Mast Collection

Holding up the R101
A member of the WaC - the Womens Army Auxiliary Corp - holds up the R101 Airship, riding at her home mast at Cardington, Bedford

The Mary Rose, Tudor ship, built in 1510. In service for 34 years, it sank in 1545. Discovered in 1971 it was successfully raised from the sea bed in 1982 amid much publicity. Date: 1982

Chrysler Building
" A modernistic Georgia Marble and Indiana Limestone building which rises 1046 feet from the ground to the top of the steel mast."

Royal Sovereign light ship off Eastbourne, Sussex
Royal Sovereign light ship seven miles off Eastbourne, Sussex. It was later replaced by a lighthouse. Date: 1966

Alexandra Palace, the home of the B. B. C. The large transmitt
Alexandra Palace as the home of the B.B.C television service in 1936 showing the mast and transmitting aerials for vision and sound

Couple with red car at Coverack, Cornwall. 1982

R101 airship on mooring mast
The R101 airship attached to a mooring mast, Cardington RAF Base. Date: circa 1930

Fishing trawler and crew, Resplendent, Scotland. Date: 1960s

Paddle Steamer Leith 1837
The paddle steamer Leith arriving at Grantham Pier, Edinburgh. Built by R.Menzies & Sons for the General Steam Navigation Co 1837 and used by GSNC for coastal service between Leith and London

RSS Discovery moored on Thames Embankment, London
RSS Discovery moored on the Thames Embankment, London. The ships lifeboat can be seen hanging amidships. circa 1930s

Front Street, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of Front Street and Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. A group of children stand near the prow of a large ship, moored on the shingle

The Brigantine " Steadfast" - a companion vessel to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Training Ship " Exmouth"

Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Scene at Stackpole Quay, near Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, with The Pride of Wales unloading coal and ready to load limestone

Beardmore R. 36 Airship
The Beardmore R.36 at its mooring mast

R101 at Cardington, Bedford
The R101 Airship, riding at her home mast at Cardington, Bedford, seen behind the two massive Airship Hangars

R101 at Cardington - 1
The R.101 at its mooring mast at Cardington

HMS Mars, British battleship, Majestic Class, commissioned 1897 Date: circa 1904

Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada, when the expedition sent by King Philip II of Spain was met by the Royal Navy and out-manoeuvred. The surviving Spanish ships were badly damaged in storms

Parma was a four-masted steel-hulled barque which was built in 1902 as Arrow for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London. In 1912 she was sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany

Fisting the Mainsail by Arthur Briscoe
Sailing clinging on to a ships mast to fix the mainsail. Date: 1931

USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, US frigate
The USS Constitution, nicknamed Old Ironsides, a wooden hulled, three masted heavy frigate of the US Navy, launched in 1797

Cadet on the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship
Cadet in the rigging of the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship, probably during a Tall Ships Race. Date: 1960s

Sailing vessel Nellie Bywater, a two-masted schooner. Date: circa 1920s

Warships in a Heavy Storm, c. 1695, by Ludolf Bakhuysen (163
Ludolf Bakhuysen (1631-1708). Dutch painter. Warships in a Heavy Storm, c. 1695. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

HMT Assaye, P & O liner and British troop ship
HMT (RMS) Assaye, P & O liner, used as a British troop ship during the 1920s, mostly between the UK and India. Date: circa 1925

East Green and Lighthouse, Southwold, Suffolk. Date: circa 1910s

View of Port Antonio, Jamaica, West Indies, from Richmond, with Navy Island (a former British naval base) in the distance, and the Titchfield Hotel on the right. Date: circa 1910

View of the Outer Quay, Brixham, Devon, with people and boats. Date: 1920s

St Oswalds Home, Cullercoats, Northumberland
St Oswalds Home for Girls, Mast Lane, Cullercoats, Whitley Bay, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1896. Date: 1920s

Furling the Sails Victorian period

Quayside at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Quayside at Lerwick, main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, with fishing boats. Date: 1960s

Schooner C & F Nurse in Poole Harbour
Schooner C & F Nurse (right), a coast hopper, in Poole Harbour, Dorset. Date: circa 1930s

Life on a North Sea trawler -- distant view of a trawler at sea, with seagulls circling for food. Date: 1960s

A Puffer - the Adherance (1914) - Jas. Cooper, Widnes
A Puffer boat - the Adherance (1914) - Jas. Cooper, Widnes - pictured in the 1920s Date: 1920s

Naval Airship No3, Astra Torres, moored on a mast, 12 June 1913

Airship R101 leaving the mooring mast at Cardington on the day of its departure to India. 4 October 1930. Date: 1930

Airship R101 at its mooring mast at Cardington

Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, Cornwall
The Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), nearing Falmouth, Cornwall

Ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain
Vintage 19th century photograph - ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain

BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1, opened in 1932. Date: circa early 1930s

The Dar Mlodziezy, Polish tall ship, fully rigged, Falmouth
The Dar Mlodziezy, a Polish tall ship, fully rigged at Falmouth. Date: circa 1980s

Port Natal, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Waterloo Place, London - The Crimea Monument
HMS Victorys Signal. The flaghoist signals used by Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), England expects that every man will do his duty

