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Greece, Crete - RethymnonRethymnon is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and was built between two other large cities of Crete, Iraklion to the east and Chania to the west
Music sheet cover for Down Went the Captain, with words by Frederick Bowyer and music by Kate Royle, who was also the singer of the song
Cape Egmont lighthouse, North Island, New ZealandCape Egmont lighthouse, with Mount Egmont (Mount Taranaki) in the background, on the west coast of North Island, New Zealand
Bailey Lighthouse - Howth County, Dublin, Ireland
View of the harbour and pier at St Ives, CornwallA view of the harbour and Smeatons Pier at St Ives, Cornwall, with a range of boats. Two little girls in large-brimmed hats and smocks are doing some beachcombing
Longships Lighthouse in a galeThe Longships Lighthouse pictured during a heavy gale. Photograph taken from a Sea King Helicopter
Ship sails past lighthouseA steamer sails past a lighthouse under the light of the moon
New Brighton - Sands and Lighthouse
Ostend - BelgiumSouvenir postcard from Ostend, Belgium
The lighthouse at Port Said, Egypt, North Africa
The Admiralty and naval vessels - AlgiersThe Admiralty and elements of the Algerian Navy. The lighthouse can be seen in rear
Captured Turkish Guns - 1915Captured Turkish guns, manufactured by Krupp (77s) in the Old European Castle with piles of ammunition. War in the Dardanelles - 1915. Sed Dul-Bahr
Trabzon - Fortress & LighthouseFortress of Guzel-Hissar (The " Good Castle" ) and the Lighthouse at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province
Gdansk, Poland - the Lighthouse - Nowy Port East Breakwater Light
Lighthouse at entrance to the BosphorusLighthouse of Ahir Kapou at the entrance to the Bosphorus on the European side
Scarborough Lighthouse damage, 1914Damage to Scarborough lighthouse caused by a shell during the German air raid on Scarborough, England, during World War I in December 1914
The Bitter Lakes - Suez, EgyptA steamship passing the North Lighthouse as it crosses the Bitter Lakes at the Northern entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt
Dunston Pillar, Lincs, raised 1751 as an inland lighthouse; later a statue of George III was added, but in WW2 the top bit will be removed as a hazard to aircraft
Old Salt shows a young lad his telescopeAn elderly sailor seated on the end of a weathered groyne lets an inquisitive young lad peer through his telescope, as the terns swoop overhead
PORT SAID / 1882The lighthouse and breakwater at the entrance of the Suez Canal, Port Said
Caused by a single German shell: Damage done to Scarborough Lighthouse
Flannan IslesImpression of the second landing place on the remote Flannan Isles where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared in December 1900
Iln Front Cover 1844Front cover of The Illustrated London News, featuring an engraving of the new lighthouse on the Plymouth breakwater in the towns harbour
Flannan Isles LandingThe first landing place near the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared in December 1900
The Keepers arriving at Wolf Rock Lighthouse, 1870Engraving of the arrival of the lighthouse keepers at the brand new Wolf Rock lighthouse, January 1870. This lighthouse, situated 8 miles from Lands End, Cornwall
Eddystone Lighthouse Lantern, 1882Engraving showing the difference between the six-wick burner lantern used in Douglasss Eddystone lighthouse of 1882 (on left)
The Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse built by Smeaton in 1759 and the foundations of the new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass
Calf Rock Lighthouse, Bantry Bay, Ireland, 1881Engraving of the Calf Rock Lighthouse, Bantry Bay, which was destroyed by a severe storm on the 27th November 1881
The Stone-Cutting Establishment at Oreston, with part of theEngraving of the Prince of Wales visiting the Oreston granite quarry, viewing part of the masonry for the new Eddystone Lighthouse, August 1879
Official Opening of the Eddystone Lighthouse, May 1882Engraving of the opening of the new Eddystone Lighthouse by the Duke of Edinburgh. The new lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass, can be seen to the left of the older one, built by John Smeaton
Scenes from the Eddystone Lighthouse, 1882Engraving showing a number of views of the then new Eddystone lighthouse, designed by Sir James Douglass, May 1882. The old, Smeaton designed, lighthouse can also be seen
Proposed Eddystone Lighthouse, 1879Engraving of the new Eddystone Lighthouse that Sir James Douglass had designed, 1879. The foundations of the old lighthouse had eroded and the replacement was completed in 1882
Landing at the Lighthouse, 1895Illustration showing the arrival of visitors, by boat, at a lighthouse. As is shown in this picture, the most common way to reach offshore lighthouses in Victorian times was by landing small rowing
The Completion of Wolf Rock Lighthouse, 1869Engraving of Sir Frederick Arrow laying the last stone of Wolf Rock lighthouse, off Lands End, 1869. Built between 1862 and 1869, to a design by James Douglass
Orfordness Lighthouse and Telegraph Station, 1853Engraving of Orfordness lighthouse and Submarine electric telegraph station, Suffolk, June 1853. At the end of May 1853 a telegraph cable 119 miles had been laid between Orfordness and Scheveningen
Point de Galle Lighthouse, Ceylon, 1847Engraving of a lighthouse intended for the Point de Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The lighthouse was built out of cast-iron plates, secured by nuts, bolts and iron cement
KARIAD YACHT 1906Depicted sailing past the Cloch lighthouse, on the Lower Clyde, Scotland
Scarborogh - 1891Scarborough, North Yorkshire
William DarlingWILLIAM DARLING father of Grace, lighthouse-keeper at the Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands, who sailed with his daughter to rescue the crew of the Forfarshire
On board a Passenger Liner leaving Britain, 1886Engraving of passengers on the deck of a ship, entitled Departure of Colonial Visitors: The last Glimpse of Old England. On the left, the family of travellers
The Lantern of Beachy Head Lighthouse, Sussex, 1884Engraving of the Lantern at Beachy Head lighthouse, Sussex, January 1884. The lighthouse was built between 1828 and 1831 on Belle Tout Cliff and equipped with a catoptric lantern
The Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, Cork, 1879Engraving of the Galley Head Lighthouse, near Cape Clear, November 1879. A Board of Trade paper had been issued that year, praising the lighthouse and the quality of its light
The Wicklow Head Lighthouse, 1869Engraving of the Wicklow Head Lighthouse, 1869. The lighthouse lantern was converted from oil to gas in 1868, which required a small gas works at the lighthouse (seen in the foreground)
The Skerryvore Lighthouse, off Argyllshire, 1844Engraving of the Skerryvore lighthouse, 1844. Built between 1836 and 1843, with 6000 tons of granite, the lighthouse entered service on 1st February 1844
Cast Iron Lighthouse, intended for Barbados, 1851Engraving of a Cast Iron lighthouse, designed and built by Alexander Gordon and the Grissell & Co. Ironworks, which was intended for use in Barbados
The Roman Rocks Lighthouse, Simons Bay, Cape of Good HopeEngraving of the Roman Rocks lighthouse at Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, March 1869. This iron lighthouse was built in 1860, but showed signs of structural failure shortly thereafter
Blue & Lace Dress 1899Blue print dress: high collar with 3 narrow black rows of ribbon round the throat & ornamented with white lace at the neckline, shoulders & skirt
Lighthouse ChersoneseCape Chersonese is close to Balaklava, and this lighthouse is a valuable seamark to Allied shipping during the Crimea War