Mooring Collection (page 5)

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

Boats moored near Richmond, c. 1933
A tranquil view of the Thames, looking towards Richmond with boats moored at a jetty and a woman sitting on the deck of the boat in the foreground

Sailing ships at Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas Harbour, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The bow and the stern of Black Sea ships are raised to counter the under-sea turbulence in the water

Izmir, Turkey - Orange Boats moored at Quay
Large open orange boats moored at the quayside at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Feluccas and Dhows, Egypt
Feluccas and Dhows of the River Nile, Egypt

Casablanca - Morocco - View of the Harbour
View of the Harbour, Casablanca, Morocco with shipping lying off the ciast awaiting the given slot to moor up

Mexico - Tampico
Quayside on the Tamesi River at Tampico, Mexico. The literal translation of Tampico is Place of Otters

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

The American Harbour in Kobe, Japan
The American Wharf in Kobe, Japan

Egyptian Port Scene
A fine photographic view of an Egyptian port with moored Battleships from the British Fleet in the background, a light train system on the dock and a group of foreign dignitaries awaiting their ship

Croatia - Scene on the Adriatoc Coast
A small trade boat moored up on the Adriatic Coast, Croatia. Two young boys play with a barrel by the side of the water

Galata Quay - Istanbul
Harbour at Galata, Golden Horn, Istanbul

Nine Anchors
Six different kinds of anchor, a mooring block and a grapnel

Mooring Rings 1550
Iron rings are bolted into rocks to enable ships to moor securely in northern ports

Casino in the Clouds
There are obvious advantages in mooring your entertainment places up above the clouds, where clients can enjoy the sunshine and fresh air

Grand Harbour / Valletta
The Marina - St Lawrence off the Grand Harbour, Valletta

Little girl eating an ice cream, Cornwall
Close-up of a little girl sitting on a mooring post in a Cornwall harbour, eating an ice cream

R100 Mooring Tower
THE R.100 : mooring tower erected at Howden, Yorkshire, for R.100s projected transatlantic service, which alas never came into being due to the R.101 crash

Fishermen Mending Nets
Fishermen mending their nets at Brixham, Devon, England

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