Funnels Collection (page 3)

HMS torpedo boat destroyer, Earnest, at full speed off Plymouth. Date: circa 1900

United States Navy - Atlantic Fleet in harbour, including the Illinois-class battleships USS Alabama and USS Illinois, distinctive for having side-by side funnels

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) - SS Prague - launched in 1929. Built by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, a sister of Vienna and Amsterdam

View of Hong Kong harbour, with ships and buildings
General panoramic view of Hong Kong harbour, with various ships, including HMS Medway, submarine depot ship, in the centre. To the left are two County class cruisers (with three funnels)

RMS Titanic - White Star Line
The RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line

House Flags and Funnels. circa 1910

H. M.s Caledonia formerly Majestic 1937
The former Cunard White Star Liner Majestic, changed to H.M.S Caledonia, was bought in 1937 by the Admiralty and was converted at a cost of 391

Book cover, RMS Mauretania, by Gerald Aylmer
Book cover, RMS Mauretania, the Ship and her Record, by Gerald Aylmer, published in 1934 by Percival Marshall & Co Ltd. Date: 1934

RMS Mauretania, used as hospital ship during WW1
The RMS Mauretania, a Cunard ocean liner which was used as a hospital ship during the First World War. Launched in 1906, retired from service 1934. Date: 1914-1918

White Star Line, RMS Teutonic - future Marconi operator on RMS Titanic, Jack Phillips, who died in the 1912 disaster. Handwritten postcard, signed love Jack'

HMS Collingwood, battleship, on a Victorian scrap
HMS Collingwood, ironclad battleship, on a Victorian scrap. Date: circa 1890s

Sailing boats and ships on nine Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

RMS Mauretania leaving Southampton for the last time
RMS Mauretania, Cunard ocean liner, leaving Southampton for the last time, heading to Rosyth, Scotland, where she was to be broken up. Date: 1935

View of Taganrog port, Sea of Azov, Russia
View of Taganrog port, Sea of Azov, Rostov, Russia, with ships of the Imperial Russian Navy, including the battleship Ioann Zlatoust (centre right, with three funnels)

The Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania leaving Southampton Docks. Date: 1922

RMS Aquitania, a Cunard Line ocean liner, in the Mersey
The RMS Aquitania, a Cunard Line ocean liner, in the Mersey - Liverpool, England. Date: 1922

HMS Monmouth
Built in 1901, the sixth HMS Monmouth of the British Royal Navy was the lead ship of a class of armoured cruisers of 9, 800 tons displacement. She was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914

HMS Good Hope, British armoured cruiser
HMS Good Hope, British Drake-class armoured cruiser, launched 1901, sunk during the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914, off the coast of Chile. Date: circa 1914

Steamer Providence, Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA
Steamer Providence of the Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900

Fall River Line steamer setting off from New York, USA. Date: circa 1900

Steamer Pilgrim of the Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900

Steamer Plymouth of the Fall River Line, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900

RMS Empress of Japan - Armed Merchant Cruiser
HMS Empress of Japan - Armed Merchant Cruiser, pictured near Hong Kong Harbour. Built circa 1891 for the Canadian Pacific Line as RMS Empress of Japan

Passenger steamer Seeandbee, Lake Erie, USA
Passenger steamer Seeandbee, making daily trips between Cleveland and Buffalo, Lake Erie, USA. Date: circa 1918

Passenger steamer Rochester, Lake Ontario, USA / Canada
Passenger steamer Rochester on Lake Ontario, between the USA and Canada. Date: circa 1910

Deck Scene on NRL (Niagara River Line) Steamer Chippewa
A deck scene on the Steamer Chippewa of The Niagara Navigation Company Limited (popularly known as the Niagara River Line or N.R.L.), which ran between Buffalo and Toronto (via the Niagara Falls)

East River with vessels, New York City, USA
East River with vessels, viewed from Brooklyn Bridge (looking south), New York City, USA. Date: circa 1898

Fleet returning from Santiago, New York Harbour, USA
Admiral Sampsons fleet returning from the naval battle at Santiago de Cuba (3 July 1898, during the Spanish-American War), New York Harbour, USA. Date: circa 1898

Paddle steamer Yarmouth Belle. Date: circa 1905

Paddle steamer Royal Sovereign, with passengers and crew crowded onto the deck. Date: circa 1910s

Paddle steamer Duchess of Fife. Date: circa 1905

Dunkirk, France - Trystram Lock, WW2
Dunkirk, France - Trystram Lock, with a partially submerged vessel, following damage during WW2. Date: 1940-1945

RMS Baltic, White Star cruise liner. Date: circa 1900s

Approach to Liverpool landing stage
Approach to the Liverpool landing stage, with ships arriving and departing. Date: circa 1904

Hamburg, Germany - Europa entering the harbour
Hamburg, Germany - steamship Europa entering the harbour. Date: circa 1930s

Hamburg, Germany - Elbe Tunnel and ship
Hamburg, Germany - external view of the Elbe Tunnel, connecting the districts of St Pauli and Steinwerder, with a large ship on the water in the background. Date: circa 1930s

RMS Maloja, British ocean liner of the P&O Line. Date: circa 1920s

RMS Kaisar-i-Hind, cruise ship of the P&O Line. Date: circa 1910s

Russo-Japanese War - Takasgo - Two masted, two funnels (white rings) ship. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

Russo-Japanese War - Retvisan Russia - Ship sailing, funnels belching smoke. Part of Box 168 Boswell Collection - Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1904 - 1905

Marseilles, France - French Navy armoured ship
Marseilles, France - the French Navys armoured cruiser, Ernest-Renan, at sea. The ship was built at the beginning of the 20th century

Poster, Christmas Greetings to Ships at Sea. 20th century

Turiamo Bay, Venezuela, Central America
Turiamo Bay, naval base, Venezuela, Central America. The gunboat with twin funnels is the Mariscal Sucre. Date: circa 1930

Ohio River with excursion steamer, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Canadian Pacific cruise liner, Empress of Australia, the dream ship of cruises, in a book advertising the seventh annual round the world cruise, leaving New York on 2 December 1929

Canadian Pacific Steamers and Trains
Canadian Pacific is the only line operating its own Steamers and Trains -- The Empress of Scotland (above), a Canadian Pacific Transcontinental Train leaving Montreal (below). Date: circa 1930s

The Liner Queen Mary shown alongside Palace of Westminster
The Cunard Liner RMS Queen Mary shown alongside Palace of Westminster, which gives an indication of her enormous size (the worlds largest liner at this date)

Brochure back cover, Canadian Pacific, with travel agents details: A R Stringer, Market Street, Earlestown (Merseyside). Date: circa 1930s

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