Shipping Collection (page 7)

Ships in harbour, Mediterranean Sea, probably south of Franc
View of ships in a harbour, Meediterranean Sea, probably south of France. Vintage 19th century photograph

Shipping on pier beside customs house, Yokohama, Japan
Shipping along the pier beside the customs house, Yokohama, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Ships in Aberdeen Harbour, from the dock gates, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Ships in Aberdeen Harbour, from the dock gates, Scotland

WW2 - Destroyer escorting large convoy - Atlantic
WW2 - A Royal Navy Destroyer escorting a large convoy through the German counter-blockade - The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

Scenes during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Scenes during the evacuation of Dunkirk, in northern France, showing the beach with debris, the embarkation of British troops onto various rescue ships and boats

Scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, WW2
Scene during the evacuation of Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, with German dive-bombers attacking shipping and setting a paddle steamer on fire

Sailing of the Hudsons Bay Company ships from Gravesend
Article and engraving from The Illustrated London News reporting on the Hudsons Bay Company. Date: 1845

Launch of the W. S. Lindsay, iron emigrant ship 1852
Launch of the W.S. Lindsay, the new iron emigrant ship, at Willington near Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 30th September 1852. The ship was built entirely for the purpose of emigration. 1852

The Cherub - Chamberlain keeping watch on Poor Jack
The Cherub - Joseph Chamberlain looking out for the interests and security of Poor Jack with his Merchant Shipping Bill. Date: 1884

Advert, The Union Transit Co, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Dunvilles whisky wagons in London
Large number of wagons, heavily laden with cases of Dunvilles world-famed V.R. whisky, travelling from St. Katherines Dock to Dunvilles London headquarters in Shaftesbury Avenue

Steamer day in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1908

Alakea Wharf, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Alakea Wharf, with a large ship alongside, Honolulu, Oahu Island, Hawaii, USA. Date: circa 1910

Design, The Port of Leith, Scotland. 1905

Panorama of New York from the North River. 1847

Panorama of New York from the East River. 1847

Three Castles tobacco advertising poster
Three Castles (Big, Fort in Chinese) tobacco advertising poster for the Chinese / Asian market. Shipping tobacco from Old Virginia in Colonial Days

America - Naval Engagement On Lake Champoain
Naval Engagement On Lake Champlain During The American War Of Independence Date: 1776

Shipping cotton, Norfolk Harbour, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. Date: circa 1915

Cattle steamship at sea 1891
Vessels were tied up to the docks in Jersey City and Weehawken in America. The cattle were loaded up onto narrow gang-planks

Poster, cruises to Egypt via Cunard, showing a man riding a camel. Date: 20th century

Poster, cruises to America via Cunard, showing a Native American Indian on horseback. Date: 20th century

Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall Date: 1980s

How Germany treats neutral commerce, torpedo WW1
How Germany treats neutral commerce in the First World War. A German torpedo just about to strike a merchantman. 1915

Sir Donald Currie (1825 - 1909), Scottish shipowner, politician and philanthropist, founded the Castle line in 1862, running clippers to India

Shipping on the River Thames, London, view from London Bridge looking towards Tower Bridge. Date: 1935

View of one of the many L. N. E. R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers
View of one of the many L.N.E.R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers and other dock shipping through the dock area; Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1930s

Boat trip to Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Isles of Scilly
People on a boat trip to the Bishop Rock Lighthouse. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

William Pirrie
William James Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, (1847 - 1924), leading Irish shipbuilder, partner and later chairman of Harland & Wolff, who built Titanic. Caption: Harland & Wolff. Date: 1903

Jamaican export of bananas 1901
Revival of trade with Jamaica, shipping bananas. As the bananas were brought on board, one of the ships hands seated beside the gangway

Jamaican export of bananas 1890s
Loading unripe bananas on a ship for there long journey. Date: circa 1890s

Secret name revealed, the Queen Mary
Queen Mary and King George V in a glass covered royal box on the lauching platform. Queen Mary over a microphone revealing the name of the long-kepted secret pronouncing the words

LE HAVRE WATERFRONT
Panoramic view of the waterfront at Le Havre : only one steamboat is evident among the shipping. Date: circa 1835

COURT OF FRANCOIS I
FRANCOIS I OF FRANCE depicted with his court, religious on his right, secular on his left, while the people work on the land farming, planting vines etc Date: 1494 - 1547

FRANCE / TOULON
The port of Toulon Date: 1875

SAINT-MALO HARBOUR
The harbour of Saint-Malo, Brittany, with shipping packed into the inner harbour Date: mid 18th century

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE
from the Surrey (south) side of the river : St Pauls in the distance, hay barges and other shipping in the foreground Date: circa 1870

Santa Catalina dock (and car park!) at the Port of Las Palmas (Puerto de la Luz), Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Date: circa 1920s

Algiers, Algeria - Quarried stone on floating barges in the harbour, awaiting export. Date: circa 1910s

Oil cars at shipping station, Bakersfield, Kern County, USA
Oil cars at Southern Pacific shipping station, Bakersfield, Kern County, USA. Date: circa 1910s

London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) - SS Prague - launched in 1929. Built by John Brown and Company at Clydebank, a sister of Vienna and Amsterdam

Aqaba harbour, on the Red Sea, Jordan
Silhouettes of four men on small boat Aqaba harbour, on the Red Sea, Jordan. A large freight ship is anchored in the background Date: circa 1995

Embarking elephants at Bombay for the Abyssinian Expedition
Embarking elephants at Bombay (Mumbai) for the Abyssinian Expedition Date: 1868

Volos, Greece - Capital of Magnesia
Volos is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 330km north of Athens and 220km south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia regional unit

Casablanca, Morocco - Aerial view of the Port. Date: circa 1940s

Koforidua Station, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa, showing people during the cocoa season, at this major centre for the production and shipping of cocoa. Date: circa 1924

House Flags and Funnels. circa 1910

View of the harbour, Algiers, Algeria
View of the harbour, with ramps to shipping companies, Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910

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