Suez Collection (page 4)

Shipping at the entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt
Shipping at the entrance to the Suez Canal, in Port Said, Egypt. Date: circa 1890

WW1 - Indian maxim section awaiting the enemy, Suez Canal
WW1 - An Indian maxim section helping to defend Egypt against the Turks. The three Indians are positioned on baron land, awaiting their enemy

Steamer Through Suez Canal, Suez, Egypt. Date: 1900s

Colmar Street, Suez, Egypt. Date: 1900s

Cassara Bazar, Suez, Egypt. Date: 1900s

Suez Canal, Suez, Egypt. Showing a steamer Date: 1900s

Port Tewfik, Suez, Egypt. Showing Suez Canal entrance Date: 1900s

The Waterfront, Suez
Marine Side, Suez, Egypt. Showing Sailing Boats Date: 1900s

HMS Amethyst, British sloop
HMS Amethyst (F116), British modified Black Swan class sloop, seen here in the Suez Canal with spectators in the foreground. Date: circa 1950s

Andrew Henderson, Suez c.1943 Date: circa 1943

De Lesseps Statue
Monument to Ferdinand de LESSEPS at the entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Said, Egypt. Date: 1899

Franz Joseph Quay - Port Said, Egypt Date: circa 1910s

Franz Joseph Quay and Lighthouse - Port Said, Egypt
Francois (Franz) Joseph Quay and Lighthouse - Port Said, Egypt Date: circa 1904

Railway Station - Suez, Egypt. The (translated) card caption bears the frankly wonderful spelling Raelway !! Date: circa 1907

Ferdinand de Leseps and the Khedive of Egypt open Suez Canal
Ferdinand de Leseps (1805-1894) and Isma il Pasha (Ismail the Magnificent) (18301895), the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan open the Suez Canal on 17th November, 1869. Date: 1869

Backstreet Scene in Suez, Egypt Date: circa 1904

Lesseps, Ferdinand, vicomte de (1805-1894). French

The Suez Canal, inaugurated the 17th September 1869. Litography

Lesseps, Ferdinand, vicomte de (1805-1894). French diplomat, maker of the Suez Canal (1859-1869). Portrait from 1894

Suez Canal - Egypt - S.S.Salween looking ahead Date: 1951

Suez unrest 1951
British soldiers in action during a period of unrest in Egypt over control of the Suez Canal. The issue would remain a problem over the course of the decade, coming to a head in 1956. Date: 1951

Pavilion of the Suez Canal Company, Paris Exposition, 1889. Date 1889

Port Said - Egypt - Sultan Hussein Quay - Victoria Monument
Queen Victoria Monument on the Sultan Hussein Quay at Port Said, Egypt - Important and strategic port on the Suez Canal. For this view 25 years later - see 10284668. Date: circa 1903

Suez canal entrance at Port Said

Native festival at Suez, Egypt
A native festival at Suez, Egypt, with children riding in wooden boxes. Date: 20th century

Christmas Postcard from the Suez Canal
Christmas Postcard from Ismalia on the Suez Canal, Egypt Date: circa 1910s

View toward Suez, Egypt, with a local Egyptian man sculling his small boat through the still waters before the waterfront. Date: 1904

Australia & New Zealand Monument, Port Said
The Australia and New Zealand Monument - Port Said, Egypt. Commorative monument realting to Austraian and New Zealander involvement during World War One

Camel train on a chain ferry at Kantara, Egypt
A Camel caravan on the the rope ferry at Kantara, crossing the Suez Canal (Egypt) with several passengers. The ferry was operated by means of an underwater rope

British monitor in the Suez Canal, WW1
A British monitor (small warship) in the Suez Canal during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Captured Turkish pontoons, Ismailia, Egypt, WW1
Some of the 25 Turkish pontoons captured at Ismailia, Egypt, during action on the Suez Canel on 3-4 February 1915, when the Turks attempted to cross the canal. The pontoons were destroyed

Trench in Suez Canal defences, Egypt, WW1
A trench in the Suez Canal defences, Egypt, during the First World War. It was probably at Muhammadiya, where the Scottish Horse dug a new line of trenches. Date: spring 1916

Encampment, east side of Suez Canal, Egypt, WW1
An encampment on the east side of the Suez Canal, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 6 May 1915

Camel transport, Suez Canal defences, Egypt, WW1
Camel transport (Somali camels) for Suez Canal defences at El Kubri, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Ahmed Jemal Pasha with Ali Fuad Erden before Suez attack
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (left), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, with his Chief of Staff, Ali Fuad Erden, just before an attack at Suez during the First World War. circa 1915

Decomposing whale carcass
The decomposing body of a Sei whale, washed ashore on the beach at Suez on 3 January 1950 following a storm, surrounded by intrigiued onlookers

Russian Ships Incanal
Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet pass through the Canal on their way to Port Arthur, to take part in the war with Japan : soon, many of these ships will be under water. Date: December 1904

Ismail Pasha, Viceroy
ISMAIL PASHA Khedive (Viceroy) of Egypt 1863 to 1879, rebuilt Cairo, sold his Suez Canal shares to Britain Date: 1830 - 1895

Maps / Suez Canal
Map of the Suez Canal Date: 1908

Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia
Poster advertising the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line to Australia via the Suez Canal, showing a view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One class only

Port Said, Egypt - Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805 - 1894) - French developer/engineer on the project to construct the Suez Canal

Port Said, Egypt - Commercial Street
Commercial Street (Chareh-el-Tegara) - Port Said, Egypt

Ismalia, Egypt - The Home of Ferdinand de Lesseps
The Home of Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, (1805 - 1894), French developer/engineer of the Suez Canal at Ismalia, Egypt"

Port Said, Egypt - Navy House and sailing ship

Pilot Tugs - Harbour at Port Said
Pilot tugboats in the Harbour at Port Said, Egypt

Port Said, Egypt - Landing Stage
The landing Stage and the Suez Canal Office at Port Said, Egypt

Gott Strafe the Turks by George Ranstead
A British soldier in tropical uniform including pith helmet struggles with his kit through the heat. Its likely he is part of the Army defending Suez or is part of the Gallipoli Campaign

Artillery placements WWI
The 2nd Divisional Artillery strengthening the Suez Canal defences. The men are seen here making two gun emplacements behind the desert lines

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