Afloat Collection

The Wettest Derby on Record by The Tout, 1927
The Wettest Derby on record in 1927 with numerous well-known personalities of the turf coping with the flooded course with the help of umbrellas and rowing boats. Includes the jockey M

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Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamship
Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

Titanic Postcard
Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, she is the largest and most luxurious ship afloat : thanks to her well-designed interior, she is considered unsinkable

Oxford Canal Motor Boat
Holidays afloat! The converted narrow boat Mabel, with its crew of happy holidaymakers, on passage between locks, from Braunston to Oxford, Oxford Canal, Napton, Warwickshire. Date: 1960s

Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

Cunard Line, QE2 - celebration album in slip case cover
Cunard Line, Isle of Man Post Office QE2 Farewell Season Celebration. Limited edition 156 of 189 QE2 Farewell Season Celebration large 14.5 x 14 inches album in slip case cover

Captain John Treasure Jones Archive - two items
Captain John Treasure Jones Archive. Born and raised on a small farm in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, John Treasure Jones (1905-1993) went to sea at the age of 15

Bazin's Roller Boat Steamer on the River Seine, France
Ernest Bazin's Roller Boat Steamer on wheels afloat on the River Seine, France Date: 1897

The Kings Service, Gale & Poldens Animated Pictures of Naval and Military Life Afloat and Ashore. Showing at the Pier Pavilion Theatre, Lytham, for three nights only. Date: circa 1900s

The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses by Edward Lear
The Jumblies go to sea in a sieve - Nonsense verse by Edward Lear Date: 1922

H. M.s Sultan, largest ironclad afloat 1870
Since the launch of H.M.S Sultan, seven months ago, she was fitted out and is quite ready for sea, carrying twelve heavy guns and her engines were of 1200-horse power. Date: 1870

Algiers, Algeria - Quarried stone on floating barges in the harbour, awaiting export. Date: circa 1910s

A boatman steers a shikara boat loaded with animal fodder in the Vale of Kashmir, near Srinagar. The Himalayan mountains can be seen in the distance. Date: 1986

Seller paddles his boat into Damnoen Saduak floating market
A seller paddles his boat into the Damnoen Saduak floating market near Bangkok, Thailand. The backlight illuminates his vegetables. Date: circa 1985

Kashmir, Srinagar - boatman paddles boat with animal fodder
Kashmir, Srinagar. A boatman paddles a boat carrying animal fodder though a canal covered with green weed Date: 1986

Kashmir, Srinagar. Boatman asleep in shade on back of boat
Kashmir, Srinagar. A lazy boatman asleep in shade on back of a boat carrying animal fodder Date: 1986

Srinagar, Kashmir - floating houseboats Date: 1986

An old woman on a junk in a typhoon shelter, Hong Kong
An old woman tidies up a rope in the stern of a junk sampan boat in a typhoon shelter in Kowloon, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Kashmir - Srinagar. A man paddles a boat loaded with green fodder along weedy canal. Photographed from above looking down Date: 1989

Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Mu
Islamic art. Miniature. Deluge. Noahs ark Circling the Kaaba (Mecca). Museum of Turkish and Islamic art. Turkey

WW1 - SS Sussex torpedoed, 24th March 1916
WW1 - SS Sussex was on a voyage from Folkestone to Dieppe when she was torpedoed by SM UB-29. The ship was severely damaged, with the entire bow forward of the bridge blown off

Fleet of warships, Bikini target, by G. H. Davis
The original Bikini Atoll target: the fleet of more than 70 warships at anchor in the lagoon awaiting their fate. The fleet included famous American and ex-enemy warships, most of which

Indian boy sitting on Victoria Regia water lily leaf
An Indian boy in Madras sitting on a Victoria Regia giant tropical water lily leaf, demonstrating its great strength. The leaf has taken on some water, but is staying afloat. Date: July 1914

Shipbuilding in Ww1
The boilers are craned into a steamship : this is done after launching, when the vessel is afloat Date: 1914-1918

Gieve life saving waistcoat for torpedoed shipwreck victims
Advertisement for the Gieve life-saving waistcoat from Gieves Ltd, The Royal Naval Outfitters, intended for use by victims of torpedoed ships during the First World War

A life bag - life saving device, WW1
An ingenious invention by a young Norwegian, Mr John L. Edmund to enable passengers on board ships wrecked or torpedoed to keep afloat until the arrival of help

New device for torpedoed tankers by G. H. Davis
Saved by compressed air: a new device for torpedoed tankers. How tankers holed by U-boat torpedoes during the Second World War can remain afloat by using compressed air. Date: 1943

Sopwith Bat Boat I afloat off Brighton

The capture of the city of tabasco, by the U. S. naval expedi
The capture of the city of tabasco, by the U.S. naval expedition, afloat and on shore, under Comdre. Perry

Nancy the Narrow Boat
Carefree holidays afloat : The converted narrow boat Nancy. photographed soon after leaving Watford lock on the Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

Swedish scouts and upturned sailing boat
Two Swedish Scouts awaiting rescue from their overturned light sailing boat enjoy a refreshing bottle of pop in the middle of the lake

Spithead Review
Afloat with the British Royal Navy: A view of the White Ensign (flag) at Spithead, of the Isle of Wight, England. Date: 1930s

Persia Launched
Steamship launched at the Robert Napier & Sons shipyard at Govan, Glasgow. At the time she is the largest steamship afloat and wins the Blue Riband in 1856. Date: 3 July 1855

Blowing the Feather
Party guests play a game of Blowing the Feather where they all try their best to keep a feather afloat in the air

Lear / Nonsense / Boat
There was an Old Man in a boat, who said, I m afloat, I m afloat! When they said, No you ain t! he was ready to faint, that unhappy Old Man in a boat

SS Peluge, 1912
Photograph showing the largest Bucket dredger then afloat, the SS Peluge, built at the Lobnitz Shipyard for the Suez Canal Company

SS Lusitania, 1907
Photograph of the bows of the Cunard Liner, SS Lusitania, in dry dock 1907. Lusitania was then the largest liner afloat, weighing 32, 500 tons and capable of twenty-six knots

The ship, Cospatrick in flames
Emigrant ship, the Cospatrick on fire at sea. On discovery of the fire, the crew tried to extingush the flames, but the wind spread them around the ship

Noahs Ark Afloat
Noahs Ark on the face of the waters as the rain falls and the waters rise

SUCCESS SAILING SHIP
British convict ship, launched at Moulmein, Burma : in 1900 she was the oldest ship afloat

The Ark Afloat
NOAHs ARK - The Ark weathers some pretty rough weather as the storm build up

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