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LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw, Westminster, LondonA publicity photograph of the Massey Shaw fireboat with the Houses of Parliament in the background, used by the London County Council to promote the London Fire Brigade in its publications
LFDCA-LFB Lambeth HQ and Lambeth river stationA modernised Lambeth river fire station and the new fireboat London Phoenix, seen here from the north bank of the River Thames
GLC-LFB Fire boat - Fire HawkEntering service in February 1976, the Fire Hawk was built by Watercraft of Shoreham at a cost of £ 60, 000. Measuring 45 feet in length, 13.5 inch beam and with a 3.5 foot draft
LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat at BlackfriarsThe Massey Shaw was built in 1935 by the J Samuel White company at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was built to a London County Council design, and cost around £ 18, 000 to build
LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in FulhamLFB firefighters in action at a fire in Fulham, where 100 tons of paraffin wax ignited in a riverside warehouse. The major blaze required 25 pumps
Fireboat tackling fire at Colonial Wharf, East LondonA fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, East London, 27 September 1935. This was a typical big Thamesside fire of the sort which the London Fire Brigade has tackled for over
NFS (London Region) narrow boat fitted with fire pumpsThere were 18 river fire stations along the length of the River Thames during WW2. They were used to accommodate the crews on a 24 hour standby to operate the fireboats
Fireboat Fire-Dart, River ThamesFireboat Fire-Dart on the River Thames
London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underwayThe Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London
Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates pumpingMoored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water
LFB fireboat Delta II on the River Thames, London. Date: circa 1920s
London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw underwayThe Massey Shaw fireboat nearing her berth at Blackfriars on the Victoria Embankment, London. Date: 1938
London Fire Brigade firemen on a fireboat, River ThamesLondon Fire Brigade firemen operating a hosepipe on a fireboat on the River Thames, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background. Date: circa 1940s
Scene of whale rescue attempt, River Thames, in which a Northern Bottlenose Whale was lost
LCC-LFB Ship fire on SS Leopard, Port of LondonA fire crew, rigged in Proto one-hour oxygen breathing apparatus sets, descend into the smoking hold of the SS Leopard. The fire had broken out deep inside the vessels hold
LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat, Blackfriars, LondonTied up at her Blackfriars moorings, the Massey Shaw fireboat gives a demonstration of her fire power from her Merryweather pumps
LCC-LFB fireboat Gamma II on River ThamesFireboat Gamma II and crew, mid-stream on the River Thames in central London
LCC-LFB fireboat Gamma II with monitor in use at drillThe counter-weighted monitor of a London Fire Brigade fireboat in use whilst the fireboat is moored near Hungerford Bridge on the River Thames
LFB fireboat Beta II at Cherry Garden PierLCC-LFB fireboat Beta II (the sister craft to fireboat Beta) moored off its fire station at Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe, SE London
Fireboat Massey Shaw returning after Dunkirk, WW2Crowds on the Albert Embankment greeting the returning London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw after it took part in the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied forces
LCC-LFB fireboats using monitors on the Thames, WW2Auxiliary and regular firefighters getting monitors and jets of water to work from fireboats and a Thames barge near Westminster Bridge, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament
MFB fire float and tug with river firemenA Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug with river firemen. These composite craft were introduced in 1877 by Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, Chief Fire Officer of the MFB
New Yorker fireboat at Battery landing, New York City, USA. Date: circa 1905
Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940. Two fire floats of the Essex Fire Brigade moored alongside a jetty
LFB Fireboat attending a fire at Colonial WharfA fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf. A typical big Thameside fire of the sort which the London fire Brigade had tackled over 100 years: Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, E1
Fireboat Massey Shaw with eight hoses pumping. Date: 1935
London Fire Brigade fireboats on the ThamesLondon Fire Brigade fireboats on the River Thames
Lambeth Fireboat Station
Exercise Tideway at the Thames Barrier, Woolwich, SE London
Fireboat attending a fire in BatterseaA fireboat attending a fire in Battersea, SW London
LCC-LFB Fireboat Alpha, River ThamesFrom 1912 the previously used rafts, towed by tugs, were replaced by Londons first fireboats. These steam driven self-propelled shallow draught craft were based on the Royal Navy gunboats
Pontoon and fireboat return
LCC-LFB First fireboats in the London Fire BrigadeA fire float and tug were first introduced in 1877 and used until 1900 when they were replaced by shallow draft fireboats
LCC-MFB Fire float and tug at drillsPrior to the MFB acquiring its first purpose made fireboat, a tug would tow a fire float (containing a steam fire pump) to the scene of riverside blazes and fires on ships on the Thames
London Fire Brigade fireboat on the River ThamesA London Fire Brigade fireboat on the River Thames
LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat, Greenwich, SE LondonThe Massey Shaw fireboat was built in 1935 on the Isle of Wight, and fitted out with powerful Merryweather pumps in Greenwich, SE London
LCC-LFB fireboat fleet at Lambeth HQ, LondonAs part of the formal opening of the London Fire Brigade headquarters building on the Albert Embankment, Londons fireboats Massey Shaw
LCC-LFB fireboat Beta III, midstream on River ThamesA side view of the London Fire Brigades fireboat Beta III, stationary and midstream, downstream of Tower Bridge with Wapping wharves in the background
Example of an United States (USA) fireboatA typical port and harbour fireboat deployed by large United States of America city fire departments. Seen here is the LA City No 2, owned by the Los Angeles City fire department, California
MFB fire float and tug on the River ThamesA Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug on the River Thames. These composite craft were introduced in 1877 and used until 1900 when they were replaced by fireboats
Drawing of MFB fire float and tug on the River ThamesA drawing of a Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug heading to a riverside blaze in the distance. The fire float was a fire pump mounted in a barge that could supply water to the land via
LFB fireboat Alpha II and crew on River ThamesThe Alpha II fireboat was a self-propelled steam driven fireboat brought into service by the London County Councils London Fire Brigade
LCC-LFB fireboat Beta at Cherry Garden PierFireboat Beta alongside Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe, in the Port of London, downstream from Tower Bridge. The twin funnelled Beta had a large capacity firefighting fitted monitor near its prow
MBW-MFB fire float and tug at drill on River ThamesThese fire floats and tugs were composite craft introduced in about 1877. They were replaced by fireboats from 1900
LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw in actionThe Massey Shaw fireboat at its first major riverside warehouse fire on the River Thames. The Colonial Wharf fire in Wapping High Street E1 occurred on 27 September 1935
LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw demonstrates pumpingMoored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water
Auxiliary London firemen at drill on a fireboat, WW2Auxiliary London firemen (AFS) under instruction in the use of a rocket-line as part of their fireboat drills and training
Launching London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey ShawThe Massey Shaw was built in 1935 on the Isle of Wight. It was fitted out with its powerful Merryweather pumps in Greenwich, SE London