Monitor Collection (page 3)

Varanus eremius and Varanus gilleri
Rusty desert monitor (Varanus eremius) and pigmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleri). Plate 8 from Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia (1896)

Varanus varius, lace monitor lizard
Drawing 365 from the Watling Collection by Thomas Watling, 1792-1797

Varanus komodoensis, Komodo dragon
Specimen of a Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard in the world on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

GLC-LFB Major fire, Chelsea Hospital, Pimlico
Twelve pumps and two turntable ladders were called to deal with the major blaze at the Chelsea Hospital that destroyed the roof of the building and seriously damaged the upper floor

LCC-LFB fire, Talwin Street, Bow, East London
London Fire Brigade crews at the scene of a serious blaze, now under control, in an East London commercial premises at Talwin Street, Bow

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta at Cherry Garden Pier
Fireboat Beta alongside Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe, in the Port of London, downstream from Tower Bridge. The twin funnelled Beta had a large capacity firefighting fitted monitor near its prow

LCC-LFB 100ft mechanical turntable ladder (TL)
An example of the all steel turntable ladder which was first introduced into the London Fire Brigade in the 1930s. It required a pump to be in attendance to supply water to its monitor

Head of a turntable ladder (TL) showing the TL monitor and the control handle operated by the firefighter at the top of the ladder

Massey Shaw fireboat at Blackfriars river fire station
The Massey Shaw fireboat, launched in 1935, moored alongside her Blackfriars river station, located on the Victoria Embankment, City of London

Terrific combat between the Monitor 2 guns & Merrimac 10 guns The first fight between iron clad ships of war, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862

Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac--fought March 9th 1862 at Hampton Roads, near Norfolk, Va. Print shows a battle scene between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimac just offshore

James River, Va. Deck and turret of USS. Monitor seen from the bow (i.e. stern). Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy - the Federal

James River, Virginia. US monitor CANONICUS taking on coal from a schooner. Date between 1861 and 1869

Desperate encounter between the Ericsson battery Monitor 2 guns, and the Merrimac 12 guns. Desperate encounter between the Ericsson battery Monitor 2 guns, and the Merrimac 12 guns

Fifteen officers on deck of a Union monitor warship. Date photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later

British monitor HMS Severn at Dover, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn with crew on deck, coaling up at Dover during the First World War. Date: 15 December 1914

British monitor HMS Severn at Harwich, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn with crew on deck, coaling up at Harwich during the First World War. Date: 12 December 1914

British monitor, WW1
A British monitor (small warship), either the Erebus or the Terror, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British monitor at Malta, WW1
A British monitor (small warship) at Malta during the First World War. Date: 1915

British monitor HMS Severn at Sheerness, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn lying at buoy at Sheerness during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Measuring an Earhquake
An initial measurement of a large earthquake being made on a monitor recording at an outstation near Blacknest, near Aldermaston. Date: August 1963

British monitor, Lord Clive class, WW1
A British monitor (small warship) of the Lord Clive class during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

British monitor HMS Severn, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn during the First World War, with her 6-inch guns visible. Date: circa 1915

Anti-aircraft gun on Romanian monitor boat, WW1
Naval gunners with an anti-aircraft gun on a Romanian monitor boat during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

British monitor HMS Severn off Belgian coast, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn off the Belgian coast during the First World War. Captain Fullerton and Mr Hamilton (gunner) can be seen at the top of the mast

British monitor in the Suez Canal, WW1
A British monitor (small warship) in the Suez Canal during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British monitor at sea, WW1
Aerial view of a British monitor (small warship) at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

HMS Severn leading the Humber and Mersey, WW1
The British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn leading HMS Humber and HMS Mersey on their way across to the Belgian coast during the First World War. They were all Humber-class monitors

Italian naval action with aeroplane overhead, WW1
Italian naval action from an armoured monitor boat with 381mm guns, and an aeroplane flying overhead, during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

HMS Severn off the coast of German East Africa, WW1
The British Humber class monitor, HMS Severn, off the coast of German East Africa during the First World War. The fore 6 inch gun can be seen during preparations for the attack on the German cruiser

HMS Repulse with torpedo boats and submarine, WW1
HMS Repulse, British Renown-class battlecruiser, launched 1916, served briefly during the First World War, served during the Second World War, sunk off Malaya 1941

Monitor / Merrimac / Beilch
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship. Date: 8-9 March 1862

Monitor & Merrimac
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship. Date: 8-9 March 1862

Metropolitan Police fingerprint database
A man sits at a monitor to look at fingerprints on the Metropolitan Police database

Austrian Navy - Anschluss
Receiving ammunition in the gun turret of the Monitor Birago of the Austrian Danube Navy

Factory worker operating control box
A worker, standing at a control device, signals for a part of the production process to proceed. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Big guns mounted on board a Monitor naval ship
The big guns mounted on board a British navy Monitor ship

A Calculating machine
The control panel of the automatic sequence-controlled calculating machine at Manchester University; showing the monitor cathode-ray tube with Dr. T. Kilburn (left) and Professor F. C

British Monitor Action
A British Monitor repels the bomb attack of a German Taube off the coast of Belgium

Monitor Merrimac Parsons
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Monitor & Merrimac / Elson
The Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship

Monitor Bombarding Gaza
British monitor M31 bombards Gaza at dawn

Monitor Water Pump / Jet
A large Monitor water pump, providing a powerful jet, mounted onboard the Beta III fire-boat of the London Fire Brigade

Ericsson Monitor
Seen at anchor in the harbour at Stockholm

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