Sank Collection (page 2)

Andrew Besley, photographer, at an exhibition about wrecks and rescues in the south west of England. Seen standing by press photographs of the Flying Enterprise

Cofferdam work to raise USS Maine, Havana harbour, Cuba
Cofferdam work exposing the wreck of USS Maine, Havana harbour, Cuba. The ship exploded and sank in 1898. Date: 1911

Kadir Rocks, Sri Lanka, 1871
The Kadir Rocks at the entrance to Galle harbour, Sri Lanka, where the P&O mail steamship Rangoon was accidently sunk after running onto the rocks. Date: 1871

Wreck of the Royal George
The HMS Royal George was built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1756, and sank whilst anchored off Portsmouth on 29 August 1782. Date: 1782

Blowing up of the Royal George
Wreck of the HMS Royal George blown up after failure of the attempts to raise her. Date: 1782

Potez-CAMS 141 -only one built and first flown in January 1938 It sub sequently flew with both Vichy and Free French, where it sank a U-boat in June 1943

Captain Loxley of battleship Formidable & his dog Bruce
Portrait of Captain Loxley, in command of the battleship Formidable which was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915. Also included is a picture of his terrier dog Bruce who reportedly stayed with his

Ellerman Line Steam Ship - City of Westminster, England. Sank 1923. Date: 1925

The Loss of H. M.s Victoria
Coloured lantern slide illustrating Britannia sitting on an anchor and drapped in a Union Jack.She sits with a lion on a beach

Visit to Madeira - Deck of the Drummond Castle
Black and white lantern slide of the deck of the Drummond Castle steamer - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Card commemorating Falkland Islands naval battle, WW1
Card commemorating Falkland Islands naval battle on 8 December 1914, when the British navy sank four German warships (Scharnhorst, Leipzig, Nurnberg and Gneisenau)

Australian submarine AE1, WW1
The Royal Australian Navys first submarine, the AE1, which sank with all 35 hands on 15 September 1914 off the Duke of York Islands, Papua New Guinea. Date: 1914

Cunard Liner Lusitania 1915
The Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed by German submarine off the south coast of Ireland on 7th May 1915, and sank within half an hour, of the 1, 906 persons on board, only 708 were saved

Survivors from German U-boat attack, WW1
Some of the survivors from a German U-boat attack which sank three British cruisers (Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy) in the North Sea on 22 September 1914, in the early stages of the First World War

The Croxton outrage by G. H. Davis
One of several German attacks on North Sea fishing trawlers, later countered by arming them: the Croxton outrage. How the unarmed Croxton was machine-gunned and bombed until she sank

The raising of the Mikasa
Togos flagship, the Mikasa, which sank in the harbour of Sasebo is refloated after months of patient engineering. Date: 1906

Raphael Semmes - 2
RAPHAEL SEMMES American naval captain, as captain of the Alabama he sank or captured 80+ merchant vessels but she was eventually sunk by the Kearsage, 1864. Date: 1809 - 1877

The Civil war in America. Portaits of notable officers in th
RAPHAEL SEMMES American naval captain, as captain of the Alabama he sank or captured 80+ merchant vessels but she was eventually sunk by the Kearsage, 1864. Date: 1809 - 1877

The crew that sank the battleship Tirpitz. From left: F/O Giarish, Australia; Flt Lt Buckham, Australia; F/O Nolan, London; Sq Ldr A.G. Williams; F/O daniell, Canada and Wg Cdr J.B

Firing a Torpedo
Charging a torpedo-tube aboard a U-boat, of the type which sank three British cruisers in the North Sea during the first weeks of World War One - a warning of things to come... Date: September 1914

Dining saloon of the Lusitania
The dining room was prettily decorated gold and white, and the domed roof bore oval paintings at intervals. Date: 1915

Little girl rescued from the Lusitania 1915
Little girl clutching her dolls, survived the sinking of the Lusitania, but both parents drowned. Date: 1915

The sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine 1915
The giant cunard liner, Lusitania, in the First World War, was attacked by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 and sank in 18 minutes killing 1198 people

The sinking of the Lusitania on the fateful voyage 1915
During the First World War, the British Ocean liner the Lusitania, was sunk after a fatal blow dealt by the striking of two torpedoes, by a German submarine on the 7 May 1915

Lusitania - First sight of the approaching Torpedo 1915
Passengers that were on the deck of the Lusitania, were looking out to sea, suddenly they saw a white streak close to the surface coming straight for the vessel. 7 May 1915

Titanic - fifteen minutes before she sank
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News showing an artists impression of the White Star Line passenger liner, RMS Titanic, fifteen minute before she sank beneath the waves

Scenes on board the SS Austral: the drawing room, the dining room and the promenade deck. The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat

The Wreck of the Titanic - Honour to the Brave
Page from the Sphere honouring the brave men who were part of the Titanics crew who were lost with the ship when it sank, including all the engineers (36), the band (8), the postal clerks (5)

The SS Austral, a passenger vessel which took part in the early transportation by sea of refrigerated meat between Australia and Europe

German cruiser Blucher, Battle of Dogger Bank, WW1
The disabled German armoured cruiser SMS Blucher which later sank, during the Battle of Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, First World War. Date: 24 January 1915

Lord Kitchener, last photograph before his death
The last photograph of Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916). Before joining the ill-fated armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire in Scapa Flow he lunched with Admiral Sir John Jellicoe on board the Iron Duke

Wreck of the Stella on the Casquet rocks on 30th March 1899. The ship was sailing from Southampton when it was caught among the Casquet rocks and her bottom was torn open. The ship sank in minutes

HM torpedo gunboat, Hazard and seaplane. Participated in a Victoria Cross action in Crete in 1898. Dryard Class torpedo gunboat, she sank in 1918 after colliding with the SS Western Australia

The Search for M2
The Royal Navys new deep-sea observation chamber, invented by Robert H Davis of Siebe, Gorman & Co. the inventor of submarine life-saving apparatus

Titanic In Memoriam card
An In Memoriam card for RMS Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg, 15 April 1912

Titanic jug
A white jug bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Items belonging to George Moore, Titanic seaman
Assorted items belonging to George Alfred Moore, seaman on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a pocket watch with ornate fob, a cigarette lighter

William Nutbean, Certificate of Discharge
Certificate of Discharge of William Nutbean, a Fireman/Stoker on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic. Nutbean survived, and this is a replacement document

Shipping Casualties HMSO report, Inquiry booklet
Two items relating to the sinking of the Titanic. 1. Front cover of the HMSO report of an official investigation, entitled Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship Titanic)

Titanic Third Class Smoke Room
The Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Titanic pot and wine glass
A conical shaped white pot bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. An empty wine glass stands beside it

Titanic Reading and Writing Room
The Reading and Writing Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
A selection of news reports, magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912. It includes a copy of The Times newspaper, a twelve-page supplement of The Sphere

Shipping Casualties HMSO report
Front cover of the HMSO report of an official investigation, entitled Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship Titanic)

Titanic pot and glass of wine
A conical shaped white pot bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. A full glass of red wine stands beside it

Titanic news report and sheet music
A Daily Sketch item dated 20 April 1912, with a full page photograph of Captain Smith, who went down with his ship when the Titanic sank on 15 April 1912

Titanic carver chair
A Chippendale style wooden carver chair from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

White Star Line items
Five assorted items from the White Star Line, owners of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a silver cigarette case bearing the initial P and a flag, a spoon

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