Launch Collection (page 3)

Medieval war machine. Catapult. Parabolic motion machine, used to launch long-distance projectiles. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Launch of the Boy's Own No. 2 Lifeboat at Poole, Dorset in July 1882 Date: 1882

Photograph of a practice launch of the Lifeboat, Coversack, Cornwall. Outdoor seascape action shot. Captioned, Launching the Lifeboat, in case'

Caricature illustration of chaotic scenes with crew, captain, journalists and photographer, with Dreadnought airship. Captioned

RAF Hawker Nimrod II, K3654, preparing for catapult launch at No.1 RAF Flying Training School, Leuchars, Scotland Date: 1938

Launch of HMS Immortalite at Chatham Dockyard, Kent
The Launch of HMS Immortalite at Chatham Dockyard, Kent, 7 June 1887 Date: 1887

Russian torpedo launches attacking a Turkish monitor below Matchin, Russo-Turkish War Date: 1877

Launch of Allan Liner steamship, Victorian, showing triple screws, A New Wonder of the World Date: 1906

EoN Olympia 460 (EoN Type 10), having the tow rope attached, prior to launch. (EoN - Elliott's of Newbury Date: circa 1979

Launch of HMS Trafalgar at Woolwich, 21 June 1841
The Launch of HMS Trafalgar at Woolwich Dockyard, 21 June 1841 Date: 1841

Slingsby Dart 17R 377, at the launch point with the pilot ready to board. Date: circa 1982

Colomban MC. 12B Cri-Cri F-WYEA
Colomban MC.12B Cri-Cri F-WYEA (msn 4), at the Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget in June 1979, with an Eiri-Avion PIK-20E motor-glider in the middle ground

Aggregat 4 rocket (A4), moments before launch at Peenemunde. The popularised designation of the A4 was V-2 - Vergeltungswaffe 2 - (Retribution Weapon 2) Date: 1943

Slingsby T. 21b BGA. 570
Slingsby T.21b BGA.570 (msn 538, ex G-ALNJ), ready to take a winch launch at Lands End in April 1966. Date: 1966

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

RMS Mauretania, ocean liner being launched 1938
The launch of the RMS Mauretania unveiled the name by Lady Bates, wife of the Chairman of the Cunard White Star taking place at Cammell Laird's yard, Birkenhead

Esther Bruce at the launch of Aunt Esther's Story. Josephine Esther Bruce (1912-1994) working-class mixed race seamstress born in Fulham, London to a Guyanese father & an English mother

Queen Victoria naming the ship Royal Albert at Woolwich Dockyard in London. Date: 1854

Lifeboat putting out to sea, St Ives, Cornwall
The James Stevens lifeboat setting out in a choppy sea, St Ives, Cornwall. The James Stevens No.10 was built for St Ives by Thames Ironworks in 1899

Boeing 747-SR46 Shuttle transporter N911NA - NASA 911
Boeing 747-SR46 Shuttle transporter N911NA / NASA 911 (msn 20781, line Number 221), converted from an ex Japan Air Lines 747 to carry Shuttle Orbiters from landing sites to servicing facilities

Douglas A-4B Skyhawk 142094 (MSN 11348), displayed at NAS Leemore, CA, with the hump from an A-4F, in the colours of 150033 which suffered a bad catapult launch

Comic postcard, Large woman diving into the sea Date: 20th century

Vintage 19th century photograph: pier at Ismailia, steam launch and ships in the harbour, Egypt

A gloriously ornate invitation from Her Excellency The Ambassadress of Turkey (Stefanaki Musurus Pasa) to the Launch of Turkish State Barge Seughudlu, built at Elswick Shipyard

World War II launch of a new British submarine
World War II vintage photograph - launch of a new British submarine in a UK shipyard

River Thames Embankment and steam launch, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: River Thames Embankment and steam launch, London

Launch of the W. S. Lindsay, iron emigrant ship 1852
Launch of the W.S. Lindsay, the new iron emigrant ship, at Willington near Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 30th September 1852. The ship was built entirely for the purpose of emigration. 1852

The German Building, Jackson Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was built by the German government for the Worlds Fair, and later presented to the Park Commissioners, and used as a restaurant

Advert, J F Borthwick & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for J F Borthwick & Co, Builders of Marine Launches and Motor Cars, with Liquid Fuel Engineering, Waterloo Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Battleship launch, Newport News, Virginia, USA
People gathered for a battleship launch at the shipyards, Newport News, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Lady Patricia Moore and Samuel Courtauld studying one of the pictures in the London Artists Association Summer Exhibition at the Cooling Galleries

The launch of the ironclad ship HMS Alexandra by Alexandra, Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) 7th April 1875. 7th April 1875

The torchlight launch of the iron-screw steamer Azoff in the Clyde. 1855

The ironclad ship HMS Alexandra
The launch of the ironclad ship HMS Alexandra, 7th April 1875. 7th April 1875

Launch of La Hogue, Sunderland 1855
Launch of La Hogue, the largest ship ever built in Sunderland, in 1855. 16th July 1855

Launch of the Marion Macintyre and part of ship Iron Frame
Launch of the " Marion Mactintyre" and part of the ship " Iron Frame", at Messrs Jordan and Gettys building-yard Liverpool (not Getley as printed in the ILNs caption), 1851

Queen Mary cruise liner, around the time of her launch in 1934. Date: circa 1934

Launch of HMS Waterloo at Chatham 1833
Launch of His Majestys ship, HMS Waterloo at Chatham in 1833. HMS Waterloo was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Date: 10 June 1833

British naval ships by W Fred Mitchell
British naval ships, from left to right: Arrogant, Majestic, Resolution, Magnificent, Repulse, Diadem. 1899

Morane-Saulnier MS. 502 Criquet F-BEJQ
Morane-Saulnier MS.502 Criquet F-BEJQ (msn 670), equipped as a banner tug. This aircraft was used as a launch platform for Birdman Leo Valentin

Schleicher ASW19 EJR, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schempp-Hirth Ventus ELG, at the grid of a gliding competition in the UK. Waiting for a launch before the competition aircraft launch. Date: circa 1982

Slingsby Skylark 3 AXL, at the grid of a gliding competition in the UK. Waiting for a launch before the competition starts. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW20 EBX, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Schleicher ASW20 DTQ, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Glaser-Dirks DG-200 DTM, on the launch grid at a gliding competition in the UK. Date: circa 1982

Radioplane RP-76 high-speed target drone, seen under the wing of its Northrop F-89 Scorpion launch aircraft. Date: circa 1953

Radioplane RP-77D on its launch catapult. Date: circa 1953

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