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Rescue Collection (page 3)

Background imageRescue Collection: Set of three lifeboat related postcards

Set of three lifeboat related postcards including real photo Lifeboat Demonstration in Southampton, 1906. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageRescue Collection: WW2 British Flying Boat

WW2 British Flying Boat
This illustration shows a WW2 British flying boat coming to the rescue of sailors of the Royal Navy in a small boat, having come from the destroyed ship in the background. Date: 1941

Background imageRescue Collection: St Bernard dogs and monk on skis, Grand St Bernard

St Bernard dogs and monk on skis, Grand St Bernard, the Swiss Alps Date: circa 1910s

Background imageRescue Collection: Lifeboat to the rescue in a rough sea

Lifeboat to the rescue in a rough sea Date: 1920

Background imageRescue Collection: Come Aboard the Lifeboat - man gesturing

Come Aboard the Lifeboat - man gesturing Date: 1920

Background imageRescue Collection: Abandon Ship, lifeboat alongside

Abandon Ship, lifeboat alongside Date: 1920

Background imageRescue Collection: A Motor Lifeboat in action on the sea

A Motor Lifeboat in action on the sea Date: 1920

Background imageRescue Collection: The First from the Lifeboat

The First from the Lifeboat Date: circa 1890

Background imageRescue Collection: Lifeboat rescue

Lifeboat rescue, and every soul was saved alive Date: circa 1890

Background imageRescue Collection: Mother's Devotion by Alexander Rosell

Mother's Devotion by Alexander Rosell Date: 1902

Background imageRescue Collection: RMS Titanic - negative of officers on rescue ship Carpathia

RMS Titanic - negative of officers on rescue ship Carpathia
RMS Titanic, Fenwick Archive - original negative taken by the Fenwicks of the officers on board the rescue ship Carpathia, including Captain Arthur Rostron. 5.5 x 3.5 inches

Background imageRescue Collection: Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia

Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia
Handwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti

Background imageRescue Collection: RMS Titanic - Shipping Casualties report and letter

RMS Titanic - Shipping Casualties report and letter
RMS Titanic, Shipping Casualties report and letter from Matson Life Raft Company of Boston, USA. From a collection of documents and newspapers discovered at the old school of Sir Arthur Rostron

Background imageRescue Collection: RMS Titanic and RMS Carpathia

RMS Titanic and RMS Carpathia
RMS Titanic (top and bottom), and RMS Carpathia (middle). The Carpathia rescued 706 passengers from the sinking Titanic

Background imageRescue Collection: Photographs of methods of escape and rescue from fire, indoor and outdoor scenes

Photographs of methods of escape and rescue from fire, indoor and outdoor scenes. Captioned Help for the unconscious and the conscious: Fire ??Escapes??. Date: 1911

Background imageRescue Collection: Gallant Rescue off the Bachelor Rocks

Gallant Rescue off the Bachelor Rocks Date: 1871

Background imageRescue Collection: Lifeboat Brownies to the rescue

Lifeboat Brownies to the rescue Date: 1910

Background imageRescue Collection: Photograph of a practice launch of the Lifeboat, Coversack, Cornwall. Outdoor seascape action shot

Photograph of a practice launch of the Lifeboat, Coversack, Cornwall. Outdoor seascape action shot. Captioned, Launching the Lifeboat, in case'

Background imageRescue Collection: Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant

Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant
United States Air Force (USAF) - Sikorsky HH-53 Super Jolly Green Giant, rescue and recovery helicopter. Date: circa 1985

Background imageRescue Collection: Lockheed HC-130N-LM Hercules 69-5827

Lockheed HC-130N-LM Hercules 69-5827
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed HC-130N-LM Hercules 69-5827 (msn 382-4376), of the67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at RAF Woodbridge. Date: 1979

Background imageRescue Collection: Lockheed HC-130N Hercules 90-2103

Lockheed HC-130N Hercules 90-2103
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed HC-130N Hercules 90-2103 (msn 382-5294), of the 210th Rescue Squadron Alaska ANG based at Kulis

Background imageRescue Collection: The Lifeboat Going to the Rescue, by Thomas Brooks

The Lifeboat Going to the Rescue, by Thomas Brooks Date: 19th century

Background imageRescue Collection: The Pocket Marconigraph

The Pocket Marconigraph
Predicting the mobile phone - man stranded at sea sends a message on his Pocket Marconigraph Date: 1914

Background imageRescue Collection: A Benedictine monk with two St Bernard rescue dogs

A Benedictine monk with two St Bernard rescue dogs
The postcard is titled Maitre et Serviteurs The figures are shown in a snowy landscape. Date: circa 1910

Background imageRescue Collection: Westland Whirlwind HAR. 10 XP351

Westland Whirlwind HAR. 10 XP351
Royal Air Force - Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 XP351 (msn WA367), of No. 22 Squadron RAF, on standby for rescue call-out on a very frosty morning

Background imageRescue Collection: Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant 66-13281

Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant 66-13281
United States Air Force - Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant 66-13281 (msn 61579) of the 48th Aerospace rescue and Recovery Squadron, at the June 1967 Paris Air Show, with airshow serial H-211'

