Straits Collection

Telfords suspension bridge across the Menai Straits
The suspension bridge across the Menai Straits, built by Thomas Telford in 1819-1826. Together with a similar bridge across the Conway River it completed the main route to Ireland via Holyhead

The Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by ice, Barro
Engraving showing the Enterprise and Investigator surrounded by pack ice in Barrows Straits, September 1849. These two ships were used by Sir James Clark Rosss Expedition of 1848-1849 to search

Hms Beagle / Darwins Ship
HMS Beagle, the ship in which Charles Darwin sailed, in the Straits of Magellan

British Troops Gallipoli
British troops advance on mass up the cliffs at Gallipoli off the Dardanelles straits. " Short of ammunition but still they press on, the true bulldog rush of our troops"

Warships in a Heavy Storm, c. 1695, by Ludolf Bakhuysen (163
Ludolf Bakhuysen (1631-1708). Dutch painter. Warships in a Heavy Storm, c. 1695. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Piltdown Man article- The most ancient inhabitant of England
The most ancient inhabitant of England: the newly found Sussex Man. A page from the Illustrated London News by W.P Pycraft, examining the parallels between the Piltdown Man skull and jaw

Krakatoa volanic eruption, 1883
Cover of The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1883 with three pictures about the volcanic eruption of the island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait which began on the afternoon of Sunday

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer. She was the first person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel

Coxswain of Beaumaris Lifeboat and colleague, Anglesey
David Gallichan, Coxswain of Beaumaris Lifeboat leads a crew member from the lifeboat station in Anglesey. The Sunday Times Date: 1991

Menai Straits Bridge

Menai Straits Victorian period

Menai Straits, Wales

Britannia Bridge, Anglesey, Victorian period

Steamship TS St Tudno of the LNWSC
Steamship TS St Tudno of The Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company (LNWSC), a pleasure cruise company based in Liverpool. Sold for scrap in 1963. Pictured in the Menai Straits. Date: circa 1927

St Tudno of the LNWSC
Steamship TS St Tudno of The Liverpool and North Wales Steamship Company (LNWSC), a pleasure cruise company based in Liverpool. Sold for scrap in 1963. Date: circa 1927

Five Maori Tombs - New Zealand. Mausoleum of E Tohi, the mother of Rauparaha, on the Island of Mana, in Cook's Straits (top)

HMS Hermes, Highflyer-class protected cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Hermes, a Highflyer-class protected cruiser, before conversion to an experimental seaplane carrier / tender

London & North Western, Wrexham Mold & Connors Quay, Mersey Tunnel, Taff Vale, Rhymney and Festiniog Railways locomotives, 1859-1885. Each illustrated with key details/measurements for the engines

Smartly-dressed young ladyon Menai Straits Steamer ferry
Smartly-dressed young lady sitting out on the deck of a Menai Straits Steamer ferry. Date: 1953

Moonlit view during Battle for Dunkirk, northern France, WW2
A moonlit view from Kent across the Straits of Dover during the Battle for Dunkirk, showing the distant glow in the sky from fires burning on the coast of northern France

Weapons, clothes, tomb and boat of the Chukchi
Pick-axe made with a walrus tusk, stone hatchet of Alaska, wooden instrument with claws used by the Chukchi people to hunt walrus, tomb of the Unalaskans, and baidar (boat)

Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke, Straits of Dover, WW1
Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke in the Straits of Dover, First World War. 1914-1918

Robert Stephenson (1803 - 1859), early railway and civil engineer, illustration showing Stephenson surrounded by achievements that he had made in hes lifetime

The Straits of Yenikale with the Bay and the town of Kerch from the old Fort of Yenikale Date: circa 1855

The Ramparts and the Harbour - Tangier, Morocco
The Ramparts and the Harbour - Tangier, a Moroccan port on the Strait of Gibraltar. Date: 1903

EV / SAFRICA / 1896 / TOON
Joseph Chamberlain in dire straits during talks with Paul Kruger of South Africa - Checkmate Date: 1896

AT THE CHANNEL
Contemplating England across the Straits of Dover, Napoleon thinks that with a superior navy - or a tunnel - he could be in London in four days ! Date: 1805

Fokker Universals - Wakeham Bay on Hudson Straits Expedition
Fokker Universals at Wakeham Bay on the Hudson Straits Expedition of 1928-1929

Mercedes Gleitze hauled from water on Gibraltar swim
Mercedes Gleitze, the British long distance open water swimmer, is hauled out of the water into a boat on her attempt to swim the Straits of Gibraltar from Tangier to Gibraltar. Date: 1927

Map of Dardanelles with HMS Bacchante, WW1
Map of the Dardanelles with an inset image of HMS Bacchante, British Cressy-class armoured cruiser. 1915

Indigenous Selk nam Indian, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile
Indigenous Selk nam Indian of Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena, Chile - toward the southernmost point on the South American mainland

Indigenous Selk nam Indians, Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile
Indigenous Selk nam Indian Woman of Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena, Chile - toward the southernmost point on the South American mainland, pictured with her laden horse

Gates of the Dolmabahce Palace looking toward the Bosphorus
The gates of the Dolmabahce Palace looking toward Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1906

Magellan and his Crew
FERDINAND MAGELLAN consults with his navigators whether to attempt to pass through what we now know as the Straits of Magellan, 21 October 1520

River at Punta Arenas, Magallanes, Chile, South America
Las Minas River and Magellan Strait at Punta Arenas (Sandy Point), Magallanes, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1910

Gibraltar from Alqecivas - Black and white view of Gibraltar- small port in middle of straits Date: circa 1890s

Stamp Card produced by Ottmar Zeihar - Straits Settlements - British Crown Colony in Southeast Asia. These cards enabled collectors to see stamps which they were unable to obtain, or afford

Istanbul, Turkey - Golden Horn from the Bosphorus
Istanbul, Turkey - Golden Horn and Glata Bridge viewed from the Bosphorus Date: 1935

Istanbul, Turkey - View of the Bosphorus from Taxim Gardens - a view which no longers exists following extensive development in this area of the city. Date: 1923

Shipping moored at the mouth of the Golden Horn with a view across to the Asian side of the Bosphorus - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1923

The fishing area at Beykoz - nets hung from poles, which are pulled up as the shoal moves over the area. Date: 1923

Turkish Floating dock in the Bosphorus, the former home of the SMS Goeben (which became the flagship of the Ottoman Navy as Yavuz Sultan Selim, usually shortened to Yavuz) during World War One

HMS Marlborough - Lining Ships side as the General departs
HMS Marlborough - Lining Ships side as General Harrington departs in his launch - at Dolmabahce, Bosphorus Strait, Istanbul, Turkey

American Destroyer - USS Parrott (DD218) - Istanbul. Date: 1923

The Chinese Theatre - Singapore - Harbour. Date: circa 1910s

Arms of the Straits Settlements on a Willss Cigarette card. The colony consists of Singapore, Penang and Malacca, all three settlements being situated on the Straits of Malacca

Hong Kong Coins
Coins of Hong Kong and the Straits settlements Date: circa 1911

Coastline from Denmark to Ushant by G. H. Davis
From sandy dunes to rocky cliffs: the coastline from Denmark to Ushant (Brittany), a distance of about 1200 miles. The terrain of the European shores from Denmark to the extreme of Brittany

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