Catapult Collection

WW2 - Seaplane Catapulting From HMS Sussex
A photograph of a British WW2 seaplane leaving the catapult of HMS Sussex, a County class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. Date: circa 1940s

Medieval war machine. Catapult. Parabolic motion machine, used to launch long-distance projectiles. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Roman weapon. Onager. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883
Onager. It was an imperial Roman torsion powered siege engine. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Henry cartoon, Catapulting Flies, by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

RAF Supermarine Walrus, Amphibian Airplane being catapulted from HMS Sheffield Date: 1938

RAF Hawker Nimrod II, K3654, preparing for catapult launch at No.1 RAF Flying Training School, Leuchars, Scotland Date: 1938

Roman Catapult, Siege of Carthage - Carthage must be destroyed is carved into the wood in Latin. Date: 146 BCE

Douglas A-4B Skyhawk 142094 (MSN 11348), displayed at NAS Leemore, CA, with the hump from an A-4F, in the colours of 150033 which suffered a bad catapult launch

Roman soldiers with spoils of war on the Arch for Titus
Roman soldiers march in procession with spoils of war or spolia on the Arch for Titus, the arch of triumph celebrating Emperor Tituss victory over Jerusalem

Counterweight machines for throwing darts and stones from Lipsius and others. One double that fires a stone from a sling. Copperplate engraving from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a

Onager, a type of catapult to project stones. Constructed by Newton under the direction of Lt. General Melville. Copperplate engraving by N.C

The catapulta. Ancient machine for projecting darts. From Mr. Newtons Designs for Vitruvius. Copperplate engraving by N.C

The balista. Ancient machine for projecting stones. From Mr. Newtons Designs for Vitruvius. Copperplate engraving by N.C. Goodnight from Francis Groses Military Antiquities respecting a History of

Confession of Japanese Penitents
Confession of Japanese penitents ( a person repenting their sins). If the penitents fail to make a proper confession, the priest causes the balance to project them down the mountainside. Date: 1844

Radioplane RP-77D on its launch catapult. Date: circa 1953

LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 39 awaiting launch at the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 3 waiting for launch
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader 3, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 and 33 awaiting launch at the catapult, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 launches from catapult
Aeronavale - Dassault-Breguet Super etendard 23 launches from the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusader 3 launches from the catapult
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusaders 3, launches from the catapult, aboard Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise. (Note: Foch and Clemenceau were two almost identical ships)

LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusader cockpit close-up, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35
Aeronavale - LTV F-8FN Crusaders 39, 17 and 35, waiting for clearance from the deck crew to approach the catapult for launch, from Foch or Clemenceau, during an operational cruise

Heinkel HD. 55
Heinkel HD.55 prototype catapult launched scout for Soviet battleships. Forty aircraft were acquired by the AV-MF (Aviatsiya voyenno-morskogo flota)

Martin MO float-plane observation aircraft, on catapult trials in harbour. Date: 1924

Army of the Roman Empire. Officers in the review of the formed legions. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

The double catapult. Designed by Leonardo da Vinci. 15th cen
Renaissance. Military Engineering. Drawn in the Atlantic Codex (folio 152 1485-1490) of Leonardo Da Vinci. The double catapult, with bucket and sling. Model

Catapult used by Roman army during its military campaigns. Colored engraving. 19th century

Supermarine Walrus -the standard Royal Navy catapult aircraft carried aboard its larger warships -at Kerba, Tunisia, 1943

Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk-the last of the big warship catapult aircraft Retired from the US Navy in 1950

Dornier 10t Wal Lufthansa on catapult
Dornier 10t Wal aboard its tendering ship. First flown 6 November 1922, 264 of the Wal family were built. Some carried 8-10 passengers, but Lufthansa used them as trans-Atlantic mailplanes

Battering ram and catapult.. Artillery- Aries or wooden battering ram and catapult used by Lord Heathfield at the siege of Gibraltar

Siege Weapon - Catapault
A detailed drawing of a 16th century catapult, indicating its various and numerous forms of ammunition. Date: 1588

Fairey Swordfish I, L2742, of No 701 Catapult Flight on ?
Fairey Swordfish I, L2742, of No 701 Catapult Flight on floats in the air near Gibralter in 1938

Fairey Queen IIIF MkIIIB S1536 on the catapult
Fairey Queen IIIF MkIIIB, S1536, on the catapult of HMS Valiant January 1932. Date: 1932

Fairey Swordfish I L2742
Fairey Swordfish I, L2742, of No 701 Catapult Flight on floats in the air near Gibralter in 1938. Date: 1938

Roman Catapult
ROMAN SIEGE WEAPON

WW2 Launching seaplane from deck catapult of a US Battleship
WW2 - Launching a seaplane from the deck catapult of the USS Colorado (BB-45), , the lead ship of the Colorado-class of battleships. Date: circa 1943

Catapult and ammunition. Castel Sant Angelo. Rome
Italy. Rome. Catapult and ammunition. Castel Sant Angelo

Tarifa. Castle of Guzman el Bueno. Andalusia. Spain
Tarifa. Castle of Guzman el Bueno built by caliph Abd al-Rahman III in 960. Cadiz province. Andalusia. Spain

Heinkel He 114A -catapult launched for use aboard German battleships and cruisers

Heinkel He 58 on a catapult aboard Europa

Edo XOSE-1 -another one-off scout meant to be carried and catapulted from warships that never made it into production

British troops practising with new catapult
British troops practising with new bomb thrower catapult, for use in trenches Date: 1915

Merchant Ship Fighter Unit by G. H. Davis
The Merchant Ship Fighter Unit (MSFU) at work during the Second World War: a system which was able to defeat the long-range bomber

A popular new sport, the glider, by G. H. Davis
The coming vogue of the glider. A popular German sport -- motorless flight -- about to start in England. Flying for men of moderate means: the motorless aeroplane -- catapult launching

Cruiser Southampton at Spithead by G. H. Davis
The cruiser visited at Spithead by the King as representing the new units in the Navy: the recently commissioned Southampton, a vessel of novel features, including 6-inch guns in triple turrets

Fleet air arm by G. H. Davis
The Fleet Air Arm -- cruisers as modified by aircraft equipment. A feature of the Navy represented in the Jubilee Review programme

French catapult
French using catapults, where the trenches were close together, using lengths of steel springs or even resilient tree branches as propellants

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