Atlantic Gallery

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982

Falkland Islands Royal Engineer briefing map, 1982 (c); with typescript annotations relating to the condition and passibility of airfields, roads and tracks by tracked and wheeled vehicles. From papers relating to the South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982), collected by 24057159 WO2 David Langham, 81 Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. Date: circa 1982

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HMS Helmsdale, North Atlantic, 1944

Painting showing HMS Helmsdale, a River class Frigate of the Royal Navy, on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic, 1944. Helmsdale is shown flying the signal V J - telling the convoy to Keep station and, in the left background, the leading ship of the convoy is seen acknowledging the message

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View of the luxurious reading room onboard the Titanic

A view of one of the many luxurious interior features of the Titanic; the reading and writing room. First class passengers travelled in style onboard the Titanic, having free use of the gym, the Parisian caf and the swimming pool. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines, the liner was almost identical to her sister ship, Olympic and was a rival to Cunard's Lusitania and Mauretania'. On her maiden voyage across the Atlantic, the Titanic struck an iceberg on 15th April 1912 and sank with the loss of 1503 lives"

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans