Decks Gallery

Roman trireme and boat

Trireme warship with three decks of oars, battering ram with swords, from the Trajan Column 2, and boat with battering ram from an ancient basrelief 1. Both with eyes on the stern. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802. Date:

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H M S Pinafore by W S Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Promotional postcard for H. M. S. Pinafore by W. S. Gilbert; music Arthur Sullivan.First produced at the Opera Comique Theatre, 25th May 1878. For the Windsor Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society. Royal Albert Institute. 17th January 1911 Date: 1911

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Cross section of Titanic showing decks

Cross-section of the Titanic in dock at Southampton. The double bottom is shown in white; the seven decks from the bottom up are the swimming pool, baggage, racquet courts and third class; third class dining room and gymnasium; first, second and third class and stewards; second class dining saloon; second class library and third class public rooms; first class dining saloon; first class lounge. Date: 1912

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