mine (from the 'Submarines' series). In February 1940, Eric Ravilious (1903–42), became, with Paul Nash, one of the first artists to be appointed by the WAAC. He was assigned to the Admiralty and given the rank of Captain.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Two identity discs. Two identity discs belonging to Commander Warren Fred Postel USN (1904-1986). White metal inscribed: 'WARREN F. POSTEL ENSIGN T-9-41 USN 0' and 'WARREN F. POSTEL T-9-41 USN 0 ENSIGN'. The owner's fingerprints
1940
National Maritime Museum

Type PEX U/4. Bowl-Translucent with black painted brass verge ring, and bubble trap at base. Inside of bowl white with four black lubber lines. Mounted in a black painted brass gimbal ring 6.5" (16.5cm) diameter. Card-4" (10.2cm) diameter, whit
1940
National Maritime Museum

Unloading the S.S. Cameronia in Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow. Drawing entitled 'Unloading the S.S. cameronia yorkhill quay, Glasgow' signed by artist and dated.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral G. F. B. Edward-Collins. A charcoal sketch of a man leaning back in an armchair. He wears a uniform and holds papers in his right hand. Vice Admiral G. F. B. Edward-Collins (1883-1958) was the Vice-Admiral commanding the 18th Cruiser Squadron
1940
National Maritime Museum

Whitby in wartime. As an official war artist to the Admiralty during the Second World War, Eurich painted the war effort at home, epic maritime engagements, and stories of survival at sea. Although he did not witness action himself, he received confidenti
1940
National Maritime Museum

Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940. One of a group of 11 oil paintings by Eurich, an official war artist, allocated to the National Maritime Museum after World War II. The image was used by the Navy as its Christmas card for 1940, and refers to the action
1940
National Maritime Museum

Women's Royal Naval Service uniform: pattern 1940. Chief Commandant's coat, great
1940
National Maritime Museum

Women's Royal Naval Service uniform: pattern 1940. Chief Commandant's monkey jacket with eight ribbon bars.
1940
National Maritime Museum

Model 82. Rifle, fully stocked to muzzle and secured by two steel bands. Sling loops are attached. It has a bolt action lock. The barrel is made of steel. The rear sight is missing and the foresight is encased within two steel wings. The calibre is 0.22in
1940-5
National Maritime Museum

Seekreiselsextant. The sextant has a casing of aluminium and artificial materials, housing optical equipment, a clockwork averaging mechanism, electrical equipment, and a rubber eyecup. The shades and various unidentified parts are missing. The instrument
circa 1943
National Maritime Museum

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