Ships and boats Collection

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Catching the wind Collection
40 Images

RMS Olympic Collection
60 Images

Inland boating Collection
44 Images

Fishing industry Collection
28 Images

Royal Navy Collection
52 Images

Portscatho Harbour, Cornwall OP04507
PORTSCATHO HARBOUR, Gerrans, Cornwall. A young boy looking down towards tethered boats in the harbour at Portscatho. Photographed by John Gay during 1950s-1960s

Royal Albert Dock a001246
ROYAL ALBERT DOCK, Canning Town, London. Two workmen repainting a ship in dry dock (mid-20th century). The dock was the largest of the three royal docks and opened in 1880.s W Rawlings

Tower Bridge under construction a83_01325
TOWER BRIDGE, London. The bridge under construction around 1889. This picture was taken from the River Thames with shipping in the foreground

Sutton Hoo ship burial J910330
SUTTON HOO, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Reconstruction drawing of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 620 or 630 - by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

SS Massilia BL05099
SS MASSILIA. The Massilia was built in Greenock in 1884 for the Australia service, carrying 154 passengers in first class and 75 in second class. She was broken up in Genoa, Italy 1903-4

RMS Aquitania BL26730_002
RMS AQUITANIA. Interior view towards the fireplace in the Palladium Lounge. The Aquitania was launched in 1913 as the third of the Cunard Line express ocean liners (after the Mauretania and Lusitania)

Martens - The Beagle in the Murray Narrow J980080
DOWN HOUSE, Downe, Kent. Darwin Heirlooms Trust. " The Beagle in the Murray Narrow, Tierra del Fuego " watercolour by Conrad Martens

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

HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge a98_05144
TOWER BRIDGE, Stepney, London. Looking down onto the foredeck of the cruiser HMS Belfast. Being guided up the River Thames by two tugs on the approach to Tower Bridge

RMS Aquitania BL26730_001
RMS AQUITANIA. Interior view of the A Deck staircase. The Aquitania was launched in 1913 as the third of the Cunard Line express ocean liners (after the Mauretania and Lusitania)

Isambard Kingdom Brunel BB029364
John Scott Russell (left), shipbuilder, Henry Wakefield, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Lord Derby at the launch of the Great Eastern at Millwall on 1st January 1859 or the attempted launch on 3rd

Wrecks, Elmley Ferry N100303
ELMLEY FERRY, Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent. View of two beached ship wrecks

St Mawes Harbour, Cornwall a086715
ST MAWES HARBOUR, St Mawes, St Just In Roseland, Cornwall. A viewpoint overlooking Summers Beach near St Mawes Harbour in Cornwall, with a view west over small sailboats towards St Mawes Castle

A Shipwreck N070540
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " A Shipwreck". Studio replica after Claude Joseph VERNET (1714-89). WM 1575-1948. Provisionally Spanish Royal Collection, captured at Vitoria 1813

Steamers at Southsea EPR006480
The Solent Queen and Gracie Fields, Clarence Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1939. Both paddle steamers went to Dunkirk in 1940 and HMS Gracie Fields sunk there

Low tide CC56_00753
Falmouth, Cornwall, 1860-1922. View from the pier at low tide with boats moored in the foreground

Flushing ferry BB97_08395
Falmouth, Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, 1896-1920. A Steamer Crossing The Harbour With The Houses On Trefusis Road In Flushing In The Distance

Ship aground HT02694
A ship aground at low water in the harbour at Falmouth, Cornwall, 1878. It appears to be dismasted and is in a very poor state of repair. Probably in the process of being broken up

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

Diver JLP01_08_010871a
PLYMOUTH B POWER STATION, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. A view of SS William Pearman moored at the coaling wharf for Plymouth B Power Station during its construction

Blyth Harbour 28908_064
Blyth Harbour, Northumberland, 2016. UKD Marlin, a trailing suction hopper dredger at work in the harbour mouth

Blyth Harbour 28908_018
Blyth Harbour, Northumberland, 2016. The moored vessel is Grand Canyon, an offshore construction/ROV/survey vessel. NZ3280

Etruria, Landing Stage, Pierhead, Liverpool OP00578
A large group of people converge towards the steam ship, SS Etruria, on the Landing Stage, Pierhead, Liverpool. Photograph by W and Company Limited. Date range: 1890-1910

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

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

Barrow-in-Furness shipyard 1920 EPW004064
BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria. Aerial view of the shipyard in July 1920 with four ships in various stages of completion. The shipyard was first established in 1852; by 1920 it was operated by Vickers

Oceanic House, the White Star Line shipping company BL21285
OCEANIC HOUSE, Cockspur Street, London. The London office of the White Star Line shipping company decorated for George V coronation (22nd June 1911)

King George V Dock a002109
KING GEORGE V DOCK, Canning Town, London. Shipping in the dock with dock workers standing on the dockside in the foreground (mid 20th century)

MV Andulo EAW022791
Aerial view of the MV Andulo at sea. Photographed by Aerofilms, 2nd May 1949

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

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

Huskisson Dock OP02540
Huskisson Dock, Regent Road, Liverpool. An aerial view of the docks, with the Tate & Lyle sugar silo under construction near the centre of the picture

Sunderland EAW405804
Sunderland and the mouth of the River Wear. May 1981. 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

German U-boat, Hastings Beach BB88_07120
HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. People in rowing boats and on the beach, looking up at the German U-boat submarine, U-118, which ran aground on Hastings beach in February 1919

HMS Wishart a002466
HMS WISHART, Hays Wharf, Bermondsey, London. A Thorneycroft modifed W class destroyer launched in 1919, here bedecked in celebratory bunting

Royal Docks, London a002112
ROYAL DOCKS, Silvertown, Canning Town, London. Shipping moored by the dockside including barges in the foreground. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings. Date range: 1945 - 1965

Crome - The Yarmouth Water Frolic K991018
KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " The Yarmouth Water Frolic" c.1821 by John CROME and John Berney CROME

River Tyne 1935 EPW048817
Aerial view of the Tyne River looking towards Tynemouth and Jarrow, August 1935. Lots of shipping in the river and in dock. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

Clacton-on-Sea a98_17446
CLACTON-ON-SEA, Essex. A view of the pier complete with rollercoaster. In the foreground seaside holidaymakers lounge in deckchairs while a small boat offers sea trips

RFA Lyme Bay 24688_016
ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY LYME BAY L3007. Aerial view of one of the Royal Navys amphibious assault vessels (Bay Class landing ship dock), moored alongside at Portland Harbour

Liverpool Pierhead 1964 EAW133857
PIER HEAD, Liverpool. Aerial photograph of the Princes Dock and Princes Landing Stage, with the Three Graces beyond in July 1964

Flying boat berth, Southampton EAW023211
BOAC FLYING BOAT SERVICES, Southampton Water. Flying boat services had been operating from Southampton since 1919. After the Second World War

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