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Ships and boats Collection: Face drawn in chalk around metal rivets, London Docks a064944

Face drawn in chalk around metal rivets, London Docks a064944
A face drawn in chalk around the metal rivets on the side of a ship at the London Docks. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

Ships and boats Collection: The launch of the RMS Aquitania BL22100_027

The launch of the RMS Aquitania BL22100_027
RMS AQUITANIA. Launch, April 21st, 1913. The Aquitania was the third of the Cunard Line express ocean liners (after the Mauretania and Lusitania), and the last four-stack liner to be built

Ships and boats Collection: Shipwreck at Saltwick Bay K020590

Shipwreck at Saltwick Bay K020590
SALTWICK BAY, North Yorkshire. View of a shipwreck and Black Nab Rock on the sea shore. The wreck is of the Admiral van Tromp, a fishing vessel wrecked in 1976

Ships and boats Collection: Steamers at Southsea EPR006480

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

Ships and boats Collection: Low tide CC56_00753

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

Ships and boats Collection: Flushing ferry BB97_08395

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

Ships and boats Collection: Ship aground HT02694

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

Ships and boats Collection: PS Princess Elizabeth EGP_22663_004

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

Ships and boats Collection: Diver JLP01_08_010871a

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

Ships and boats Collection: Blyth Harbour 28908_064

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

Ships and boats Collection: Blyth Harbour 28908_018

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

Ships and boats Collection: Etruria, Landing Stage, Pierhead, Liverpool OP00578

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

Ships and boats Collection: MV Andulo EAW022791

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

Ships and boats Collection: Huskisson Dock OP02540

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

Ships and boats Collection: Sunderland EAW405804

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

Ships and boats Collection: Tees Transporter Bridge a55_04344

Tees Transporter Bridge a55_04344
TRANSPORTER BRIDGE, Middlesbrough, Cleveland. This transporter bridge is one of only four in Britain. Built in 1911, a moveable platform was slung by cables from a steel frame

Ships and boats Collection: Wrecks, Elmley Ferry N100303

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

Ships and boats Collection: SS Great Britain EAW250863

SS Great Britain EAW250863
The steam ship SS Great Britain in Great Western Dry Dock, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1973

Ships and boats Collection: RMS Aquitania EAW022293

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

Ships and boats Collection: Wrecks at Stoke Saltings 29652_042

Wrecks at Stoke Saltings 29652_042
Remains of a First World War U-Boat (UB122) and the sailing boat Swale embedded in mud flats. Stoke Saltings, River Medway. Photographed 27th May 2015

Ships and boats Collection: Golden Hinde 27662_040

Golden Hinde 27662_040
Golden Hinde II, St Mary Overie Dock, Bankside, Southwark, London. This ocean going replica of Sir Francis Drakes famous ship built in Devon in 1973

Ships and boats Collection: SS Great Britain 21417_02

SS Great Britain 21417_02
SS Great Britain, Bristol. Built in 1843 to designs by Brunel, the Great Britain was used as a passenger ship to New York

Ships and boats Collection: A Shipwreck N070540

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

Ships and boats Collection: RFA Lyme Bay 24688_016

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

Ships and boats Collection: HMT Queen Mary at Southampton EAW001370

HMT Queen Mary at Southampton EAW001370
HMT QUEEN MARY at home in Southampton in June 1946 between round trips to Halifax, Nova Scotia and New York. The " Grey Ghost" transported many war brides to the US in 1946 before being

Ships and boats Collection: Boats N080605

Boats N080605
Two boats on Deal beach in Kent

Ships and boats Collection: Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate EAW696658

Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate EAW696658
Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate. The ferry is the MV Larkspur, operated by TransEuropa Ferries. Photographed in September 2003 by Aerofilms Ltd

Ships and boats Collection: RMS Mauretania EAW022294

RMS Mauretania EAW022294
RMS Mauretania at the New Docks (Western Docks), Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949

Ships and boats Collection: RMS Queen Mary EAW001368

RMS Queen Mary EAW001368
The Grey Ghost (RMS Queen Mary) in Ocean Dock, Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1946

Ships and boats Collection: SS Great Britain JEH_22046_009

SS Great Britain JEH_22046_009
Wapping Dockyard, Bristol. The SS Great Britain returned to the same dry dock that had been purpose-built for its construction by the Great Western Steamship Company between 1839-43

