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Background imageSteered Collection: Cartoon, Britannia between Scylla & Charybdis

Cartoon, Britannia between Scylla & Charybdis, or, the Vessel of the Constitution steered clear of the Rock of Democracy, and the Whirlpool of Arbitrary Power, by James Gillray

Background imageSteered Collection: On A Boat

On A Boat
An advertisement illustration showing a smiling young woman holding a pair of binoculars, seated on a boat which is racing through the ocean, steered by the man that can be seen behind her

Background imageSteered Collection: HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer

HMS Kale, E-class - River-class destroyer
Royal Navy - HMS Kale, a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered under the 1903-1904 Naval Estimates and named after the Kale Water in the Scottish Borders

Background imageSteered Collection: Unmanned boat steered by light, war device

Unmanned boat steered by light, war device
An unmanned boat steered by light: a 25, 000 war device. Tested during the First World War before Lord Fisher and Mr Balfour on Penn Pond in Richmond Park

Background imageSteered Collection: Death of Pope Pius X

Death of Pope Pius X
The death of Pope Pius X (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, 1835-1914, served 1903-1914 as the 257th pope of the Catholic Church)

Background imageSteered Collection: Stranded steamship, Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Stranded steamship, Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of a stranded steamship, the Princess Irene, on the coast at Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Shortly after leaving Aberdeen the ship met foggy weather and steered to Linney Head

Background imageSteered Collection: German Explosive Motorboat; Second World War, 1944

German Explosive Motorboat; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing a German explosive motorboat being craned into the water, 1944. Controlled by one man, these craft were steered towards the target

Background imageSteered Collection: Trobriand Racing Canoes

Trobriand Racing Canoes
Illustration of several canoes racing off the Trobriand Islands, 1925. With a large lanteen sail and outrigger float, these canoes were steered by use of a large paddle

Background imageSteered Collection: The Hydromotor Ship, 1881

The Hydromotor Ship, 1881
Engraving of the Hydromotor Ship, invented by Dr. Emil Fleischer of Dresden, September 1881. Instead of propellor or paddle-wheel

Background imageSteered Collection: Portuguese Toldo-Boat

Portuguese Toldo-Boat
Toldo-boat, carrying several passengers, steered from both bow and stern

Background imageSteered Collection: GUSMAOs 1709 DEVICE

GUSMAOs 1709 DEVICE
GUSMAOs PROJECT The magnetically steered barque of Bartolomeo Lourenco da Gusmao flew from the tower of the Casa da India to the Terreiro de Pace, Lisbon

Background imageSteered Collection: GUSMAOs 1709 PROJECT

GUSMAOs 1709 PROJECT
GUSMAOs PROJECT The magnetically steered barque of Bartolomeo Lourenco da Gusmao flies from the tower of the Casa da India to the Terreiro de Pace, Lisbon


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