Fins Collection

Three turtles swimming underwater. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

British R100 airship in flight
The British R100 airship in flight. She was a rigid airship, designed by Barnes Wallis and built by Vickers for the UK Air Ministry, making her first flight on 16 December 1929. Date: circa 1929

Northrop YF-17 201570
United States Navy - Northrop YF-17 201570 (msn 2, USAF 72-1570), the second YF-17 LWF competitor after transfer to the US Navy

Cunard White Star, RMS Queen Mary, menu cover, 3 June 1950 Date: 1950

Spanish Civil War. Les J. E. R. E. C. que es troben
Spanish Civil War.Les J.E.R.E.C. que es troben a les trinxeres lluitaran fins a la fi en defensa de Catalunya (JEREC - Nationalist left-wing young activists- in trenches will fight to the end in)

Dead shark and window-shopping holidaymakers
Holidaymakers window shopping for souvenirs, Devon right next to the dramatic form of a dead (and very real!) hanging shark. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd Date: 1957

Tunny caught bys G Bassett, September 1937
Tunny caught bys G Bassett in September 1937. 1937

Ornate Door Knocker, Florence, Italy

Scrap - decoupage design - Fish. 1865

L-W-F Model H Owl - AS64012
L-W-F Model H Owl AS64012, in later guise with extended centre nacelle and four-wheel main undercarriage. The Owl was distinctive for its tube-like twin booms with central nacelle fuselage

Royal Aircraft Factory F. E. 2 (second aircraft)
Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2, powered by an air-cooled 70hp Renault V-8 engine, (R.A.F. - Royal Aircraft Factory), (F.E. - Farman Experimental)

Dragonet Date: 1806

Spotlight Parrotfish Date: 1743

Broad-Finned, Tail-Spotted, and One-Spotted Goby
Broad-Finned Goby (Gobius biocellatus), Tail-Spotted Goby (Gobius attenuatus), and One-Spotted Goby (Gobius unipunctatus). Date: 1863

United States Navy Boeing F4B-1 fighters A8145, A8137 + one
United States Navy Boeing F4B-1 fighters A8145 - 7 (msn 1125), A8137 - 4 (msn 1117) and one unidentified, seen as modified later in service with engine cowls and F4B-4 fins

MoS GAL. 61 TS515
Ministry of Supply General Aircraft Limited GAL.61 TS515. A development of the GAL.56, the GAL.61 was a flying wing with no fuselage or fins incorporating a retractable tricycle landing gear

WW1 - Small French Child with a huge Unexploded German Bomb
WW1 - Small French Child with a huge Unexploded 100kg German Bomb. Date: 1918

Chelidonichthys lucerna, or Tub Gurnard, also known as Tubfish. Date: 1863

Pagrus pagrus, or Couchs Sea Bream, also known as Common Seabream, Porgy and Red Porgy. Date: 1862

Mullus surmuletus, or Striped Red Mullet, also known as Surmullet, a species of goatfish. Date: 1862

Polyprion americanus, or Atlantic Wreckfish, also known as Stone Bass. Date: 1862

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour

Old Maid card game - The Deep Sea Diver. circa 1950s

Christmas card in the shape of flat brown fish with red spots (a plaice). (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of flat brown fish with red spots (possibly a plaice). circa 1890s

Pere Miquel Carbonell (1434-1517). Catalan historian and humanist. Croniques d Espanya fins aci no divulgades. First edition printed in Barcelona by Carles Amoros (1546). Catalonia. Spain

Two fish on a French April Fool greetings card
Two fish with flowers on a French April Fool (Poisson d Avril) greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Salmo nigripinnis, or Black-Finned Trout. Date: 1879

Trisopterus minutus, or Poor Cod, also known as Power Cod. Date: 1864

Blennius ocellaris, or Butterfly Blenny. Date: 1863

Trigloporus lastoviza, or Streaked Gurnard, a species of searobin. Date: 1863

Cottus groenlandicus, or Greenland Bullhead, also known as Sea Scorpion and Greenland Cottus. Date: 1863

Cottus quadricornis, or Four-Horned Cottus. Date: 1863

Common Sea Bream, or Brean, with a range of Latin names, including Sparus aurata, Pagellus centrodontus, and Sparus centrodontus. Date: 1862

Sparus aurata, or Gilt-Head Bream, with a gold bar marking between the eyes. Date: 1862

Pagellus Curtus, or Short Sea Bream. Date: 1862

Pagellus Owenii, or Spanish Bream
Pagellus Owenii (or Pagellus acarne), also known as Spanish Bream and Axillary Bream. Date: 1862

Mullus barbatus, or Red Mullet, also known as Plain Red Mullet, a species of goatfish. Date: 1862

Spondyliosoma cantharus, or Black Seabream, also known as Black Bream and Old Wife. Date: 1862

Angel fish swimming through coral
An angel fish swimming through coral. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Manufacture of Aerial Torpedoes - France Date: 1916

Stranded Rissos dolphin - Head standing, playing out of the water. Scarring is believed to be made by the teeth of other Rissos dolphins or by their squid prey. (Grampus griseus)

Blue-spotted Mudskipper fish (dorsal fins are down) basks in the sun in a small muddy stream along a road (Boleophthalmus boddarti). Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Sikorsky S40 outriggers fins rudders and stabiliser
Sikorsky S40 outriggers, fins, rudders and stabiliser during construction

The first de Havilland DH91 Albatross E-2 / G-AEVV
The first de Havilland DH91 Albatross, E-2/G-AEVV, with the original inset tail-fins and rudders

Bristol Beaufighter IF R2268 with twin fins and rudders
Bristol Beaufighter IF, R2268, with twin fins and rudders

Fairey Rotodyne XE521 made its maiden flight on 6 November
Fairey Rotodyne, XE521, made its maiden flight on 6 November 1957 in helicopter mode and without the folding upper fins. Date: 1957

Wreck of HMA1, the Royal Navys first airship
The wreck of HMA1, The Mayfly. Built by Vickers, this was the first naval airship built in the UK; work began on it in 1909 at Cavendish Dock

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