Ships and boats Collection: SS Great Britain JEH_22046_008

SS Great Britain JEH_22046_008
Wapping Dockyard, Bristol. The SS Great Britain returned to the same dry dock that had been purpose-built for its construction by the Great Western Steamship Company between 1839-43

Ships and boats Collection: Wreck at Fidlers Reach EAW143996

Wreck at Fidlers Reach EAW143996
River Thames, London November 1964. The capsized German Cargo Vessel " Magdeburg" laden with buses bound for Cuba. A collision with the " Yamashiro Maru" caused the wreck

Ships and boats Collection: Wreck of the Falcon N100299

Wreck of the Falcon N100299
WRECK OF THE FALCON, Langdon Steps, Dover, Kent. (1926) View down onto the wreck with yacht and cross-channel ferry in the distance

Ships and boats Collection: Queen Victorias cortege D880022

Queen Victorias cortege D880022
OSBORNE HOUSE, Isle of Wight. The Ryde Album. Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on 22nd January 1901 aged 81. Her cortege left Osborne on 1st February

Ships and boats Collection: Tilbury Ferry a001369

Tilbury Ferry a001369
THE TILBURY FERRY, River Thames, Essex. The Tilbury Ferry viewed from the deck of another boat with cars and lorries clearly visible on the ferry. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings

Ships and boats Collection: Passing ship, Gravesend Reach a001364

Passing ship, Gravesend Reach a001364
View of passing ship, Gravesend Reach, Kent. A distant view of shipping in Gravesend Reach as seen from the deck of another boat with the stern of a raised lifeboat in the foreground

Ships and boats Collection: Ferryboat, Gravesend Reach a001233

Ferryboat, Gravesend Reach a001233
Shipping in Gravesend Reach viewed from the deck of a ferryboat with passengers in the foreground. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings. Date range: 1945-1965

Ships and boats Collection: Boat builder, Wroxham, Norfolk a99_00303

Boat builder, Wroxham, Norfolk a99_00303
Wroxham, Norfolk. The boatbuilder at work inside a boatbuilders shed close to Wroxham Bridge on the River Bure. Watercraft of different types have for centuries been an essential means of transport

Ships and boats Collection: Salters Bros. boatyard in 1900 CC74_00380

Salters Bros. boatyard in 1900 CC74_00380
SALTERS YARD, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Looking across the Thames at Folly Bridge toward the Salter Brothers boatyard, established in 1858

Ships and boats Collection: London Docks a064969

London Docks a064969
LONDON DOCKS. Ships moored in the docks, the stern of a ship in the foreground with the Mariekerk behind, a barge on the water between them. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

Ships and boats Collection: London Docks a065000

London Docks a065000
LONDON DOCKS. The ship Northland moored at the docks, the mooring ropes hanging down in the foreground and a crane to left lifting boxes. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

Ships and boats Collection: Ship in drydock BL22201_012

Ship in drydock BL22201_012
CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPYARD, Birkenhead, Merseyside. General view showing a ship in drydock. The ship may be called Audacious. Photographed in June 1913 by Bedford Lemere

Ships and boats Collection: Lindisfarne Castle K011474

Lindisfarne Castle K011474
LINDISFARNE CASTLE, Holy Island, Northumberland. Landscape view with two up turned boats and the castle in the distance

Ships and boats Collection: Lindisfarne Castle K040573

Lindisfarne Castle K040573
LINDISFARNE CASTLE, Holy Island, Northumberland. View from the West looking across harbour with boats in foreground

Ships and boats Collection: Royal Naval College, Dartmouth EPW024215

Royal Naval College, Dartmouth EPW024215
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, Dartmouth, Devon, photographed in 1928. This officer training college was purpose built on this site in 1905 to a design by Sir Aston Webb

Ships and boats Collection: Gloucester Docks c. 1880 CC53_00092

Gloucester Docks c. 1880 CC53_00092
GLOUCESTER DOCKS, Gloucestershire. The Gloucester and Sharpness Canal was built to specifications that allowed ocean going vessels to reach Gloucester, despite its distance from the sea

Ships and boats Collection: Turner - The Iveagh Seapiece J910563

Turner - The Iveagh Seapiece J910563
KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " The Iveagh Seapiece " by TURNER JMW. Also known as " Coast Scene of Fishermen Hauling a Boat Ashore "

Ships and boats Collection: HMS Warspite EAW005978

HMS Warspite EAW005978
HMS WARSPITE, Prussia Cove, Cornwall. Warspite was launched in 1913 and saw action with the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916

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