Background imageRescue Collection: London Fire Brigade - Southwark Headquarters 1896

London Fire Brigade - Southwark Headquarters 1896
Rescue drill at Southwark headquarters. Date: 1896

Background imageRescue Collection: Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers administering first aid to a released casualty from the exercise site. The R on the helmet signifies Rescue team workers

Background imageRescue Collection: Lofthouse Colliery rescue workers

Lofthouse Colliery rescue workers
Grim faced mines rescue men on their to go down the pit at the Lofthouse Colliery, West Yorkshire. On the 21st March, miners were working at a coal face unaware that nearby were some flooded 19th

Background imageRescue Collection: Montague Colliery rescue workers

Montague Colliery rescue workers
At the Montague Colliery, Scotswood, near Newcastle on Tyne, members of the rescue brigade check their apparatus before descending the flooded mine

Background imageRescue Collection: The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in Action

The New Top-Flat Rescue Apparatus in Action
Apparatus for rescuing people from high buildings that have been damaged from heavy bombing. Date: 1941

Background imageRescue Collection: Lifeboat putting out to sea, St Ives, Cornwall

Lifeboat putting out to sea, St Ives, Cornwall
The James Stevens lifeboat setting out in a choppy sea, St Ives, Cornwall. The James Stevens No.10 was built for St Ives by Thames Ironworks in 1899

Background imageRescue Collection: Lifeboat returning to harbour, St Ives, Cornwall

Lifeboat returning to harbour, St Ives, Cornwall
The James Stevens lifeboat in a choppy sea, returning to harbour, St Ives, Cornwall. The James Stevens No.10 was built for St Ives by Thames Ironworks in 1899

Background imageRescue Collection: Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845 - 1905), in his office at Stepney Causeway, evangelical

Dr. Thomas John Barnardo (1845 - 1905), in his office at Stepney Causeway, evangelical, entrepreneurial and philanthropic

Background imageRescue Collection: Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall

Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardo's Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here in the Training Housewives display, the young women demonstrate laundry work

Background imageRescue Collection: The river Loire overflows its banks in France, forcing people to travel the flooded roads by boat

The river Loire overflows its banks in France, forcing people to travel the flooded roads by boat Date: 1923

Background imageRescue Collection: When this ship is destroyed in a storm the crew take to the boats and are rescued

When this ship is destroyed in a storm the crew take to the boats and are rescued, but the hull travels 8000 km without them ! Date: 1895

Background imageRescue Collection: GEORGE WALLACE MELVILLE

GEORGE WALLACE MELVILLE American naval officer and Arctic explorer with De Long, his party survived wreck and he headed rescue expedition which found De Long dead Date: 1841 - 1912

Background imageRescue Collection: ST BERNARD RESCUES BOY

ST BERNARD RESCUES BOY
A Saint Bernard rescues a boy from an icy death Date: late 19th century

Background imageRescue Collection: Cartoon, The Rescuer, WW1

Cartoon, The Rescuer, WW1
Cartoon, The Rescuer. Germany comes to the help of Death, represented by a skeleton drowning in a sea of blood. Date: 1916

Background imageRescue Collection: Demons - Dagobert

Demons - Dagobert
When the Frankish king DAGOBERT dies, demons take him by sea to Etna, where the entrance to Hell is located, but a posse of airborne saints rescue him just in time 638

Background imageRescue Collection: BOXER REBELLION The Allied navies come to the rescue of the besieged legations in Peking Date: 1900

BOXER REBELLION The Allied navies come to the rescue of the besieged legations in Peking Date: 1900

Background imageRescue Collection: Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A G-PBYA

Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A G-PBYA Miss Pick Up (msn CV-283), seen flying in the colours of Canadian Vickers OA-10A Catalina 44-33915

Background imageRescue Collection: AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin Mk. 512 M-513 - Rescue 13

AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin Mk. 512 M-513 - Rescue 13
Flyvevabnet - AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin Mk.512 M-513 - Rescue 13 (msn 50162, ex ZK003), of Esk 722, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 22 July 2013

Background imageRescue Collection: AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin Mk. 512 M-509 - Rescue 09

AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin Mk. 512 M-509 - Rescue 09
Flyvevabnet - AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin Mk.512 M-509 - Rescue 09 (msn 50148), of Esk 722, at the Royal International Air Tattoo - RAF Fairford 15 July 2006

Background imageRescue Collection: The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship)

The Vinh-Long, French naval vessel (a 5500-ton screw steamship, which was built in 1881) - on 16 November 1922, while carrying 495 persons

Background imageRescue Collection: Rescue of the Duchess di Popoli by the Earl of Peterborough during the Siege of Barcelona

Rescue of the Duchess di Popoli by the Earl of Peterborough during the Siege of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 14 September to 19 October 1705, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

Background imageRescue Collection: Dornier-Bell UH-1D Iroquois 71+98

Dornier-Bell UH-1D Iroquois 71+98
Bundeswehr Heer (German Army) - Dornier-Bell UH-1D Iroquois 71+98 (msn 8318), of the Army Rescue Service, at Spangdahlem Air Base. Date: circa 1970



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