Floats Collection

Zeppelin L15 on Thames
Zeppelin L15 floats on the Thames

Merryweathers Engine
Merryweather Three-in-one Motor Fire-Engine, with a Fire Suds apparatus producing a semi-fluid substance which floats on burning liquids and smothers the flames

A parade in Fall River Massachusetts, Sherwin Williams float

Fishing Equipment suitable for the Lake District
Fishing Equipment suitable for use in the Lake District - includes two inset pictures of Derwentwater (upper picture) and Newlands Valley (lower)

Fairey Campania two-seat seaplane
Fairey Campania two-seat carrier-borne reconnaissance or coastal patroller seaplane, which entered production in early 1917. It was mounted on a wheeled trolley for takeoff from a ships flight deck

The Earth
According to Hindu belief, the Earth is supported on elephants, standing on a tortoise, which floats in the Universal Ocean

Holidaymakers in the sea at Margate, Kent Date: circa 1910s

Funeral of Vietnamese Emperor Khai Dinh - procession
Funeral procession (including the carrying of large decorated towers made of paper) following the death of Vietnameser Emperor Khai Dinh (1885-1925)

Fairy Soap Advert
A lady takes a bath, using Fairy Soap which, whatever its merits as soap, has the extra benefit that it floats... Date: 1925

Kronos and Uroboros
Kronos floats above the Earth, holding a uroborus

Zeppelin-Lindau Rs II German long range flying boat, seen here in its initial form with biplane tail. It first flew in June 1916, after which modifications were made

Spitfire with Floats
A sketch of the successful Royal Airforce fighter plane converted for landing on water

Zeppelin down Off Kent
Zeppelin L15 floats in the sea off the Kent coast

FAIREY FLYCATCHER
This is the main fighter used by the British Fleet Air Arm during the 1920s : depicted is the seaplane version, in which floats replace the undercarriage

Stroukoff YC-123E Provider 55-4031
Stroukoff YC-123E-SA Provider 55-4031, modified by Stroukoff Aircraft Corp, Trenton NJ. With Pantobase undercarriage and wing-tip floats for operating off water, snow, ice, and sand, as well as land

de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver 2 G-ANAR (msn 80) at the 1958 SBAC Farnborough Air Show. The prototype Beaver 2 was built in Canada and first flew at Downsview, piloted by George Neal

de Havilland Canada DHC-2T Turbo Beaver N501Z on floats
de Havilland Canada DHC-2T Turbo Beaver (or DHC-2 Mk III) N501Z on floats. Date: 1980s

Curtiss Model 42 R3C-1
United States Navy & Army - Curtiss Model 42 R3C-1, a racer for the 1925 season. Three were built for the Navy and Army all flown as R3C-1s with Navy serial numbers

WW2 Fairey Swordfish
A photograph of a British WW2 Fairey Swordfish torpedo bomber biplane on floats. Date: circa 1940s

Canaries - Religious Procession - Festival day - Las Palmas
Canary Islands - Religious Procession on a festival day - Las Palmas. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 Humpty Dumpty The Barrage Balloon
An illustration which shows Humpty Dumpty having become a barrage balloon, he looks quite content as he floats in the moonlit night sky. Date: circa 1940

Ducks By The Sea
This illustration shows a foreground gathering of ducks in some waters beside a small island with an old, wooden boat docked to the side, a large vessel floats in the background. Date: circa 1939

Japan - Fishing Tackle Shop
Fishing Tackle Shop, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Nice Carnival Figures
Some of the floats and figures from the Nice carnival. It had to be postponed due to the weather in 1925. Date: 1925

Scene from Japanese Noh Drama, Eguchi
Scene from the Japanese Noh Drama, Eguchi - the yokyoku (noh song) Eguchi is thought to have been composed by the priest Ikkyu-Zenji

The Red Sail, Venice
Watercolour painting of a boat close by in Venice, Italy. In the background, there floats many other sailing vessels. Date: circa 1930

Short Mayo Composite S20 Mercury long-range seaplane, test flight, Rochester, Kent Date: 1938

Blackburn Shark bomber and reconnaissance seaplane Date: 1938

Pilatus PC-6 Turbo-Poter F-GAMV
Pilatus PC-6/B2-H2 Turbo-Porter F-GAMV (msn 726), at the Paris Air Show held in early June 1977 at Paris - Le Bourget airport, advertising SEFA floats. Date: 1977

Many thousands gathered at the waterside at the River Thames in Richmond, with decorated illuminated floats, glowing fruits everywhere to be seen. Date: August 1892

Southend Carnival parade, along the sea-front. Date: circa 1955

Currie Jet Wot G-APWT, the second Currie Wot, first flown on 20 October 1959, fitted with a 70hp Rover TP.60/1 turboprop engine in November 1960

Bbiplane, seaplane on floats, Weihaiwei, Weihai, China
Vintage c.1920s photograph: aircraft, biplane, seaplane on floats, Weihaiwei, Weihai, China

Proclamation of the Colony of Bay Islands
The British gained violent control of the Bay Islands from Honduras in 1838, but did little about any formalities or governance until March 1852

Fourth and Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA
Floral parade at Fourth and Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA. Showing the Fire Department on a horse-drawn float. Date: 1900s

Westland S. 55 series 1 G-AOHE
Westland S.55 series 1 G-AOHE (msn WA.126) of Bristow Helicopters, on floats. First registered in 1956, AOHE was registered to the South Georgia Co. Ltd

Aviation Marine Francaise - Farman F. 168 Torp. number 49
Aviation Marine Francaise - Farman F.168 Torp. number 49. The F.168 was an outgrowth of the earlier F.60 series of bombers and could fly as a landplane or floats

Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker float-plane
A Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker in use as a test-bed for floats. Date: circa 1930

United States Navy - Curtiss 18T-2 A3325 on take-off as a floatplane. After retiring from the 1922 Curtiss Marine Trophy Race with mechanical trouble, the Navy had no urgent need for both 18Ts

Albatros WRE. 1 16 amphibian monoplane
Albatros WRE.1 16 amphibian monoplane at Bodensee. The third RE.1 monoplane, powered by a 100PS Mercedes D.I, 6-cylinder in-line engine, was fitted with floats to make it amphibious

GAF Nomad 22B VH-BRQ
GAF Nomad 22B amphibian VH-BRQ (msn 33) of Barrier Reef Airways. Fitted with floats in 1980, number: 33 was first delivered to the United States as N59365 in October 1977

Children wearing Swimeesy Buoy, invented two before in 1907. Date: 1909

United States Navy Wright XF3W-1 A7223. Built as a landplane for racing and engine development testing, the XF3W-1 was later fitted with a pair of floats and also a single float with stabilisers

Young man in boat, Tunisia
A young man in traditional dress sits in the bow of a blue fishing boat in harbour. Djerba, Tunisia (see also pic 12478423 for similar image in horizontal format). Date: 1987

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Aquatennial Parade - Floats
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - Aquatennial Parade - Colourful Floats Date: 1939

Purse Seinors Catching Salmon, Seattle, Washington, USA. A purse seine is a large wall of netting deployed around an entire area or school of fish

Nakajima A6M2-N Navy Type 2 Model 11 Rufe -essentially the Mitsubishi A6M modified to take floats Operational from 1942

Gotha WD-10 German single-seat naval fighter biplane designed by Oskar Ursinus, seen here with floats retracted, thus improving its aerodynamic effect

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