Mast Collection (page 2)

Airship
17th October 1929: The tail-end section of the giant airship R101, riding on the mooring mast at Cardigan, Bedford. The R101 was part of a British government programme to develop civil airships

Red sails on sailboat that takes tourists out for sunset cruise, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, Europe

R101 at Cardington - 1
The R.101 at its mooring mast at Cardington

Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada, when the expedition sent by King Philip II of Spain was met by the Royal Navy and out-manoeuvred. The surviving Spanish ships were badly damaged in storms

Parma was a four-masted steel-hulled barque which was built in 1902 as Arrow for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London. In 1912 she was sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany

Ships in a Harbour, Eugene Boudin (1824-1898)
Oil on panel, French School, 19th century. Eugene Louis Boudin was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors

Timber Barque off Pendennis, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1897. Henry Scott Tuke was born into a Quaker family in Lawrence Street, York. In 1859 the family moved to Falmouth, where his father Daniel Tuke, a physician

Sailing vessel Nellie Bywater, a two-masted schooner. Date: circa 1920s

Fisting the Mainsail by Arthur Briscoe
Sailing clinging on to a ships mast to fix the mainsail. Date: 1931

USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, US frigate
The USS Constitution, nicknamed Old Ironsides, a wooden hulled, three masted heavy frigate of the US Navy, launched in 1797

Boys from the Gravesend Sea School, Kent, dry their washing on a flag hoist. 5 June 1937

Port Hercules Harbour, Monte Carlo, Monaco

1st Earl of Birkenhead with his daughter on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) with his daughter Lady Pamela Smith Berry, Baroness Hartwell (1915-1982) on board their yacht, (Isle of Wight?), c1925

Royal Sovereign light ship off Eastbourne, Sussex
Royal Sovereign light ship seven miles off Eastbourne, Sussex. It was later replaced by a lighthouse. Date: 1966

Illustration From Shakespeares The Tempest
Illustration depicting a scene from William Shakespeares play The Tempest, with the fairy Ariel holding onto the mast of a sailing ship as men stand on the deck below during a strorm

Albert Docks Liverpool
A Tallship in the Albert Docks at Liverpool, once one of the busiest ports in the country, now a busy tourist centre

Lerwick harbour, hosting Cutty Sark Tall Ships race boats in 1999, Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Blue Boat, 1929 (oil on board)
1197395 The Blue Boat, 1929 (oil on board) by Wood, Christopher (1901-30); 40x55.9 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

HMS Victory at Portsmouth
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Victory at Portsmouth. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765

View of Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, from Richmond, with Navy Island (a former British naval base) in the distance, and the Titchfield Hotel on the right. Date: circa 1910

St Oswalds Home, Cullercoats, Northumberland
St Oswalds Home for Girls, Mast Lane, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1896. Date: 1920s

The 1886 square-rigger ship Balclutha, side view

NAVIGATION BY STARS, 1575. Sailors navigating by stars at night. Woodcut from Andre Thevets La cosmographie universelle, Paris, 1575

An old sailing ship navigating the ocean

Stage model for the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner (1813-83)
XZL151825 Stage model for the opera Tristan and Isolde by Richard Wagner (1813-83) (painted card) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Harbour, St Ives, Cornwall. 1911
In the foreground two boys are standing and talking with the harbour behind them. In the middle of the picture, with the pale coloured roof, is the Sloop Inn. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

Europe, Netherlands, North Holland, West-Frisia, Hoorn
Netherlands, North Holland, West-Frisia, Hoorn

The SS Belgenland at Southampton 22 December 1933

Naval Airship No3, Astra Torres, moored on a mast, 12 June 1913

Airship R101 leaving the mooring mast at Cardington on the day of its departure to India. 4 October 1930. Date: 1930

Airship R101 at its mooring mast at Cardington

St. Tropez, (oil on canvas)
657448 St. Tropez, (oil on canvas) by Hankey, William Lee (1869-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: St.Tropez. William Lee Hankey (1869-1952). Oil on canvas

Rosehearty, c1909. Artist: Robert Weir Allan
Rosehearty, c1909. From The Studio Volume 46. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

Quayside at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Quayside at Lerwick, main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, with fishing boats. Date: 1960s

Schooner C & F Nurse in Poole Harbour
Schooner C & F Nurse (right), a coast hopper, in Poole Harbour, Dorset. Date: circa 1930s

Life on a North Sea trawler -- distant view of a trawler at sea, with seagulls circling for food. Date: 1960s

Chrysler Building
" A modernistic Georgia Marble and Indiana Limestone building which rises 1046 feet from the ground to the top of the steel mast."

A Puffer - the Adherance (1914) - Jas. Cooper, Widnes
A Puffer boat - the Adherance (1914) - Jas. Cooper, Widnes - pictured in the 1920s Date: 1920s

Drekar Viking ships navigating the ocean at night

Oruwa, Sri Lankan fishing boat, Negombo, Sri Lanka, Asia

The four masted schooner, Margaret Todd, sets sail in Frenchman Bay. Bar Harbor, Maine. Mount Desert Island. Sunset

Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, Cornwall
The Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), nearing Falmouth, Cornwall

The harbour in the evening, La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France, Europe

HMS Victory, Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain
Vintage 19th century photograph - ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain

Four-Masted Clipper Ship in Liverpool Harbour, c. 1810 (oil on panel)
FIN161492 Four-Masted Clipper Ship in Liverpool Harbour, c.1810 (oil on panel) by Salmon, Robert (1775-1848); 41.3x61 cm; Private Collection; David Findlay Jr Fine Art, NYC, USA; American

BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1, opened in 1932. Date: circa early 1930s

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"Majestic Masts: A Journey through Time and Seas" At the summit of Mont Ventoux in Vaucluse, Provence, France, Europe, the wind whispers tales of ancient sailors and their mighty masts. The Mary Rose stands as a testament to the power and grace that once sailed upon her towering masts. St. Peter Port Harbour at Night in Guernsey, Channel Islands paints a picture of tranquility under the watchful gaze of illuminated masts. HMS Victory at night in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire, England reveals its majestic silhouette against a starry sky adorned with proud masts. The R 101 Airship soars above Maryland's Chesapeake Bay like an ethereal mast reaching for the heavens. Tall ship Kalmar Nyckel graces Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, USA with its impressive array of masts standing tall against the horizon. The Cutty Sark in Greenwich, London takes us back to an era when tea clippers ruled the seas with their towering masts and swift sails. SS Great Britain proudly displays its historical significance as visitors marvel at its grandeur anchored by sturdy iron masts. JMW Turner's masterpiece "A First Rate Taking in Stores" captures both chaos and beauty as men scramble amidst towering wooden masts during naval operations in 1818. A couple with a red car finds solace by Coverack's Cornwall coast while colorful fishing boats sway gently on their slender wooden masts nearby. Viking longships carried fierce warriors across treacherous waters using their robust oaken mast as a guiding force towards conquests unknown. The Aberaeron Harbor nestled within Cardigan Bay showcases Wales' maritime heritage through charming sailboats bobbing gracefully atop their elegant white-painted wooden masts. Embark on this visual journey through time and oceans where masts stand tall, symbolizing the resilience and adventurous spirit of humankind.