Channel Collection (page 8)

Bray, near Dunkirk, during the evacuation, WW2
The British Expeditionary Force lining up on a beach near Bray, to the east of Dunkirk, northern France, during the evacuation, with men making their way into the water ready to embark onto vessels

Scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, with German dive-bombers attacking shipping and setting a paddle steamer on fire

Dunkirk during the evacuation, northern France, WW2
Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, during the evacuation, with a British Lockheed Hudson of the coastal command on guard, and burning oil tanks producing a huge cloud of black smoke. Date: 1940

Dunkirk under bombardment, 1940
View of Dunkirk under bombardment, taken from the deck of a destroyer, showing huge smoke columns from fires, during the Dunkirk evacuations in June 1940. 1940

Cartoon, Channel swimmer asked for passport. 1923

A Change of Scene - Advert for Southern Railway 1939
A Change of Scene - Advertisement for Southern Railway - Why not try France this Autumn? Date: 1939

Advertisement for Southern Railway - Travel while you sleep
Advertisement for Southern Railway - Every night from Victoria - " Good night London" - " Good Morning Paris" - Travel while you sleep by train ferry boat. Date: 1936

Off to the Continent? - British Railways Cross-Channel Services Date: 1956

Crossing to France? Travel with British Railways. Date: 1953

Imaginary raft, Napoleonic invasion of England
Imaginary raft for a Napoleonic invasion of England which never happened. Date: circa 1804

Louis Bleriot and wife after cross-Channel flight
Louis Bleriot, legendary pioneer aviator, with his wife Alice and a large crowd of spectators, posing with his aircraft after making the first ever aeroplane flight across the English Channel

Captain Roger Wietzel Memorial, near Hermanville
Wietzel was the Captain of the French ship Courbet, an old French cruiser, which without engine or guns and filled with concrete, was towed across the Channel and sunk 1

Battleships and cruisers in the English Channel
Royal Naval battleships and cruisers at anchor in the English Channel, with cows grazing in the foreground. Date: circa 1904

The Sund (channel) with Kronborg Castle and Helsingborg
The Sund (channel) with Kronborg Castle, Helsingor (Elsinore), Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden, on the other side. Illustration from Leopold von Buchs Travels Through Norway and Lapland, 1813

By Ferry or Tunnel to France - Factors for and against
By Ferry or Tunnel to France: Factors in the Transport Problem. The merits of a atunnel system as opposed to a channel train ferry system

Poster, South Eastern & Chatham Railway, ferry crossings from Calais to Dover and from Boulogne to Folkestone. circa 1901

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard landing in a field
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist landing in a field, causing disruption to people and animals. Date: circa 1785

Satirical cartoon, Blanchard flying across the Channel
Satirical cartoon, Blanchard the balloonist flying with large wings, crossing the English Channel from Calais to Dover, carrying a ship. Date: circa 1785

Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the Channel in a balloon
Blanchard and Jeffries crossing the English Channel in a balloon, 7 January 1785 -- 100th anniversary commemoration. Date: 1785

Nuns returning to their convent, Castle Cornet, Guernsey, May 1936. 1936

Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke, Straits of Dover, WW1
Rammed HMS Swift and HMS Broke in the Straits of Dover, First World War. 1914-1918

WW1 - The Naval Division on their way to Antwerp - 1914. The Division consisted of one marine and two naval brigades - a total of 10, 500 men. 1914

Channel Tunnel attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent
Channel Tunnel digging attempt between Dover and Folkestone, Kent, with machinery and workmen. Date: 1880

H. M.s Minotaur
H.M.S Minotaur and Agincourt, built in the River Thames by Ironworks Company at Blackwall, was delivered complete into the possession of the Lord of the Admiralty. Date: 1865

Channel Islands - Sark - Creux Harbour. Date: 1913

Channel Islands - Sark - Les Autelets and Brehou Island. Date: 1923

Channel Islands - Sark - Port Gorey - A Souffleur (blow hole, blowhole). Date: 1935

Channel Islands - Sark - Creux du Derrible cave Date: 1913

Jersey - Kalimna Hall - Portelet Hotel, Tennis Court
Channel Islands, St Brelades, Jersey - Kalimna Hall - Portelet Hotel, The Tennis Court. Date: 1931

Channel Islands, Jersey - The Don Monument
Channel Islands, Jersey - Monument (by French sculptor Pierre Alfred Robinet) to Lieut-General Sir George Don. Jerseys Lieut-Governor from 1806 to 1814

Channel Islands, Jersey - St Aubin from the Harbour Date: 1911

Channel Islands, Guernsey - Sights on the Island Date: 1906

Two Knapsacks in the Channel Islands - A Jersey Car Guide. 1897

Cover design, Two Knapsacks in the Channel Islands, illustrated by Victor Prout. 1897

Advert, Thames & Channel Passenger Service, London Steamboat Company Limited, for steamboats calling at various points along the River Thames in London and places further afield in Essex

German sentry WWII
German sentry on duty on the Channel coast in France during World War II Date: 1939-1945

INVASION OF BRITAIN The English expected that Napoleons army would cross the Channel in huge, flat- bottomed boats, oared like a galley but with sails as well Date: 1803

Klemm Kl. 107C D-ELOQ
Klemm Kl.107C D-ELOQ (msn 150) at Coventry-Baginton, circa 1961. First registered in Germany as D-ELOQ. Re-registered in the UK as G-ASAW (C of R R7645/1)

Klemm Kl. 107C
Klemm Kl.107C D-ELOQ, at the July 1959 Coventry - Air Pageant / National Air Races. Klemm Kl.107C: First registered in Germany as D-ELOQ

Dornier Do 28A-1 D-IBIF (msn 3008), with Channel Airways Douglas DC-3 G-AGZB, which crashed on St. Boniface Down, I.o.W. on 6 May 1962

Admiralty Department (AD) Flying Boat N1520
Royal Naval Air Service - Admiralty Department (AD) Flying Boat N1520, the first AD Flying Boat at the Isle of Grain. The AD Flying Boats were built by Pemberton-Billing Ltd at Southampton

Hubert Latham, Henry Farman and Roger Sommer at Riems
Hubert Latham in his Antoinette IV, with Henry Farman in his Farman III biplane and roger Sommer, also flying a Farmn III at the Grande Semaine d Aviation de la Champagne, held near Reims in France

Loading baggage onto a Channel steamer - the passengers watch with apprehension as their precious possessions are hoisted aboard... Date: 1897

Passengers feeling poorly as the Channel boat pitches... Date: 1897

Thomas of Woodstock, fourth earl of Buckingham, is sent with an army to assist the duc de Bretagne : they cross the Channel with flags flying and trumpets blaring... Date: 1380

A French fleet lands on the Kent coast : although the English generally enjoy naval supremacy in the Channel, occasional French attacks prevent complacency Date: 14th century

Albert Statue and Town Church, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Designed by Joseph Durham (1814-1877) and unveiled in 1863, this bronze statue on a granite pedestal overlooks the harbour at St. Peter Port

The Calais Ferry Boat leaving the Pier, Dover, Kent - setting off across the English Channel. 1934

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