Gale Collection (page 2)

The Yacht Eira in the Arctic, 1881
Engraving showing the yacht Eira, used by Benjamin Leigh Smith, to explore the Arctic region around Franz Joseph Land and the ocean North of Russia, 1881-1882

People struggling against March winds
Victorian ladies and gentlemen struggle against March winds, with hats blown off, umbrellas blown inside out, and skirts blown up. Date: 1859

The Gale off the Port of Balaklava. 14 Nov 1854. Coloured tinted lithograph by R Carrick, 1855. One of 40 lithographs from The Seat of War in the East - First Series after William Simpson

Mr Gales Balloon crossing Vauxhall Bridge, London
Mr Gales Balloon on its flight from the London gasworks to Cremorne Gardens, Chelsea, seen here crossing Vauxhall Bridge. 1847

Train in Bad Weather
Fallen branches halt a train, and a telegraph pole leans dangerously, during a severe gale. Date: 1884

Ross in Pack Ice
The Erebus and Terror in pack ice, in gale conditions, off the South Polar Ice Barrier, in the course of James Rosss 1839-1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

Man reporting boat in trouble, Penzance, Cornwall
A man on horseback, reporting a boat in trouble during a storm, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1870s

HMS Liverpool - Bristol Class Light Cruiser, England. Showing A Mystery of the Sea - A boat picked up after a fierce gale Date: 1911

Beach Hut Gale Damage, Thought to be Lossiemouth, Morayshire
Beach Hut Gale Damage, Thought to be Lossiemouth, near Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. Date: 1953

Calendar - British Military
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Colour photolithograph calendar by unknown artist, 1910. Published by Gale and Polden Limited, Aldershot, 1910

Liner Narrung in a gale by G. H. Davis
The Christmas gale: beaten back by the sea. How the P&O liner Narrung was forced back by huge waves off Ushant, Brittany. Showing the vessels position before she met the huge waves

Drifting derelict warship, Richelieu, by G. H. Davis
The drifting of the derelict French warship, Richelieu. While being towed from Toulon to Rotterdam, the ship broke loose from her tugs at Brest

Brighton / Chain Pier 1896
Brighton Chain Pier, photographed just before the it was washed away by a gale in December 1896. 1896

Title page design, Album of Views of Woolwich Arsenal, south east London, printed and published by Gale & Polden Ltd, with an image of two gunners with a field gun. Date: circa 1905

A brisk gale, bay of New York. Date c1839 Apr. 1

Weather Reports Illustrated - A Gael Blowing
Weather Reports Illustrated postcard series. A Gael Blowing. A large Scotsman strolls along a very windy country lane, blowing hard on his bagpipes. Date: 1903

Meknes, Morocco - The Mansour Gate
Bab Mansour gate at Meknes, Morocco, named after the architect, El-Mansour (a Christian renegade who converted to Islam). The design of the gate plays with Almohad patterns

Le Coup De Vent (The Gale)
Le Coup De Vent ( The Gale ) Women dressed in light yellow dress trying to hold a large bouquet of flowers that are being blown away by the wind

Bystander front cover, 29 January 1930
Stylised illustration for the Bystander cover masthead showing a couple struggling through a gale that is so strong, it even threatens to uproot a postbox. Date: 1930

Scene on a shooting range, with collapsed tent
Scene on a shooting range, where men have been doing target practice before the outbreak of the First World War. A gale has blown one of their tents down

Gasworks after a gale, Haverfordwest, South Wales
View of the gasworks, blown down in a gale in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Longships Lighthouse in a gale
The Longships Lighthouse pictured during a heavy gale. Photograph taken from a Sea King Helicopter

Glendurgan, Cornwall, after the 1987 hurricane
Scene at Glendurgan, a National Trust garden in North Falmouth, Cornwall, after the 1987 hurricane. A man stands behind a large tree which has been completely uprooted

John Gale, alias Dumb Jack
Undated copy of etching of John Gale, alias Dumb Jack, in profile, smoking a pipe. HPG/8/2/1 (xxix)

Great Snowstorm 1881
Various ships and vessels including the Lucknow and Havelock on Ryde Pier are battered by the great snow storm & gales of 18th January 1881

The Band That Blew Too Hard by Hynes
Humorous illustration showing a band in a club or restaurant blowing their brass instruments so hard, that diners and dancers find themselves struggling against a gale force wind - wigs are blown off

A stormy night at the listening in
Cartoon, A stormy night at the listening in. A building saved by the wireless aerial during an equinoctial gale. Please note

Emigrant Ship at sea in a Gale, 1887
Engraving showing an emigrant ship, en route to Australia, lurching in tempestuous seas

SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846
Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846

Spanish Armada in a gale, 1588
Engraving of several Spanish galleons, in heavy seas, trying to head for home. Once the Armada had been driven away from English shores

The Sinking of the Eira, Cape Flora, 1881
Engraving showing the yacht Eira, commanded by Benjamin Leigh Smith, crushed by the ice and sinking off Cape Flora, Franz Joseph Land, 21st August 1881

The Crew of the Eira Arctic Expedition reach safety, 1882
Engraving showing the crew of the Eira Arctic Expedition of 1881-1882, led by Benjamin Leigh Smith, in the boats (foreground) reaching the safety of the yacht Hope, August 1882

Indiaman in a Storm
The Indiaman in a gale off the Cape of Good Hope

Naval Ramming, 1811
NAVAL ACTION During a gale, off Beachy Head on the south coast of England, the British warship Hermes rams the French privateer La Mouche

A Winter Gale at Scapa
Blustery winter conditions prevail at Scapa Flow; British warships ride the gale

Lord Nelson / Privateer
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer: boarding an American privateer in a violent gale, while a Lieutenant on the Lowestoft in 1777

Great Eastern in Gale
The Ladies Saloon is an uncomfortable place to be when the Great Eastern encounters a gale

Australian Gale
A gale on the Australian coast

Wind Carries Women Away
Two Alabama women are in bed when a violent wind carried them several hundreds of metres

East Indiaman in Gale
An East Indiaman in a gale off the Cape of Good Hope

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