Launching Collection

Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the launching chain of the Great Eastern

GLC-LFB Fire boat - Fire Hawk
Entering service in February 1976, the Fire Hawk was built by Watercraft of Shoreham at a cost of £ 60, 000. Measuring 45 feet in length, 13.5 inch beam and with a 3.5 foot draft

Douglas Dakota picking up a glider, Normandy; Second World W
Illustration showing a Douglas Dakota, C-47 Skytrain, swooping down with a hook trailing to pick up a Waco glider, Normandy, France, 1944

The Original Co-op, Rochdale, Lancashire
On December 21st, 1844, the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society commenced trading in this building thereby launching the worldwide Co-operative movement

Dooey Bay, Rosguil, Co. Donegal - a view of a beach and headland and two men in the foreground launching a rowing boat. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Donegal; Rosguil)

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

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

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

Launching the Lifeboat
Launching the lifeboat from a carriage into a rough sea whilst the crew climb aboard

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

Close-up view of machine on launching track at Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio. Date 1904 June or July

The Amanohashidate admired by a Geisha
The Amanohashidate - located in Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture - a pine-clad promontory launching onto the sea - being admited by a geisha on a balcony

Bremen Launched
In her heyday this fine German liner wins the Atlantic record, but in WW2 she becomes a naval accommodation ship, destroyed by fire in 1941

Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714
Royal Air Force - Vickers Wellington GR Mk. XIV MP714. Seen fitted with chin-mounted ASV Mk. III radar, retractable Leigh Light in the Ventral turret position and RP-3 (from Rocket Projectile 3 inch)

Boat launch Robin Hoods Bay
Using an old farm tractor, three fishermen wearing oilskins launch a small lobster boat down the wet cobble slip of Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Launching of a Dhow - Aden Maalla Village, Yemen Date: 1910s

RMS Queen Elizabeth launching ceremony in 1938

Launching ceremony, Construction of RMS Queen Elizabeth

Launching a lifeboat, early 1900s

Launching a sailing lifeboat

Launching a torpedo from a drifter, probably WW1

Launching a torpedo from a drifter fishing boat

Margate Lifeboat launching

Launching a Lifeboat Victorian period Date: 19th century

Launching the Eastbourne Lifeboat Edwardian period

Scott's Antarctic Expedition Simpson launch weather balloon
Scott's Antarctic Expedition Simpson launching a weather balloon

WW2, Sailor's Knot And Captain's Boat
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows the heads of a Royal Navy sailor and his sweetheart within the loops of a sailor's knot

Lifesavers by Stettman. Date: circa 1908

Bazin's Roller Boat Steamer at St Denis, France
Ernest Bazin's Roller Boat Steamer on wheels just before launching at St Denis on the River Seine Date: 1897

Schneider Trophy Preparations
British seaplanes being prepared for the Schneider Trophy competition. This race was held twelve times between 1913 and 1931. Date: 1931

Launch of RMS Queen Mary, Clydebank
The elaborate launching of RMS Queen Mary at Clydebank functioned perfectly Date: 1936

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

David Jones
A coloured reproduction for a David Jones Advertisement, portraying the man himself, whose abounding enterprise and enthusiasm, coupled with a business vision ahead of his time

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

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

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

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

World War II remains of a V2 German rocket site
Vintage World War II photograph - remains of a V2 German rocket launching site - rocket launcher mounted on a train. Hahnenberg Forest, Germany

Fisherman launching their boat, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Launching of the Lifeboat
Launching of the lifeboat from beach, Date: circa 1910

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

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

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

Floating H. M.s Sultan out of dock 1870
Launch of H.M.S Sultan of Her Majestys ship Sultan, at Chatham Dockyard with crowds watching, most powerful ironclad afloat (at the time). Date: 1870

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