Carriers Collection

HMS Ark Royal
The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in the 1950s Date: 1950s

Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The loss of HMS Courageous: one of the Royal Navys aircraft carriers sunk by a German submarine. A sectional drawing of the vessel, showing amidships the boiler room section

British machine gun carriers passing through French village
British Bren Machine-Gun Carriers passing through a French village on the way to a rendezvous in the early weeks of World War Two. Date: 1939

Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless -the stalwart US Navy carrier -going dive bomber served throughout the Pacific War, sinking most of Japans aircraft carriers

The Imperial Japanese Navy, Second World War, 1941
Illustration showing the British estimate of the strength of the Imperial Japanese Navy, during the Second World War, 1941

Fleet Air Arm - Grumman Martlet II - AM958
A Grumman Martlet II of the Fleet Air Arm. Ordered by the British Purchasing Commission as Grumman G-36Bs, the Martlet II was powered by a Pratt and Whitney R-1830-S3C4-G engine

HMS Glory, Colussus Class aircraft carrier entering the Grand Harbour in Malta in 1950 Date: 1950

Two bearers and patient (2 of 2)
Method of lifting a patient onto a stretcher, with two bearers. (2 of 2)

Vought F-8 Crusader. An early F-8 - F8U, at the Naval Air Engineering Laboratory, on Mustin Field, part of the Philadelphia Naval Yard

Short S. 38 - SA. 1 Sturgeon S. 1 RK797
Short S.38/SA.1 Sturgeon S.1 RK797, the first prototype of a new carrier-borne strike and reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Navy

Africa - Mleso, Head of Tonga carriers - pre-1900

India - Calcutta water carriers early 1900s

HMS Argus 149
Royal Navy - HMS Argus 149, an aircraft carrier, seen in March 1939. Argus served from 1918 to 1944. After commissioning, the ship was involved for several years in the development of the optimum

Peat carriers, Ireland Date: circa 1900s

Irish Peat Carriers early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Piper PA-23 Aztec E G-BATX
Piper PA-23-250 Aztec E G-BATX (msn 27-4832), at Castle Donington-East Midlands Airport in June 1976. An Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy 101 G-APRN (msn 6654)

Vickers Type 953C Merchantman G-APEJ (msn 713), of Air Bridge Carriers, at East Midlands Airport (Castle Donington), in January 1977. Date: 1969

Vickers Viscount 806 G-BBDK (msn 291), of Air Bridge Carriers, , at East Midlands Airport (Castle Donington). Date: 1974

Identification Silhouettes of Aircrafts WWI
Double page spread showing on the left-hand page silhouettes of British military aeroplanes including fighters and bombers seen from underneath

Porters Dancing (Danse de hamals) - Constantinople, Turkey. Date: 1910

Group of water carriers, Cairo, Egypt, c. 1880 s
Group of water carriers, Cairo, Egypt, c.1880 s

Water carriers filling their skins in a well, India
19th century vintage photograph: Water carriers filling their skins in a well, India

Turkish water carriers filling bags, Constantinople, Istanbu
Vintage 19th century photograph: Turkish water carriers filling their bags, Constantinople, Istanbul, turkey

Water carriers with jars, Cairo, Egypt. Vintage 19th century photograph

Young Irish women carrying water jars, County Cork. Date: 1842

Captain Gauvin Memorial Anguerny Normandy
Memorials to those who survived are not generally welcomed because of the numbers. However, Gauvin led the Bren carriers of the Chaudieres into the village and after the war became a diplomat

The Benin expedition- in quest of water: On the morning after the occupation of Benin three hundred water-carriers, with the seamen and marines of the Theseus and two companies of Houssas

HMS Ravager, escort carrier, with aircaft on deck
HMS Ravager (D70), escort carrier, with aircaft (Grumman Avenger) on deck. Date: circa 1944

HMS Albion, aircraft carrier, with aircaft on deck
HMS Albion (R07), aircraft carrier, with Sea Venom aircaft on deck. Date: circa 1955

HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier, at Malta. Date: 1928

Stationery, N Means & Sons, Outwell, Norfolk
Stationery (invoice and receipt), N Means & Sons, Undertakers, Downham Road, Outwell, Norfolk, dated 29 April 1914. 1914

Lockheed U-2G N808X
Central Intelligence Agency - Lockheed U-2G N808X. One of several U-2s procured by the CIA, for operations from aircraft carriers, fitted with lift-dumping spoilers

Armstrong Whitworth AW. 660 Argosy C. 1 G-BDCV
Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy C.1 G-BDCV Hamilcar (ex Royal Air Force XP412), of Air Bridge Carriers, with Partenavia P.68B Victor G-BCFM, at East Midlands Airport

Vickers 953C Merchantman G-APES (msn 721, of British Airways Cargo. The Merchantman freighters were converted from passenger carrying Vanguards)

Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445 (msn 33477 - ex 44-78081) of Phenix Airlines. One of several irregular carriers which existed specifically for the purpose of transporting gamblers to

United States Navy - North American AJ-1 Savage 124161 of the Naval Air Test Centre (NATC - NAS Patuxent River) call-sign 161. Struck off charge on 19 July 1957

British troops halted by the wayside with their Bren carrier, while the ceaseless stream of Belgian refugees file past, fleeing the German invaders on the Western Front during World War II Date

This Vietnamese peasant is carrying water in bamboo pipes. Date: 1890s

India - Puducherry District - Village Fountain Date: circa 1909

French aircraft carrier WWII
Date: 15 June 1940

Waiting for the mail train 1890s
Two officers of the Post Office fixing the mail-bag to the post outside Bletchley station on for the London and North Western Railway

Travelling rail post office 1890s
Her Majestys mail-carriers, sorting letters on the London and North Western railway with speeds of sixty miles an hour. Date: circa 1890s

AFRICAN WATER CART
The water cart, a barrel of water on a cart drawn by mules or donkeys, North Africa. Date: 1930s

VENETIAN WATER CARRIER
A female water carrier carrying metal buckets of water on her shoulders with a wooden yoke, Venice, Italy. Date: 1870s

SPANISH AGUADORES 1876
Aguadores - water carriers - of Madrid, filling their barrels at a public fountain before carrying them away on their shoulders to their customers. Date: 1876

GLASGOW WATER CARRIER
A water cart is filled from a public conduit in the streets of Glasgow, Scotland. Date: 1834

SUBURBAN WATER CARTS 1875
Two water carts, one drawn by a horse and the other by a donkey, deliver water to houses in the suburbs of London. Date: 1875

INDIAN GIRLS WITH JUGS
Two Indian girls, fetching water from the fountain, attract the attention of a young man though I dont think hes going to offer to help. Date: 19th century

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