Shipping Collection (page 14)

The Thames Barge Mirosa built at Maldon in 1892 seen here sailing under the nearly complete Humber Bridge. 13th May 1981

The Hellyer Brothers latest trawler Orsino see here leaving Hull for the Icelandic fishing grounds. 7th December 1966

The trawler Orsino see here at Hull being modified as the Board of Trade Mother Ship for the UK northern fishing fleet. The Board of Trade aims was to provide Meterological Information

Brixham trawlers gather for the annual blessing of the sea in October 1953

Its March 1970 and work has begun extending the harbour at Brixham to provide improved fish landing facilities. Oxen Cove has yet to be reclaimed

Launch of the Miranda Guiness, last ship to be built at the Charles Hill Bristol Shipyard, 1976

The SS Great Britain squeezes in to the Cumberland Basin Lock 5th July 1970

Kings TID Tug "Sea Gem"pictured in 1961 in Bristol Harbour
Kings TID Tug " Sea Gem" pictured in 1961 in Bristol Harbour

Repairing the gates at Netham Lock, Bristol on the Feeder canal in 1963

Haverton Hill shipyard. Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. 1971

George Greenwell aboard the sailing barge Ardwina of the Isle of Wight April 1936 " LENSMAN" TURNS PENMAN TO PICTURE THE LIFE OF A BARGEE LENSMAN

The launch of the Cunard container ship Atlantic Conveyor, at Wallsend on Tyne. Atlantic Conveyor was later requisitioned during the Falklands War

Johnsons Wax factory and office looking over original canal bridge in West Drayton, Greater London (formerly Middlesex) Circa August 1928

The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Raymond Craine, held a reception to celebrate Trafalgar night fought 171 years ago

Marie Duffy with a photograph of her husband John who is Hotel Manager of the QE2 which is soon to visit Liverpool. 20th June 1990

Cunards naval architect Dan Wallace, of Clydebank, stands at the empty berth which will house the Q4 - later named the QE2 - his ten year dream. Circa 1965

The rudder of the QE2 - bigger than a double decker bus is winched slowly into position. John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, Scotland. 15th May 1967

RMS Ivernia, ocean liner, built in 1955 by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland for Cunard Line, In 1963 she was rebuilt as a cruise ship and renamed RMS Franconia

Workmen from Garston Stevedores lifting their hats to the success of their company. The firm was started by three dockers who were made redundant in the late 1980s

Sea Cadets go overboard with life belt as it gives their confidence in this use of lifesaving apparatus. July 1942 P009211

The clubship "Landfall", formerly tank landing craft LCT7074
The clubship " Landfall", formerly tank landing craft LCT7074, which took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy travels down the Mersey to its new mooring to Collingwood Dock

Tugboats of the France, Fenwick company of Tyne and Wear pictured at their moorings off South Shields. Following company tradition

With an assorted crew of barmen, kitchen staff, hostesses, their familes The clubship " Landfall", formerly tank landing craft LCT7074

The South Docks, Liverpool, now almost completely silted up since the docks closed in 1972 and dredging operations stopped. 27th February 1982

A ferry makes its way to Wallasey on the Mersey River, as the tugs come in from the Mersey Bar. 16th November 1972

The shuttle tanker Darina seen here being towed to her berth at the Shell oil terminal. 22nd September 1979

The new 315, 000 Pilot Cutter High Force seen here on the River Tees with the tanker Hugo in the background. 26th June 1986

The Egton, the last ship to be built at Whitby seen here at her berth in Hartlepool dock. 5th January 1986

The foyboatmen go to work after the launch of the SS Eleanor Brooke at Austins yard in Sunderland. 2nd February 1938

A Tyne foyboatman, member of a dying trade, ties up his boat alongside others at the ferry landing at Mill Dam, South Shields

One of the toughest jobs on the river Tyne is that of the foyboatmen - the men who have to deal with the mooring of ships

Actress Kate O Mara January 1989 Of Dynasty, Crossroads and Doctor Who fame © mirrorpix

Dora Bryan English Actress who has just finnished in the starring role of Hello Dolly after 1 year. Here she is seen in an inflatable boat with her children Daniel 8 Georgina 6 and William 5

Michael Loney actor, September 1988

The sailing ship Eolus seen here arriving at Portsmouth at the beginning of her around the world cruise. August 1973

Clothing Fashion 1940s Fisherman Alf Steer being measured by Henry Blythe. Tailoring Circa 1945

The Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-1958 The Magga Dan, the ship used to transport Sir Vivian Fuchs and his British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition south in November 1956

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Navy Review June 1977 The Cunard Cruise Liner QE2 sailing throught the Silver Jubilee Naval Review fleet off Spithead in the Solent jubilee celebrations

Queen Mary ship being built at John Brown shipyard at Clydebank on the River Clyde 1934

Queen Elizabeth II launching the Cunard Cruise Liner, The QE2 in the Clyde, 20th September 1967

The period Italian sail ship Amerigo Vespucci under full sail as she approaches Plymouth Sound Transport August 1967

Ships Cruise Liner Blenheim September 1976 The ship was laid up in Millwall Docks on the River Thames after a 14 strike by her crew

SS Asturias This is the ship, which left Southampton, England, for Australia on February 8th 1950. The ship arrived at Fremantle on March 6th 1950 and then went on to Melbourne and Sydney

Russian built Hydrfoil ferry boat August 1968 sailing under Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London The boat The KOMETA is in London for the Soviet Exhibition

On the river Cam in Cambridge resting in a punt are James Innes of St Catherines college where he reads modern languages and Irene Cassel from Gottingen

The collier ship Fulham being loaded with coal on the River Tyne at Dunston Staithes in Newcastle, to be transported to Fulham. 16th February 1946

Russian Kometa Hydrofoil arriving at Dover, Kent, for a sales drive down the Thames before the Soviet Exhibition at Earls Court. 5th August 1968

The RMS Olympic sister ship to the Titanic seen here arriving at Southampton docks The RMS Olympic was the first of the three sisters to be completed and was launched in 1911

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