Tugs Collection

Titanic Leaves Belfast
The Titanic leaving Belfast, Ireland, for Southampton, England for its maiden voyage New York, USA. It was built in Belfast 1909-1911, and fitted and furnished there 1911-1912. Date: 2 April 1912

SS United States - United States Line - Transatlantic liner - prior to construction and maiden voyage. Date: 1949

RMS Caronia - Cunard Line - launched in 1904 - scrapped in 1932. The start of World War I caused her to be requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser

R. M. S. Queen Mary leaving Clydebank, March 1936
Photograph of the R.M.S. Queen Mary leaving John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, for Greenock on 24th March 1936. Several of the seven tugs involved in manoevering the Queen Mary down the Clyde are

Lambeth Bridge 1950S
Industrial steam tugs passing underneath Lambeth Bridge, London, England

RMS Queen Mary leaving Clyde shipyards, near Glasgow
RMS Queen Mary (Cunard-White Star liner) leaving the John Brown shipyards on the River Clyde, near Glasgow, on her completion. Date: 1934

A tug boat passes under Southwark Bridge, London
A tug boat passes under the newly re-opened Southwark Bridge on the Thames River in London, 1921. St Pauls Cathedral is seen silhouetted in the background. 1921

WILLOWGARTH TUG BOAT
Willowgarth, one of the REA diesel tugs, on the River Mersey at Liverpool, England. Date: built 1959

The Elephants Child
THE ELEPHANTs CHILD Kiplings tale of how the elephant got his trunk. A crocodile tugs at the elephants nose, and thus he develops a trunk!

Liverpool Docks C1895
Liverpool docks, with the Cunard liner Campania

The Launch of R. M. S. Queen Mary, Clydebank, September 1934
Photograph of the launch of R.M.S. Queen Mary from John Browns shipyard, Clydebank, 26th September 1934. The ship is seen under the control of a number of tugs

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training. AOUO was purchsed by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association in the early 1970s and converted to a Supermunk

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, whistles used for signalling
Queen Marys three giant whistles two on the fore funnel and one on the midships funnel, were fitted. Each were seven feet in length, and could be heard five miles away, but so low pitched

Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping poster
A poster for shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd, who operated out of Bremen in North Germany. Lines from Southampton - Cherbourg - New York, North America - South America

RMS Titanic, maiden voyage, 10 April 1912

Torpedoed Ship in Port
A torpedoed passenger steamship is assisted into port by tugs

Advert, John Cran & Co, Shipbuilders, Leith, Scotland
Advert for John Cran & Co, Shipbuilders and Engineers, Leith, Scotland. 1905

HMT Himalaya, British troop ship, with steam tug serving as its anchor. circa 1919

RMS Titanic card, American Bankers Association Travellers Cheques, with people waving from the shore. Postmarked Brooklyn, 30 May 1912. Date: 1912

Daily Mirror - loss of the Lusitania, WW1
The Daily Mirror breaking the news of Lusitania's demise, 8 May 1915, Torpedoed by German Pirate. Date: 1915

RMS Queen Mary cruise liner - biscuit tin lid

Victory jigsaw puzzle, Queen Mary
Victory jigsaw puzzle, Cunard White Star liner, Queen Mary

Postcards, RMS Mauretania, RMS Aquitania
Postcards advertising RMS Mauretania (real photo, 7 June 1911) and RMS Aquitania leaving New York, postally used 17 October 1925. Date: early 20th century

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, Cunard liner. Date: 20th century

Jigsaw puzzle box lid, RMS Queen Mary in New York, USA Date: 20th century

Two postcards, RMS Queen Elizabeth
Two postcards of the RMS Queen Elizabeth, Cunard White Star Line, with two tugs (top), and aerial view in Graving Dock, Southampton (below)

RMS Queen Mary with seven tugs, River Clyde
Seven tugs helping to steer RMS Queen Mary down the River Clyde Date: 1936

RMS Queen Mary guided by tugs on River Clyde
RMS Queen Mary, dexterous and anxious manoeuvring as tugs guide the ship downstream on the River Clyde Date: 1930s

German ocean tug Hansa of the Hamburg-Amerika Line Date: early 20th century

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RMS Queen Mary in Southampton. Date: circa 1930

Let L-13 Blanik G-ASVS, 2-seat training glider parked among the glider tugs. Date: 1980s

de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOSU (msn 0217 - ex RAF WB722) at Newcastle Airport. In 1977, this aircraft was in the process of conversion to the Supermunk prototype

View of one of the many L. N. E. R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers
View of one of the many L.N.E.R. Dock tugs, used to take trawlers and other dock shipping through the dock area; Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1930s

Marseille, France - Bassin de la Joliette. Date: circa 1908

Short Stirling Mk V-replaced by the Lancaster and Halifax, later Stirlings served primarily as glider tugs

Panama Canal Construction 1912
Panama Canal Construction. Barges in the Panama Canal under construction. Upper Lock at Lake Gatun looking toward Lake Gatun, tugs, dredges, barges, etc. making first lockage into Lake Gatun

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

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

Jonathan Hulls patent design for a steam tugboat to tow ships in and out of harbour, 1736 Date: 1736

Wreck of the Herefordshire on the Cadigan coast, trapping th
The wreck of the Herefordshire, seen here on the Cardigan coast. The old liner broke away from the tugs in stormy conditions, endangering her four crew

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

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

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