Shipping Collection (page 6)

View of Westminster Bridge from the North (etching)
BAL5645 View of Westminster Bridge from the North (etching) by French School, (18th century); Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, Surrey, UK; French, out of copyright

The English Ship Resolution in a Gale, c. 1680 (oil on canvas)
1147306 The English Ship Resolution in a Gale, c.1680 (oil on canvas) by Velde, Willem van de, the Younger (1633-1707); Private Collection; Peter Newark Military Pictures; Dutch, out of copyright

The Impregnable, Plymouth (hand-coloured photo)
908083 The Impregnable, Plymouth (hand-coloured photo) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

Silhouetted against the waters of Moelfre Bay, Anglesey, Wales, Captain Evans watches from the lifeboat house as the crew practice a launch. 20th June 1969

Coxswain of the Barry Lifeboat Mr. Frank Tinsley watches the life line land on the rocks of the Barry shore after he had fired the rocket carrying the line set up a breeches buoy during an exercise

Tenby lifeboat crew, 1953

Scene at Princes Dock in Liverpool showing seamen unloading cargo from one of the merchant vessels. In the background is the famous Liver Building on the Liverpool waterfront. December 1928

Launching of the cargo ship Rembrandt, built and engined by the Smiths Dock Company Ltd for the Bolton Steam Shipping Company Ltd, at Smiths Dock at South Bank on the River Tees. 29th January 1960

Scenes at Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside. 8th February 1949

The Kometa a Russian built Hydrfoil ferry boat August 1968. Seen here sailing down the River Thames in London past a moored ship unloading outside riverside warehouses The boat The KOMETA is in

Monas Isle Steamer Launch, Birkenhead, Merseyside
Monas Isle, the Isle of Man Steam Packet Companys fifth postwar passenger steamer, was launched from Cammell Lairds yard at Birkenhead, Thursday 12th October 1950

Capetown Castle at Port Said, Egypt. c. 1950. The Capetown Castle
Capetown Castle at Port Said, Egypt. c.1950. The Capetown Castle, built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, was launched on 23 September 1937 and was the largest Union-Castle motor liner at the time

The United States Ocean Liner entering service at speed between Capla Hague and Alderney. 3rd July 1952

Port Natal, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

A Prospect of Chatham Dock from Finsbery Windmill (engraving)
XJF3058229 A Prospect of Chatham Dock from Finsbery Windmill (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Exchange Interior
The interior of the Baltic Exchange in London, 3rd May 1920. The exchange is the centre of shipbroking and chartering in the City of London. (Photo by A. R)

HMS Crescent, Edgar-class cruiser, WW1
HMS Crescent, an Edgar-class cruiser. Launched in 1892, took part in the First World War. Date: 1911

19th-century lightship. Historical artwork of a lightship using a lamp on top of a mast to guide other ships (seen in background). Lightships are ships anchored in place to act as a lighthouse

Great liners on hospital duty, WW1
The Cunard ocean liners, Olympic and Aquitania pictured arriving back on Britains shores during the First World War. Both vessels were converted for use as hospital ships during this time. Date: 1916

Factors governing an invasion by G. H. Davis
The situation of Britain face to face with a German north-west Europe: factors governing an invasion during the Second World War

Second Eddystone lighthouse built on the Stone 13 miles South-east of Polperro, Cornwall, England, which claimed up to 50 ships a year

Medieval Shipping
Men-of-war of this type are used by Henry V in his attack on France : the shields mounted on the side of the hull bear the arms of the principal warriors on board. Date: 14th - 15th centuries

Ro-Ro PCC Car Transporting Vessel in Southampton Water. Since 1970 the market for exporting and importing cars has increased dramatically and the number and type of RO/ROs has increased also

Steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export section
The steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export section. Thousands of barrels of wine awaiting transportation to Europe

Shipping wild animals in the London Docks
Animals of Messrs. Howe and Cushings menagerie being loaded at the London Docks. An elephant is being hoisted up by a chain and girth to be put on board the ship, while a cage full of lions

Cruise ship in dock at Palma harbour, Palma, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Naval Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition Poster
Naval Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition at Earls Court Poster

Container ship, mid-Atlantic Ocean

Cruise ship Terminal, Wathey Pier, Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Cranes and ships in the Okpo Shipyard in South Korea, Asia

Edinburgh Castle, Southampton Docks, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tanker passing through Suez Canal with desert on either side, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Cruise ships in port, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia, Adriatic, Europe

Containers in Container Terminal, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Emden Shells Madras
The German cruiser Emden bombards the oil tanks in the harbour of Madras, India, and causes substantial damage to shipping. But she, too, will be destroyed

Crowded Shipping
The Royal Hospital from the river - though its hardly to be seen, the Thames is so congested with ships and boats, including one of the earliest steamboats

The South West Prospect of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1728
XJF497296 The South West Prospect of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1728 (engraving) by Buck, Nathaniel (fl.1727-53) and Samuel (1696-1779); Private Collection; English

The Port of Bordeaux in 1804. Merchant vessels are at anchor, being loaded and unloaded by smaller vessels. Among the cargoes being landed are timber and stone

Royal Navy fleet anchored in Torbay and floodlit in July 1969

Edinburgh: Leith Pier and Harbour, 1798

Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the South (engraving)
XJF466215 Newcastle-upon-Tyne from the South (engraving) by Knox, John (1778-1845); Private Collection; Scottish, out of copyright

View of Cochin on the Malabar Coast of India, attributed to Johannes Vinckboons, c. 1662 - c. 1663

Whaling Grounds in the Arctic Ocean, Abraham Storck, 1654 - 1708

Diagram showing the behaviour of a magnetic needle
5309963 Diagram showing the behaviour of a magnetic needle; (add.info.: Diagram showing the behaviour of a magnetic needle and the difference between true)

A standard 19th century French navigational Sextant
5309960 A standard 19th century French navigational Sextant; (add.info.: Drawing of a standard 19th century French navigational Sextant. 1888.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A shipyard, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404015 A shipyard, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

Underneath a ship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho)
STC404012 Underneath a ship, illustration from 'The Western Front', pub. by Country Life Ltd, 1917 (litho) by Bone, David Muirhead (1876-1953); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection.

St. Paul's from the River Thames (w/c on paper)
480807 St. Paul's from the River Thames (w/c on paper) by Robinson, Mabel Catherine; 10.3x13.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Peter Nahum at The Leicester Galleries, London.

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