Sinks Collection

The Sinking of the Bismarck
The sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. In response to sinking the HMS Hood, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to " Sink the Bismarck"

Trumpers Barbers - Mayfair, London
Barbershop in Central London - Mayfair. G F Trumper & Sons. An elaborate belt-driven machinery above the mirror drives a head massaging brush. Established 1875

Gout Devil Bites 1799
A little devil sinks his teeth into the swollen foot of a gout sufferer

BIRKENHEAD SINKS
The sinking of the Birkenhead troopship

Falkland Isles Battle
BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS The light cruiser Kent sinks the German cruiser Nurnberg

Polka Dot Bikini 1950S
An athletic young woman, wearing an itsy bitsy polka dot bikini with spaghetti straps, sinks into the wet sand on a beach

Titanic Sinks
The Titanic disappears with lights still working on the ship (illustration based on account given by Frederick Hoyt)

Cortes Sinks Ships
In order to discourage any faint-hearted Spanish from deserting the Conquest, Cortes sinks his fleet

Victoria / Camperdown 4
Error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part lead to his flagship Victoria and the Camperdown colliding : Victoria sinks, Camperdown is damaged, 300+ drown

British Sub Rammed
An Italian torpedo boat heroically rams and sinks a British submarine

Victoria / Camperdown 2
Owing to error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part, the battleships Victoria and Camperdown collide : the flagship Victoria sinks, Camperdown is damaged

Lusitania Sinks (Dixon)
The Cunard passenger liner sinks, with the loss of 1198 lives, after being torpedoed off the Irish coast by German U-boat U-20, while returning to Britain from America

Contrasting Bathroom

EURYDICE SINKS
Royal Navy training frigate, returning from Bermuda, sinks in a storm off the Isle of Wight, losing some 300 lives : later she will be recovered, but the dead stay dead. Date: 24 March 1878

SEVERO & MECHANIC DIE
Brazilian Severo sinks his fortune in what he believes to be a foolproof dirigible : alas, it isn't, and he and his mechanic die when it crashes in the avenue de Maine, Paris. Date: May 1902

Hawkins defeated by the Spanish
Defeat of the British, under Sir John Hawkins, by the Spanish at San Juan de Ulloa. A British ship is on fire, sinking, as men abandon ship and cling to debris. Date: 1568

The last of the Leviathan: the Titanic plunging beneath the waves. Mr Beesley, one of the survivors, described the final scene

Deerhound rescues a portion of the crew of the Alabama, the Confederate war-steamer sunk by the Federal steam- sloop the Kearsarge. Date: 19 June 1864

Glorious 1st of June the Le Vengeur sinks Date: 1794

LUSITANIA SINKS 1915
The Lusitania sinks after being hit by German torpedoes Date: 1915

WITCH WRECKING SHIP
A malicious witch of south- west Scotland calls up a storm which sinks a boat

WW1 - Battle of Dogger Bank - Sinking of SMS Blucher
WW1 - Battle of Dogger Bank - A photograph showing the sinking of the German battle cruiser, SMS Blucher, after being shelled by the British in 1915

WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917
WW1 - RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by SM U-50 while returning from the USA to England with passengers. The first torpedo struck the liner, but did not sink her

WW1 - British hospital ship Anglia sinks, November 17th 1915
WW1 - HMHS Anglia was a British steam ship requisitioned for use as a hospital ship during the First World War. On 17th November 1915, Anglia was returning from Calais to Dover

WW1 - HMS Birmingham sinking the German U-15 U-Boat
WW1 - On 9 August 1914, HMS Birmingham spotted the German submarine U-15, whose engines had failed as she lay stopped on the surface in heavy fog, off Fair Isle

Advertisement for Paul kitchen units, 1960
Advertisement for kitchen units by W. H. Paul featuring two women discussing the benefits while looking at the sink unit from the high quality Argyll range. Date: 1960

Victoria / Camperdown 1
Due to error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part, the battleships Victoria and Camperdown collide : the Victoria sinks, Camperdown damaged. The crew jump clear. Date: 22 June 1893

WW1 - Sinking Svionia the merchantman - Baltics Sea, 1915
WW1 - The first German merchant ship victim Svionia, was sunk by the gunfire off Sassnitz in the western Baltic. The men from two smaller boats and a submarine

WW1 - Battle of Falkland - Heroic German on S. M. S. Leipzig
WW1 - Battle of Falkland - A heroic German waves a flag on top of the S.M.S. Leizpig as it sinks. SMS Leipzig (" His Majestys Ship Leipzig" )

Skyline of Spandau from the Camp
When the Golden Sun sinks in the West The skyline of Spandau from the Camp. (From Ruhleben Internment Camp 1914-17 Sketch Book). Robert Walker

Sissons sinks advertisement, 1950s
Advertisement for Sissons stainless steel sinks, bringing gleaming glamour to your kitchen. c.1950

County School, Gillingham, Kent - Chemistry laboratory Date: circa 1920s

Homeward Bound Yacht
As the sun sinks low, this yacht is homeward bound. Date: 1950s

HOOD SINKS (ART)
HMS Hood, the worlds largest battleship, is sunk by the Bismarck, from whose decks this eye-witness painting was made Date: 24 May 1941

Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916
Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline

U-Boat Sinks Three
German U-boats sink three British warships during the first weeks of World War One, an ominous start to the war : U-9 was credited with sinking all three, but had help

Ship Hit by Lightning
The French warship Amiral is hit by lightning in St Lawrence river, Canada, and sinks with all her hands : only two women survive, by swimming to the shore

Kitchenmaid in Kitchen
The kitchen maid hard at work drying dishes over the butler sinks

Camel Train Desert Asia
A caravan of camels wends its way across the desert sands as the sun sinks picturesquely in the west

Sunset at Sea 1888
The sun sinks beneath the horizon of a calm sea

Birmingham Sinks U-15
The British light cruiser HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, sinks the first German submarine of the war (the U-15)

Leipzig Sinking 1914
During the Battle of the Falkland Islands, German vessel Leipzig sinks with great loss of life after a relentless British attack

Empress of Ireland Sinks
Following the collision with a a Norwegian collier, passengers below decks of the listing Canadian liner struggle up stairs in the dark

Kearsarge Sinks Alabama
Scene showing the sailors on deck of the Confederate war- steamer Alabama when she is hit by an 11 inch shell from the Federal war-steamer Kearsarge

Lusitania Sinks
This dramatic cover page conveys the shock felt after the Lusitania was torpedoed

Lion Sinks a Cruiser
In a naval engagement off Heligoland, the Lion sinks a German cruiser

EMDEN SINKS SHIPS
The German raider Emden sinks two British ships, Tumerico and King Lud, but will herself be sunk by the Australians in November off North Keeling Island

Germans Sink French Ship
The German warship Karlsruhe sinks a French sailing ship in the Atlantic

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