Barnacle Gallery

California gray whale - adult, colony of barnacles (Cryptolepas rhachianecti) and Cyamid crustaceans on the head of a gray whale

FG-eb-937 California gray whale - adult, colony of barnacles (Cryptolepas rhachianecti) and Cyamid crustaceans on the head of a gray whale San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California South, Mexico Eschrichtius robustus Three species of cyamids, or whale lice, are found on gray whales; two are visible on this photo. The larger species is Cyamus scammoni, it occurs only on the gray whale. Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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Portrait of J D Stoyle, English actor

Portrait of James D Stoyle (1831-1880), English character actor and comedian, who had recently appeared in the role of Ben Barnacle (depicted in the top left corner) in a production of Billee Taylor by Stephens and Solomon at the Imperial Theatre, London. The song he sang, All on Account of Eliza, was whistled all over London.
1881

© Terry Parker / Mary Evans Picture Library

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, at Southampton

Reaching Southampton the Queen Mary docked in an enormous King George V graving drydock, ready for its maiden voyage to New York in May 1936. Within thirty minutes of her stem entering the dock she was moored fast, the last 200 feet of her journey was done by man power, engines switched off, twenty men hauled her into position by ropes with 8ft 6 inches to spare on either side of her. The same night, 58, 000, 000 gallons of water was being pumped out of the dock, hundreds of workmen with brooms cleaned and scraped the hull, removing barnacles and covering below the water-line with anti-fouling composition. Date: March 1936

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