Steamship Collection (page 13)

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, playroom for children
The playroom for children of Cabin Class passengers ot the Queen Mary which includes, of course, a model of the ship itself ! Date: 1935

Pennsylvania Steamer
American steamship, on the Delaware River. 1875

Ship in Suez Canal
A steamship passes through the Canal : the photo shows how the Canal is cut through the desert, involving the removal of vast quantities of sand. Date: circa 1890

Shipbuilding in Ww1
The boilers are craned into a steamship : this is done after launching, when the vessel is afloat Date: 1914-1918

STEAMSHIPS / CELTIC
Steamship Celtic, depicted arriving at Liverpool after crossing the Atlantic early 20th century

STEAMSHIP FRANCE
Passenger liner of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, she was immensely popular with travellers who had to bid for her cabins Date: 1910

STEAMSHIP BERLIN
Doppelschraubensalondampfer (twin screw passenger liner) of Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen Date: early 20th century

Corinth Canal
The CORINTH CANAL a steamship passes from the Aegean to the Adriatic Date: 1919

Advert for Bremen & Europa German ocean liners 1937
German-built, SS Bremen and her slightly smaller sister ship SS Europa, later SS Libert鬠 were both high-speed steam cruises, traveling to New York, the continent and Far East. Date: 1937

Steamship, Capital City, California, USA
Steamship, Capital City, running between San Francisco and Sacramento, California, USA. Date: circa 1912

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Burrard Inlet, showing the steamers Empress of Canada, Empress of Russia and Niagara. Date: 1929

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Business District, Burrard Inlet and the RMS Aorangi. Date: 1929

American Bankers Association Travellers Cheques
Postcard promoting American Bankers Association Travellers Cheques - The safest, handiest, most satisfactory form of travel funds - the perfect international exchange. Date: circa 1902

Poster, Canadian Pacific, Empress of Britain
Poster advertising Canadian Pacifics Empress of Britain, Canadas Challenger. Date: circa 1930s

City of Newcastle steamship, Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq
City of Newcastle, Ellerman-Hall Line steamship, at Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1933

Toledo, Ohio, USA - Steamer City of Toledo"
Toledo, Ohio, USA - Steamer " City of Toledo". Date: 1925

The West India Docks, London - Opening of a new Dry Dock Date: 1878

Cunard White Star Queen Elizabeth Liner Launch Booklet
Cunard White Star Queen Elizabeth Liner / Ship Launch Booklet. Date: 1938

Cover of a souvenir booklet for the Docks at Southampton, shaped into the form of an ocean liner. Date: circa 1935

Public Landing, New London, Connecticut, USA
View of the Public Landing, New London, Connecticut, USA, with the steamship ferry Orient. Date: circa 1908

Ships, boats and a steamer on the sea. Date: circa 1920s

Scene in a harbour with steamship in foreground
Scene in a harbour with a steamship and crew in the foreground. Date: circa 1930s

Queen of the Channel steamer
Queen of the Channel passenger steamer. Date: circa 1930s

Ships moored near the coast, with people visible on deck on the right. Date: circa 1920s

Harbour with fishing boats at low tide, and a ship in the background. Date: circa 1920s

Ship at a quayside. Date: circa 1920s

Ships in a harbour. Date: circa 1920s

The Lighthouse, South Stack, Anglesey
The Lighthouse, South Stack, Holyhead, near Trearddur, Anglesey, Wales. Showing the St Seirol Steamship Date: 1937s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, manoeuvring down the Clyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, passing French liner L Atlantique
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, first journey down the river Clyde. Passing on the way lyng off Greenock was the luxurious ocean liner L Atlantique a French vessel, which was caught on fire in January 1933

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, down the river Clyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank John Browns shipyard where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland, escorted by tugs to the sea

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, ready for journey down the Clyde
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, at her berth in Clydebank, ready to take her first journey down the river Clyde to Southampton, for her final fitting-out on 24 march 1936. Date: 1936

Advert for Osram lamps, installed on Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Advertising that Osram lamps were fitted upon the Queen Mary Ocean Liner. Date: 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, stocking out
Housekeeping aboard the liner. The huge supply for the Queen Marys stay at port between voyages. To ensure that fresh supplies were always available, triplicate stocks of linen were ordered

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, final preparations for launch
Final preparations for the launching R.M.S. Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534. Hundreds of tons of tallow, soft soap

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in construction
John Brown & Company in Clydebank in Scotland, begin the major task of constructing Queen Mary Ocean Liner then know as Hull Number 534, which began in December 1930 on the River Clyde

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, journey down the Clyde
Map to show how Queen Mary Ocean Liner navigated on its first journey from Clydebank where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland, escorted by tugs to the sea

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, suspended
R.M.S. Queen Mary at the John Brown shipyard, December 1931. Work on the ship, then known as Cunard No. 534, had been suspended on 13th December 1931 as Cunard had run out of funds

R. M. S. Queen Mary, record Atlantic crossing, by G. H. Davi
The ever-shortening Atlantic crossing: Epochs in its history; with a scale showing, graphically, the reduction from Columbuss seventy days to the Queen Mary in four days. 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, takes to the sea
With all the difficulties and dangers of her journey down the Clyde behind her, the Queen Mary enters for the firts time open sea which she was built for. 1936

Interior on the Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Interior of an private luxurious sitting-room, with comfortable dinning room chairs, wooden panels and soft furnishings. 118 feet long assembly room for cabin class

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, entering dry dock at Southampton
Reaching Southampton the Queen Mary entered an enormous King George V graving drydock, at the time of construction in 1933, it was the largest graving dock in the world

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, ready for travel to Greenock
Front cover of Weekly Illustrated magazine, photograph showing the Queen Mary lying in the dock ay Clydebank in Scotland, from which she will have to be manoeuvred across the river into the mouth of

Queen Mary Ocean Liner to Greenock, Inverclyde
Queen Mary set out on its first voyage, from Clydebank where her interior was fitted out, down the river Clyde to Greenock Scotland, escorted by tugs to the sea

King Edward VIII visits Queen Mary Ocean Liner
Shortly before the liner leaves Clydebank in Scotland, for Southampton on her trials. King Edward VIII visits Queen Mary Ocean Liner, for the third time

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, interior fitted for passenger use
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, in the fitting-out berth at Clydebank in Scotland, which was her home for two years after the launch by Queen Mary in September 1934 to 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, being fitted out
With the launching of the Queen Mary Ocean Liner a new phase of work began. Eighteen months between September 1934, and her departure for preliminary trials on 24 March 1936

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, nearly ready for launching
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

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