Harwich Collection

Shamrock V races
The first appearance in a race by the Shamrock V, Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger in 1930. The Shamrock V is seen here in the foreground, alongside Lord Camroses Cambria

HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, with destroyers, WW1
HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the early part of the First World War, damaged by a mine off Felixstowe and wrecked 1916

Ben Dale, lifeboatman of Harwich, Essex
Ben Dale, a famous lifeboatman of Harwich, Essex, who served as Coxswain for 23 years. Pictured here with two medals pinned to his chest

HMS Empress aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Empress, British Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Launched 1907 as a cross-channel steamer, converted as aircraft carrier 1914, based at Harwich, then Queenstown

Parish Church, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Parish Church, Felixstowe, near Harwich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1920s

Mistley Quay, Essex
Mistley Quay, near Harwich, Essex Date: 1831

Crew of HMS Maidstone - submarine Depot Ship. Date: circa 1910s

Dovercourt The Sands near Harwich early 1900s

Harwich Docks Victorian period

Trial of the first steam lifeboat at Harwich in 1889

Harwich Harbour - Trial of first steam lifeboat in 1889

1840s Victorian Map of Suffolk

1840s Victorian Map of Essex

Advert, The United Steamship Company, Copenhagen - to Scandinavia and the Continent via Esbjerg Date: 1955

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a

German U-boats surrendered at Harwich, WW1
Fleet of German U-boats surrendered at Harwich towards the end of the First World War. circa 1918

Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, China Station, c. 1927
Vintage c.1920s photograph: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, GCB DSO was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the Harwich Force

Advert, Thames & Channel Passenger Service, London Steamboat Company Limited, for steamboats calling at various points along the River Thames in London and places further afield in Essex

Four men burning the Holy Rood near Harwich, Essex
Four men burning the Holy Rood (from All Saints Church, Dovercourt) near Harwich, Essex. 1533

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) - SS Prague - launched in 1929. Built by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, a sister of Vienna and Amsterdam

Press ganging. Log of the HMS Harwich, 1744 Date: 1744

Train Ferry between Harwich and Zeebrugge
The Train Ferry - Boat service between Harwich, Essex, England and Zeebrugge, Belgium. Inaugurated in 1924. Date: circa 1930

Young sailor of HMS Ganges, WW1
A young sailor in the uniform of HMS Ganges during the First World War, with a wireless operators badge on his sleeve. The Ganges was a Royal Navy training ship

HMS Penelope, British light cruiser, WW1
HMS Penelope, British Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched 1914, served with the 5th LCS (Harwich Force) during the early part of the First World War, decommissioned 1924

Milk for school children, 1955
Before Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher put and end to free school milk for the over sevens, all primary school children would enjoy their daily third pint ration at school

Ships lined up on a beach. Date: circa 1920s

Victoria Hotel, Dovercourt, Harwich, England
Victoria Hotel, Dovercourt, Harwich, Essex, England. Date: 1908

General View from the Gardens, Felixstowe, Suffolk
General View from the Gardens, Felixstowe, near Harwich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1900s

Beach & Promenade, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Beach & Promenade, Felixstowe, near Harwich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1900s

The Promenade & Beach, Felixstowe, Suffolk
The Promenade & Beach, Felixstowe, near Harwich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1900s

The Promenade, Felixstowe, Suffolk
The Promenade, Felixstowe, near Harwich, Suffolk, England. Date: 1900s

Red Cross nurses on parade in Harwich during World War I Date: 1914

LNER leaflet designed by H. L. Oakley
Leaflet cover for the LNER Continental Services designed with silhouettes by H. L. Oakley of the ports, Harwich, Hook of Holland, Grimsby and Hamburg. Date: 1924

Sinking of German ship, Konigin Luise, by G. H. Davis
The sinking of the German mine layer, Konigin Luise, off Harwich in the early stages of the First World War. Showing the position of the Lance when firing the three fatal shots. Date: August 1914

Press ganging. Log of the HMS Harwich, 1744 Date: 1744

Silhouette of Harwich to Hook of Holland shipping
Silhouette depicting Harwich to Hook of Holland shipping

Silhouette of Harwich to Antwerp shipping
Silhouette depicting Harwich to Antwerp shipping

Silhouette of Harwich to Zeebrugge shipping
Silhouette depicting Harwich to Zeebrugge shipping (summer service only)

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

Coastal Sailing Barges
The coastal sailing barges Marjorie, Millie and Saltcote Belle, on the River Stour Estuary, near Harwich, Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Flotilla of ships off Harwich coast, Essex, WW1
A flotilla of ships off the coast of Harwich, Essex, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Harwich Flotilla in action at sea, WW1
The Harwich Flotilla in action at sea off the coast of Essex during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ferry transporting railway wagons
A wonderful nightime photograph of the Suffolk Ferry departing Harwich with a load of railway wagons. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Alphabet education, 1955
A sweet, studious little girl at Harwich Road Primary, Colchester, with two large plaid ribbons in her hair sits and arranges letters of the alphabet into the words, Father, Mother, Sister, Brother

Milk for school children, 1955
Before Margaret Thatcher the milk snatcher put and end to free school milk for the over sevens, all primary school children would enjoy their daily third pint ration at school

Cookery education, 1955
Two small girls in aprons at Harwich Road Primary, Colchester, sit at a table outdoors and roll pastry with rolling pins

Harwich Terminus
The Great Eastern Railway terminus and hotel at Harwich, Essex, one of the major ports for crossing to continental Europe

HARWICH, Essex
Steam and sailing vessels in the channel port of Harwich, Essex

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