Buoy Collection

Poster for the Liverpool to Belfast passenger service -- a nightly service, excepting Sundays of course

Breeches-Buoy used to save the crew of Esras, East Runton
Illustration showing a Breeches-Buoy in use, to save the crew of the Norwegian ship Esras, East Runton, Norfolk, 1901. Esras had run aground on the Hasboro sands

Board of Trade Rocket Apparatus for Saving Lives from Shipwr
Engraving showing Board of Trade equipment for use to help shipwrecked sailors, 1886. The items are (from left to right, top to bottom)

Cirripedia or barnacles
Goose barnacle, Lepas anatifera 1, 2, Conchoderma auritum 3, buoy barnacle, Lepas fascicularis 4, Arcoscalpellum michelottianum 5, 6, Arcoscalpellum vitreum 7, 8, humpback whale barnacle

Alarm Buoy, 1858
Engraving showing an alarm, or marker, buoy designed by Brown, Lenox and Company of Millwall, 1858. This buoy featured a water-wheel in its centre which, through the motion of the water

St. Ives Girls Playing on the Beach Victorian period

An acetylene buoy, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Royal Yacht, HMY Victoria and Albert Date: 1855

Short Brothers Empire flying boat Canopus
Imperial Airways Aircraft, Short Brothers Empire flying boat Canopus Date: 1941

View of Calais, northern French coast, from the sea Date: 19th century

Children wearing Swimeesy Buoy, invented two before in 1907. Date: 1909

Tremletts Fender and Life Preserver 1846
Early lifebuoy by Tremlett. Date: 1846

Cattle beside a port hand buoy in the River Dee at low water
Cattle wade beside a red port hand navigation buoy in the River Dee at low water in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The low tide has exposed the muddy banks

Boatman with Rutland Water pleasure cruiser, Rutland Belle
A boatman reaches for the mooring buoy of the Rutland Water pleasure cruiser Rutland Belle. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Humorous Postcard by Cynicus - Seaside Sketches
Humorous Postcard : A smack at the buoy, Anchoring after a swell, A barque at a little cove and Treasures of the Deep. Date: 1908

The Port and Harbour, Nice, France. Date: circa 1901

Rounding the Buoy at Manly, Australia
Rounding the Buoy at Manly, New South Wales, Australia Date: circa 1910

The Bell Buoy
A bell buoy bobbing in foggy seas lights the way for a sailing ship. 1930

Self-righting lifeboat by Sir George Cayley
Drawing and design of a self-righting lifeboat by Sir George Cayley. Date: c.1836

Warship trailing a Fog Buoy, 1912
Photograph of a British warship trailing a fog buoy. When a group of warships travelling line ahead entered fog they would stream fog buoys

View of Port Said harbour with ships, Egypt. Date: 20th century

The Belle-Buoy by Douglas Wales
Three 1920s bathing belles take a rest on a floating buoy out at sea. Date: 1929

Signalisation - signals
Navigational signals, road and train signs. Date: 1930

Little girl on a ferry boat, Scotland. circa 1968

Sailing boat on a movable Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fishing accessories. 12th-13th centuries. Museum of History
Middle ages. Latvia. Fishing accessories. 12th-13th centuries. Buoys pine bark incised signs on them, to know the owner of the fishing nets. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga

Tiber Island. Italy
Italy. Rome. Tiber Island with the bell tower of the Basilica of Saint Bartholomew on the Island

West India Docks, London. Date: 1815

Sailing ships on a crescent-shaped Christmas card. circa 1890s

View of Liverpool from the Mersey, with boats, at Princes Parade. Date: circa 1832

View of Dartmouth Castle and Harbour, Devon. Date: circa 1832

British sailor snoozing on deck, WW1
Jack takes a sun-bath on a huge buoy. A British sailor enjoys a few moments of relaxation in the middle of an inflatable buoy on board his ship during the First World War. Date: 1916

Ships during winter months by G. H. Davis
Naval notes of the week (lightships and buoys). Above: revictualling a lightship during the winter months. Below: hold tight for your life -- attending to the Mariners Fingerposts in winter

Apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck
Various apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck. A Dennetts rocket line is shown both in action and arranged for firing, as well as and the landing of a crew using the breeches buoy

The volunteer life brigade at work : life saving at sea
The late storm: the volunteer life brigade at work. Rocket life-saving apparatus kept ready for use whereby a rocket is fired to throw a line over the ship in trouble from the shore

A Curtiss H12 Large America picking up a buoy at RNAS Tr?
A Curtiss H12 Large America picking up a buoy at RNAS Tresco Scillies

Boating

Sailing

Scene at the Cowes Yacht Race, Isle of Wight
Scene during the Royal London Yacht Clubs annual race at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Seen here are the four starters in the 19 metre class: Mariquila, Octavia

Four boys dancing on a beach, with boats on either side, and more boats out at sea. first published 1879

British monitor HMS Severn at Sheerness, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn lying at buoy at Sheerness during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Large Ships Buoy
A large ships buoy, with an anchor chain attached, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Swimming medal, Water Polo Championship
Medal of the Midland Counties Amateur Swimming Association, awarded to the runners up in the Water Polo Championship. Featuring an outdoor swimming scene with a lifebelt design below. Date: 1909

St. Johns Harbour, Antigua, West Indies Date: circa 1907

Lake Windermere, Cumbria - Sailing
Rounding a buoy during a sailing race on Lake Windermere, Cumbria

Portmanteau Buoy
A jolly Victorian gent from the days when Britain unquestionably ruled the waves doffs his hat as he floats proudly in his safety device de jour - his portmanteau buoy

The Trinity Wharf Buoy Store, Blackwall, 1868
Engraving showing main store of the Corporation of Trinity House at Trinity Wharf, Blackwall, with buoys, markers and name boards

The Conqueror in the Clipper Barge Match, September 1879
Engraving of The Conqueror rounding the West Oaze buoy in the Clipper Barge Match of the 18th September 1879, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

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