Sheerness Collection

HMS Vengeance, British battleship, WW1
HMS Vengeance, a predreadnought British Canopus-class battleship, launched 1899, served in various locations before and during the First World War, decommissioned 1920

Trial of Anchors at the Royal Dockyard, Sheerness, July 1852
Engraving of a trial of various anchor designs, held at the Royal Dockyard Sheerness, from the Illustrated London News, 17th July 1852

Paddle steamer Medway Queen, Sheerness, Kent
Paddle steamer Medway Queen, arriving at Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent. During the Second World War she acted as a minesweeper, and made seven evacuation trips from Dunkirk in 1940, rescuing 7000 men

HMS Vulture - a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Vulture, a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered under the 1895 - 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1776 for a

Photograph of Lord Nelson PH, Sheerness, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Photograph of Crystal Palace PH, Sheerness, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Britannia PH, Sheerness, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Advert, Thames & Channel Passenger Service, London Steamboat Company Limited, for steamboats calling at various points along the River Thames in London and places further afield in Essex

Group photo, Royal Naval Air Service officers, WW1
Group photo, Royal Naval Air Service officers, with a large propeller in front of them. Date: circa 1917

Sheerness, Kent: five views of the town: Esplanade, Pavilion, High Street, Memorial Gardens and Clock Tower Date: 1920s

Photograph of Brewery Tap PH, Sheerness, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Right face on view of the pub

Royal Naval Gunnery School - Sheerness, Kent Date: circa 1910s

Cartoon, British Tars, towing the Danish Fleet into Harbour; the Broadbottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billys old Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition, by James Gillray

Studio portrait, woman with puppy
Studio portrait, woman with a puppy, photo by Griffiths, Sheerness on Sea. Date: circa 1910s

Sheerness Harbour after a blizzard
Frost, snow and ice on the Medway, at Sheerness, Kent. Date: 1895

Our Local Express (2 / 2)
A satirical look at an express train service (2/2 - see 10425389). 1907

British monitor HMS Severn at Sheerness, WW1
British monitor (small warship) HMS Severn lying at buoy at Sheerness during the First World War. Date: September 1914

Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness, WW1
Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness at the start of the First World War. British civilians watch the warships with interest from the deck of the Princess of Wales, Rochester

Blown up at Sheerness with the loss of between 700 and 800 lives: H. M.s Bulwark
Blown up at Sheerness with the loss of between 700 and 800 lives: H.M.S Bulwark

Sheerness / Pier 1904
Sheerness, Kent: the pier

Atlantic Cable & Eastern
In the harbour at Sheerness, the cable is transferred from the hulk to the Great Eastern

Edward Visits Gt Eastern
Edward Prince of Wales visits the Great Eastern at Sheerness and observes the amazing operation of taking on board sufficient cable to stretch across the Atlantic. Date: 24 May 1865

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