Failed Collection

Monaco Grand Prix / 1969
Jackie Stewart, in a Matra- Ford (7), leads Chris Amons Ferrari (11) away from the grid at the start of the Monaco Grand Prix. Both failed to finish the race

Schneider Trophy 1929
Cover for the official programme : the aircraft depicted is the Italian Macchi 52, which to Il Duces disappointment failed to win the face

Robert Owen / New Harmony
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1928

The Greely Arctic Expedition at its farthest point North, 18
Engraving showing members of the American Meteorological Expedition of 1881-4 taking their position, with a sextant, at the farthest point North they reached. Led by Lt

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

Escape System for British Submarines, 1933
Illustration showing the air-lock system, built into British submarines of the 1930 s, that was designed to allow submariners to escape if their submarine failed

Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 - Mk.7 combination (ex GAF) G-ANSO, at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough air-show. Built as an F Mk.8 airframe with strengthened outer wings, the Ground Attack Fighter (GAF) aka Reaper

Edward Preble
EDWARD PREBLE American naval commander, served in the war against the British but failed to take Tripoli. Date: 1761 - 1807

Martin B-26C-T XB-LOX Ay Jijos ! of PEMEX Built as Martin B-26C-20-MO Marauder 41-35071 for the United States Army Air Force, 35071 was modified to AT-23B and later redesignated TB-26C

Robert Owen - New Harmony, Indiana, USA
New Harmony, Indiana, USA. Robert Owen established an experimental co-operative community to compliment his ideas for social reform. The project failed in 1828. Date: 1838

PZL-Mielec I-22 Iryda SP-PWG - 0204
Polish Air Force - PZL-Mielec I-22 Iryda SP-PWG / 0204 (msn ANA002-04), fourth prototype of the Iryda, which failed to go into large-scale production due to the fall of the Iron Curtain

Proposed Hotel Commonwealth, New York
Artists impression of the proposed Hotel Commonwealth, New York, USA - occupying a whole block, Broadway, 55th Street, 56th Street and 7th Avenue. The project failed in the mid-1920s. Date: circa 1916

Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat N212KA (msn D.902, ex BuAer 121528), fitted with a passenger compartment in the fuselage. This aircraft was destroyed on 12 December 1968 when the engine failed on take-off

King Charles I taking the Speaker's Chair in a failed attempt to arrest five MPs for treason Date: 1642

HIMS Askold
Imperial Russian Navy - HIMS Askold, a protected cruiser. This ship was notable for having five funnels and its high turn of speed

Blue Chaise Longe
Oil painting of a grand interior. The variations of light in a fine interior have attracted artists and tested their skill since the Interior genre was invented by the Dutch painters in

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

JOHN REDMOND (1856 - 1918), Irish statesman who did his best to keep order after the death of Parnell but ultimately failed to control the dissenting factions

CORNELIS BEUDIN (1615? - 1650), (also known as Godinez) French Jesuit missionary in Mexico, who was privileged to die for his faith though he failed to make sainthood

World War II - Rhine bridge at Remagen, near Bonn
Vintage photograph World War II - Rhine bridge at Remagen, near Bonn which the retreating German army failed to destroy

Katharine of Aragon pleads to stay with Henry VIII (1491-1547) in their Palace. She had come before the cardinal sent from Rome, Cardinal Wolsey and the King. 1533

King Cnut commands the tide to retreat (unsuccessfully)
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

Neilson NC-1 Golden Bear - aka Coach NC883E
Neilson NC-1 Golden Bear (aka Coach) X883E (later NC883E), built by the (Thomass & Duncan S) Neilsen Steel Aircraft Co, Berkeley CA. at Berkeley airport around the time of its first flight

Republic XP-91 Thunderceptor 46-0681 4 May 1949: 0680 (1st prototype) first flight. 14 October 1949: 0681 first flight. Summer 1951:engine failed on take-off summer 1951 at Edwards AFB

