Sunk Collection

RMS Carpathia, 1903
Photograph of the Cunard Lines RMS Carpathia, launched by the Swan Hunter Shipyard, in 1902. She was the first vessel built for the Cunard Line which was exclusively for second

Warship Hms Hood
HMS Hood, completed in 1920, was the worlds largest warship for more than two decades. She was finally sunk by the Bismarck in 1941 at the Battle of Denmark Strait

HMS Hood, British battlecruiser
HMS Hood, a British Admiral-class battlecruiser, launched 1918, served before and during the Second World War, sunk 24 May 1941. Seen here from above. Date: 20th century

Bismarck, German battleship, WW2
The German battleship, Bismarck. The ship was sunk on 27 May 1941 in battle with British naval forces. Date: 1941

HMS Jervis Bay, armed merchant cruiser, WW2
HMS Jervis Bay, an armed merchant cruiser which served during the Second World War. Launched 1922 (as a passenger ship), commissioned for war service 1939

Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The loss of HMS Courageous: one of the Royal Navys aircraft carriers sunk by a German submarine. A sectional drawing of the vessel, showing amidships the boiler room section

The ship Kapunda, 1887
The British emigrant Ship, Kapunda, which was run down and sunk off the Coast of Brazil with the loss of 298 lives in 1887

SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1900
Photograph of the North German Lloyd Liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse at sea, 1900. This liner was built by the Vulcan Shipyards at Stettin with the aim of winning the Blue Riband

German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus!, WW1
A German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus! (U Boats Launch!), showing a submarine officer looking through a periscope with a sinking torpedoed enemy ship in the background

HMS Indefatigable, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War. Seen here going into action during the Battle of Jutland, on the day she was sunk. 31 May 1916

HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s

HMS Indefatigable sinking, Battle of Jutland, WW1
HMS Indefatigable, British battlecruiser, launched 1909, served during the First World War, seen here sinking during the Battle of Jutland. Date: 31 May 1916

Saving of Audacious Crew
Audacious, one of the most powerful members of the Allied fleet, is sunk by a German mine. A rescue operation is immediately begun

Sinking of the Emden
The predatory German cruiser Emden is sunk upon coral reef by the Australians

RMS Titanic at sea. It was built in Belfast 1909-1911, and fitted and furnished there 1911-1912 Date: 1912

HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, converted to use as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s

Chislet Colliery 1930S
Chislet Colliery was located next to the Canterbury-Margate road, Kent. Two shafts were first sunk in 1914. Despite surviving nationalisation in 1947, the mine closed in 1969. Date: 1930s

Sinking of Scharnhorst
During the Battle of the Falkland Islands, German ships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau are both sunk

Lusitania Medal
The medal struck in Germany to commemorate the sinking. It reads " Business above all on Cunard Line. The great liner Lusitania sunk by a German submarine."

British merchant ship war losses by G. H. Davis
British merchant ship war losses during the Second World War: the toll of oversea supplies. Britain lost through enemy action 2570 ships and over 11 million tonnage

HMS Birmingham
The British light cruiser HMS Birmingham, commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, which sunk the first German submarine of the war (the U-15). 1914

End of the Titanic
Artists impression of the final moment of the ill-fated White Star Line passenger liner, RMS Titanic, turning onto her end before plunging forward into the water

Sectional drawing of the Lusitania showing the German U-boat responsible for the torpedo which sunk it in 18 minutes on May 7th 1915, with the loss of 1200 lives

On Board Britannic
People on board the Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic, taking part in a service; the ship, requisitioned as a hospital ship in WW1 was sunk by a mine

Albemarle and Sassacus
In the North Carolina sounds, Confederate ram Albemarle rules the waves : she survives ramming by the Sassacus but will be sunk by a torpedo attack later in the year

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales, 1941
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales by Japanese aircraft and torpedoes near Kuantan, off the east coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941

George V inspecting Roman galley unearthed in London 1912
George V and Queen Mary inspecting the only Roman boat to be found in Britain during a visit to the London Museum. The galley was unearthed in London on the site of the new County Hall

Scapa Flow, sunk German battle ship

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First

HMS Courageous 50
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy

WW2 - HMS Rawalpindi
A photograph of HMS Rawalpindi, a British armed merchant cruiser which was sunk in action fighting German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during WW2. Date: circa 1942

Band Pavilion and Sunk Garden, Littlehampton, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

The Sunk Gardens, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Sunk Gardens, Brighton, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

HMS Ark Royal (91)
Royal Navy - HMS Ark Royal (91), fleet aircraft carrier, seen in November 1938 during sea trials. Ark Royal was commissioned on 16 December 1938 and sunk by U-81 on 14 November 1941. Date: 1938

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Canadian Pacific Railway - Minton ceramic dinner plate, believed to be from the RMS Empress of Ireland. The present owner fully restored the plate, removing the corrosion built up when in the water

HMS Gladiator
Royal Navy - HMS Gladiator, an Arrogant-class, 2nd class cruiser. (Completed April 1899, sunk 25 April 1908) Date: circa 1900

Seaside donkey pulling a car across Block Island beach, USA
A superb photographic postcard showing a Seaside donkey pulling (a pretty stuck-looking!) car acoss a sandy beach at Block Island

RMS Lusitania - musical score, plate and bowl
RMS Lusitania - musical score The Lusitania Waltz by Ezra Read, In Memoriam ceramic plate showing Lusitania with the words Torpedoed 7th May 1915, and a bowl depicting the Lusitania/Mauretania

RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence
RMS Lusitania - archive of correspondence relating to the sinking of the Lusitania. The letters date from 18 May 1915 and relate to a painting by Rubens, The Holy Family

RMS Titanic - Raise the Titanic film Date: 1980

Shipwreck of P&O Oceana
The masts of the P&O liner ??Oceania?. It sunk above the water six miles south east of Eastbourne. It was run into by the German ship ??Pisaqua?. Date: 1912

HMS Aboukir, British Cressy class armoured cruiser, launched 1900, sunk by German U boat in September 1914

Haden Hill Coal Pits, Staffordshire
A typical Black Country coal mine. Sunk in 1893 by the Draycott Colliery Co, the colliery was originally known as the Klondyke and finally closed in 1943 Date: circa 1910

HMS Seagull, minesweeper
HMS Seagull was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat, converted to be a minesweeper. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888-1891

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