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A plan of the action at Bunkers Hill on the 17th June 1775 between His Majesty's troops under the command of Major General Howe, and the rebel forces. By Lieut. Page of the Engineers, who acted as Aide de Camp to General Howe in that action. NB The g
1775
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Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sternboard with decoration detail, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker.
17 June 1780
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Gibraltar (captured 1780). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, gun deck (lower deck), and orlop deck with platforms for Gibraltar (captured 1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, two-decker. The plan illustrates her as fitted
17 June 1780
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A View of Botany Bay (includes HM ships Sirius and Supply). Botany Bay was so named after its abundance of flora and fauna, as found in May 1770 when Captain Cook landed there during his first Pacific voyage in the 'Endeavour' . Eighteen years
17 Jun 1789
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Action between Romney and Sibylle off Miconi, Grecian Archipelago, 17 Jun 1794 (see drawings by Pocock). Drawing
1796
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Bacchante. Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante, printed and published by Charles Knight after painting by George Romney.
17 Jun 1797
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100ft Flat-Bottomed Dredger (circa 1801). Scale: 1:96. A plan showing the body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 100ft flat-bottomed dredger to be built at Portsmouth, containing a 'steam engine and machinery for digging underwater for the
17 June 1801
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The Most noble Lord Horatio Nelson. Viscount and Baron Nelson of the Nile.. Stipple engraving.; Hand-coloured. A print apparently wrongly attributed to Beechey, rather than Abbott, presumably by a copyist's mistake.
17 Jun 1806
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Talbot (1824), Success (1825). Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with midship framing and longitudinal half breadth for Talbot (1824), a 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigate (later Sloop) at Plymouth Dockyard. Plan recieved at Plymouth Dockyard on
17 June 1818
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Victory (1765). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck for Victory (1765), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker, as fitted in 1830 after having been paid off into Ordinary. Signed by Thomas Radcliffe [Unknown]
17 June 1830
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HB Sketches No.488. An Old Song to a New Tune (caricature). Print
17 Jun 1837
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Bridge across river. A wooden bridge over a river with people perhaps washing clothes on the bank in the middle distance. The location is probably Holsteinsborg, where there is a small river close to the town. Masked by paper on the emulsion side of the n
8-17 June 1854
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Hans Elberg and family. A group photograph believed to be of Hans Elberg, Assistant [Lieutenant Governor] at Holsteinborg 1850-54, and later Governor 1854-73, with his wife Martha and three children. Their clothes represent a fusion between Inuit and Nord
8-17 June 1854
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HMS Phoenix (1832), HMS Talbot (1824) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Holsteinborg. A view looking northwest from the settlement of Holsteinborg across the harbour towards the mountains skirting the north side of the bay. At anchor are (l-r) the store
8-17 June 1854
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