Tug Collection (page 3)

White Star Line, RMS Majestic - chocolate tin
White Star Line, RMS Majestic - Bournville chocolate tin depicting the RMS Majestic at sea

RMS Queen Elizabeth ocean liner at Southampton
RMS Queen Elizabeth ocean liner of the Cunard Line at Southampton, with tugs Formby and Kestrel. Date: circa 1940s

The Coat of Arms of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Jesmond Dene
The Coat of Arms of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a view of Jesmond Dene, a public park in the east end of the city. Date: circa 1900

MV Britannic - Cunard White Star ocean liner
MV Britannic - Cunard White Star transatlantic ocean liner. circa 1930s

RMS Mauretania leaving Southampton for the last time
RMS Mauretania, Cunard ocean liner, leaving Southampton for the last time, heading to Rosyth, Scotland, where she was to be broken up. Date: 1935

The Pool of London with ships and barges being loaded and unloaded with the distinctive outline of Tower Bridge in the distance. Date: circa 1920s

The Lower Pool - River Thames, London
A beautiful view of the Lower Pool - River Thames, London (see: 10932800 for the companion image). Date: circa 1910s

RMS Olympic - Ocean Liner for the White Star Line (sister ship of the ill-fated RMS Titanic). Date: circa 1920s

The Troop Ship (HMTS) Soudan - formerly a P&O liner serving Southern Africa (this card was sent from Cape Town, so her route of passage appears to have stayed somewhat constant!). Date: 1907

The prototype de Havilland Mosquito TT39 PF489
The prototype de Havilland Mosquito TT39, PF489. The TT39 shore-based naval target tug was produced by converting BXVIs

MFB fire float and tug with river firemen
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug with river firemen. These composite craft were introduced in 1877 by Captain Eyre Massey Shaw, Chief Fire Officer of the MFB

Boys Club tug of war circa 1930
One half of a tug of war with members of a Boys Club. Their supporters shout encouragement

Boys Club tug of war 1928
One half of a tug of war with members of a Boys Club. Their supporters shout encouragement

Egypt - Port Said - The Harbour
The Harbour at Port Said, Egypt - at the entrance to the Suez Canal

Tug Anglia and Obelisk Ship Cleopatra, off Ferrol, 1878
Engraving showing the steam tug Anglia (on left) towing the obelisk ship Cleopatra, off Ferrol, 1878. The Cleopatra, which was a cylindrical vessel, was built around Cleopatras Needle

Rattler V Alecto Test
In a British government trial to compare the merits of screw and paddle wheel, the warsloop Rattler proves more powerful than the paddle- steamer Alecto

Victorian Scrap - Brig and Tug. late 19th century

Fall River Line steamer setting off from New York, USA. Date: circa 1900

A Monster of the Ocean Speedway - ocean liner
An ocean liner being manoeuvred in port by tug boats. Accompanies an article about the rivalry to make the fastest Atlantic crossing by various ocean liners during the 1930s

Communist China - workers in sports session
Workers having fun taking part in a tug of war session during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

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

RMS Baltic, White Star cruise liner. Date: circa 1900s

Hamburg, Germany - Europa entering the harbour
Hamburg, Germany - steamship Europa entering the harbour. Date: circa 1930s

Curacao - Customs and Commercial Quay - Dutch West Indies
Curacao - a Dutch dependency in the West Indies - The Customs and Commercial Quay. Date: circa late 1930s

Nice, France - A view of the port. Date: circa 1910s

Kobe Harbour - Japan - Spectacular lighting. Date: circa 1920s

Victoria Wharf, Belfast - a view or the pier with Admiralty Tug Jackal docked and man and bicycle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast). Date: circa early 1900s

St Pauls Cathedral from the Bankside, London Date: 1918

Tug o War aboard the R. S. M. P. Atlantis
A married versus single tug o war match on board the R.S.M.P. Atlantis. The Hon. Mrs Geoffrey Borwick and Lady Moira Combe (nearest the camera) pulling

Kobe Harbour, Japan
Boats (of multiple varieties!) moored in Kobe Harbour, Japan. Date: circa 1910s

Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde Park
Women police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920

Fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas card
Three fairies pulling a paper cracker on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Fishing on the Riverbank
Piscatorial relaxation: a man sits on a chair by the river, waiting for a tug on his line. Date: circa 1940

The first bite
Young Dutch couple on the end of a jetty feel a tug at the end of their fishing line. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Toledo, Ohio, USA - Ore Boat on Maumee Bay. Lake freighters, or Lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes. Date: 1925

A Single Man by Hubert Henry Davies
Promotional postcard for A Single Man by Hubert Henry Davies. First produced at the Playhouse, 8th November 1910. A middle-aged man attracted by a young woman, at first avoids, then falls for, her

Robins on a Christmas card, having a tug of war over a morsel of food. Date: circa 1890s

Cartoon, Political Mathematicians, Shaking the Broad bottomd Hemispheres, by James Gillray. To that last Hope of the Country, the New Opposition

Grooms Orphanage, Clacton - Tug-of-War
Girls tug-of-war team at John Grooms Orphanage, Clacton, Essex

Battleship decked out with flags, and smaller boats alongside. Date: circa 1940s

Miles Martinet -one of the first ever aircraft specifically designed as a target tug

Messerschmitt Me 321 -shown under tow by He111Z, this very heavy assualt glider required a very powerful tug or tugs

Armstrong Whitworth AW 41 Albermarle-found unsatisfafctory as a bomber, most of the 602 built were used as transports

Armstrong Whitworth AW 41 Albermarle-seen here towing a Horsa glider, where they took part in the Normandy landings

Peace day Sports - Tug of war Date: 1918

A Union Castle Company Ocean Liner at Cape Town, South Africa being loaded with the glorious fruits of the country and other cargo prior to her homeward journey to England (the Mother Country !)

USS North Dakota, American battleship
USS North Dakota (BB29), American battleship. Date: 1910

The Amerigo Vespucci, Italian tall ship, at Torbay, Devon
The Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian tall ship used for training, at Torbay, Devon, probably during a Tall Ships Race. Date: 1960s

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