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1. The passenger liner Northumberland (1871).
*The passenger liner Northumberland (1871). The iron screw steamer 'Northumberland' (1871, 2178 GRT) was a passenger liner built at Money Wigram's Blackwall yard.
2. The paddle steamer Woolwich Belle (1891).
*The paddle steamer Woolwich Belle (1891). The 'Woolwich Belle' was built by Denny & Bros at Dumbarton for the London, Woolwich and Clacton-on-Sea Steamboat Company. Launched on 6 April...
3. The P&O premises at the Royal Albert Dock, 1883.
*The P&O premises at the Royal Albert Dock, 1883. The premises of the Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Company at the Royal Albert Dock in 1883, three years after the dock had opened. This was a...
4. The passenger vessel Kent (1852).
*The passenger vessel Kent (1852). The three-masted passenger vessel 'Kent' (1852, 998 GRT) built at the Blackwall Yard of Money Wigram & Sons. She served as a passenger vessel...
5. The Tilbury Hotel.
*The Tilbury Hotel. Built in 1886 to accommodate passengers departing from liners using the Tilbury Docks, the Tilbury Hotel attempted to bring late-Victorian opulence...
6. The Transit of Venus of 1874: landing stores for Station C, Rodrigues.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: landing stores for Station C, Rodrigues. Delivering stores to the beach for Station C at Rodrigues, one of the five observation camps of the Transit of Venus expeditions of 1874. These were...
7. The Transit of Venus of 1874: astronomers arriving at Station A1 at Thebes.
*The Transit of Venus of 1874: astronomers arriving at Station A1 at Thebes. The astronomers arriving at Station A1 at Thebes in Egypt, one of the sites chosen for observations of the Transit of Venus of 1874.
8. The P&O offices in Leadenhall Street.
*The P&O offices in Leadenhall Street. The offices of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) in Leadenhall Street in the City of London, opened in 1859.
9. The new foreign baggage warehouse at St Katharine's Dock.
*The new foreign baggage warehouse at St Katharine's Dock. The St Katharine Dock was the nearest to the City of London and was able to take advantage of this fact. Several steamship companies ran services...
10. The Cutter of HMS Daphne capturing a slave dhow off Brora.
*The Cutter of HMS Daphne capturing a slave dhow off Brora. The Royal Navy anti-slavery campaign employed a number of vessels along the coast of East Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century. One of...
 
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