Mitsubishi 2MR1 Tobi reconnaissance biplane. Designed and built for an Imperial Japanese Army Air Service competition for a reconnaissance aircraft

de Havilland DH. 110 WG240 2nd prototype
de Havilland DH.110 WG240 2nd prototype at the 1952 SBAC Farnborough air-show, (1-7 September). WG 240 was flown by test pilot John Derry in the air display from 1-5 September

The Light That Failed - Actress Miss Gertrude Elliott
The Light That Failed a play version of the novel by Rudyard Kipling (written by George Fleming) - Actress Miss Gertrude Elliott (1874-1950)

MARY TO THE RESCUE
When axe and bucket have failed and the fire brigade havent turned up, the owner of a blazing house implores the aid of the Virgin Mary, who kindly offers her help Date: circa 1850

Northrop JB-1A / JB-10 flying bomb
A Photo-Illustration of a Northrop Jb-10 / Jb-1A Pulsejet Engined Flying-Bomb Flying. it Was Unsucessfully Tested in 1945. a Single Ford Pj31 Pulsejet Engine Was Mounted in a Centerline Shroud

German holding up the other Central Powers
Russian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917

UFOS / AZTEC
Alleged alien remains from a UFO crash near Aztec, New Mexico. Possibly a monkey used in a military rocket test which failed. Date: 7 July 1948

Cartoon, Oscar Wilde and William Wilde
Cartoon, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), poet and playwright, comforted by his brother William Wilde (1852-1899) in the face of American criticism of his play, Vera

Dancing the Hitchy-Koo
Despite being performed by Mistinguett, this nouvelle danse sensationelle failed to take its place with the valse and the tango... Date: 1913

King Cnut the Great fails to halt the incoming tide
Cnut the Great (circa 985 or 9951035), (or Canute), King of Denmark, England, Norway, and parts of Sweden. Henry of Huntingdon, the 12th-century chronicler

HMS Brilliant and HMS Sirius, Ostend, Belgium, WW1
Aerial view of two obsolete British cruisers, HMS Brilliant and HMS Sirius, which took part in a failed attempt to block the port of Ostend, Belgium

Max Hodel, the German would-be assassin of Kaiser Wilhelm I Date: 1878

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Robot Aliens
THE ROBOT ALIENS - The Earth is invaded by Martian robots who hope to succeed where H G Wells Martians failed... Date: 193

People facing ruin from bank failure in the Panic of 1907, N
In the summer of 1907, the American economy was showing signs of weakness as a number of business and Wall Street brokerages went bankrupt

Spartacist Troops / 1919
Armed workers on their way to occupy the newspaper district, Berlin. This was part of the failed Spartacist uprising

An awkward position - true love never did run smooth circa early 19th century

John Fitch, Inventor
JOHN FITCH American inventor who built successful steamboats but failed to obtain financial backing so drowned himself at Philadelphia. Date: 1743 - 1798

Guillaume-Cliton
GUILLAUME-CLITON DE NORMANDIE son of Robert III, duc de Normandie, failed to recover estates deprived by Henry II of England, made Comte de Flandres, but not popular. Date: ?1102 - 1128

Dance, the Cortez
A Spanish or Mexican step, sufficiently popular to inspire this painting, but which failed to keep up the pace... Date: circa 1912

Hammered Bankrupt 1874
A failed company is hammered for bankruptcy Date: 1874

Alma / Zouaves
BATTLE OF ALMA The French zouaves raise their flag on the heights of Alma, a crushing victory which the Allies failed to follow up Date: 20 September 1854

The Light That Failed by George Fleming
Promotional postcard for The Light That Failed by George Fleming (Julia Constance Fletcher) from Rudyard Kiplings (1890) novel. First produced at the Lyric Theatre, 7th February 1903

WW1 - Zeppelins raid over Paris, France, 1915
WW1 - A failed night raid attack over Paris, where enemy airships are under attack from shells and searchlights from below

SIAI Marchetti SM92 -seen in Luftwaffe marks, this twin boom close support type failed to get into production

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