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William III Landing at Brixham, Torbay, 5 November 1688. A full-length portrait to left, facing to right on a rearing white horse. Prince William of Orange (as he then was) wears a buff coat which is perhaps of leather, embroidered with gold and lined wit
1688
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The Sailors Farewell (caricature). A picture of sailors saying goodbye to their loved ones. A large British Navy ships waits in the background. In the centre a sailor says goodbye to his weeping wife, young daughter and baby. In background a similar scene
5 Nov 1785
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A View of the City of Quebec, the Capital of Canada, Taken partly from Pointe des Peres, and partly on Board the Vanguard Man of War, by Captain Hervey Smyth. Print
5 Nov 1786
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View of Macaulay's Island. Print
5 Nov 1789
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4-man bed cabins on Troopships (1808). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the elevation, and section illustrating the fitting of four-man bed cabins, for the receprtion of troops onboard Transports (Troopships). Signed William Fearnall [Master Shipwright ?] Fo
5 November 1808
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Buffalo (1813). Scale: probably 1:96. Plans showing incomplete inboard profile, quarter deck, forecastle deck, upper deck, and lower deck with alterations in green ink for fitting the Buffalo (1813), a purchased East Indiaman, converted to a Storeship.
5 November 1813
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The Blockade of Toulon, 1810-14: Pellew's Action, 5 November 1813. An incident in the blockade of Toulon, the principal French Mediterranean naval port, towards the end of the Napoleonic War. By the autumn of 1813 the French fleet at Toulon had built
1830
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Hyppolite Bisson Lieutenant de Vaisseau Ile a L'Orient en 1797, mort a Stampalie le 5 Novbre 1827. Capitaine du Panayoty. Print
5 Nov 1827
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The Schooner Yacht Alarm R.Y.S. 248 tons.. This hand-coloured lithograph is plate 6 of the series, Fore's Marine Sketches (incscribed above the image). Below it is inscribed: 'The Schooner Yacht Alarm R.Y.S. 248 tons. From the Original Picture i
5 Nov 1852
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A pair of Topi. Mounted with PAE5613, PAE5615.
5 Nov 1857
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Part of the Citadel. Ancona. Mounted with PAE5645.
5 Nov 1863
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Sterns of boats and crane. Inscr ' Ancona, the Arch. 5 Nov. 63'. Mounted with PAE5646.
5 Nov 1863
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The Shun Lee 700 Tons, Register A1. at Lloyds 14 years... Built by Wm Walker Esq. Lavender Dock, Rotherhithe, London, July 1866. Hand-coloured. A print of the 'Shun Lee', a tea-clipper of 700 tons. She was built by William Walker of Lavender Do
5 Nov 1866
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The 'Jervis Bay' action, 5 November 1940. A passenger liner transformed into an armed merchant cruiser, the 'Jervis Bay' was the sole protection of a convoy of 37 ships attacked by the German cruiser 'Admiral Scheer'. Captain
1941
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