Explosives Collection

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

Women working during the First World War. Above: in a weapons factory, filling shells with explosives. Below: an outdoor scene with a woman bus conductor

The French Resistance - WWII (1 / 3)
Thanks to the parachute drop of plastic explosive, the French resitance were able to blow up the track. This enabled them to intercept a German train heading for the border on the line from Marseille

Cartoon, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa, Irish Fenian
Cartoon, Jeremiah O Donovan Rossa (1831-1915), Irish Fenian leader - The terrible monster who was frightened by a woman! He was a pioneer in the use of explosives for political persuasion

Boeing B707 F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean
Boeing B707-328B F-BHSZ Chateau de Kerjean (msn 18459, line no.335), of Air France. First flown on 12 March 1963, delivered to Air France on 30 March 1963

Willingham House, Market Rasen
An oil painting of Willingham House, a country house near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire. It was built circa 1790 for Ayscoghe Boucherett, member of parliament for Grimsby between 1796-1803

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Harnessing the atom by G. H. Davis
The force which can move mountains: harnessing the atom to vast projects for the benefit of mankind. Showing how the use of atomic explosives could be used on ambitious engineering works

The Infernal used by the English Navy at St. Malo s. A floating mine constructed in a vessel with sand, gunpowder, masonry, bombs and fireworks. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Ancient Chinese weapons and war engines
Ancient Chinese weapons including shield 1, bow and arrow 2, axe 10, helmet 12, lance 8, 9, quiver 4, and war engines, including mobile siege ladder 13, mobile moat bridge 15, fire starter engine 14

Napoleons Army retreating from the battlefied
Napoleon Bonaparte and his Army retreating from the battlefied of Liepzig, after the premature destruction of the bridge on the Elster River, 1813

Women riding on cases of TNT, WW1
Women riding on cases of TNT, packed for despatch to a shell factory, First World War. 1914-1918

British soldier about to throw a hand grenade, during the storming of a German trench

Guy Fawkes - T-shirt / poster print design MR NICE GUY Date: 1605

Types of grenades in WWI
The Marten Hale hand grenade, which can be also fitted to any type of service rifle. Hale time grenade, bomb is thrown, the ignition of the time-fuse does not occur until the grenade reaches a

Stick of dynamite
Nobel - Stick of Dynamite/ Dynamite Cartridge

Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert
An exploding car, blown up by Trixie Kent, blow-up car artist and explosives expert. (2 of 3) Date: circa 1969

Mine washed up on Suffolk coast, WW1
Two boy scouts pose with a mine at Sizewell, the fuse of which had been removed. It was one of several washed up on the Suffolk coast between Aldeburgh and Southwold in 1914. Date: 1914

French bracelet grenade, which hooked around the throwers wrist with a strap or thong. Innocuous while in the mans hand, the jerk as the grenade extends the strap

The Glorious Fifth by Bruce Bairnsfather
" Ere, Guy Fawkes - buzz off!" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, a soldier is admonished by one of his fellows for carrying around enough explosives to Guy Fawkes jealous. Date: 1916

German or Austrian soldiers with hand grenades, WW1
German or Austrian soldiers throwing hand grenades during the First World War. 10 September 1917

Nobel Dynamite Factory
Nobels dynamite factory at Arigliana, Italy, destroyed by an explosion on 13 May 1890

Chinese Emperor Wu Wang creates loud explosions
The Chinese Emperor Wu Wang (Zhou Dynasty) uses gunpowder to frighten the enemy

Abu Yusuf using gunpowder, Morocco
MOROCCO - Abu-Yusuf, Sultan, use gunpowder to bombard Sidi- Mesa

Congreve / Earthworks
The rockets developed by William Congreve in 1804 are here shown fired from earthworks in bombardments Date: 1827

Congreve / Cavalry Repulse
The rockets introduced by William Congreve in 1804 are here shown used for the repulse of cavalry and for the storming of a town Date: 1827

Vivian Dering Majendie
Colonel VIVIAN DERING MAJENDIE Her Majestys Chief Inspector of Explosives : besides coping with Irish terrorists he was concerned with safety in mines. Date: 1836 - 1898

WW1 - Firing a mortar
WW1 - Three soldiers positioned in a dug-out trench, aiming and firing a mortar at its target. Date: circa 1915

Women workers manufacturing synthetic phenol, WW1
Women munition workers testing the temperature of phenol as it runs into drums during the production of explosives. Date: 1918

Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills
The Stoving house and Traverses at the Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills, Essex Date: 1854

French shells used on Land and Sea WWI
In Toulon arsenal: Finished projectiles after " passing the doctor" ; the necessary wash. Upper photograph: showing big-gun shells

Guy Fawkes - T-shirt / poster print design MR NICE GUY Date: 1605

Magnetic mine and counter moves by G. H. Davis
A battle of wits: the magnetic mine and the counter-moves, a battle of wits: new types of mines countered by the Navy. Naval experts versus the enemy

Britains acoustic shell by G. H. Davis
The acoustic shell: Britains ace killer of flying bombs during the Second World War. The British-invented radio proximity shell, which explodes itself when in lethal range of its target. 1945

New Russian bombs by G. H. Davis
Molotovs breadbaskets: Russias new dual-purpose bomb used during the Second World War. Its false head was filled with small incendiary bombs, released by a cap propeller

Submarine mines, WW1
How submarine mines look when laid on the seabed. Each one contains a charge of gun cotton, and explodes on contact. Date: 1914

Berthelot Photo
PIERRE-EUGENE-MARCELIN BERTHELOT - French chemist noted for work on explosives and dyes, photographed in 1903. Date: 1827 - 1907

ULIVIs F-RAYS
Signor Ulivis F-Rays will make it possible for explosives to be detonated by remote control : push-button warfare becomes a freseeable possibility Date: 1914

Military / Weapons / Explosi
Manufacture of Dynamite at Isleten, near Fluelen, Switzerland: filling cartridges. Date: 1893

German mine landed on Dutch coast, 1939
A huge German mine pictured on the beach along the Dutch coast where numerous mines drifted during the first few weeks of World War II

Three boys play with fulminating powder Date: 1950s

Loading pontoon boats with ammunition, Western Front, WW1
British troops loading pontoon boats with ammunition on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Gunpowder Factory
The ruins of the old Powdermills in the Cherrybrook Valley, near Postbridge, Devonshire, England, which used to produce gunpowder. Date: 19th century

New Zealand gunners loading ammunition, France, WW1
New Zealand gunners loading a limber with ammunition near Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1916

HMS Aurora, British light cruiser with mines, WW1
HMS Aurora, British Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched 1913, served in various locations during the First World War, decommissioned 1918. Seen here with mines lined up along her quarter deck

Explosion at Faversham
The remains of a gun cotton or gun powder mill at Favershams Marsh Works, Kent, which was destroyed in a violent explosion in 1847. The blast was so strong that it was heard 17 miles away

Training a police dog
A Police Dog and handler at Twickenham Rugby Stadium. The dog is being trained to sniff out suspicious packages that could have been planted under the seats in the South Stand (now re-developed)

Bridge damaged by explosives, Iraq
View of a bridge that has been damaged by explosives, somewhere in Iraq

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