Submerged Collection

Dante & Virgil on Ice
Virgil is Dantes guide on a tour of Inferno; they come across some evildoers punished by being placed up to their necks in ice

Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson, WW1
Humorous cartoon depicting the grimness of life in the trenches. THOMAS (encountering a pal on the surface of a flooded crater): Lor! Enry, ow you did make me jump. I thought you was a submarine

British battleship HMS King Edward VII sinking, WW1
The British battleship HMS King Edward VII with her stern down during the First World War. She struck a mine off Cape Wrath, off the northern Scottish coast

Use of the Naval Rangefinder for Merchant Navy Navigation, 1
Illustration showing how a Naval Barrster or rangefinder could be used for Merchant Navigation. In this instance the officer of the merchant ship is finding his distance from the lighthouse in order

Discovering Atlantis
Discovery of Atlantis and other Submerged Civilisations Date: Circa 1950

Gondwanaland - a reconstruction
A pictoral map of the Gondwana continent as it probably appeared before it was submerged millions of years ago. Reconstruction of typical Gondwana landscape

WW2 Greetings Card, Submerged
A WW2 greetings card, the image portrays a group of rather large Royal Navy sailors who have fallen asleep leaning on the unfortunate gentleman in the middle! Date: circa 1940s

White Star Line - Elkington cream jug
White Star Line - Elkington plate First Class cream jug. The creamer is stained and appears to have been submerged in water for an unknown period of time. 3.75 inches

Cunard Line - two Elkington plate sugar bowls which appear to have been submerged in water for an unknown period of time. One is marked for Kosher use. 3 inches

Rare Chernikeeff submerged radar log C662R4, maker's plate to the front no. 27806. 15 inches

Crossing a flooded Ashanti River called the Offin river (Ghana). A bridge has been submerged and the troops are up to their waists in water

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands aboard a submarine
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) standing on board the deck of a submarine, September 1916. The Queen was attending manoeuvres carried out by the Dutch navy

Bali fisherman up to his neck in water
Bali fisherman pushing fishing net frame while up to his neck in seawater Date: 1989

Derwent Hall, Derbyshire, England, was built in 1672 by the Belguy family. It became a youth hostel in 1931, but it was submerged 1945 when the Derwent dam was completed. Date: 1930s

Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged, Newlyn, Cornwall
Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged at low tide off the coast of Cornwall, near Newlyn harbour, being pumped out and pulled upright after rolling and sinking in rough seas, 17 January 1980

Some invasion craft and a tank submerged
Photograph: Some invasion craft and a tank submerged during the initial stages of the invasion. Shows the beach showing submerged vehicles

How a Submarine Dives & Rests on Sea Floor, WW1
Diagrams showing how a submarine or U-boat dives below the water and rests at the bottom of the sea. Date: 1917

HMS Poseidon submarine escape apparatus
HMS Poseidon and the submarine escape apparatus. Poseidon was sunk on 9th June 1931 after colliding with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yuta

Dunkirk, France - tugs sunk in the port, WW2
Dunkirk, France - tugs sunk in the port during WW2. Date: 1940-1945

Dunkirk, France - Trystram Lock, WW2
Dunkirk, France - Trystram Lock, with a partially submerged vessel, following damage during WW2. Date: 1940-1945

Dunkirk, France - the new lock, WW2
Dunkirk, France - the new lock, showing damage suffered during WW2. Date: 1940-1945

Brittas Lake and Kippure - a view of a lake and submerged island. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Wicklow). Date: circa early 1900s

Lough Eanagh, Londonderry - a view of a Lough with submerged islands. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Londonderry). Date: circa early 1900s

Submerged pump pistons. Supply cities. Engraved by Decreef. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878

Mississippi Flood / 1927
Memphis submerged under the flood waters of the Mississippi Date: 1927

Moor FROG - watching beetle (Donacia sp), (Rana arvalis Nilsson). Russia

Submerged by William Heath Robinson
In an Untersee Realschule: Training a young U-boat pirate to remain under water for long periods. Another humorous wartime scenario involving the dastardly Hun by William Heath Robinson. Date: 1917

Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli Naples, Italy
Title page and frontispiece of vol.1 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, showing the partially submerged Temple of Serapis at Puzzuoli Naples, Italy. Date: 1830

With the British navy off the Dardanelles, WW1
With the British navy off the Dardanelles during the First World War. Top: HMS Agamemnon and the arrival of a big transport. Middle: a British battleship under fire from enemy shrapnel

Homeless Men in a Royal Park, London, 1903
Illustration showing a group of homeless men sleeping on the grass in one of Londons Royal Parks, 1903. The original caption for this image ran: The Submerged Tenth - Lounging in Londons Royal Parks

Turkey - Ada Kaleh
The fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh, now underwater. Situated on the Danube - submerged in 1970 due to the building of a hydro-electric station. Three kilometres from Orsova

Hoylake, Merseyside - Submerged (Petrified) Forest Date: circa 1910s

Dugong dugon, dugong
A dugong exhibit at the Natural History Museum, London

Wheels of a plane in muddy field, WW1
The wheels of a plane partially submerged in a muddy field during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Scene during Battle of the Falkland Islands, WW1
Scene from the land during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, First World War. Showing a sinking ship. Date: 8 December 1914

Dolygaer Chapel, near the Taff Fechan Reservoir. When the reservoir was constructed the village of Dolygaer was submerged. The chapel is now a private residence. Date: 19th century

Nantymoch Chapel, in the Upper Rheidol Valley, Cardiganshire Wales. Sadly submerged when the Rheidol Hydro-Electric Scheme was completed in 1964. Date: 19th century

Set of old pram wheels in a pond
A set of old pram wheels half submerged in a pond, near a wooden stump

The Guards Bathe by H. M. Bateman
Fabulous illustration showing identikit guardsmen striding in uniform rows down the beach and into the sea, not pausing to stop as they become submerged in the water

Ada-Kaleh - Bego Mustaffa
Bego Mustaffa - almost certainly the ruler and headman of the fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh (1895 - 1900). The town is now underwater

Ada-Kaleh, The Mosque
Ada-Kaleh - The Mosque. The fortified Turkish Island of Ada-Kaleh, now underwater. Situated on the Danube - submerged in 1970 due to the building of a hydro-electric station

Houdini Chained to L dr
Harry Houdini chained by the neck, hands and feet to a ladder which would later be submerged in water

Lifting Water 1690
Device for raising water : the lower end of the tube is submerged, so when the string of discs is pulled through it by turning the handle, they bring water with them

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