Steamer Collection (page 35)

Chez Elle / Woman / Lake / 31
By the 1930s, every tourist carries a camera, even if she doesn t have a handbag - like this lady on a steamer on Lake Geneva who any moment now will snap le chateau de Chillon

Cologne / Koln Early 20C
Picturesque photograph of Cologne (Koln) showing the cathedral and and a steamer on the river Rhine

Pourquoi Pas Steamship
One of the few ships with a question mark in her name, this is the steamer used by French explorer Charcot

Rhine Steamboat
German steamboat on the Rhine

Fort Fisher, Cape Fear; American Civil War, 1864
Engraving showing the British steamer Hansa running the blockade, under the guns of Fort Fisher at the entrance to the Cape Fear River

The Civil War in America: naval engagement in Hampton Roads
The confederate iron-plated steamer Merrimac, running into the Federal sloop, Cumberland, from a sketch by T. Nast. This encounter had one important result; the Federals realised that wooden ships

Civil War in America: arrival of a Federal steamer
Arrival of a Federal steamer, with flag of truce at Madisonville, Lake Portchartrain. The scene shows men, women, children and black servants with boxes and travelling bags waiting for the steamer

The Zulu war. The transport steamer City of Paris
The transport steamer, City of Paris, striking on the Roman Rocks, False Bay, Cape of Good Hope, March 21st 1879. The steamer, transporting British reinforcements, the Royal Scots Fusiliers

Folkestone - 1906
Boulogne boat leaving Folkestone Kent

Kingsbridge - 1919
Kingsbridge Devon

The Barque Berean off Tilbury, 1910
Photograph showing the Swedish barque Berean aground off Tilbury, Thames estuary, 1910. The Berean had collided with a German steamer off Gravesend and had begun to take on water

Pleasure Steamer
Passengers on the deck of a pleasure steamer at Southend, Essex, England

Grace Darling Rowing
WILLIAM DARLING and his daughter GRACE row out to rescue the crew of the Forfarshire steamer. Some depictions show her in front, others behind

SS Lord of the Isles, 1877
Engraving of the Saloon Paddle-steamer Lord of the Isles, launched circa.1877 for the tourist route in the Western Highlands of Scotland, from Greenock to Inverary

A Paddle-steam tender approaches a Passenger ship, 1883
Engraving of a paddle-steamer approaching a passenger ship, as viewed from the hurricane-deck of the passenger ship

The Poop Deck of a P. &O. Liner, Red Sea, 1872
Engraving of the scene on the Poop deck of a P.&O. Steamer, as it crosses the Red Sea, on the voyage to China. Deck games

Banquet on board the Faid Gihaad, 1862
Engraving showing a banquet on board the Viceroy of Egypts yacht, Faid Gihaad, then in the River Thames off Woolwich, London, July 1862

The Red Cross ambulance steamer
The Red Cross steamer carrying patients during a smallpox epidemic to the hospital ships at Long Reach

Sights Unseen
Sated with a surfeit of sights and sites, a tourist has a restful nap on the deck of a river steamer, while the scenery - possibly that of the Rhine - slips gently past

The Turbine Steamer Onward, July 1905
Photograph of the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Companys turbine steamer Onward, during the inauguration of its service between Folkestone and Boulogne, 17th July 1905

The Turbine Steamer Brighton, 1903
Photograph of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Companys Channel Service turbine Steamer, Brighton, 1903. Built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton

The Turbinia, 1898
Photograph of the experimental turbine steamer Turbinia. Built in 1894 to test C.A. Parsons ideas about turbines, Turbinia famously demonstrated her speed at the Fleet Review of 1897

Royal Mail Turbine Steamer Viper, 1906
Photograph of the Royal Mail Turbine steamer Viper, built in 1906 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. for the Ardrossan-Belfast daylight service of Messrs. G. and J. Burns, Glasgow

Bournes River Steam Train, 1849
Engraving of John Bournes proposal for a River Steam Train for use on the rivers of India, 1849. At that time, India had a poor transport network and Mr

Merchant Steamer and a Passenger Liner in the Brambles Chann
Illustration of a merchant steamer and passenger liner passing close by in the narrow Brambles Channel, off Southampton

SS Kingfisher, 1906
Photograph of the Turbine Steamer Kingfisher, built in 1906 by Messrs. Denny of Dumbarton for the General Steam Navigation Company

SS Carmania, 1905
Photograph of the Cunard turbine steamer Carmania, built in 1905 by the John Brown Shipyard of Clydebank. The Carmania was reputed to be the first very large turbine steamer

The Prussian War-Steamer, Nix, 1851
Engraving of the Prussian War-Steamer Nix, built by Robinson and Russell of Millwall, London, 1851. This paddle steamer underwent trials on the Thames river in March and April of that year

The Winans Ocean Steamer, 1858
Engraving of the Winans Ocean Steamer cigar ship, launched at Ferry Bay, Baltimore, on 6th October 1858. Intended as an ocean-going vessel, she was 180 feet long and had a displacement of 350 tons

Clyde Excursionists
Excursionists on a paddle- steamer on the river Clyde, Scotland

Sphinx Steamship
An early French paddle-steamer with elegant slim funnel

Section of the Bessemer
Bessemers design for a cross- channel paddle steamer is designed to reduce passenger discomfort by enabling them to stay level no matter how much the boat herself rolls

Paddle Steamer on Nile
Paddle Steamer and Pleasure Cruiser make steady progress through the calm wide channel of the Nile

New Edinburgh Dock at Leith
The steamer, Berlin, with the Duke of Edinburgh on board, cutting the blue ribbon at the opening of the new Edinburgh dock at Leith in 1881

H. M Screw Caesar
Engraving of the fitting out of a war steamer, H. M. Screw Caesar at Portsmouth

Shooting cotton bales into a river-steamer
Cotton bales leaving the exit of a 350 foot downhill shoot and landing on the front of the paddle boat steamer, the Magnolia

STEAMSHIP FORTH 1849
The Steamer Forth (which went missing in 1849)

U-Boat Drowns Survivors
When the British steamer Belgian Prince is torpedoed, the crew are taken aboard the U-boat and lined up on its deck; it then submerges... only a few survive

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the central stree
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the central street of shops, over 150 meters long, with the spacious embarkation hall

On board the luxury liner, L Atlantique, the chapel, where
On board the French luxury liner, L Atlantique. A unusual feature at the time, the decorative chapel, where passenger could attend religious services and practise their devotions during a voyage

Burnt out liner L Atlantique, successfully brought into port
The burnt out liner, L Atlantique successfully brought into port at Cherbourg. The fire broke out in the early hours of 4th January 1933, at 6am the abandon ship order was given

MAURITIUS
The steamer Mauritius off the island of the same name, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean

Grace Darling
An idealised late Victorian portrait of Grace Darling, who rowed out with her lightkeeper father to save nine from the wrecked Forfarshire steamer

USA / New York / Harbour
A steamer makes its way through the ferry boats, pleasure boats, steamers and sailing vessels which throng the harbour waters

LONDON ENGINEER (COL)
A celebrated Thames steamer plying between London and Margate Date: circa 1819

Salmon Fishing / Circ. 1906
Salmon fishing (commercial) in British Columbia, on the Fraser River

Conrad / Typhoon / Storm
TYPHOON Short story by Joseph Conrad The steamer Nan-Shan in the storm

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