Launched Collection (page 2)

White Star Line, Oceanic and Britannic - three items
White Star Line, Oceanic and Britannic - rare White Star Line carte de visite cabin plans, two for the Oceanic and one for the Britannic

HMS Aboukir, British Cressy class armoured cruiser, launched 1900, sunk by German U boat in September 1914

Cunard liner RMS Mauretania, launched in 1906. A New Wonder of the World Date: 1906

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

HMS Hornet, Acheron-class Destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a

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

Spanish Civil War. German bombs launched over Madrid and that they didn't explode. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

Nationalist Artillery; Spanish Civil War, 1939
Photograph showing a battery of 15.5 cm howitzers, used by the Nationalist army during their offensive against Catalonia; Spanish Civil War, 1939

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

SMS Oldenburg at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin
The building of the SMS Oldenburg, a German armoured warship, at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin (then in Germany, now Szczecin in Poland), by Carl Hochhaus. She was launched in December 1884. 1880s

Yorkshire Sailplane YS-53 Sovereign 153, about to be launched Date: circa 1982

Heinkel HD. 55
Heinkel HD.55 prototype catapult launched scout for Soviet battleships. Forty aircraft were acquired by the AV-MF (Aviatsiya voyenno-morskogo flota)

Childrens nurse sitting with a child in a hospital bed reading a Mr Men book. Used in the first issue of the re-launched Nursing Standard

Secret name revealed, the Queen Mary
Queen Mary and King George V in a glass covered royal box on the lauching platform. Queen Mary over a microphone revealing the name of the long-kepted secret pronouncing the words

ARKANSAS WARSHIP
United States warship, passing through the Panama Canal. Date: launched 1912

ITALIAN BATTLESHIP
Italy joins in the race : the battleship Roma is launched at La Spezia Date: 21 April 1907

STEAMSHIPS / MARS
The 14, 900 ton battleship Mars, launched at Birkenhead 1898, at sea with the Channel Fleet Date: 1901

Lady Elizabeth ? Stanley Harbour
?Lady Elizabeth?, an iron barque of 1, 155 tons built by Robert Thompson Jr. of Southwick, Sunderland and launched on 4 June 1879

Launch of The Avenger Steam Frigate at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth
Launch of " The Avenger" Steam Frigate at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. The ceremony of christening the vessel was performed by Miss Harding, a niece of the gallant Admiral Superintendent

Thor-Agena rocket is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
A Thor-Agena rocket is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 5 February 1960 carrying Discoverer IX. Date: 1960

Discoverer 1 - launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base
Discoverer 1 was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on 28 February 1959 but suffered a telemetary failure at T +500 seconds. Date: 1959

Chrysler Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) launched on a test flight from Cape Canaveral on 27 February 1959. Date: 1959

WW1 - launch of 95 USA Transport Ships - 1918
A Bad Dream for Von Tirpitz translates into reality (Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz - German Grand Admiral, Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office) - In a single day

Shipping Beef on Board HMS Alexandra, 1878
Engraving showing the crew of HMS Alexandra taking beef aboard ship from a small supply boat, off Tuzla, in the Sea of Marmora. The supply ship has also brought fish, barrels and the washing

HMS Nelson, 1930
Illustration showing a cross section of the battleship HMS Nelson, 1930. Launched in 1925 at the Armstrong yard, Newcastle, HMS Nelson served in World War II and was scrapped in 1949

The Social Hall on R. M. S. P. Almanzora, 1920
Photograph of the Social Hall aboard Royal Mail Steam Packet Companys Almanzora, 1920. Launched in 1914, she served as an Armed Cruiser in World War I, then was reconverted into a liner

White Star Line - RMS Britannic, launch at Belfast - Signal series real photo postcard of Titanic's younger sister Britannic being launched in Belfast on 26 February 1914. Date: 1914

Launch of the HIJMS Kongo at Barrow-in-Furness
Launch of the HIJMS (His Imperial Japanese Majestys Ship) Kongo by Madame Koike, first Battleship of the Kongo Class and the last Japanese Capital Battleship built outside of Japan

Japanese Battleship - Kashima - launched at Elswick
The Japanese Battleship - Kashima, shown at the Armstrong Whitworth shipyard at Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, just after launch in March, 1905

Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston Harbour
SS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 1899 by the Cunard Line company to act as an intermediate ship catering for the vast immigration

HMS Poseidon submarine
The launch of the British submarine, HMS Poseidon, a P class sub, launched on 21st June 1929 at the Barrow-in-Furness works of Vickers-Armstrong

Launch of Shamrock III
At Dumbarton, the yacht Shamrock III is launched, supported on pontoons. Owned by Sir Thomas Lipton, the yacht was to be his third challenger for the Americas Cup

Douglas GAM-87 Skybolt air-launched ballistic missile

Alexander Keith / Jose Weiss Aviette launched from Amberley
Alexander Keith/Jose Weiss Aviette launched from Amberley Mount Sussex, 1912. Date: 1912

Met Police Commissioner, Operation Bumblebee
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Condon (now Baron Condon, b 1947), giving a talk about Operation Bumblebee, a campaign for burglary prevention launched in 1993. Date: circa 1993

Smoking Room on the RMS Aquitania
View of the Carolean Smoking Room on the RMS Aquitania, a luxury Cunard Line cruise ship which launched in 1914. Date: early 20th century

RFA Birchol, British naval oil tanker, WW1
The British naval oiler (oil tanker) RFA (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Birchol during the First World War. She was launched in June 1917, and served off the coast of northern Russia (Archangel) in 1919

Titanic launched at Belfast; Lord and Lady Pirrie
The launch of RMS Titanic, at Belfast on the joint birthday of its builder and his wife, Lord and Lady Pirrie, whose portraits are inset

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Assault on an Arab Traitor
Italian assault on the house of an Arab Traitor. The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

Italo-Turkish War (1911-12) - Courage
An Italian postcard entitled " Courage! Victory is Nigh!". The Italo Turkish War was launched by Italy against Turkey, with the aim of gaining Libya

RMS Tartar, 1883
Engraving showing the Union Steam-ship Companys Royal Mail Steamer Tartar and, inset, the Dining Saloon on board the ship

HMS Duke of York, 1943
Photograph showing the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York firing a salvo from her after turret in 1943. The Duke of York, launched in 1940

SS Ernest Bazin, 1897
Illustration of M. Bazins Roller Steamer, SS Ernest Bazin, leaving Le Havre on a sea trial, July 1897. This vessel, launched in 1896

Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, September 1874
Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, September 1874. Launched in that year, for the English Channel Steamship Company

Lifeboat / Cromer / Norfolk
A lifeboat creates a huge splash as it is launched into the sea at Cromer, Norfolk

HMS Vulcan Torpedo-boat in Dry Dock
HMS Vulcan was launched in 1889 as a cruiser and torpedo-boat depot ship. Visible at top of picture are the curved arms of the special cranes fitted for deploying torpedo boats. Date: 1896

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