Ocean Collection (#42)

Men of the Australian Navy in Great War Deeds, WW1
Men of the Australian Navy, on board the HMAS Sydney, cheering and crying as the defeated and sinking German cruiser Emden turned to run ashore

WW1 - Air Patrol, 1917
WW1 - Air patrol with an aerial view of the German destroyers sailing across the ocean near a coastal area. Date: 1917

WW1 - Seaplane crash, 1915
WW1 - A derelict mine-sweeper seaplane seen crashed in the ocean and discovered by a Dutch trawler YN7. Two men row in a small boat towards the aircraft. Date: 1915

WW1 - HMS E13 British submarine - Aground and attacked
WW1 - HMS E13 was a British E class submarine. Due to a compass failure, it ran aground on the Danish Island of Saltholm in the Oresund

WW1 - Battle of Falkland - Heroic German on S. M. S. Leipzig
WW1 - Battle of Falkland - A heroic German waves a flag on top of the S.M.S. Leizpig as it sinks. SMS Leipzig (" His Majestys Ship Leipzig" )

Short S25 Sunderland I -this ocean going flying boat was the backbone of RAFs Coastal Command in the early war years

Dornier Do 26C -built as long range mailplanes for Lufthansa, they provided ocean going reconnaissance

Ocean sunfish, Mola mola.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Rough sea and rocks at Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

South Africa - Ocean Beach, Durban
Ocean Beach, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Date: 1920s

Foden Steam Lorry - Wagon Accident, Unknown Location
Foden Steam Lorry/Wagon Accident, Unknown Location, . Paid for by an Ocean Motor Policy Date: 1910s

Auditorium interior, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA
Auditorium interior at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA, showing what was claimed at the time to be the largest organ in the world, made by the Hope-Jones Organ Company of Elmira, New York

North End Pavilion, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA, with holidaymakers. Date: circa 1910

Fletcher Lake, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA
View of Fletcher Lake, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, USA, with a border of seashells. Date: circa 1912

WW2 Christmas card, Father Christmas with a telescope, watching ships and aeroplanes supplied by America to Britain (inside). Date: circa 1942

A Union Castle Company Ocean Liner at Cape Town, South Africa being loaded with the glorious fruits of the country and other cargo prior to her homeward journey to England (the Mother Country !)

Christopher Columbus nears the New World
Christopher Columbus about to set his eyes on the New World for the first time, after his perilous journey across the Atlantic Ocean, sighting the Bahamas archipelago on 12th October, 1492

Turning basin, Houston, Texas, USA, showing ocean-going vessels loading and unloading cargoes. Date: circa 1928

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, manoeuvring down the Clyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, passing French liner L Atlantique
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, first journey down the river Clyde. Passing on the way lyng off Greenock was the luxurious ocean liner L Atlantique a French vessel, which was caught on fire in January 1933

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, down the river Clyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank John Browns shipyard where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland, escorted by tugs to the sea

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, ready for journey down the Clyde
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, at her berth in Clydebank, ready to take her first journey down the river Clyde to Southampton, for her final fitting-out on 24 march 1936. Date: 1936

Advert for Osram lamps, installed on Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Advertising that Osram lamps were fitted upon the Queen Mary Ocean Liner. Date: 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, stocking out
Housekeeping aboard the liner. The huge supply for the Queen Marys stay at port between voyages. To ensure that fresh supplies were always available, triplicate stocks of linen were ordered

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, final preparations for launch
Final preparations for the launching R.M.S. Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534. Hundreds of tons of tallow, soft soap

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in construction
John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534, which began in December 1930 on the River Clyde

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, journey down the Clyde
Map to show how Queen Mary Ocean Liner navigated on its first journey from Clydebank where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland, escorted by tugs to the sea

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, suspended
R.M.S. Queen Mary at the John Brown shipyard, December 1931. Work on the ship, then known as Cunard No. 534, had been suspended on 13th December 1931 as Cunard had run out of funds

R. M. S. Queen Mary, record Atlantic crossing, by G. H. Davi
The ever-shortening Atlantic crossing: Epochs in its history; with a scale showing, graphically, the reduction from Columbuss seventy days to the Queen Mary in four days. 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, takes to the sea
With all the difficulties and dangers of her journey down the Clyde behind her, the Queen Mary enters for the firts time open sea which she was built for. 1936

Interior on the Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Interior of an private luxurious sitting-room, with comfortable dinning room chairs, wooden panels and soft furnishings. 118 feet long assembly room for cabin class

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, ready for travel to Greenock
Front cover of Weekly Illustrated magazine, photograph showing the Queen Mary lying in the dock ay Clydebank in Scotland, from which she will have to be manoeuvred across the river into the mouth of

Queen Mary Ocean Liner to Greenock, Inverclyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland, escorted by tugs to the sea

King Edward VIII visits Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Shortly before the liner leaves Clydebank in Scotland, for Southampton on her trials. King Edward VIII visits Queen Mary Ocean Liner, for the third time

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, interior fitted for passenger use
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in the fitting-out berth at Clydebank in Scotland, which was her home for two years after the launch by Queen Mary in September 1934 to 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, being fitted out
With the launching of the Queen Mary Ocean Liner a new phase of work began. Eighteen months between September 1934, and her departure for preliminary trials on 24 March 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, nearly ready for launching
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, 6 months of activity
Six months of ceaseless activity. The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, supplying her 1000 needs
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, work resumed
John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534, which began in December 1930 on the River Clyde

Queen Mary Ocean Liner crisis stops work
Tragedy comes to Clydeside. On 10th December 1931, almost exactly a year after signing of the contract for the construction of Hull Number 534, know as Queen Mary Ocean Liner

Queen Mary Ocean Liner work begins
Full Steam Ahead. John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Zambesi river
Black and white lantern Slide of Zambesi river - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Coach crossing Limpopo
Black and white lantern Slide of Coach crossing Limpopo - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, British South Africa. Boswell Collection

Canary Islands - Ocean Steamer from Canary and Madeira
Lantern slide of Ocean Steamer from Canary and Madeira. Part of Box 126, Canary and Madeira, slide no.1 Date: circa 1890s

China - Junks on the Pei-Ho
Lantern slide of Junks on the Pei-Ho. 19th century junks (Qing Dynasty) Junk Keying travelled from China to the United States and England between 1846 to 1848

Visit to Madeira - The bay of Biscay - Evening
Black and white lantern slide of the bay of Biscay in the evening - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Visit to Madeira - Porto Santo from the ship
Black and white lantern slide of Porto Santo as seen from a ship - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

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