German rescue buoy in Channel by G. H. DavisRettungsboje -- nicknamed lobster pots by the RAF -- German rescue buoys anchored in the English Channel during the Second World War
Achiltibuie, Wester Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland Date: circa 1960s
Bovril Poster SuggestionA poster sketch suggested for an advertisement for Bovril, it shows a mermaid waving to some distant sailors, perched on a giant floating Bovril jar. Buoys you up. Date: circa 1922
Cooling Buoys Icing the Gulf Stream to Chill the EnemyBritish U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, showing mine-like cooling-buoys armed with icing apparatus for lowing the Gulf Stream temperature and the morable! Date: 1941
Manufacture of War materials at Woolwich Arsenal 1877Series of illustrations at Woolwich Arsenal, London, Harvey torpedoes being made by her Majestys Government to fabricate the artillery and ammunition for land and sea service. Date: 1877
Warship trailing a Fog Buoy, 1912Photograph of a British warship trailing a fog buoy. When a group of warships travelling line ahead entered fog they would stream fog buoys
Signalisation - signalsNavigational signals, road and train signs. Date: 1930
The Bell BuoyA bell buoy bobbing in foggy seas lights the way for a sailing ship. 1930
Fishing accessories. 12th-13th centuries. Museum of HistoryMiddle 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
West India Docks, London. Date: 1815
Ships during winter months by G. H. DavisNaval 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
Large Ships BuoyA large ships buoy, with an anchor chain attached, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s
The Trinity Wharf Buoy Store, Blackwall, 1868Engraving showing main store of the Corporation of Trinity House at Trinity Wharf, Blackwall, with buoys, markers and name boards
Buoys and Grapnels used in recovering the Atlantic TelegraphEngraving showing the buoys and grapnels that were used to recover an Atlantic Telegraph Cable, September 1866. The telegraph cable, which was laid in 1865 by the Great Eastern
Trinity Buoy Wharf, Blackwall showing buoys and dock workers
The Buoy Store, Trinity WharfThe Buoy store at Trinity Wharf, Blackwall showing wooden buoys and signage
Newfoundland Banks / CodCod fishing on the Newfoundland Banks
Life Buoys on ShoreHuge life buoys, used for life saving and moorage at sea
Cleaning Life BuoysUsing a huge crane to lift life buoys out of the River Thames for cleaning
