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. Blue jasper plate with applied white relief decoration depicting Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) in naval uniform and his ship 'HMS Investigator' within an olive wreath border. Inscribed in relief above the figure is 'CAPT. MATTHEW F
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Cardboard label inscribed: 'THE INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE CABLE CO. has great pleasure in presenting to Mr H.P. Bird the TELPAL MEDAL commemorating the inaugeration of the Israel -Italy Submarine Telephone Cable System, Jerusalem 1975.' Accompa
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Model of Dyson's 36" Yapp reflector telescope. Instrument is painted grey, on imitation parquet floor. With model figure.
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Model of Herschel's 40ft telescope, structure in unpainted wood. Telescope painted bottle green. In model, there are two small contemporary figures. Ground represents gravel and grass.
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Nocturnal. Folding diptych with nocturnal on upper leaf inside and instructions for use on inside of lower leaf. Corners of leaves protected by metal corner-pieces. Yellow paper with blue printing used inside. Nocturnal: Fixed disc with floral motifs
1974
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. Second Officer's uniform skirt.
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Senior Nursing Sister's jacket
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Tally stick. Replica of original 17th century gunner's tallystick from Dutch East Indiaman 'Batavia' wrecked in 1629. Four sides, tapering towards one end, with a carving of an acorn at the opposite end. Each face has a numbered scale
1974
National Maritime Museum

. Wooden stand for Telpal medal. Holds the item vertically.
1974
National Maritime Museum

Facsimile nocturnal. Cardboard facsimile of a sixteenth century nocturnal by the Italian maker, Girolamo della Volparia which is in the Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence. The instrument comes within a booklet which describes the nocturnal and its
1974
National Maritime Museum

Greenwich. View across the river from the North showing the Royal Naval College and other buildings, with barges in the foreground. Titled 'Greenwich', lower left, and signed 'Charles Madden '74', lower right. A view from the nort
1974
National Maritime Museum

How to convert the nocturnal reading to standard time. Instructions for nocturnal.
1974
National Maritime Museum

L' Orologio Notturno. Facsimile nocturnal instruction booklet
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), bicentenary, 1974. Medal commemorating Captain Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), bicentenary, 1974. Map of Australia, two sailing vessels below. Legend: 'Captain Matthew Flinders RN Chartmaker Exp
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Case for the medal commemorating the city of Bordighera.
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Case for the medal commemorating the city of Bordighera.
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Obverse: Arms of the city within a laurel wreath. Legend: 'BORDIGHERA'. Reverse: A Roman galley under sail and oars. Legend: 'MOSTRA STORICA NAVALE 1-31
1974
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Medal commemorating the city of Bordighera. Obverse: Arms of the city within a laurel wreath. Legend: 'BORDIGHERA'. Reverse: A Roman galley under sail and oars. Legend: 'MOSTRA STORICA NAVALE 1-31
1974
National Maritime Museum

Rain, rainbow and stormy seas: North Cliff, Whitby. (Updated January 2014)This artist is most readily known for his association with the British 'kitchen-sink group' of painters of the 1950s. As well as works of social realism, he has also produ
1974
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Remuera Bay(1974); Cargo vessel; Container ship; Refrigerated cargo. Scale: 1:200. When the Remuera was delivered from the Walker shipyard of Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd. to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), it was the world
Circa 1984
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution silver commemoration bowl. Royal National Lifeboat institution silver bowl commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the R.N.L.I. 1824-1974 and the 'St George' rescue of 1830. The outer silver border, polished t
1975
National Maritime Museum

Seascape, Gorleston, Norfolk. Painting.
1978
National Maritime Museum

Stair Hole. Oil painting (framed). Starehole Cove (as it is usually spelt) is a small rock and sand beach in Starehole Bay close to the mouth of the Salcombe and Kingsbridge Estuary in south Devon. It is a well-known beauty spot with a rugged and visually
1974
National Maritime Museum