Steamship Collection (page 6)

Sir Thomas Sutherland, P&O Chairman
Sir Thomas Sutherland, Chairman of P&O, Peninsular & Orient Steamship Company. late 19th century

Inter-island steamship, La Palma Island, Canary Islands
Inter-island steamship at the dockside in La Palma Island, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. circa 1910

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1857
Christened Leviathan in construction, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, showing the bows with shipbuilders on the sides of the vessel hanging form hoists. Date: 1857

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1855
Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J

The Moored Monster Ben My Chree, the famous Isle of Man Steam Packet Company turbine steamship, at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

The Calais Ferry Boat leaving the Pier, Dover, Kent - setting off across the English Channel. 1934

Steam ship landing on River Elbe - Dresden, Germany
Steam ship landing (jetty, quay) on the banks of the River Elbe with the Augustus Bridge at Dresden, Saxony, Germany. This 12-arch sandstone bridge was replaced between 1907-1910. circa 1903

Custom House - The Quay - Malta. Date: circa 1900s

Loading of Mangrove Bark - Menai Island, Cosmoledo Group
Loading of Mangrove Bark - Menai Island, part of the Cosmoledo Group, part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 1

Steamship Nera navigating a curve in the Suez Canal, Egypt
The French Steamship Nera navigating a curve in the Suez Canal, Egypt, North Africa. On 2nd October 1911 the SS Nera collided with the British ship SS Taviuni (which sank), off Millers Point

City of Manchester steamer
The City of Manchester screw steamer, launched on Saturday 14th June 1851 from the Kelvin Dock, Glasgow. A Cunard ship, it was due to sail between Liverpool and Philadelphia. Date: 1851

Canadian Pacific poster
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company poster featuring the RMS Empress of Britain which provided a scheduled transatlantic passenger service from spring to autumn between Canada

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

WILLIAM HARRISON, CAPT
Captain WILLIAM HARRISON commander of the Great Eastern steamship. Date: 1812 - 1860

Foreign cattle on board the Batavier 1865
Importing cattle on board the Batavier, a London to Rotterdam steamship. Date: 1865

SOCIAL / TECH PROGRESS 19C
Six scenes illustrating technological progress during Queen Victorias reign, including a steamship, a train, bicycles and street lighting Date: 1897

SATIRE ON STEAMBOATS
An early steamship, which like a giant kettle has built up too much pressure and exploded throwing its unwitting passengers overboard. The rowing boat appears safer. Date: circa 1830

ATLANTIQUE
Atlantique, the First Class dining saloon Date: 1931

Greetings Postcard - Brindisi, Adriatic Coast, Italy - inset photograph of the Villa Dionisi. Date: circa 1910s

A Rickshaw boy of Durban in their remarkable costume. Introduced from Japan, the rickshaw became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century

Labrador province, Newfoundland, Canada - St Johns West - showing the dry dock. Date: circa 1910s

P&O Steamship Nepaul - The Nepaul shown aground on the Shagstone, although she went aground further east. Nepaul was built by Alexander Stephan and Sons, Glasgow

Preparations for Crimean War, The Baltic Fleet - HMS Miranda
Naval preparations for the Crimean War, The Baltic Fleet under Sir Charles Napier - The steam-sloop HMS Miranda, pictured saluting Kronberg Castle, Helsingor (Elsinore, Elsineur), Denmark. Date: 1854

Passengers on board the Steamship Queen, Southampton
Passengers on board the Steamship Queen at Southampton on 9 August 1933. Date: 1933

Honeymoon - mid-channel - Making the best of a bad situation
Our Honeymoon - mid-channel - Making the best of a bad situation... A kiss before disaster. Date: circa 1910s

N. Y. K. S. S. Yasukuni Maru - set within decorative border
N.Y.K. (Nippon Yusen Kaish line) ocean liner S.S. " Yasukuni Maru" - set within a decorative border. The ship was launched in 1930 by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. at Nagasaki

Lulworth Cove, The Cliff - A paddlesteamer moored up
Lulworth Cove, Dorset - The Cliff - A paddlesteamer moored up on the beach. Date: circa 1912

Quay on the River Sava - Belgrade, Serbia. Date: 1911

Australia - extending hands across the sea - featuring an inset view of the Central Railway Station in Melbourne within the shape of the outline of Australia Date: circa 1906

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

Haig and his victorious commanders arriving at Dover
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and his fellow victorious commanders arriving at the port of Dover aboard a vessel painted with jazz camouflage at the end of World War One. Date: 1918

Steam Pleasure Cruise on the Monarch out of Bournemouth - a host of enthusiastic holidaymakers smiling dutifully before departure - 25th August 1925. Date: 1925

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Frank E Kirby Steamer leaving for Put-in-Bay village on South Bass Island. Date: 1907

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Columbia Steamer Date: 1907

Detroit, Michigan, USA - Tashmoo Pleasure Steamer Date: 1907

Thames wherry being passed by a steam ferry - Essex, England
Thames wherry (with many-times-repaired sails) being passed by a steam ferry - off the coast of Essex, England. Date: 1911

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Petrie Bight, Customs House
Petrie Bight, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Petrie Bight is a sharp curve in the Brisbane River at the northern ends of the Town Reach (upstream) and the Shafston Reach (downstream)

Delivering Christmas Holly to a Steamship
A small rowing boat delivering Christmas Holly to a Steamship - Christmas Greetings Postcard. Date: 1906

Bathing Beach and Landing - Indian Point, Hudson River, USA, Now the site of Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York

Vancouver, Canada - Brockton Point, Stanley Park - The Lions and the Canadian Pacific Railway Steamer Empress. Date: 1919

View of the Gota Canal at Borensberg, Ostergotland, Sweden, with the steamship Pallas on the water. Date: circa 1930s

The ship Rangoon sinks, 1871
The P&O mail steamship Rangoon sinking after the removal of the passengers and crew. The ship was accidently run onto the rocks when leaving Galle harbour in Sri Lanka, where it eventually sank. 1871

TSS California, steamship of the Anchor Line
TSS California, (turn screw) steamship of the Anchor Line. Date: circa 1930

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, dining saloon
The dining saloon (not to be confused with the restaurant) for Cabin Class passengers on the Queen Mary Date: 1935

H. M.s Caledonia formerly Majestic 1937
The former Cunard White Star Liner Majestic, changed to H.M.S Caledonia, was bought in 1937 by the Admiralty and was converted at a cost of 391

Ships and boats in a harbour, with a woman standing on the quay near a steamer named Adele. Date: circa 1920s

A Margate Hoy, a type of sailing boat often used for freight purposes but in this case one of the boats which in the late eighteenth

RMS Olympic, cruise ship of the White Star Line (incorrectly captioned as RMS Titanic on the picture itself). early 20th century

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