Mast Collection

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

Furling the Sails Victorian period

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

Couple with red car at Coverack, Cornwall. 1982

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

R101 at Cardington, Bedford
The R101 Airship, riding at her home mast at Cardington, Bedford, seen behind the two massive Airship Hangars. R101 was a British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser built in 1910 as a gift to Britain from the people of New Zealand

HMS New Zealand at sea
HMS New Zealand with canopies covering the guns. HMS New Zealand was an Indefatigable class battlecruiser built in 1910 as a gift to Britain from the people of New Zealand

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

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

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

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

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