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We do not have to go far to find an important British Ship Model online. We can find many of them at the National Maritime Museums Website.

Here, you will  find a full collection of models that cover the past 2-300 years. Those that are available to be seen online are conveniently listed by Date, Name, Artist or even the museums ID number if you know it, and are easily searchable.

They are listed in the following Categories:

• Cargo vessels (36 items) - Models of sail and powered ships and other craft that have been designed or adapted for the transportation of commodities.
   
• Exploration and research vessels (12 items) - Models of vessels that have either been specially designed or adapted for exploration, discovery, and scientific and hydrographic survey work.
   
• Fishing and hunting vessels (44 items) - Models that illustrate different methods of fishing and hunting, and how these methods vary according to period, location and culture.
   
• Lifeboats and lifesaving vessels (42 items) - Models illustrating the design and development of the lifeboat from its invention in 1790 to the modern semi-rigid, high-speed boats of the 1980s. Models that illustrate the proposal, adoption and evolution of lifesaving apparatus and equipment.
   
• Passenger vessels (1 items) - Models of sail and powered ships and other craft that have been designed or adapted for the transportation of people.
   
• Powered warships (17 items) - Models of fighting vessels from the age of steam to the present.
   
• Racing and pleasure craft (40 items) - Models of boats and other small vessels that have been designed for competitive sport and recreation, cruising and traveling for pleasure.
   
• Royal yachts and ceremonial craft (27 items) - Models of British and foreign vessels used for state and ceremonial occasions.
   
• Sailing warships (108 items) - Models of fighting vessels from the age of sail.
   
• Service vessels (5 items) - Models of vessels designed to provide a service or to perform a specific function.
   
• Small craft (14 items) - Models of small and miscellaneous craft, usually muscle- or sail-powered, that operate in a coastal environment or launched from larger vessels.

You can browse the complete list of British Ship Models and learn more about them at the National Maritime Museum Website, in the Collections Online section.

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