Dinghy Collection

Gorey Harbour, and Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Poster, British Seagull outboard motor
Poster, British Seagull, The best outboard motor in the world, Every dinghy a motor dinghy. circa 1950

Britains frogmen divers by G. H. Davis
Introducing Britains frog-men: diving wreckers who blasted open a path to the Normandy beaches. These underwater commandos worked off the D-Day beaches

Yacht at rest with National 12 dinghies in twilight -- one of a great series of studies of sailing off the Devon and Cornwall coasts. The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail racing dinghy. 1952

Mirror dinghies at Newquay, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Thames Estuary during the winter of 1947
A scene during the great freeze of 1947, one of the harshest winters known in Britain. At Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, a boatman is pictured rescuing his dinghy from the encircling ice which makes

Rescuing the ships mascot during a naval engagement: the dog, which had fallen overboard, is plucked from the sea during an aerial attack. 1917

Mr and Mrs G. D. Luck in a dinghy
Neat work with a dinghy: Mr and Mrs G. D. Luck being rowed ashore by the younger generation after taking part in a race at the Royal Fowey Yacht Clubs Cornish regatta

Dinghy racing at Teignmouth, probably 1930s

WW2 German Special Armed Forces Date: 1940s

Wildfowling in a Pneumatic Boat
Wildfowlers on Lake Keuka at Hammondsport, New York State, using a recent innovation in water-craft construction - the inflatable pneumatic boat. Date: circa 1924

Sailing boat
Woodcut of sailing boat with dinghy. Date: 1933

Ships lifeboat and airmens dinghy, WW2
A ships lifeboat and an airmens dinghy during the Second World War. Both were supplied with Bovril products, including tins of Pemmican (a form of preserved meat with a high nutritional value)

A sailor prepares his small yacht for a sail on Rutland Wate
A sailor stands on a pontoon and prepares his small yacht for a sail on Rutland Water, Leicestershire, England Date: 1988

Irish boatman, Limmerick - 2
Old Irishman wearing dark suit and cloth cap stands in a small rowing boat and paddles with an oar. River Shannon, Limerick. Portrait format Date: 1990

Irish boatman, Limmerick - 1
Old Irishman wearing dark suit and cloth cap stands in a small rowing boat and paddles with an oar. River Shannon, Limerick. First published The Sunday Times. Landscape format Date: 1989

Atlantic College, St Donats, Llantwit Major, South Wales
Schoolboys in motor-powered inflatable dinghies on the sea near Atlantic College (United World College of the Atlantic), St Donats Castle, Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, South Wales. Date: 1969

Miss Wales at St Ives for Miss UK Finals
Miss Wales (Barbara Christian) posing at St Ives during a break in the Miss UK Finals. Date: 1985

National 12 sailing dinghies on a Devon beach -- one of a great series of studies of sailing off the Devon and Cornwall coasts The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail racing dinghy. 1952

Two people preparing a sailing dinghy. circa 1948

National 12 sailing dinghies on a Devon river -- one of a great series of studies of sailing off the Devon and Cornwall coasts. The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail racing dinghy. 1952

Boats at rest on a Cornish beach -- one of a great series of Cornish studies. 1954

Dinghy race near light ship off Eastbourne, Sussex
Dinghy race taking place near the Royal Sovereign light ship, seven miles off Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: 1966

In-shore rescue service at work, Eastbourne, Sussex
In-shore rescue service at work, helping someone with an upturned boat, off Eastbourne, Sussex. Date: early 1970s

Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa Boys with Dinghy
Boys carry the dinghy Prince George donated by Edward VIII to the Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa in 1936. Date: 1936

Two boys and a dog in rubber dinghies
Two boys in a large rubber dinghy, towing along a smaller dinghy containing a small dog. Date: circa 1960s

American battleship crossing Atlantic, WW1
An American battleship crossing the Atlantic to take part in the First World War. Date: circa 1918

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

Inflatable German dinghy by G. H. Davis
Saving the Luftwaffe: an inflatable dinghy for defeated German airmen. It was carried by the larger German aircraft during the Second World War

Making sea water drinkable by G. H. Davis
Making sea water drinkable: a simple system for castaway airmen during the Second World War. A life-saving apparatus, compact and very simple to use

Sailing

Sea Scouts at sailing regatta, Lower Thames
Sea Scouts taking part in a sailing regatta on the Lower Thames, in Sea Scout Class fibre glass Coypu dinghies. 19 June 1963

Three Sea Scouts in a dinghy off TS Mercury
Three Sea Scouts in a dinghy off their training ship TS Mercury, enjoying the sound of the harmonica. circa 1912

Sea Scouts swimming off the side of a dinghy
Sea Scouts swimming off the side of a sailing dinghy. circa 1920s

Sea Scout crews in dinghies

Evening Dinghy Sailing
Evening dinghy sailing. Date: 1960s

View on deck HMAS Australia, WW1
View on deck the HMAS Australia, an Indefatigable class battle cruiser, launched 1911, served in the First World War, decommissioned 1921. Date: 1914-1918

Uffa Fox (1898-1972) English boat designer and sailing enthusiast who was responsible for the popularity of dinghy racing

Frogmen in their dinghy, 1945
Photograph showing a group of British frogmen divers paddling their dinghy across a swimming pool during a training exercise in 1945

Sailing Dinghy and some Hulks, Britain, c. 1877
Illustration showing three people in a small sailing dinghy crossing the bows of an old hulk, Britain, c.1877. The hulk has had its masts removed and would have been permanently moored

Bombay Dinghy
Sailing dinghy of Bombay

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