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Ship Wreck Collection

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic blueprint

Titanic blueprint
SS Titanic section and plan scale original blueprint, rubber stamped by Harland and Woolf and dated 1 May 1912. It was used in the enquiry that followed the disaster

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Postcard from Tom Mudd, RMS Titanic

Postcard from Tom Mudd, RMS Titanic
A handwritten postcard from Tom (Thomas Charles) Mudd to his mother in Halesworth, Suffolk, to let her know that he has arrived safely at Southampton for the departure of the Titanic on her maiden

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic Shipwreck Registration

Titanic Shipwreck Registration
Board of Trade, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, Transcripts and Transactions, Series IV, Closed Registries, RMS Titanic.(front) Date: 25th March 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic lifebelt

Titanic lifebelt
A canvas-covered circular lifebelt with the words RMS TITANIC LIVERPOOL on it. Date: 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: First Class staircase on Titanic

First Class staircase on Titanic
One of seven builders photographs of the Titanic interior, this one of the First Class staircase

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: A Night to Remember, film poster

A Night to Remember, film poster
Poster advertising the 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, based on the Titanic disaster of 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: RMS Republic, SS Florida and wireless-telegraphy room

RMS Republic, SS Florida and wireless-telegraphy room
RMS Republic sank on 24rd January 1909, near Nantucket, Massachusetts, after collision with SS Florida had occurred the day before

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: North Berwick Witches casting spells

North Berwick Witches casting spells
The North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Silhouette, Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast

Silhouette, Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast
Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast -- silhouette showing a shipwrecked man standing on a raft, waving to a ship on the horizon

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic panoramic image

Titanic panoramic image
A panoramic image of RMS Titanic, with a tug, a sailing boat and a rowing boat alongside to show the difference in size. The luxury cruise liner sank on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Some Titanic officers lost in disaster

Some Titanic officers lost in disaster
Photograph by AJF Bond of Bodmin of six officers of RMS Olympic taken on the bridge of the ship on the ships maiden voyage

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest

Scene from Shakespeares The Tempest
A scene from Shakespeares play, The Tempest, in which Prospero and his daughter Miranda watch the shipwreck -- fortunately, no-one will be harmed

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Bruce Ismay, Titanic survivor

Bruce Ismay, Titanic survivor
Bruce Ismay of Ismay, Imrie and Co. survivor from the RMS Titanic

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic lifeboat

Titanic lifeboat
RMS Titanic lifeboat no.6 approaches rescue ship Carpathia, 15 April 1912 Date: 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic memorial

Titanic memorial
Sand memorial to RMS Titanic on Bournemouth beach, June 1912 Date: 26/03/1905

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Daily Mirror poster, Titanic disaster hymn

Daily Mirror poster, Titanic disaster hymn
The Daily Mirror news vendor poster for 20 April 1912, depicting the hymn which was played while the ship sank: Nearer My God To Thee

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Iceberg that sank the Titanic

Iceberg that sank the Titanic
The iceberg that sank RMS Titanic. This photograph was taken by Captain Wood of the SS Etonian on 12 April -- the Titanic struck the iceberg two days later

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: RMS Carpathia officers

RMS Carpathia officers
Officers of the RMS Carpathia, with signatures. This was the ship that rescued survivors of the Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Forfarshire Shipwreck 5

Forfarshire Shipwreck 5
When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Woman saving baby during shipwreck at sea

Woman saving baby during shipwreck at sea
My Child! My Child! Woman saving baby during shipwreck at sea. Date: ca. 1865

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic painting

Titanic painting
A framed painting by T H John, dated 1914, of the RMS Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg, 15 April 1912. Seen here at sea before the disaster. (1 of 2)

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Items belonging to Edmond Stone, Steward on Titanic

Items belonging to Edmond Stone, Steward on Titanic
Assorted items belonging to Edmond J Stone, Steward on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- two penknives, a pocket watch, two keys with brass tags

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic commemorative napkin

Titanic commemorative napkin
Commemorative paper napkin produced in memory of the captain, mates, crew and passengers of the RMS Titanic which sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: White Star Line Olympic and Titanic trade card

