England's Maritime Heritage from the Air Collection

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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

Cutty Sark and HMS Worcester EPW061029
Greenhithe, Kent. The Cutty Sark tea clipper and HMS Worcester berthed outside Ingress Abbey (the Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College). Photographed in May 1939 by Aerofilms Ltd

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011365
REVIEW OF THE FLEET, Spithead, Portsmouth. The Spithead Review in July 1924, at which George V presented colours to the Royal Navy

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

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

Royal Naval College, Dartmouth EPW024215
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Dartmouth, Devon, photographed in 1928. This officer training college was purpose built on this site in 1905 to a design by Sir Aston Webb

HMS Warspite EAW005978
HMS WARSPITE, Prussia Cove, Cornwall. Warspite was launched in 1913 and saw action with the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916

Chatham Dockyard EAW223251
Chatham Docks, Chatham, from the north-east, showing Rochester and the Thames. A number of vessels are in the naval dockyard. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1972

Sandown Pier EPW043023
SANDOWN, Isle of Wight. The Paddle Steamer Sandown arriving at Sandown Pier in August 1939. Sandown Pier was originally much shorter

Grimsby Dock Tower EAW029404
GRIMSBY DOCK TOWER, Lincolnshire. This famous maritime landmark was built in 1852 as a hydraulic reservoir to power the lock gates and cranes of Grimsby Docks

Mersey Bar Lightship EAW008656
The Alarm (Mersey Bar Lightship) and SS Collegian, Liverpool Bay, Wirral

HMS Amethyst EAW031911
HMS Amethyst (F116) moored off the Plymouth Breakwater, Plymouth. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in August 1950

Sheerness Naval Dockyard EAW037832
Blue Town and the naval dockyard, Sheerness, Kent. Little ships were collected here in 1940 before being towed across to the Dunkirk beaches. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1951

Eddystone Lighthouses EAW015156
Eddystone Lighthouse and the foundations of Smeatons Tower, Plymouth, Cornwall. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1948

HMS Victory EAW648528
HMS Victory, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1995

Portsmouth Harbour EAW280874
Portsmouth Harbour. Looking across the harbour and naval dockyards towards Porchester. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1974

Albion Dockyard EAW061875
HMS Loch Dunvegan moored at the Albion Dockyard, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in November 1955

Shipwreck on Goodwin Sands EAW020497
A wreck on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Possibly the " Luray Victory". Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in November 1948

Shipwreck on Duddon Sands EAW019741
A wreck on the Duddon Sands (possibly the Anastasi), Walney Island, Barrowe-in-Furness, Cumbria. Viewed from the north. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in October 1948

HMS Warspite EAW005977
HMS Warspite aground off Prussia Cove, Prussia Cove, St Hilary, Cornwall. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in May 1947

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011376
HMS Warspite and other vessels at the Spithead Review off Gosport, Portsmouth. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1924

RMS Queen Elizabeth EAW022298
RMS Queen Elizabeth in the Solent approaching Southampton Water, Cowes, from the south-west. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949

HMS Centaur EAW108229
HMS Centaur docked in Liverpool. February 1963. One of the Centaur-class light fleet carriers of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1947 she saw service until 1966. Aerofilms Collection

Shipwreck at St Merryn EAW200562
The wreck of the tanker " Hemsley I" at Fox Cove, St Merryn, Cornwall. September 1969. The vessel went ashore here on 12th May 1969 en route from Liverpool to Antwerp. Aerofilms Collection

HMS Broadsword EAW582726
HMS Broadsword (F88) off Plymouth. July 1990. This Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy was commissioned in 1979. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1995. Aerofilms Collection

Maritime Hartlepool EAW695745
HMS Trincomalee and PSS Wingfield Castle docked at Hartlepool. Trincomalee was laid down in Bombay, India in 1812. The Wingfield Castle is a paddle steamer built at Hartlepool and launched in 1934

Middle Whitton Lightship EAW015733
The Middle Whitton Lightship on the River Humber between Whitton Ness and Brough, Ellerker, East Riding Of Yorkshire

Flying Boat EAW002991
Short S.26 seaplane Golden Hind (G-AFCI) at anchor in Poole Harbour, Dorset. The first of three S.26 G-Class flying-boats built by Short Brothers at Rochester and first flown on the 21st July 1939

HMS Flying Fox EAW033316
HMS Flying Fox (Royal Naval Reserve) moored off Hotwell Road, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in October 1950

Portland Harbour EAW002986
Portland, Dorset. The port and harbour from the north. HMS Nelson and two other battleships at anchor. Also visible are a string of Mulberry Harbour Phoenix breakwater caissons - two can still be

Flooding in Felixstowe EAW048298
Flooding around Langer Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in February 1953

Dunwich EAW024304
The village and the Common, Dunwich, Suffolk, from the north-east. This view includes numerous anti-invasion defences. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1949

Needles Lighthouse EAW022202
The Needles, Isle of Wight, from the south. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949

St Marys Lighthouse EPW019770
St Marys Lighthouse, St Marys Island, North Tyneside. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in October 1927

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011367
Vessels at the Spithead Review. Closest is HMS Coventry. Nearest is a Revenge class battleship, with the Royal Yacht beyond. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1924

Seaplane sheds EPW024422
HM Naval Seaplane Training School Seaplane Sheds, Lee-on-Solent, Gosport, Hampshire. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in September 1928

Spithead Review 1924 EPW011377
Vessels at the Spithead Review. Closest is HMS Coventry. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1924

Morecambe Harbour and Central Pier EPW042128
Morecambe Harbour and Central Pier, Lancashire. Photographed in June 1933 by Aerofilms Ltd

Brownsea Island EPW041058
Brownsea Island, Studland, Dorset. Montague Grahame-Whites steam yacht Alacrity and Brownsea Island from the east. Photographed in April 1933 by Aerofilms Ltd

Victoria Pier Blackpool EPW002075
The Victoria Pier, Blackpool. Photographed in July 1920 by Aerofilms Ltd

Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate EAW696658
Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate. The ferry is the MV Larkspur, operated by TransEuropa Ferries. Photographed in September 2003 by Aerofilms Ltd

Royal Harbour, Ramsgate EPW000091
Royal Harbour, Ramsgate, Kent. Photographed in 1920 by Aerofilms Ltd

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

St Katherine Docks EAW622105
St Katherine Docks, Wapping, London. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in July 1993

SS Great Britain EAW250863
The steam ship SS Great Britain in Great Western Dry Dock, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1973

West Pier, Brighton EAW043167
The West Pier, Brighton, Sussex. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in May 1952

RMS Mauretania EAW022294
RMS Mauretania at the New Docks (Western Docks), Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949

Southend Pier EAW017029
The Southend Pier Prince George Extension, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, viewed from the south. Docked is the New Medway Steam Packet Co PS " Queen Of Thanet" built in WWI as a minesweeper

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