Liner Collection (page 46)

The famous iceberg that slew the Titanic - Sphere
Double page spread from The Sphere, reporting on the eye witness account of Joseph Scarrott, a crew member on the Titanic

Tennis court on board the Empress of Britain
A full-sized tennis court on board the Canadian Pacific liner, the Empress of Britain, departing from Southampton on a world cruise for four and a half months

The arrival of Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener at Cape Town
Lord Roberts, with Lord Kitchener and the rest of his staff, reached Cape Town on the liner Dunottar Castle on 11th January 1900

Genoa, Italy - Panorama Date: circa 1920s

Queen Mary Star Liner
The Cunard White Star liner the Queen Mary, moored at Longbeach, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s

The arrival of the Governor General - Saigon
The arrival of the Governor General at Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in the Steamship Ernest Simons. Everyone (who is anyone) is gathered on the harbour to greet him. Date: circa 1910

RMS Megantic arriving at Montreal, Canada
White Star - Dominion Line Liner RMS Megantic arriving at Montreal, Canada. Held the record for he Canadian Atlantic run. Date: 1921

KILDONAN CASTLE
A passenger liner of the Union Castle line : 9692 tons. Date: early 20th century

Bristol Britannia
British passenger liner with BOAC. Date: circa 1950

Four-Poster Bedroom on board Titanic
Photograph of a four poster bed in one of the first class bedrooms on the Titanic. Built by the shipyard Harland and Wolff for White Star Lines, the liner was almost identical to her sister ship

Steamship Samaria
Passenger liner of the Cunard White Star line, employed as a troopship in World War One. Date: circa 1915

Cross Channel Steamer
A fine impression of the cross-channel steamer Cambria, at Dun Laoghaire (or Kingstown), Co. Dublin, Ireland. Date: 1950s

QUEEN MARY PASSENGERS
Lucky passengers relaxing on the stern deck of the Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary, on one of her last voyages. Date: launched 1934

voltaire Swimming Pool
Passengers watching swimmers in the open air swimming pool of the Voltaire luxury liner on its cruise to Norway. Date: 1930s

QUEEN ELIZABETH SHIP
The Queen Elizabeth steamship docked at Southampton, Hampshire, England. Date: March 1964

Launch of RMS Queen Mary
Part of the crowd at the launch of RMS Queen Mary, the new giant Cunard White Star Liner. Above them is Queen Mary herself, in a glass Royal Box which protected the royal party from heavy rain

RMS Queen Mary, floodlit at night
RMS Queen Mary, the new giant Cunard White Star Liner, floodlit at night, before her maiden voyage. Date: early 1936

Loss of the Titanic
A page from the supplement that appeared in the first issue of The Sphere to be published following the loss of the Titanic, describing it as The Greatest Wreck in the Worlds History

Fairyland and Great Sound - Bermuda Date: 1933

WW1 - A German four-stack liner
WW1 - One of the German four-stack liners (as the funnels are in groups of two rather than four equally spaced), either the Kronprinzessin Cecile; Kaiser Wilhelm II; Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse or

Noelle, Countess of Rothes (1878 - 1956)
Wife of the 19th Earl of Rothes, Noelle survived the Titanic disaster, escaping in Lifeboat 8, taking the tiller and doing much to boost the morale of the other women in the lifeboat. Date: 1912

Lady Duff-Gordon (1863 - 1935)
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, a leading fashion designer who along with her husband Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon was a survivor of the Titanic disaster Date: 1912

RMS Queen Mary, The Pets Promenade
Artists impression of the Pets Promenade on the RMS Queen Mary, the new giant Cunard White Star Liner. A member of the ships crew gives seven dogs their daily exercise in the animal enclosure during

Ship with two funnels at sea, WW1
A ship with two funnels at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sinking of the French liner Sontay, Mediterranean, WW1
Scene during the sinking of the French liner Sontay in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by a German submarine during the First World War, with passengers and crew escaping into lifeboats

SS Saxon off Gibraltar, WW1
The British SS Saxon, a cruise ship used for transporting troops during the First World War, seen here off Gibraltar on the way to Egypt. Date: spring 1917

Canada - Newfoundland -ss Florizel at Icefields
Canada - Newfoundland - SS Florizel at Icefields - the crew boarding. A passenger liner, the Florizel was the flagship of the Bowring Brothers Red Cross Line of steamships

Poster advertising Orient Line cruises to Australia, featuring three men in turbans sitting around a campfire on a beach, with a ship waiting out at sea. 20th century

Cubs on Royal Navy ship
A group of Cub Scouts and their Leader stand on board a Royal Navy ship in Aden, Yemen. circa 1968

Sea Scout training ship
The Irish Lightvessel Albatross which was used as a Sea Scout training ship in Dun Laoghaire harbour. 1970s

Cubs learning about the Royal Navy
A young Naval Officer explains aspects of a Royal Navy ship to a group of Cub Scouts in Aden, Yemen. They lean over a piece of equipment and the officer points at one of the boys. circa 1968

Page from An Album of International Air Liners for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes Imperial Airways Empire Flying-Boat Caledonia; Imperial Airways Liner

RMS Queen Mary compared in size with Buckingham Palace
The newly launched RMS Queen Mary compared with Buckingham Palace and other large buildings. With other indications of her size, power, speed and safety. Date: 1934

Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey - The Moorings
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats (some had awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers, so this is likely to be off-season!)

ON GOLDEN ARROW FERRY
A smartly dressed couple stroll along the deck of the Golden Arrow ferry, connecting luxury trains between Dover and Calais. Date: 1947

Britannia Cunarder 2
Cunard 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

Egypt Wreck - 2
P&O liner, en route to India, collides with French freighter Seine about 40km off Brest, with the loss of 87 persons; the lascar crew behave in a very ungentlemanly manner... Date: May 1922

Egypt Wreck - 3
When this P&O liner, en route to India, collides with French freighter Seine about 40km off Brest, with the loss of 87 persons, some act heroically, others in a cowardly manner... Date: May 1922

London Life front cover featuring the model Ro
Front cover of the impossibly groovy London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life and times of swinging sixties London

Promotional card for Aegean Sea Cruise line
A promotional postcard for an Italian Aegean Sea Cruise Line. The liner is the Albano, under the command of Captain Persich

Dutch Union Castle Poster
Dutch poster advertising the Union-Castle Line, a shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

Boss Croker
Richard Boss Croker, Sr. (1843 - 1922) - American politician. As head of the Tammany Hall (the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City politics)

Holland America Line poster
Poster advertising the Holland America Line service from Southampton to New York, featuring a ship steaming ahead across the Atlantic ocean

The Port Campbell Steamship, presumably near Port Campbell, Victoria, on the southern coast of Australia. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Imperial Airways birds eye view
Imperial Airways to Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. An air liner on the ground is seen from above with crowds of passengers and porters with luggage around it

Ensign Air Liner and Empire flying boat
Poster advertising the Ensign air liner for European services, now being built by the Armstrong Whitworth company, and the Empire flying boat built by Short Brothers

Navigazione Generale Italiana
Poster from Italian shipping line Navigazione Generale Italiana featuring the ocean liner Augustus

George V and Mary boarding HMS Medina, Portsmouth
King George V and Queen Mary boarding HMS Medina at Portsmouth, on their way to the Coronation Durbar in India. The Medina was a P&O liner which was put on duty as a royal yacht

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