Graving Collection

Poster for the RMS Majestic
Poster for visits to the RMS Majestic, the worlds largest liner in the worlds largest dock, the King George V graving dock in Southampton

Glasgow Docks
The new (in 1858) graving dock at Meadowside, Glasgow. The open country beyond is, alas, only a memory

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, at Southampton
Reaching Southampton the Queen Mary docked in an enormous King George V graving drydock, ready for its maiden voyage to New York in May 1936

RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock, Liverpool
RMS Oceanic in Graving Dock (Dry Dock), Liverpool, shortly before launch in 1899. Date: circa 1899

Two postcards, RMS Queen Elizabeth
Two postcards of the RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard White Star Line, with two tugs (top), and aerial view in Graving Dock, Southampton (below)

The Royal Opening of the new Dry Dock at Southampton on Wednesday, July 26, 1933 by King George V, accompanied by the Queen and the Duke and Duchess of York

Caithness Coastline near Dunbeath, Scotland
circa 1910s

GOD THE COMMANDER
God writes ten commandments, for the instruction of his chosen people, graving them in stone. When hes done, Moses will present them to the assembled public. Date: BCE

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, entering dry dock at Southampton
Reaching Southampton the Queen Mary entered an enormous King George V graving drydock, at the time of construction in 1933, it was the largest graving dock in the world

The Olympic in the Era Graving Dock, Belfast - a front bow view of the ship with people both sides. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

Liverpool / Dock Board 07
Liverpool: the Dock Board offices from the Canning Graving Dock Date: 1907

The Great Western Docks, Plymouth
The Great Western Docks at Plymouth, showing the Graving Dock

Southampton Docks 1940S
King George V Graving Dock at Southampton, England, 1, 200 feet long and 135 feet wide, with a depth of 50.5 feet to keel blocks

The Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock, Bombay, 1872
Engraving of the Hydraulic Lift Graving Dock on Hog Island, Bombay, opened on the 16th November 1872. This graving dock could take ships up to 400 foot long

New Alexandra Graving Dock at Belfast
Prince Albert Victor, opening the new Alexandra graving-dock at Belfast. A graving or dry dock was a dock which could be sealed off with gates, enabling work to be carried out on the hull

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