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1. Naval School, Greenwich & Block Model Ship.
*Naval School, Greenwich & Block Model Ship. This appears to be a view of the first 'Fame', the drill ship constructed in 1843 for the 'sea exercises' of boys of the Greenwich Hospital School. ...
2. Possessions of the dead laid out for identification at Woolwich Dockyard.
*Possessions of the dead laid out for identification at Woolwich Dockyard. Many of the bodies from the 'Princess Alice' could not be identified easily, as few people carried any means of identification in late Victorian...
3. Prison hulk.
*Prison hulk. When the North American colonies declared their independence in 1776 and closed their ports to British convict ships, a crisis in the criminal...
4. Reading out the names of all those saved in the Princess Alice disaster.
*Reading out the names of all those saved in the Princess Alice disaster. One of the dramatic pictures from the Illustrated London News coverage of the 'Princess Alice' disaster. At North Woolwich Pier, where the paddle...
5. Mumford's Granary on Deptford Creek.
*Mumford's Granary on Deptford Creek. Mumford's Granary (1897) on Deptford Creek. This is the only surviving part of Mumford's Flour Mills, founded in 1790. The mills received the grain...
6. Mogadoxa (Mogadishu).
*Mogadoxa (Mogadishu). A view of Mogadishu in 1875.
7. Greenwich pensioners.
*Greenwich pensioners. Some portraits of Greenwich pensioners, from the 'Illustrated London News'. Greenwich was well known for its pensioners, characterised by their...
8. Identifying the clothes of the dead.
*Identifying the clothes of the dead. After the 'Princess Alice' disaster, many of the bodies could not be identified. Clothing from the bodies was brought to Woolwich Dockyard, where...
9. Launch of HMS Agamemnon, 90 Guns, at Woolwich Dockyard, 22 May 1852.
*Launch of HMS Agamemnon, 90 Guns, at Woolwich Dockyard, 22 May 1852. The ship-rigged steam battleship 'Agamemnon' was the first warship to be built with screw propulsion, though other sailing vessels had been fitted...
10. Marseille harbour, 1895.
*Marseille harbour, 1895. The Norwegian brig 'Atlantic' in Marseille harbour in 1895. Marseille was the busiest port on the Mediterranean coast of France. Józef...
 
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