Shipboard Gallery

Westland S.55 series 1 G-AOHE

Westland S.55 series 1 G-AOHE (msn WA.126) of Bristow Helicopters, on floats. First registered in 1956, AOHE was registered to the South Georgia Co. Ltd., for shipboard whale-spotting operations, operated by Christian Salvesen. Bristows acquired the helicopter in 1961 and it was later converted to Series 3, powered by a Bristol Siddeley Gnome H1000 Mk.501 turbo-shaft engine, but was destroyed on 18 June 1969. Date: circa 1962

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans A The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

The Silhouettist on Shipboard by H. L. Oakley

A page of silhouettes by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley taken on board a ship back to France in 1917 where he was to rejoin the 8th Battalion. Figures include a Royal Flying Corp officer, staff officers, a padre and a nurse. Date: 1917

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Feather-Sellers, Aden

When their ship, the steamship Peshawar, stops at Aden, passengers travelling to India are offered exotic feathers by Jewish traders

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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