The US Navy airship ZRS-4 Akron in moored on its mobile mast

HMS New Zealand being refuelled by a BP ship British Emperor

HMS New Zealand at sea
HMS New Zealand with canopies covering the guns

R101 at Cardington - 2
The huge R.101 at its mooring mast at Cardington

View of Chicago with air pollution, looking north (from Stevens Hotel roof), Illinois, USA, showing Blackstone Hotel rooftop. Date: circa 1935

The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Act I, scene II. Prospero: A rotten carcass of a butt, not rigg'd, nor tackle, sail nor mast

WW1 - flags of the Central Powers atop a ship's mast
WW1 era - German postcard featuring the flags of the Central Powers atop a ship's mast Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Date: circa 1916

West Regional Transmitting Station - One of the 500ft. masts
West Regional Transmitting Station - BBC - One of the 500ft. signal transmission masts. Date: circa 1940s

Crusades. Embarkation of knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Land. Knights had to be willing to submit to the Roman Church whenever it ordered them to do so

HMS Clio Training Ship, Menai Straits, Anglesey, Wales, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century

Dover Docks, early 1900s. Date: early 1900s

Newquay Harbour, Cornwall, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). Bessarabia. The quarters of the grand duke Nicholas (1831-1891), commander-in-chief in Chisinau (formerly known as Kishinev). Engraving

Facsimile of a 15th century engraving
Boat sailing in the midst of the dangers of the sea. A sailor is trapped with his boat at sea during a storm. The devil threatens his life

Royal Navy captain and midshipman with Britannia
Frontispiece with Royal Navy captain and midshipman before Britannia and a British lion. Britannia with plumed helmet, lance with flags, Union Jack shield

Frankish ship with naval ram, mast with sail and rigging, oars
Frankish ship with naval ram, mast with sail and rigging, rowers and oars, rudder, 9th century. Frankish vases below. Vaisseau Franc, Vases

Saint Paul with Silas and Timothy on a sailboat
Saint Paul in halo with Silas and Timothy on a small sailboat with a single mast, sail and rudder. Paul, Sylvain et Timothee, From the Book of Thessalonicans in a manuscript Bible, MS T.L

Harold Godwinson, Anglo-Saxon king of England, on his ship to Ponthieu. Harold steers the rudder, sailors row with oars, climb the mast, pull on sail rigging, weigh anchor, etc

Cardiff Docks, Wales, Victorian period. Date: late 19th century

New York. City hall - Arnout Later colouration
New York. City hall. Engraving by Arnout. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amerique in 1837

New York. City hall - Arnout, 19th century
New York. City hall. Engraving by Arnout. Panorama Universal. History of the United States of America, from 1st edition of Jean B.G. Roux de Rochelle's Etats-Unis d'Amerique in 1837

Portugal. Lisbon. Belem Tower (Tower of Belem). 16th century
Portugal. Lisbon. Belem Tower (Tower of Belem). Built between 1515 and 1519 by Francisco de Arruda (d.1547). Manueline style. Declared UNESCO World Heritage Site. Architectural detail

Flag of Portugal

Portugal. Lisbon. Belem Tower (Tower of Belem). 16th century
Portugal. Lisbon. Belem Tower (Tower of Belem). Built between 1515 and 1519 by Francisco de Arruda (d.1547). Manueline style. Declared UNESCO World Heritage Site. Architectural detail

United States of America, State of Texas, Houston. Downtown. Flags of the United States, the State of Texas and the city of Houston

United States of America, State of Texas, Houston. Downtown. General view of the TC Energy Center, formerly known as Bank of America Center. Postmodern skyscraper completed in 1983

HMT Himalaya, British troop ship, with steam tug serving as its anchor. circa 1919

The Battle of Zonchio, August 1499
The Battle of Zonchio, also known as the Battle of Sapienza or the First Battle of Lepanto, August 1499, during the Ottoman-Venetian War (1499-1503). 1499

TSS Largs Bay, steamship of the Australian Commonwealth Line. Date: circa 1922

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - At Mooring Mast
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127; Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled

Wireless Station, North Head, Washington State, USA
US Government Wireless and Telegraph Station, North Head, Washington State, USA. Date: circa 1906

Sailing Vessel Dalgonar, built in 1892. Date: circa 1909

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

Oil Field, Humble, Texas nr Houston USA - Mule-pulled tanker. Date: 1907

Book of Trades, Names of the parts of a ship
Book of Trades, A Frigate, names of the parts of a ship. 1841

Thomas Cook Dahabeah Boat Boats Oars Water On
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Scarborough mast yard

Manning the Mast, Royal Navy, early 1900s

Union-Castle Line MV Dunnottar Castle, Southampton
Union-Castle Line Merchant Vessel Dunnottar Castle steam passenger ship, to South and East Africa Date: 1950

Shipwreck of P&O Oceana
The masts of the P&O liner ??Oceania?. It sunk above the water six miles south east of Eastbourne. It was run into by the German ship ??Pisaqua?. Date: 1912

Fatality on the Royal Yacht Britannia
The flag flies at half-mast on the Royal Yacht Britannia, to commemorate the death of Ernest Friend, a second mate who was swept overboard and drowned. Date: 1931

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