Coaling Collection

West Indies Grenada
(Windward Islands) Native porters coaling a paddle-steamer in St Georges Harbour

Coaling a ship Royal Navy

Herring fishing coalers, Great Yarmouth

Coaling a passenger liner in Southampton

Coaling a steamship, Nagasaki, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

HMS Phoenix after the Hong-Kong Typhoon, September 1906
Photograph of HMS Phoenix, the twin-screw steel and wood sloop of 1895, heeled over beside the coaling station, Hong Kong

A lull whilst coaling HMS Marlborough - Moda, Turkey
A lull for the crew whilst coaling HMS Marlborough at Moda, Sea of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey. Hot and dirty work! Date: 1923

Coal Ship - HMS Marlborough - Moda, Sea of Marmara, Turkey
Coal Ship alongside the HMS Marlborough at Moda, Sea of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

Coaling by night at Singapore 1876
Coaling by night at Singapore; an important function of the worlds ports is to supply coal, and teams of workers are needed to carry out the operation basket by basket... Date: 1876

Coal barges at Lydney, South Wales receiving coal

American warships coaling, Honolulu, Hawaii. Date: circa 1909

American warship at St Thomas Coaling Station 1900s

British monitor HMS Severn at Dover, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn with crew on deck, coaling up at Dover during the First World War. Date: 15 December 1914

British monitor HMS Severn at Harwich, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn with crew on deck, coaling up at Harwich during the First World War. Date: 12 December 1914

Oiling and Coaling on land
Light labour and hard labour: oiling and coaling on land. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top image shows a torpedo boat taking in oil fuel through a hose linking her with a tank in

Oiling and Coaling in mid-ocean
Bunkering at sea: oiling and coaling in mid-ocean. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top drawing show the simple

Coaling operation WWI
Arabs in Port Said coaling the troopship Caledonia, which was carrying Wessex troops to India during World War I

Coaling a Royal Mail steam packet at Kingston, Jamaica
Scene at the harbour in Kingston, Jamaica, showing lines a women carrying baskets of coal on their heads on board a Royal Mail steam packet ship

Mozambique - Harbour Scenes - Maputo
Multi-view postcard showing scenes of Harbour / Port / Trade activity on the coast of Mazambique at Maputo. Formerly Lourenco Marques / Lourenzo Marques

Coaling a Train
A railway worker putting coal into a tender, a scene at Liverpool Street Station, London, England

Coaling a Battleship
Vast quantities of coal are required to keep the worlds navies operating : purpose- built coal supply ships carry the coal to a fuel-hungry warship of the Royal Navy

Panama Canal Coaling
The coaling plant at the Atlantic Terminal, Cristobal

Coaling Plant and Docks
The Balboa Coaling plant, and Dry Docks, near Panama

Coaling at Jamaica
At Kingston, Jamaica (West Indies), long lines of women carry baskets of coal to enable the liner to continue on its way

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