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Medusa Raft - 1When French ship wrecks on the African coast, all take to boats, towing a raft; but the boats abandon the raft with 157 on it, who suffer terribly and fight, only 15 surviving. Date: July 1816
Short Sunderland flying boat, WW2Short Sunderland flying boat RBO, seen here being towed up a jetty. Date: circa 1940s
Saved by a female BatherA gentleman bather who has found himself in trouble, is rescued by two extremely glamorous lady bathers. One has him firmly In Tow
Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World WIllustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944
Blitz in London -- Auxiliary towing vehicle and trailer, WW2An example of an Auxiliary towing vehicle and its trailer pump, used during the London Blitz. Such units would have been allocated to sub-stations (under the control of a regular fire station)
Humber Vintage Car towing a Humber-built Monoplane - (The first all-British aviation meeting), Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, Midlands, England. Date: 1910
Short S29 Stirling towing Horsa
Bristol Beaufighter TT Mk. 10 RD758, BahrainBuilt as a Beaufighter TF.X (Torpedo Fighter version) RD758 was converted to a TT.X, for target towing Date: 1956
Shepperton Flood 1929Three men wading through the River Thames, towing a boat loaded with a crate containing a large sow, part of the animal farm belonging to Mrs. Brown of Shepperton, England
Curtiss H12 Large America, 8671, being warped aboard a t?Curtiss H12 Large America, 8671, being warped aboard a towing lighter
Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy
Towing a pilot cobble in 1907 Date: 1907
Horse towing barge on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Date: circa 1900s
L'Atlantique liner towed into Cherbourg harbourThe burned out shell of French luxury cruise liner L'Atlantique towed into Cherbourg harbour Date: 1933
Death of a stuntman, EastbourneDeath of a stuntman at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne. John Bell, aged 23, was being towed behind a car on a wooden sledge when, as part of the stunt
Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17
Military steam traction engines with soldiers and othersMilitary steam traction engines towing army huts, with soldiers of the ASC (Army Service Corps) and others. Date: circa 1905
L Atlantique, French luxury liner, Cherbourg, FranceL Atlantique, French luxury liner, towed home in a battered state into Cherbourg harbour, Northern France, January 1933. 1933
MERRY GO ROUND ON ICEA merry-go-round on the ice - towing children on toboggans. Date: 1890
Scale working model General Purpose Engine towing a trailer, on parade in town. Date: 1970s-1980s
Flaglor High-Tow N2840C at Groton Connecticut. Built by F.K. Chuck Flaglor at Des Plaines IL. In 1957, the High-Tow was a hybrid with a Waco fuselage and wings from a Fleet aircraft
Flookborough shrimp trailers, Morecambe BayFlookborough, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria. Shrimp fishermens trailers with ropes and shrimp nets. The trailers are towed by tractors at low tide Date: 1993
Hawker Hunter T-8CRoyal Navy Hawker Hunter Trainer Parked with Canopy Open Date: 1960s
Westland Whirlwind HARMk10 XR454 of the RAFWestland Whirlwind HARMk10 XR454 of the Royal Air Force above Rescue & Target Towing Launch 2759
Canal boat drawn by horseCanal boat drawn by a horse, led by a man along a towpath. circa 1905
Junkers Ju 90 -shown towing a giant Messerschmitt Me 232 troop glider
Hawker Henley -started life as a light bomber, but relegated to target towing
Bristol Beaufighter TT Mk. 10 RD867, Rockcliffe, CanadaBuilt as a Beaufighter TF.X (Torpedo Fighter version) RD467 was converted to a TT.X, for target towing. Seen here in bad condition at Rockcliffe Airport in Ottawa, Canada
Breakdown lorry lifting car from basement areaThe breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station being deployed to raise a car from the basement area after it crashed through the railings
NFS (London) towing unit and trailer pump, WW2A unit from Lewisham Sub-station (37 F 2 Y) at Lewisham Bridge School, Elmira Street. SE London attending a training exercise in the locality
LFB fire towing unit and trailer pump in bomb crater, WW2Quite a few London Fire Brigade vehicles came to grief during the Blitz raids. This Commer towing van and trailer pump have ploughed into a bomb crater in Southwark Bridge Road just south of
Tug Anglia and Obelisk Ship Cleopatra, off Ferrol, 1878Engraving showing the steam tug Anglia (on left) towing the obelisk ship Cleopatra, off Ferrol, 1878. The Cleopatra, which was a cylindrical vessel, was built around Cleopatras Needle
Penlee lifeboat towing stricken yachts to Newlyn, CornwallPenlee lifeboat towing stricken yachts and their passengers to Newlyn, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s
Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray
Two boys and a dog in rubber dinghiesTwo boys in a large rubber dinghy, towing along a smaller dinghy containing a small dog. Date: circa 1960s
Armstrong Whitworth AW 41 Albermarle-seen here towing a Horsa glider, where they took part in the Normandy landings
Albatros DVa towing-out D7343-17 - Photo by Hugh W. Cowin - Old Warden
Towing vehicle and light trailer pump, WW2Two AFS men with a towing vehicle and light trailer pump. Date: 1940s
Dennis breakdown lorry, demonstrating wrong methodFirefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936), demonstrating the wrong method of lifting and towing the front axle
Emigrant ship St VincentThe emigrant ship St Vincent, bound for Sydney, Australia, being towed out. The ship left Deptford, south London, preparatory to sailing for Plymouth, then Cork in Ireland
Napier aeroplane, 1916A Napier aeroplane en route to the army authorities, towed by a car with a large trailer. Date: 1916
Couple water-planing on a wooden raftA couple water-planing (or planking) on a wooden raft -- the photograph has been taken from the motor boat which is towing them. Date: 1914
British soldiers towing captured German gun, WW1British soldiers towing a captured German gun along a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Curtiss H12 Large America, 8681, aboard a towing lighter
Curtiss H12 Large America, 8681, about to be warped aboa?Curtiss H12 Large America, 8681, about to be warped aboard a towing lighter
A Curtiss H12 Large America in a towing lighter adapted ?A Curtiss H12 Large America in a towing lighter adapted to be a floating dock for flying boats
Towing lighter adapted to be a floating dock for flying ?Towing lighter adapted to be a floating dock for flying boats. In the background is Curtiss H12 Large America, 8670
Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Black Sea Sailing BoatThe Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey - Towing a Black Sea Sailing boat. Date: circa 1910