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1. The Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.
*The Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. A patient is reading peacefully in the gardens at the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital. The Seamen's Hospital Society was founded in 1821 to care for...
2. The Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.
*The Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. A view from the gardens of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital. Many pensioners can be seen sitting outside in their wheelchairs. From 1821 until 1870...
3. The Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.
*The Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich. A relaxing day on the verandah of the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital. A nurse is watching over a few patients who have their bed and bedside tables...
4. The East London Hospital for Children.
*The East London Hospital for Children. A view of the newly opened East London Hospital for Children in Shadwell. Set up in 1868 by Dr Nathaniel Heckford, the hospital was fortunate in...
5. The Galloper lightship in a gale.
*The Galloper lightship in a gale. Lightships are placed as a warning near sand banks, reefs and shoals and serve as sign posts for port entrances. They are always located at places...
6. The galley on the Endymion.
*The galley on the Endymion. The galley on the 'Endymion', the former frigate that served as the support ship for the floating smallpox hospitals in Long Reach. When the wards...
7. The Dreadnought Hospital.
*The Dreadnought Hospital. The Seamen's Hospital Society was founded in 1821 to care for sick and injured seafarers in the Merchant Navy on a hospital ship moored on the Thames...
8. The cutter Spray.
*The cutter Spray. The cutter 'Spray', used as the police station at Erith in the 1880s.
9. The Christopher Wilson (1807).
*The Christopher Wilson (1807). The neutral self-balancing lifeboat 'Christopher Wilson' of London (1807).
10. The Castalia hospital ship.
*The Castalia hospital ship. The 'Castalia' was a most unusual vessel, different from the other hospital ships. She was built as a twin-hulled paddle steamer, but her design had...
 
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