Dock Collection

Portishead Dock JEH_22046_048
Portishead Dock, North Somerset. In 1860 a deep water dock was built to accomodate large ships that had difficulty reaching Bristol Harbour

Salford Docks EAW006236
The Salford Docks and Manchester Ship Canal, Salford, Greater Manchester. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1947

RMS Olympic EPW041070
The RMS Olympic in White Star dock 44, Southampton. Photographed in April 1933 by Aerofilms Ltd

Royal Docks Silvertown EAW182493
The Royal Docks, Silvertown, Newham, London. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1968

Millwall Docks EAW112904
West India and Millwall Docks, Towerr Hamlets, London. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1963

Shadwell Basin EAW110579
Shadwell Basin, Wapping, Tower Hamlets, London. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1963

Three Graces EPW003065
A number of vessels plying their trade on the River Mersey. Georges Stage and the Three Graces, Liverpool. The " Three Graces" shown here in 1920

Albert Dock Liverpool EPW003066
Albert Dock and the Canning Half Tide Dock, Liverpool. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd, July 1920

Canada Dock EAW164220
Canada Dock, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1966

Brunswick Dock EAW399274
Brunswick Dock, Liverpool. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1980

RMS Mauretania EPW041073
The original RMS Mauretania in the floating dry dock, Southampton. Designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the Cunard Line. She was launched in September 1907

Grimsby Crewmaster a97_05729
Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. A crewmaster aboard one of the fishing boats in Grimsby Harbour. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons in July 1899

Sailing vessels moored at Rochester DIX02_01_188
Sailing vessels moored beside timber warehouses at Rochester, Medway, Kent. Photographed by J Dixon Scott between 1925 and 1935

Hartlepool EAW007972
The Old Harbour and the docks, Hartlepool. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1947

Garston EAW120726
Garston, Liverpool. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1963

Chatham Historic Dockyard EAW622364
Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1993

West India Docks EAW130034
West India Docks, Tower Hamlets, London. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1964

RMS Aquitania EAW022293
RMS Aquitania at the New Docks (Western Docks), Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949. Aquitania was scrapped in 1950

Southampton Docks EAW086604
Empress and Ocean Dock, Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1961

Bristol timber wharves EPW005470
The timber yards at Baltic Wharf, Canada Wharf and Cumberland Wharf, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1921

Tilbury Dock EAW404063
Tilbury Dock, Thurrock, Essex. A container ship being pulled into port by three tug boats. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1981

King George V Dock EAW572435
King George V Dock, London. Shows the original short runway for London City Airport.Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1989

Fairbairn Steam Crane, Bristol
Considered to be the only operational steam crane of the Fairbairn type in the country. IoE 380798

Tilbury EPW044227
Tilbury Landing Stage, Tilbury, Essex. P & O liner, preparing for a voyage to Brisbane. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in May 1934

Fleetwood 34121_050
Fleetwood, Lancashire, 2019 SD3347

Dockmaster JLP01_01_064_41
TILBURY DOCKS, CHADWELL ST MARY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Captain W. R. Crouch, Dockmaster at Tilbury Docks, directing operations in the lock as the cooling water intake caisson for Coryton Oil Refinery

Tilbury Docks 33643_004
Tilbury, Essex, 2018. The Port of Tilbury (London), on the River Thames. The docks opened 1886 and became part of the Port of London Authority in 1909

Liverpool Echo Arena 28765_059
Liverpool Echo Arena and Wapping Dock, Liverpool, 2015. In 2019 the Liverpool Echo Arena name was changed to M&S Bank Arena

Billingsgate OFH01_01_01_f11_02
Billingsgate, City and County of the City of London, Greater London. Shipping moored on the River Thames probably viewed from a point close to Tower Dock

Albert Edward Dock EPW038883
The Albert Edward Dock, Preston, 1932

Albert Edward Dock EPW038880
Albert Edward Dock, the River Ribble and the city, Preston, from the west, 1932

Falmouth docks EPW02354
Falmouth Docks, Falmouth, from the south-west, 1928

Falmouth docks EPW02355
aerial, dock, harbour, bhoat, ship, dockyard, drydock, EPW023355

Drydock DP140652
Falmouth Docks, Falmouth, Cornwall, 2011. View across a dry dock towards the sea

Ships in Falmouth Harbour BAR03_01_243
A large tanker and small ships and boats in Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, 1958

Falmouth dry dock 24645_018
Falmouth, Cornwall, 2007. The dry docks in use

Tweedmouth Dock 20685_028
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Tweedmouth Dock

Berwick and Tweedmouth RAF_540_44_sffo_0184
Berwick-Upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth, Northumberland, 1948. Aerial reconnaissance photography by the RAF

Birkenhead docks EGP_22663_003
Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside. A view from Liverpool looking across the River Mersey towards Birkenhead, showing a ship in front of a warehouse owned by the International Cold Storage Company

PS Princess Elizabeth EGP_22663_004
A view from a dock of the Princess Elizabeth paddle steamer at sea. The Princess Elizabeth was built in 1927 and operated between Southampton and Cowes

Moored oil rig 34112_035
Oil rig at Able Seaton Port, Hartlepool, 2019

Priddys Hard 33940_025
Priddys Hard, a former Royal Ordnance Depot, Gosport, Hampshire, 2020

Priddys Hard 33940_020
Priddys Hard, a former Royal Ordnance Depot, Gosport, Hampshire, 2020

Maryport 34126_001
Maryport, Cumbria, 2019

Grimsby Ice Factory 34108_057
The Grimsby Ice Factory, North East Lincolnshire, 2019

Fish heads DP174797
Grimsby Docks, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire. Detail of fish heads in a curing factory on Grimsby Docks. Associated British Ports, Sidebottom St, The Kasbah

Decommissioned oil rig DP249057
Able Seaton Port, Greythorp, Hartlepool. View from the west of the Brent B oil rig caught in the last vestiges of light awaiting dismantling

Gangers JLP01_08_053945
PORTISHEAD DOCK, PORTISHEAD AND NORTH WESTON, NORTH SOMERSET. A group portrait of three gangers employed on the Portishead Dock project A cropped version of this image was published in the People

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