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Lakes Waterhen being launched on to Lake Windermere 1912Lakes Waterhen being launched on to Lake Windermere, 1912. Date: 1912
Short S22 Scion Senior L9786 being launched by craneShort S22 Scion Senior, L9786, being launched by crane at Rochester
A Boeing-developed air launched cruise missile is launched from a USAF Boeing B-52G Stratofortress, 58-0182, over the White Sands Missile Range during 1976. Date: 1976
Ham - a 37-pound chimpanzee - Americas first astronautHam - a 37-pound chimpanzee - became Americas first astronaut when he was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Redstone (MR-2) suborbital flight on 31 January 1961
Miss Sam prior to being launched in a Mercury capsule from Wallops Test Station on a Little Joe 1-B (LJ-1B) on 21January 1960. Date: 1960
Supermarine S5 N220 is launched at VeniceSupermarine S5, N220, is launched at Venice on 26 September 1927. Date: 1927
Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile is launched
North American X-15 56-6670 launchedNorth American X-15, 56-6670, is launched from its Boeing B-52B mothership
Boeing Bomarc surface-to-air missile is launched from the Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick AFB, Florida, USA
The third Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg. 3 August 1959. Date: 1959
The first Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg. 16 April 1959. Date: 1959
Liquid oxygen vapour escapes during pre-launch checkout of the first Thor IRBM launched in a training exercise by a three-man RAF launch crew at Vandenberg
BAC Thunderbird ground-to-air missile is launched during British Army field exercises in Western Germany. August 1970. Date: 1970
Hawker Nimrod II K3654 about to be launchedHawker Nimrod II, K3654, about to be launched from a VIH type, telescopic tube catapult at RAF Leuchars
An Atlas-Agena rocket is launched from Cape Kennedy on 25 October 1965 for the first dual launch ready for an in-orbit rendezvous with a Gemini. Date: 1965
The first Samos I spy satellite about to be launched by an Atlas-Agena from the new Point Arguello, California, missile facility
Jindivik of the Royal Austraian Navy is launched from its trolley at JBMR
Jindivik Mk2 is launched from its trolley
Jindivik Mk1 is launched from its trolley
North American Navaho surface-to-surface missile is launched from Cape Canaveral. 1 March 1958. Poor quality photo. Date: 1958
Martin TM-76 Mace surface-to-surface is launched from Holloman Air Force Base Missile Development Center
Short Seacat ship-to-air missile is launched
The English Electric Blue Water surface-to-surface missile is carried on, and launched from, a standard three-ton Bedford 4 x 4 truck. circa 1961. Date: 1961
The Martin Viking first US-designed high-altitude research rThe first US-designed high-altitude research rocket, the Martin Viking is launched, 3 May 1949, at the White Sands Proving Grounds, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Date: 1949
The USS Norton Sound - guided missile research shipThe USS Norton Sound, the US Navys guided missile research ship, from which a Martin Viking rocket was launched on 12 May 1950 to establish a new record for US-built
Short Sunderland III ML821 being launched from the factoryShort Sunderland III, ML821, being launched from the factory slipway. This aircraft was later converted to a MkV
Terra Nova SteamshipThis Scottish whaler is used by Captain Scott in his ill- fated attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole, 1911. launched 1884
Nassau WarshipWith three sister-ships, the Nassau is the first dreadnought in the German fleet : she carries twelve 280mm and twelve 150mm guns which will soon come in handy. Date: launched 1908
Von Der Tann CruiserGermanys first battlecruiser, she is severely damaged at the battle of Jutland, all guns out of action, but makes it home. She will be scuttled at Scapa Flow in June 1918. Date: launched 1909
Fireboat in a cradle waiting to be launched, WW2A fireboat in a cradle waiting to be launched
Blanchards balloon ascent, Little Chelsea
Balloon event, Charles Green, AylesburyGrand Aerostatic Fete at Aylesbury, 416th Balloon Ascent by Mr Charles Green in his Royal Victoria Balloon. From a spacious meadow belonging to Mr T J Hinds of the Black Swan Inn, Cambridge Street
Balloon launched from Artillery GroundBalloon launched from the Artillery Ground, watched by a crowd of spectators. 25 November 1783
RMS Aquitania in Liverpool. She was a Cunard White Star Liner. 901 feet long, 45, 647 tons. Scrapped in 1950
Cunard Line R. M. S. MauretaniaCunard Line R.M.S. Mauretania. Holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing (1907- 1929)
The tidal wave - July 4, 1918 - 95 ships launched United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. Poster showing an eagle leading a fleet of ships; an engulfing wave is composed of cavalry
Honourable Artillery Company lifeboat, Walton, EssexThe first National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, donated by and named after The Honourable Artillery Company whose Drama Club sponsored it, was launched in 1884
Scenes on board the SS Austral: the drawing room, the dining room and the promenade deck. The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat
The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat between Australia and Europe
The America Cup challengers: Shamrock II launched at DumbartA symbol of three kingdoms: the pontoons " Thistle", " Rose" and the yacht " Shamrock II". The Illustrated London News claimed that at the time of publication this was
Hms BellerophonThe fourth vessel of this name to serve in the Royal Navy, this Dreadnought-style battleship will take part in the battle of Jutland 1916, and be sold for scrap in 1921. Date: launched 1907
Restaurant on the RMS AquitaniaView of the Louis XVI Restaurant on the RMS Aquitania, a luxury Cunard Line cruise ship which launched in 1914. Date: early 20th century
FLICA YACHTThe Flica International Rule 12 Metre Class Racing Yacht, built by Camper & Nicolson in 1929, designed by Sir Richard Fairey. Here flying her flags at the end of her 1933 win
QUEEN MARY PASSENGERSLucky passengers relaxing on the stern deck of the Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary, on one of her last voyages. Date: launched 1934
H. M. S. TERRIBLEA sailor wearing the hat of his ship, the unfortunately named H.M.S. Terrible, a British Royal Navy vessel, launched in 1895. late 1890s
LIFE-BOATThe Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) Station, Eastbourne, which was built in 1903, seen here with the Royal Navy Lifeboat (RNLB) Beryl Tollemache, which was launched in 1949. Date: 1960s
Britannia Cunarder 2Cunard passenger liner which starts the first regular transatlantic mail service; in 1849 she is sold to Germany and ignominiously ends her career sunk as a target ship. Date: launched 1840
Kasuga Japan WarshipItalian-built cruiser, bought by Japan, in service till the 1920s when she becomes a training ship, finally scrapped in 1948. Date: launched 1902