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'The Nelson Touch': Restoring HMS 'Victory', 1805-1925. A painting showing the 'Victory' at her permanent home in No. 2 Dry Dock, Portsmouth. She is pictured in starboard-bow view. She was dry-docked at Portsmouth in 1922 fol
1925
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. Course transmitter.
1925
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. Lieutenant-Commander's coat, riding
1925
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. Paymaster Captain's monkey jacket.
1925
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). Head-and-shoulders bronze bust, with an irregular lower edge, facing forwards on a square plinth. The sitter is shown in admiral's full-dress uniform with medals and ADC's b
1925
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Clewing up the Mainsail in Heavy Weather. The waist of a ship, looking forward, is depicted in a heavy sea. The mainmast intersects the image to the left, with two bare-footed figures in rolled-up shirt-sleeves hauling on the mainsail clew-line, while on
1925
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London Bridge and Southwark Cathedral. An evocative view of Rennie's London Bridge by William Wyllie. The view is from the north west corner of the bridge, looking south towards Southwark Cathedral. A rowing boat and a lighter negotiate their way und
1925
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Lunch box and thermos flask. Lunch box and thermos flask in a leather case, belonging to Instructor Captain Edward William Fitch RN. (1876-1953). Machine-sewn, oblong leather case divided into two compartments to hold the metal thermos flask and lunch bo
1925
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Medal commemorating the visit of the Prince of Wales to Argentina, 1925. Medal commemorating the visit of the Prince of Wales to Argentina, 1925. Obverse: Head of Prince of Wales (right). Legend: 'EDWARD ALBERT PRINCE OF WALES.' Reverse: On a
1925
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Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Abraham Duquesne (1610-1688) and the cruiser 'Duquesne'. Medal commemorating Vice-Admiral Abraham Duquesne (1610-1688) and the cruiser 'Duquesne'. Obverse: Head of the admiral (left). Legend: 'ABRA
1925
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Miniature silver oars. One of four miniature silver oars and a gold medal won in regattas by Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Francis Elkins (b.1903). Silver oar with inscriptions on both sides. The loom has 'R.F.ELKINS' on one side and 'HMS QUEEN
1925
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Oxford Astrolabe. This instrument forms part of a larger collection of objects, co-ordinated by D. Proctor. On the front of the instrument, it is marked 'THE/ OXFORD/ ASTROLABE/ Designed after the Persian,/ Moorish and European Instruments/ in the/ O
1925
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Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1901. Lieutenant's frock coat.
1925
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Shush. The motor launch is called 'Shush'. The aft part of the boat is closed off with a bulkhead and planked over to form a watertight compartment in which to store gear. The after thwart, unlike the forward example, is not fixed but can be sl
1925
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Unnamed 1745 Establishment 50-gun Fourth Rate two-decker.. Scale: 1:96. A 1923 copy of a plan dated 29 December 1956. The plan shows the quarterdeck, upper deck, and after part of the lower deck (gun deck) as fitted to an unknown 1745 Established 50-gun
3 November 1925
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. Box made by ship's carpenter R. R. Grant, and presented to Dr Edward Hillis Marshall D.S.O., T.D. surgeon on 'Discovery's' 1925-27 voyage. An oblong box with a removable lid, a small location dowel on one side. The edges of lid are
1925-7
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HMS Victory. Inscribed, centre bottom, 'Victory', but not in the artist's hand.This watercolour appears to show 'Victory' either towards the completion of her restoration or, from the crowd going round her stern to entry via the g
1925 or later
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. body
12 Feb 1925
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. Aft section plan
6 Mar 1925
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. Forecastle deck plan
6 Mar 1925
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. Inboard profile plan
6 Mar 1925
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. Lower deck plan
6 Mar 1925
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. Platform deck plan
6 Mar 1925
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. rig, general arrangement
6 Mar 1925
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. Upper deck plan
6 Mar 1925
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S.S. Europe pioneer ship of the Black Ball Line of America Commanded by Captain Marshall - Sailing between New York and Liverpool. Built at New York, 1833. Collotype print.
15 Mar 1925
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. body
28 Sep 1925
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. Inboard profile plan
21 Nov 1925
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. section
21 Nov 1925
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. Upper deck plan
21 Nov 1925
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. Upper deck plan
21 Nov 1925
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