Deck Collection (page 7)

Cartoon, The Officious Passenger (Bright and Russell)
Cartoon, The Officious Passenger -- a satirical comment on the radical MP John Brights attempts to push for electoral reform

British Expeditionary Force evacuating from Dunkirk, WW2
Men of the British Expeditionary Force embarking onto a destroyer in mid-Channel after the evacuation from Dunkirk, for their safe return to England. Date: 1940

Return of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, WW2
The return of British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, northern France, showing harbour and destroyers crammed with troops following the evacuation. Date: 1940

The Spot where Nelson Fell, HMS Victory
The Spot where Nelson Fell, on the deck of HMS Victory, with sailors giving visitors a tour of the ship. 1859

Crossing the dateline, marine ceremonies

Cartoon, Eccentric Behaviour of the GOM
Cartoon, William Gladstone and Dr Andrew Clark (his doctor), Eccentric Behaviour of the GOM [Grand Old Man] on board the Sunbeam - Hold Him! 1885

Hit the Deck at the Hippodrome by Hynes
Caricatures of the players in Hit the Deck at the London Hippodrome in 1928 including Stanley Holloway and Ivy Tresmand (centre figures)

SS Ranchi, P&O cruiser, with people playing deck games
SS Ranchi, P&O Line cruiser, with people playing games on deck. Date: circa 1930

HMS Bellerophon, British battleship, showing the starboard gun turret. The photographer, Mrs Broom, was the only prominent female photographer with her own premises and a Royal Warrant

HMS Cardiff, British cruiser, with film crew at work on deck
HMS Cardiff, British Ceres class cruiser, with film crew at work on deck -- the ship was involved in the production of the 1927 British documentary film, The Battles of Coronel and Falklands

Crew members, US Olympia, flagship cruiser
Group photo of crew members, US flagship Olympia, cruiser, with Lieutenant-Commander Louis Sayre Van Duzer and officers. Date: circa 1898

HMS Suffolk, British cruiser, turret guns on quarter deck
HMS Suffolk, British Monmouth class cruiser, turret guns on quarter deck. Date: circa 1903

HMS Royal Sovereign, British battleship, with sailors doing rifle drill on deck. circa 1900

Paddle steamer Chippewa at Lewiston, Ontario, Canada
Niagara River Line paddle steamer Chippewa at Lewiston, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1908

HMS Foresight, British light cruiser (Forward class). Date: circa 1908

Nelson receiving the swords of the vanquished Spaniards
Horatio Nelson receiving the swords of the vanquished Spaniards on board the captured San Josef (San Jose) during the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797. 1797

Processing cod, Gadus morhua, on board a factory
Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua 88, and scenes on board a factory ship, men and women gutting and salting fish on deck 90, 91, and dropping the fish into the hold 89

Corocoro boat from the island of Guebe, Maluku
Corocoro boat with sails and oars from the island of Guebe, Maluku Islands, Indonesia, 19th century. The Guebe chief or king sits on deck, while a drummer beats time for the oarsmen

Vessels and warships of the Chinese navy. Mail ship or news frigate 1, junk with defensive boards 2, covered waterwheel riverboat 3, junk 4, and hawks beak boat with two prows 5

Boer War, Royal Engineers off to South Africa
Boer War, Royal Engineers on board ship, off to South Africa. 1901

Poster, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, ferry crossings from Calais to Dover and from Boulogne to Folkestone. circa 1901

Advert, Kelso & Co, Ships Models, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for Kelso & Co, Ships Models, Deck and Mast Fittings, Oxford Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Captain Scott playing Real Golf on board The Discovery. 1902

Steamboat landing, Hanlons Point, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steamboat landing at Hanlons Point, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. circa 1908

Holborn Viaduct and City Temple Church, City of London
Holborn Viaduct (looking east), with the City Temple Church on the right, City of London. circa 1905

Extended family on board the Kemusa - April 1921. 1921

The mutiny on board Columbuss ship. circa 1492

Passengers on liner, Empress of Ireland
Passengers on the deck of the liner, Empress of Ireland, which foundered in the St Lawrence River. 1914

British Navy under White Ensign in Mediterranean, WW2
British Navy under the White Ensign policing the Mediterranean, January 1941, Second World War. 1941

Mr and Mrs George Hutchinson and two daughters - a family flying from New York to Edinburgh who had to be rescued off Greenland, September 1932. 1932

Emigration - Sailing down the St Laurence at 100 degrees. 19th century

HMS Curlew, British C-class cruiser, crew members on deck, including two lance corporals, probably while stationed in Hong Kong. Date: circa 1920

HMS Ravager, escort carrier, with aircaft on deck
HMS Ravager (D70), escort carrier, with aircaft (Grumman Avenger) on deck. Date: circa 1944

HMS Albion, aircraft carrier, with aircaft on deck
HMS Albion (R07), aircraft carrier, with Sea Venom aircaft on deck. Date: circa 1955

Cattle steamship at sea 1891
Vessels were tied up to the docks in Jersey City and Weehawken in America. The cattle were loaded up onto narrow gang-planks

Return of the remains of Napoleon I on board ship
Return of the remains of Napoleon I on board the Belle Poule. Date: 1840

Insurrection in Haiti
The bridge of the Corvette, on 22nd December, in observation off the Cape. Sailors are grouped about the bridge, talking and resting, as the ship sails around Cap-Haitien. Date: 1865

Drakes men at Santiago
Thomas Moon, captain of the Francis, part of Francis Drakes fleet, stands on the deck of the ship with his sword, pointing at two men on the floor as others look on. Date: 1585

Columbus First Sight of Land
Christopher Columbus stands on the deck of his ship at night, looking off into the distance with his hand on a map. A sailor named Rodrigo de Triana spotted the land first

Jessica Borthwick on Red Cross schooner, WW1
Jessica Borthwick, owner of the Red Cross schooner Grace Darling, who was fired at from the pier at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914

King George V inspecting the Royal Navy. 20th century

Silk eiderdown travelling rug with foot muff, 1928
Advertisement for the Vickerys registered silk-covered eiderdown travelling rug with foot muff, ideal for reading on deck when its a bit chilly! 1928

French Royal Marine Corps

Illustration, Hilda, Lalla Rookh
Illustration, Hilda, in Lalla Rookh, a narrative poem by Thomas Moore. 19th century

Playing deck shuffleboard on a cruise ship
Passengers playing deck shuffleboard on a cruise ship. circa 1898

Quoits ring game on deck of cruise ship
Passengers playing a quoits ring game on the deck of a cruise ship. circa 1898

Women cycling on board a ship. circa 1898

Lookout -- design for Zambrene Trench Coats, WW1
Lookout -- design for Zambrene Trench Coats, by Frank Brangwyn, First World War. The London-based Zambrene were makers of officers trench coats. 1914-1918

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