Rss Collection

RSS Discovery moored on Thames Embankment, London
RSS Discovery moored on the Thames Embankment, London. The ships lifeboat can be seen hanging amidships. circa 1930s

RSS Discovery handed over to Sea Scouts
RSS Discovery handed over to HRH Duke of Kent, Commodore of Sea Scouts, by Mr Ormsby Gore, with Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell in attendance. 9 October 1937

RSS Discovery and Danish Long Boat, London
RSS Discoverys Commissioner Colquhoun (nicknamed Koko) receives an address from the crew of a Danish Long Boat, on August Bank Holiday on the River Thames in London

RSS Discovery Exhibition with sea plane on deck
Scene during an RSS Discovery Exhibition, with a sea plane on deck -- it is an Auster aircraft used by in the Swedish Norwegian British Antarctic Expedition of 1950. 1951

Sea Scouts on emergency training
Sea Scouts getting under way for emergency training on RSS Discovery. 5 March 1939

Captain Scotts cabin, RSS Discovery
Captain Scotts cabin on RSS Discovery, showing a bunk bed and drawers underneath. The ships first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition

Sea Scouts embarking on RSS Discovery for a Sea Scout Exhibition. 1944

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

Sea Scouts receiving sailing instruction from Eric Evans, Master of RSS Discovery. circa 1950

Sir Percy Everett piped on board RSS Discovery
Sea Scout Exhibition RSS Discovery Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Scout, being piped on board the RSS Discovery by Sea Scouts. He was visiting an exhibition on board. 1944

Exhibition on board RSS Discovery
Exhibition about an Antarctic expedition on board the training ship RSS Discovery. circa 1951

Polar tableau, RSS Discovery Exhibition
A polar tableau at an RSS Discovery Exhibition, showing a tent, a husky dog, skis, a flag and snow, as used on the the film set at Ealing Studios. 1948

Sea Scouts receiving training on RSS Discovery
Senior Sea Scouts receiving training in rope splicing on RSS Discovery. circa 1950s

Sea Scouts alongside RSS Discovery
Sea Scouts in a boat drill alongside RSS Discovery. 1944

RSS Discovery exhibition with celebrities and penguin
Scene on board RSS Discovery during an exhibition, showing the British actor John Mills, the naturalist Peter Scott (son of Captain Scott), a zoo keeper, and five Sea Scouts in polar costume

RSS Discovery in the Antarctic. Launched in 1901 and designed for Antarctic research, she was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain

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