Hoisting Collection

Battle of Trafalgar (October 21st, 1805). The vessel Prince of Asturias, hoisting the Gravina badge, battles five English vessels. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

Hoisting Hops
Hoisting pokes of hops onto a drying platform. Despite modern advances such as mechanical hop presses, horses were still being used for hoisting the pokes (sacks). Date: 1930s

Advertisement for various types of steam engine
Advertisement for Robey & Co of Lincoln (Globe Works), London, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Paris, manufacturers of various types of steam engine. circa 1883

Sempill British Aviation Mission to Japan
Hoisting Gloster Sparrowhawk from Battleship Turret. William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill AFC, AFRAeS (1893-1965)

Hoisting the Union Jack Flag on the Victoria Tower
When the Sovereign is in Houses of Parliament building the Royal Standard is flown, on Victoria Tower. Photograph showing two men hoisting the Union Jack flag. Date: 1906

Underground railway construction, Euston Road, London
Underground railway construction, earth-hoisting machine, drawn by horses, operating in Euston Road, London. 1861

Horses at sea, using slings WWI
Thousands of war horses were bought from all over Britain to serve with British Forces in World War One. They were used to carry supplies and ammunition, transport the wounded and to pull guns

TURNING A WINDLASS
Six men turning a windlass, a mechanical device with a horizontal axis for hauling or hoisting Date: 1803

Hoisting a recovered torpedo back on board Royal Navy

Section of an underground mine. Model of a team in the second half of the nineteenth century. Scale 1:25. Manufactured in 1906. By R. Brown. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology)

Mimi and Tou-tou: a Thames to Tanganyika romance. The overland journey made from the Cape to Central Africa, and the victorious battles fought on Lake Tanganyika by the British naval expedition with

Buiding the Houses of P
The Hoisting-scaffold in operation during the construction of the Victoria Tower of the new Houses of Parliament, designed by Pugin. Date: 1850

Liverpool Pilot-Boats
LIVERPOOL PILOT BOATS Hoisting a pilot on board in heavy weather Date: 1857

The Day, Heath Robinson - the hoisting of the hostage
The Day: The Germans Come - and are " Terror" -ised. Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England-from the British side, by Heath Robinson

A New Tooth - hoisting new gun into a destroyer, WWI
A new gun being hoisted by crane into a destroyer under refit during the First World War. 1918

Annexation of the Gilbert Islands, situated in the West Pacific Ocean: " HMS Royalist commanded by Captain Davis, hoisted the British flag on Apamana Island on 27th May [1892] proclaiming

Boy Scouts in China celebrating Coronation of George VI
Boy Scouts in Shanghai, China, celebrating the Coronation of George VI by hoisting the flag at the British Consulate. Date: 1937

Cricket at Lords Eton v Harrow 1870
The winning team are hoisting their player who won the game for them and spectators also cheer all around the team and victor. Date: 1870

The Role of the horses in WWI 1914
Thousands of War horses were bought from all over Britain to serve with British Forces in World War One. They were used to carry supplies and ammunition, transport the wounded and to pull guns

Samoa - Hoisting the Union flag - World War One
Samoa - Hoisting the Union flag - 30th August, 1914. At the outbreak of World War One, New Zealand troops landed on Upolu unopposed on 29th August 1914 and seized control from the German authorities

Hoisting the mast for the mooring experiment at the Naval Airship Station, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, 31 May 1918

The Crimean War

Raising the Wellington statue atop the Green Park Arch
Raising the great equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, at the time the largest equestrian statue in Britain, to the summit of Green Park Arch

Sea Scouts hoisting the colours
A group of Sea Scouts hoisting the colours. 20th century

Hoisting Royal Standard at the Tower of London
The peace rejoicings to celebrate the end of the Crimean War - hoisting the Royal Standard at the Tower of London. Date: 1856

Two Sea Scouts hosting a sail on a ship
Two Sea Scouts hoisting a sail on a ship. circa 1930s

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 July
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 July. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Hoisting a new boiler into a Cargo Liner, 1916
Illustration showing a 200-ton floating crane hoisting a new boiler into a cargo liner of the British Merchant Navy, at a British port, 1916. The name of the liner appears to be T Winfield

West Berlin Train Crew Prepare to Travel, Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing the crew of a West Berlin locomotive hoisting the banner Greetings to Western Germany onto the front of their train at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949

French soldiers hoisting an artillery shell
Photograph of a sixteen-inch shell being hoisted into position by French soldiers for loading into its gun. The caption described the weapon as the modern lord of battle

HMS Alert and HMS Discovery seen from the deck of HMS V
Engraving showing HMS Alert and HMS Discovery (both in the background) parting company with HMS Valorous (foreground) at the beginning of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876

Hoisting the German Flag on Mont Valerien; Franco-Prussian W
Illustrations showing Prussian troops hoisting the German flag on top of Mont Valerien, one of Paris most important fortifications

Hoisting Sail in the Atlantic, 1884
Engraving showing the scene on deck as the ships crew hoists sail in rather heavy seas. Some of the passengers appear to be enjoying the spectacle, whereas other look rather seasick

British at Labuan
Ceremony of hoisting the British flag on the island of Labuan, southwest coast of Borneo

Christmas / Tree / Flag
Hoisting the Union Jack to the top of the Christmas Tree

Events / Asia / China
Hong Kong : hoisting the British flag at Taipo, in the Kowloon hinterland

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