White Star Line Olympic and Titanic trade card
A Cadburys Cocoa trade card depicting the White Star Line RMS Titanic or her sister ship the Olympic

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic starting on maiden voyage

Titanic starting on maiden voyage
RMS Titanic starting on her maiden voyage from Southampton

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Union Star Shipwreck

Union Star Shipwreck
The wreck of the M.V. Union Star, wrecked near Tater-du lighthouse, Cornwall, on her maiden voyage from Ijmuiden to Arklow. The crew and eight Penlee lifeboat men perished

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: TURNER, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851). The

TURNER, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851). The shipwreck of the Minotaur. ca. 1810. Romanticism. Oil on canvas. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon Calouste Gulbenkian Museum)

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: GARTNER DE LA PEс, Jos頨1866 - 1918). Destruction

GARTNER DE LA PEс, Jos頨1866 - 1918). Destruction
GARTNER DE LA PEс, Jos頨 1866 - 1918). Destruction of the Spanish Armada. 1892. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Malaga. Fine Arts Museum

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic letter

Titanic letter
Letter from Ismay, Imrie & Co. to Marine Department, Whitehall, suggesting passengers saved from RMS Titanic by rescue ship, 15 April 1912 Date: 15th April 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic ice field

Titanic ice field
View of the ice field possibly responsible for the sinking of RMS Titanic, April 1912 Date: 26/03/1905

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Deep Sea Diver

Deep Sea Diver
A deep sea diver finds a bottle from a shipwreck. 1892

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Wreck of the Cecil Japan near St Ives, Cornwall

Wreck of the Cecil Japan near St Ives, Cornwall
View of the wreck of the coastal steamer, the Cecil Japan, from the North Cliffs near St Ives, Cornwall

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic Turkish Bath, Cooling Room

Titanic Turkish Bath, Cooling Room
The Cooling Room of the Turkish Bath on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic glassware

Titanic glassware
A box of wine or sherry glasses from the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: White Star Line brochure

White Star Line brochure
A White Star Line brochure advertising the Olympic and Titanic steamships, comparing their length to some of the tallest buildings in the world

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: BRUGADA VILA, Antonio (1804-1863). Battle of

BRUGADA VILA, Antonio (1804-1863). Battle of Lepanto. ca. 1850. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Ex-voto with scene of a shipwreck. Italian folk

Ex-voto with scene of a shipwreck. Italian folk art 19th c. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Rome. National Museum of Arts and Popular Traditions

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic charges

Titanic charges
Thomas Ryan, plaintiff, and Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. defendants. Charge, negligence in navigation of RMS Titanic, June 1913 Date: 1913

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Rescuing evacuees

Rescuing evacuees

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Titanic survivor

Titanic survivor
Survivor from RMS Titanic being lifted aboard the Carpathia, April 1912 April 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Jack Phillips on Titanic

Jack Phillips on Titanic
Marconi operator on RMS Titanic, Jack Phillips

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: HMS Victoria sinking

HMS Victoria sinking
Sinking of HMS Victoria off Tripoli, after collision with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres, 22 June 1893 Date: 22nd June 1893

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Medical Journal

Medical Journal
Frigate Success 1840 medical journal, diving operations by Col Pasley, RE on the wreck of HMS Royal George Date: 1840

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Religious scene

Religious scene. Date c1874

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Crumpled glider wrecked by the wind on Hill of the Wreck (na

Crumpled glider wrecked by the wind on Hill of the Wreck (named after a shipwreck). Date 1900 Oct. 10

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Man rescuing woman and baby from the sea during a shipwreck

Man rescuing woman and baby from the sea during a shipwreck
They re Saved! They re Saved! Man rescuing woman and baby from the sea during a shipwreck in a storm Date: ca. 1865

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: Mr Joughin, survivor of the Titanic disaster

Mr Joughin, survivor of the Titanic disaster
Mr Charles Joughin, Chief Baker on the Titanic. He drifted for nearly three hours and then found a place on a raft which saved his life. Date: 1912

Background imageShip Wreck Collection: The Sinking of the Steamship Ville du Havre

The Sinking of the Steamship Ville du Havre Date: 1873



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