Launch Collection

SOROLLA, Joaqu�(1863-1923). Launching the Boat
SOROLLA, Joaqu� (1863-1923). Launching the Boat

The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934
Photograph of the launch of the R.M.S. Queen Mary, viewed from the slipway she had just left, 26th September 1934. The Cunard White Star Liner then spent the next year-and-a-half in Clydebank

LUSITANIA
At the time of her launch in 1907, she was the largest vessel in the world : her sinking by a U-boat in 1915 continues to inspire conspiracy theories

Launch of HMS Ark Royal, Birkenhead, 1937
Photograph showing the aircraft-carrier HMS Ark Royal being launched down the slipway at the Cammell Laird Shipyard, Birkenhead, 13th April 1937

German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus!, WW1
A German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus! (U Boats Launch!), showing a submarine officer looking through a periscope with a sinking torpedoed enemy ship in the background

Stanstead Abbotts - The Bridge
The village of Stanstead Abbott in Hertfordshire lies on the Greenwich Meridian. Date: 1907

The Arrival of the First Thor Ballistic Missile to RAF Bom
Photograph of the delivery of first Thor Ballistic Missile to an RAF Base in Norfolk, 19th September 1958. Sixty-five feet long

The Shipbuilder, Special Aquitania Number
Front cover of The Shipbuilder industry journal, June 1914 issue, focusing on the Cunard cruise liner Aquitania, launched the same year

Tatler cover: Duchess of Sutherland
Millicent Fanny Sutherland-Leveson Gower- [ne Millicent Fanny St Clair-Erskine], duchess of Sutherland (1867-1955), society hostess and social reformer

QUEEN MARY
The Cunard White Star passenger liner at the time of her launch. Tonnage 70, 000. Length at water-line 306m

The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934
Photograph of the launch of R.M.S. Queen Mary from John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, 26th September 1934. The ship is seen under the control of a number of tugs

R. M. S. Queen Mary under construction, Clydebank, September
Photograph of the Cunard White Star Liner, R.M.S. Queen Mary, under construction at the John Brown shipyard, Clydebank, September 1934

Whitehall / Hollar 1647
Whitehall from the Thames showing possibly the view between White Hall Palace Stairs & Privy Stairs with Inigo Joness Banqueting House in the background

Santos-Dumont Demoiselle replica 9 : A flyable replica built by Personal Plane Services Ltd at Booker, for the 1965 film Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff
The American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff in 1910 and later owned by Mr Thomas Benjamin Davis - a magnificent schooner of 323 tonnes. In 1910 she sailed in eleven races and won them all

Loading a V2 Rocket
A V2 rocket on the launch pad. More elaborate than the V1, these were first fired against London on 8 September 1944

1889 photograph - RMS Teutonic - from an album of images relating to the launch of the vessel, which was built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast

Nuns in Boat
A group of nuns in the launch from the Christo Rey. When the floating church goes inland the sisters go ashore to administer help and advice

Launch of the Vickers Airship R80 at Barrow, Walney Isla?
Launch of the Vickers Airship R80 at Barrow, Walney Island, UK with a Man Standing on Top of the Roof

The Launch. Conor, William 1881-1968

A Douglas F4D-1 Skyray and a Douglas A4D Skyhawk launch from USS Independence

The Summer Car of the River: Motor-launching on the Thames
An illustration by C.E. Turner depicting the fashion for motor-boats or motor-launches during the 1920s among the upper classes

Launch of the Olympic at Belfast, 20Th October 1910 - a view of the launch of the leviathan Olympic with men standing at the stern. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Launching of V2 rocket bombs by G. H. Davis
The launching of V2 rocket bombs during the Second World War: an official photograph and its explanation. On the left: a scene at Peenemunde, birthplace of the V2

Sete, France - The Harbour and Town
Sete, France, in the Herault department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France - a lovely view of the Harbour and the town. Date: circa 1910s

Sputnik I prior to its launch on 9 October 1957. Date: 1957

Martin TM-61C Matador immediately prior to launch from its zero-length launcher

Air Scouts learning to glide
Two Scouts sit in a Slingsby T.21 while another Scout connects it to a cable prior to launch at the first Air Scout Gliding Course at Lasham. An Avro York G-ANTK can also be seen in the background

Casablanca, Morocco - Maritime Station
Casablanca, Morocco - Embarkation at the Maritime Station Date: circa 1910s

Scout hot air balloon
A group of Scouts preparing to fly their hot air balloon, adorned with the Scout Association Fleur-de-lis emblem, at Gilwell Park. 1976

Pembroke Dock with royal yacht, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of Pembroke Dock with the royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. This was the third royal yacht to bear this name -- it was built in Pembroke Dock and launched in 1899

Loading a V1 Rocket
Loading a V1 rocket into the launch pad. Use of these rockets accelerated after the start of the Second World War

Launch - Cromer Lifeboat
The return of the Cromer lifeboat after assisting a crippled trawler to port

Launch of Shamrock V
The Shamrock V yacht, commissioned by Sir Thomas Lipton to contest the Americas Cup, is launched at Gosport, Hampshire following the naming ceremony by Lady Shaftesbury Date: 14 April 1930

Bleriot-Voisin float glider shortly after launch on the Sein
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Metropolitan Police launch on the River Thames
A Metropolitan Police launch on the River Thames, with Tower Bridge in the background

The launch of the lifeboat - Appledore, Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Finsbury Park Boaters
The first large pleasure boat launch on the lake at Finsbury Park, north London, England

The launch of the Cunard White Star Liner - Queen Mary by HM The Queen at Clydebank, Septmeber 26th, 1934. Now permanently located at Long Beach, California, United States. Date: 1934

Launch of the Titanic
Launch of the ill fated Titanic -- at the time the largest vessel in the world

NUPE and GMBATU school meals campaign, Croydon
NUPE and GMBATU representatives at a press conference to launch a Save our school meals campaign in the London Borough of Croydon, 29 June 1983. Date: 1983

Barbara Cartland with mother Polly and daughter Raine
Novelist Barbara Cartland (right) pictured with her mother Polly Cartland, and her daughter Raine (Mrs Gerald Legge), later Raine Spencer, wife of Earl Spencer

Laister-Kauffman TG-4A NC46324
Laister-Kauffman TG-4A, (LK-10 Yankee Doodle 2 ), NC46324 awaiting launch at a gliding club in the US. After brief use by the United States Army Air Force (USaF) during the war

Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachi?
Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachim Kuettner at Cape Canaveral after witnessing the launch of a Mercury capsule carrying a chimpanzee on top of a Redstone launcher

The Turkish State Barge Seughudlu, built at Elswick Shipyard, Newcastle upon Tyne for His Imperial Majesty Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842-1918) - September 25, 1903

WW2 - The Motor Launches of E-Boat Alley. (2/2) Date: 1942

SZD Jantar 2 Standard 94, just about to launch from the grid at a UK gliding competition. Date: circa 1982

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