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. Beavers were the main animal traded and trapped by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Their fur was widely used in European clothing manufacture, especially hat-making. European beavers fed this market until about 1600, when over-hunting severely reduced n
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Booklet for the facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North.
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Case for the facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North. The case is coloured bottle-green, rectangular in shape and in the form of a book with gold-coloured 'page' edges. It is lined with white satin and black velvet.
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National Maritime Museum

. Combat trousers.
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Conical pendulum clock. Dial white enamel with Roman numerals for the twelve hours and Arabic numerals denoting the five minute spaces. Black steel hands. In the centre a representation of the sun with rays, and the sky in blue enamel also showing the
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North. Circular horizontal dial with a fake lathe-turned plastic box, with lid. It has an hour scale numbered in black paint and a shaped and engraved brass gnomon that folds flat when not in use. It is also m
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Imitation compass dial for latitude 50° North. Circular horizontal dial with a fake lathe-turned plastic box, with lid. It has an hour scale numbered in black paint and a shaped and engraved brass gnomon that folds flat when not in use. It is also m
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Imitation compass dial for latitude 50° North. Circular horizontal dial with a fake lathe-turned plastic box, with lid. It has an hour scale numbered in black paint and a shaped and engraved brass gnomon that folds flat when not in use. It is also m
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Lid for facsimile compass dial for latitude 50° North. There is a mirror inside the lid
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Plaque presented to HM the Queen by the International Maritime Organisation. Silver motifs of laurel branches surrounding crossed anchors linked by square-linked chain. Superimposed on the anchors, a silver disc with the continemts represented on it. Th
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Ship's decanter and stopper with a blue neck, the white body printed in colour with an oval portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) after Lemuel Abbott, a white ensign and union flag behind. Around the portrait is inscribed 'ADMIRA
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Ship's decanter. Around the neck of the decanter, naval signal flags and the Trafalgar signal: 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY'. Around the base is 'MARE MERIDIES PACIFICUM', 'OCEANUS ARCTICUS', 'OCEA
1983
National Maritime Museum

. Ship's stopper. There is a coloured picture of a warship under sail inscribed 'HMS VICTORY TRAFALGAR 1805' on the top of the stopper.
1983
National Maritime Museum

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National Maritime Museum

. tie
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National Maritime Museum

. Wine glass commemorating the J-class yacht 'Velsheda' 1933. A cut glass wine glass with a facetted stem, diamond-cut conical bowl and petal-cut foot. It is engraved with a depiction of the yacht under sail, above: 'VELSHEDA', below:
1983
National Maritime Museum

Chatham Dockyard Flag Loft. Navy blue polyester tie with yellow embroidered motifs of the Main Gatehouse, Chatham Dockyard - the trademark of Chatham Dockyard Flag . Loft.
1983
National Maritime Museum

Dr Basil Jack Greenhill (1920-2003). A wooden base with an inscribed brass plaque: 'Dr Basil Greenhill CB., CMG., FSA., FR Hist S., Director of the National Maritime Museum, 1967-83. / Bust by Cathryn McLean. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1983'
1983
National Maritime Museum

Dr Basil Jack Greenhill (1920-2003). Three-quarter-life-size head-and-torso bronze bust of Dr Basil Greenhill, facing forward, hands folded in front, wearing a roll-necked fisherman's sweater and glasses. It is signed 'McLean 1983' in fro
1983
National Maritime Museum

Frideborg. Scale: 1:12. Accommodation model showing the deckhouse of the 'Frideborg' (1866), a barquentine for carrying timber. Model is equipped. Plaque on model inscribed "David Wray and Philip Bab 1983."
1983
National Maritime Museum

Pound. Blue presentation case for the Guernsey pound coin.
1983
National Maritime Museum

Pound. Guernsey pound coin. Obverse: The Arms of Guernsey. Inscription: 'S . BALLIVIE INSVLE DEGERNERE VE.' Reverse: HMS 'Crescent' under sail. Inscription: 'ONE POUND'. Exergue: '1983.' Mounted in a clear plasti
1983
National Maritime Museum

Badge of HMS Unicorn. Badge HMS Unicorn 1941. Depiction of a mythological animal (winged unicorn). Official design. Naval crown. Circular shape. Pattern approved circa 1942.
Aug 1983
National Maritime Museum