Straits Collection (page 2)

Arms of the Straits Settlements on a Willss Cigarette card. The colony consists of Singapore, Penang and Malacca, all three settlements being situated on the Straits of Malacca

Hong Kong Coins
Coins of Hong Kong and the Straits settlements Date: circa 1911

Coastline from Denmark to Ushant by G. H. Davis
From sandy dunes to rocky cliffs: the coastline from Denmark to Ushant (Brittany), a distance of about 1200 miles. The terrain of the European shores from Denmark to the extreme of Brittany

Malta, target of German bombers, by G. H. Davis
A British stronghold in the Mediterranean during the Second World War: Malta, the target of German dive-bombers. The British naval and air base commanding the Sicilian Straits

Maps of Sicilian Straits and Mediterranean by G. H. Davis
A map of the Sicilian Straits: the vital channel in the Mediterranean War. Also a map of the general Mediterranean area. Date: 1941

Re-building Menai Suspension Bridge
The Menai Suspension Bridge - built by Thomas Telford, opened in 1826. Reconstruction started in June 1938. Date: 1938

Britannia Tubular Bridge over Menai Straits. Lynn, William Henry 1829 - 1915

Britannia Tubular Bridge - Menai Straits
Britannia Tubular Bridge - between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales over the Menai Straits. It was originally designed and built by Robert Stephenson. Date: circa 1910s

Guardian Lion - Britannia Bridge, Menai Straits (designed by Robert Stephenson). The four large lions were sculpted in limestone by John Thomas. Date: circa 1910s

The final battle of Shimonoseki straits, 1864
Two views of the battle of Shimonoseki, where British, French, American and Dutch forces fought against the Japanese for control of the Shimonoseki straits, off the coast of Japan

Menai Straits from Anglesey Column, Bangor, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Dovedale, Tissington Straits, Derbyshire, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Right whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its varieties. Right whaling in Behering Straits & Arctic Ocean with its varieties

Austrian battleships after Otranto Barrage, Adriatic, WW1
Austro-Hungarian battleships after the Otranto Barrage (Battle of the Otranto Straits) in the Adriatic, First World War. Here, the damaged SMS Novara limps back, helped by SMS Sankt Georg

St. Tysilios Church, in the Menai Straits. This tiny single storey building is believed to be the place where Christianity was first preached on Anglesey, Wales. Date: founded 6th century

Charybdis

Menai Suspension Bridge
Thomas Telfords graceful suspension bridge over the Menai Straits, looking towards the Carnarvonshire mountains, Wales. Date: built 1819 - 1826

View of the Narrows, Dardanelles, Turkey
View of the Narrows, the narrowest section of the Dardanelles straits, connecting the Mediterranean with the Black Sea, Turkey. Date: 20th century

Austrian battleship SMS Novara, Adriatic, WW1
The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Novara, damaged during the Otranto Barrage (Battle of the Otranto Straits) in the Adriatic, First World War. Date: May 1917

Mykali Straits, Island of Samos, Greece Date: circa 1920s

Through the Menai Straits in a Racer. 1892

Artillery on British battleship WWI
British Battleship n action off the Dardanelles during World War I

British and French Cruisers WWI
British and French Cruisers of the entrance to the Dardanelles during World War I

Training Ship Clio, Bangor, Menai Straits, North Wales
The Training Ship Clio, moored off Bangor in the Menai Straits, North Wales, was established in 1877 by the City of Chester and Border Counties Training Ship Society

Bangor - looking down the Menai Straits, past the Menai Suspension Bridge, or Pont Grog y Borth, designed by Thomas Telford and opened in 1826

Robert Stephenson
Portrait of Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) was an English civil engineer, son of George Stephenson, who first built the locomotive. Robert built Britannia Bridge on Menai Straits

Tangiers, Morocco - Royal Moorish Bazaar
The Royal Moorish Bazaar at Tangiers, Morocco, looking out across the Straits of Gibraltar toward Mainland Europe and Spain, visible on the horizon

The Tower, Puffin Island, Anglesey
The Tower, the solitary building on Puffin Island, Anglesey with Welsh slate roof (slate likely to have originated from Port Dinorwic across the Menai Straits)

Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H. M.s Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship
Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H.M.S Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship

Straits of Gibraltar
Schematic view of the Straits of Gibraltar, looking towards the Atlantic with Tangier on the left : the strategic importance of the straits is clearly displayed

Dardanelles
Schematic view of the Dardanelles showing Gallipoli and looking towards Istanbul and the Black Sea : the strategic importance of the straits is clearly displayed

Island of Krakatoa, in the straits of Sunda. The volcano erupted 4 times in 1883. The blast was estimated to have had the power of 10000 hydrogen bombs

Ras Al Khyma Attacked
British attack on the pirate town of Ras-al-Khyma, on the Straits of Hormuz. (It will be attacked again in 1812 and subsequently.)

Schinss, Iran
A pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground

Attack on Linga, Iran
British forces attack the pirate stronghold of Linga, on the Straits of Hormuz. Dhows are seen burning on the left

Ras Al Khyma Attack
British forces prepare to attack the pirate town of Ras- al-Khyma, on the Straits of Hormuz. (It will be attacked again in 1812 and subsequently.)

Iran / Lufi
A pirate stronghold on the Straits of Hormuz. A British warship is anchored in the foreground

Menai Bridge - Telford
The suspension bridge over the Menai Straits, built by Thomas Telford and opened on 30 January 1826

The Goodwin Sands
The GOODWIN SANDS, in the Straits of Dover, where many a good ship has come to grief

Chile Straits Magellan
Her Majestys ship Meander in a squall in the Straits of Magellan

Bougainville & Flag
Bougainville and his men raise the French flag on a small rock on the Magellan Straits

Robert Stephenson / Stereo
ROBERT STEPHENSON English engineer, best known for his bridges, including those at Newcastle, Berwick and the Menai Straits

Robert Stephenson / Pound
ROBERT STEPHENSON English engineer, best known for his bridges, including those at Newcastle, Berwick and the Menai Straits

Robert Stephenson / W Invt
ROBERT STEPHENSON English engineer, best known for his bridges, including those at Newcastle, Berwick and the Menai Straits

Pearl Fishing / Australia
Fishing for pearls in the Torres Straits, Australia

Wwi / Gallipoli / Narrows
Ships of the Allied fleet bombard the Narrows, the narrowest section of the Dardanelles straits, connecting the Mediterranean with the Black Sea

Argentina / Tierra Fuego
Tierra del Fuego: Easter Straits

Turkey / Dardanelles 5 / 6
Dardanelles: the straits, with ships

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