Mooring Collection (page 4)

Hoisting the mast for the mooring experiment at the Naval Airship Station, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, 31 May 1918

An SS-class airship in a mooring experiment at the Naval Airship Station, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, 5 May 1918

Mooring experiment at the Naval Airship Station, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, 2 May 1918

Auldbar Mooring-Out Site (sub-station to Longside) showing SSZ58, 2 September 1918

Malahide Mooring-Out Site (sub-station to Anglesey) showing SSZ50. 1 June 1918

Chathill Mooring-Out Site (sub-station to East Fortune), 25 May 1918

Cardington mooring mast

Bude Mooring-Out Site (sub-station to Mullion), 12 July 1918

Receiving instructions on flying boats in a Short S8/8 Rangoon flying boat at The Air University, Hamble, Hants. Seaplane Instructor Flt Lt Pascoe (centre)

Airship R101 at its mooring mast. Colour tinted photo

Airship R101 at alongside its mooring mast at Cardington

R101 at the mooring mast
The R101 at the mooring mast where she is being prepared for her flight to India; she has been lengthened by 50ft and fitted with two new engines

War Weapons Week and London Fire Brigade fireboats, WW2
The London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw (which took part in the Dunkirk evacuations) and a fire float are moored at Westminster pier whilst their crews are promoting War Weapons Week

Boats moored at Longridge Water Activities Centre

RSS Discovery moored at Westminster Bridge, London
RSS Discovery (stern view) moored at Westminster Bridge, London. circa 1950

Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (6 / 7)
Commercial sailing craft moored up in the harbour at on the banks of Lake Garda (Italian - Lago Garda or Benaco) at Riva. The barge in the foreground still contains its cargo of cut timber

Heligoland - Naval launches arriving
Heligoland - a small German archipelago in the North Sea. Formerly Danish and British possessions, the islands (population 1)

The Canal and New Quay at Arras, France Date: circa 1910s

Fishing boats moored up at S. Nicola di Lido

Japanese Lakeside Scene
A beautifully composed, shot and reproduced postcard from Japan - of a (sadly unidentified) lakeside scene, with a large fishing boat being secured to a treeside mooring. Date: circa 1930s

River Scene - Nasiriyah, Iraq
Nasiriyah (also spelled Nassiriya or Nasiriya) in Iraq. The city lies on the Euphrates River (pictured here). Date: circa 1910s

Hamburg, Germany - Port Area (Steinhoft) Date: 1901

Roubaix, France - The Old Canal - in the north of the country, located near the cities of Lille and Tourcoing and the Belgian border. Date: circa 1910s

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - The Chanzy Quay Date: circa 1902

Yeni Cami - Istanbul
The Yeni Cami ( New Mosque of the Valide Sultan ) at Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stanboul end of the Galata Bridge

Thessaloniki, Greece - The Harbour - Balkan War
Thessaloniki, Greece - The Harbour - At the time of the Balkan War (1914-1915). Date: 1915

Port at Vietri, Phu Tho, Vietnam
The port at Vietri, Phu Tho, Vietnam. A steamer moored at a landing stage. Date: 1913

Turkey - Constantinople
The Yeni Cami ( New Mosque of the Valide Sultan ) at Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stanboul end of the Galata Bridge

St. Johns Harbour, Antigua, West Indies Date: circa 1907

Shanghai Rowing Club, China Date: circa 1920s

Ramsey Harbour - Isle of Man Date: 1903

Lago Como, Italy - Tremezo
Small fishing and pleasure craft moored up at Tremezzo on the shore of Lake Como, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Little girl eating an ice cream, Cornwall
A little girl sits on a mooring post in a Cornwall harbour, eating an ice cream. Date: circa 1955

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Steamship moored in a dock
A steamship moored in a dock

Houseboats at Hampton Court, moored on the banks of the Thames River

Zadar (Zara) - Croatia
A panoramic view looking over Zadar (Zara) - Croatia - showing the harbour, where an impressive white steamship has docked

The Quayside at Zadar (Zara) - Croatia

French warship at Saigon
La Triomphante - an old French warship moored up at Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. The ship appears to have been converted into a covered waterfornt facility - possibly a restaurant?

A White Ship
View across a dock toward a smart white navy steamship in port, moored alongside a tall ship. Oil painting by Raymond Sheppard

Training Ship Clio, Bangor, Menai Straits, North Wales
The Training Ship Clio, moored off Bangor in the Menai Straits, North Wales, was established in 1877 by the City of Chester and Border Counties Training Ship Society

Moored ships
Ships Moored up by a woodyard. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

The Embarkation Quay - Sirkeci
The embarkation quay at Sirkeci. Today, a big ferry terminus with the Sirkeci railway station, the last stop for trains from Europe to Istanbul

The launching of the Constantinople Lifeboat
An elder lifeboatman lifts his hammer to strike out the holding peg to launch the Constantinople lifeboat and its team of lifeboatmen down a wooden ramp. The boat is called the Shellu

Algeria - Algiers - The Waterfront
The waterfront of Algiers, Algeria, showing the elegant colonaded seafront, supporting the tramlines running along the front

French supply ship Cheval de Troie - Dardanelles
War in the Dardanelles - 1915. A view of the French supply ship or personnel carrier Cheval de Troie (Trojan Horse) moored up at Sed Dul-Bahr

Street Dogs asleep - Constantinople, Turkey
At the beginning of the 20th century there were an estimated 250 thousand dogs living on the streets of Constantinople, Turkey. These dogs were supported and fed by the population

Houseboat on the River Medway
A house boat named Medusa pictured moored by a lock on the River Medway in Kent during the 1930s

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