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Greenwich Pensioner.
Pastel image of a pensioner cleaning his glasses. Pensioners were admitted to the hospital from 1705 and originally wore a uniform of dark grey with...
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Greenwich Hospital.
The Royal Hospital with a steamer, sailing ship, passenger barges and rowing boats on the River Thames.
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In Irons for Getting Drunk.
The regular rations of alcohol in the Royal Navy, especially rum, often led to drunkeness among sailors. Drink was a major cause of crime and...
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Procession of the
Trinity Board
on Trinity Monday.
The Corporation of Trinity House is a unique maritime organisation which has as its prime objective the safety of shipping and the welfare of...
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The
Dreadnought
, 104 Guns. At present lying off Greenwich for the Seamen's Hospital.
HMS 'Dreadnought' (1801) served as a hospital ship for the Seamen's Hospital, founded in 1821 to care for sick and injured seafarers in the merchant...
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Cooking.
The ship's cook is preparing dinner. Although he is plucking a fresh chicken, most meat used was preserved in barrels of salt. Hard biscuit was more...
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Captain Bullock's safety beacon erected on Goodwin Sands.
This etching, taken from the 'Nautical Magazine', shows Captain Bullock's safety beacon being erected on Goodwin Sands, a notorious stretch of shoals...
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The Nore Light ship
, by WL Wyllie.
The Nore is a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames. It is marked by various buoys and by a lightship with a revolving light. This ship lies about...
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A (Green)wich Pensioner.
A caricature of Greenwich Pensioners watching a young sailor. They are mocking the fact that he might serve on a 'new-fangled' steamer.
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A distressed sailor.
Destitute sailors temporarily without a ship or more often invalided out of service were a common sight both in Britain and abroad. While the loss of...
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