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Background imageDecks Collection: HMS Furious, 1918

HMS Furious, 1918
Photograph of HMS Furious, aircraft carrier, wearing its World War One camouflage in 1918. Launched in 1916, HMS Furious served in both World Wars and was scrapped in 1948

Background imageDecks Collection: Steerage Passengers

Steerage Passengers
Steerage passengers on board an Atlantic liner

Background imageDecks Collection: The Asia, dismastered by a waterspout, on her passage to Bom

The Asia, dismastered by a waterspout, on her passage to Bom
The Asia dismasted by a waterspout on her passage from Port Phillip to Bombay. The rain flooded the decks ankle deep, the fall of the foremast had crushed all that lay beneth. Date: 22nd April 1854

Background imageDecks Collection: Emigrant Ship Mealtime

Emigrant Ship Mealtime
Chaos ensues between decks on an emigrant ship during feeding time as the passengers jostle and push as the food is dished onto plates

Background imageDecks Collection: Emigration Vessel

Emigration Vessel
Scene between decks on an emigrant ship showing the crowded and unpleasant conditions

Background imageDecks Collection: Scene below Decks

Scene below Decks
Misery below decks : a few passengers are able to enjoy their meal but most are unhappy and some are literally sea-sick

Background imageDecks Collection: French Naval Washing

French Naval Washing
French sailors wash the decks of a warship

Background imageDecks Collection: Sunday on Shipboard

Sunday on Shipboard
Sunday morning service on an India-bound P&O liner as it passes through the Indian Ocean

Background imageDecks Collection: Dressing with Difficulty

Dressing with Difficulty
Dressing is done with difficulty in a confined cabin on board a P&O liner bound for India, in a rolling sea in the Bay of Biscay

Background imageDecks Collection: Dressing in a Cabin

Dressing in a Cabin
Dressing and toilet are tricky in a small cabin on board a P&O liner bound for India, particularly in a rough sea

Background imageDecks Collection: Dinner on a Liner

Dinner on a Liner
Dinner time on an India-bound P&O liner

Background imageDecks Collection: Empress of Ireland Sinks

Empress of Ireland Sinks
Following the collision with a a Norwegian collier, passengers below decks of the listing Canadian liner struggle up stairs in the dark

Background imageDecks Collection: Below Decks 1782

Below Decks 1782
The middle deck of the 74-gun warship Hector : note the presence of women and dogs

Background imageDecks Collection: Steerage Pasengers / 1850

Steerage Pasengers / 1850
Steerage passengers in cramped conditions below decks on board an Atlantic liner

Background imageDecks Collection: Sailor and Parrot

Sailor and Parrot
Sailors have a tendency to bring home parrots as souvenirs of their travels in exotic climes : the noise below decks must have been indescribable !

Background imageDecks Collection: Pin-Up Decks Tree

Pin-Up Decks Tree
A grinning brunette model, wearing a strapless broderie anglaise top, busily decks her Christmas tree ready for the big day

Background imageDecks Collection: A Ship Shop

A Ship Shop
The Ship souvenir shop: Toys, gifts and radios etc. are sold. Two little girls admire a cuddly dog. A couple leaf through postcards. A cricketer and his pal are at the door

Background imageDecks Collection: Doubledecker Tram Paris

Doubledecker Tram Paris
Though Paris never adopts the double-decker bus, its trams have two decks like those of London

Background imageDecks Collection: Cunarder Cabin

Cunarder Cabin
A third-class two-berth room (they don t call it a cabin) on a Cunarder on the Atlantic run

Background imageDecks Collection: Cunarder Dining Room

Cunarder Dining Room
The third-class dining room of a Cunarder on the Atlantic run

Background imageDecks Collection: Warship / Ist Draught

Warship / Ist Draught
First Draught of a Ship of the First Rate. A profile cross- section of a warship showing the structure, framework, layout of decks, canons & how provisions are stowed

Background imageDecks Collection: Bus of the Future

Bus of the Future
A bus of the future races along an autobahn carrying two decks of passengers : a modern train crosses overhead

Background imageDecks Collection: Emigrants Eat Dinner

Emigrants Eat Dinner
Emigrants on their way to America eat their dinner below decks

Background imageDecks Collection: Emigrants below Decks

Emigrants below Decks
Emigrants between the decks on an emigrant ship bound from Liverpool to America

Background imageDecks Collection: Emigration to Australia

Emigration to Australia
Steerage passengers below decks bound for America



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