Ports Collection (page 4)

Seamans Mission Chaplain on a merchant ship, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Chaplain sitting on a merchant ship, sharing his tobacco with the crew, 1906. Mission boats were at work in many of the worlds largest ports, at this time

Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing Papers, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Chaplain distributing papers and magazines to a merchant ship crew, on their vessel, 1906

Mission to Seamen Service on board a Barge, 1906
Photograph showing a Mission to Seamen Service being held on the deck of a barge, 1906. Mission boats were at work in many of the worlds largest ports, at this time

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

China / Ning-Bo
(previously Ning-po, also known as Ning-hsien) One of the first Treaty Ports, opened to European trade in 1842

The Shop on board R. M. S. P. Avon, 1921
Illustration of the shop on board the liner Avon, during its passage to South America, 1921. Sketches of local salesmen visiting the ship at its ports of call can be seen at top left and bottom left

First attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock
Engraving from the front cover of the ILN, showing the first attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock at North Woolwich, built by Messrs. Campbell, Johnson and Co. of Silvertown

Tide predicting machine: front view
Photograph of the front view of the tide-predicting machine, designed by Lord Kelvin in 1876. Constructed by Lege for the Indian government

Germans Target Britain
A German map showing the targets for their bombers. The brown areas are mining districts, the stars ports, the circles factories : all must be destroyed !

STEAMSHIP ARABIC
White Star liner on the Atlantic crossing from Mediterranean ports

Fishing / Iceland / 1555
Fishing off the coast of Iceland

Ship - Soleil-Royal
A Seventeenth century French warship

Ship-Souvenir Des Mers
A Seventeenth century French warship

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