Vessel Collection (page 15)

Steam Ship on Loch Ness, Scotland
Vintage 19th century photograph: Steam Ship on Loch Ness, Scotland

River Thames Embankment and steam launch, London
Vintage 19th century photograph: River Thames Embankment and steam launch, London

Algiers Algeria, view of the port
19th century vintage photograph: Algiers Algeria, view of the port

Fisherman launching their boat, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

The Grand hotel and waterfront Bund, Yokohama
The Grand Hotel and waterfront Bund, Yokohama. Vintage 19th century photograph

Lucerne Switzerland
19th century vintage photograph: Lucerne Switzerland

London Bridge busy with trafffic
19th century vintage photograph: London Bridge busy with trafffic

Street waterfront, Macao, Macau, China, Man Foc studio
19th century vintage photograph: Street on the waterfront, Macao, Macau, China, showing Man Foc photographers studio

Fishing nets at Hankow Hankou China
19th century vintage photograph: Fishing nets at Hankow Hankou China

Boats tied up at Hankow, Hankou China
19th century vintage photograph: Boats tied up at Hankow, Hankou China

Critical position of the ship, the Investigator, part of the Ross Arctic expedition at Ballast Beach, Baring Island. Date: 1853

HMS Investigator, one of the ships in the Ross Arctic expedition, snow-walled for the winter. Date: 1850

The old Arctic exploring ship, HMS Resolute, broken up at Chatham Dockyard. Two sailors contemplate the wreck. Date: 1879

Making a vessel of smoke for a dead Empress: burning the boat designed to carry the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Cixi of China across the river separating it from the heavenly Nirvana

WW2 - Orders by means of the Ardente Loud Hailer
Captain to Captain - The Commander of a Corvette at Sea giving orders by means of the Ardente " Loud Hailer, " which has a remarkable Acoustic Range 1941

Preparations for Crimean War, The Baltic Fleet - HMS Miranda
Naval preparations for the Crimean War, The Baltic Fleet under Sir Charles Napier - The steam-sloop HMS Miranda, pictured saluting Kronberg Castle, Helsingor (Elsinore, Elsineur), Denmark. Date: 1854

USS Illinois March - respectfully dedicated to the U.S.S. Illinois and to the good people of that state. Note the new " cage" masts 1915

Isle of Man ferry, TS Monas Queen. 1939

Nelsons Flagship The Victory, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 1860

Sailing ship, May it watch over you. 1854

HMS St Vincent, Royal Navy training ship, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 1865

HMS Albert, Royal Navy ship, 131 guns
HMS Albert, Royal Navy ship with 131 guns. 1854

Sinking of HMS Courageous, September 1939
Photograph of aircraft carrier HMS Courageous as it sinks, having been torpedoed by a German submarine, 17 September 1939

Americans queuing to try and leave Britain, September 1939
American nationals queuing outside the United States Lines offices in a n attempt to return home, following the outbreak of war in September 1939

Three children, survivors of the Athenia, September 1939
Three young girls; Margot from London, Theodora from Toronto and Virginia from Detroit, photographed after being rescued from the transatlantic passenger liner, the Athenia

H. M. destroyer rescues passengers of the Athenia, Sept 1939
Sailors on a British destroyer are shown holding onto former passengers of the Athenia in a lifeboat, 1939. The Sphere comments on the swell which made the rescue operation more difficult

Lifeboats watching the Athenia as it sinks, Sept 1939
Illustration of overcrowded lifeboats as they watch the transatlantic ocean liner, the Athenia, sink. The ships are shown lighting flares

Explosion of a hatch on the Athenia, September 1939
Illustration of the explosion as a torpedo from a German submarine hit the port side No. 5 hatch of the Athenia, a British transatlantic passenger liner

Extra bedding loaded onto Queen Mary ship, September 1939
Men carry extra bedding aboard the Queen Mary ship for additional passengers, departing the UK following the outbreak of war in September 1939

Post-WW2 export trade of cars to the European mainland
Post-WW2 export trade of cars from the UK to the European mainland, using a former wartime tank landing craft. Date: late 1940s

British troops evacuating from Dunkirk, WW2
British troops evacuating from Dunkirk, with the help of every available vessel, including hundreds of small craft manned by civilian volunteers. Date: 1940

The end of a Liberty ship at Netley, nr Southampton
A Liberty ship in the process of being dismantled at Netley near Southampton in October 1945, one of several vessels waiting to be taken apart for scrap

Japanese sailboat. Illustration by Jean Louis Prevost from Jean Francois Laperouses Voyage. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of

Norman furniture and a king on his throne
Norman furniture: tressel 265, throne 266, church candlesticks 267, 268, clay vessels 269-274, and a Norman king on a throne 275

The Infernal used by the English Navy at St. Malo s. A floating mine constructed in a vessel with sand, gunpowder, masonry, bombs and fireworks. Copperplate engraving by N.C

Indian boats, yachts and vessels
Filcehra at top, kosa and bangles in middle, Pinnace and grab at bottom. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri after Francois Solvyns from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

The port of London on the River Thames, early 19th century
The port of London on the River Thames, with Nelsons column in the background, early 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Gaetano Rossi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Japanese vessels and ships, mercantile and fishing boats, one decorated with flags and banners, one with a pyramid-shaped sail

Vessels and warships of the Chinese navy. Mail ship or news frigate 1, junk with defensive boards 2, covered waterwheel riverboat 3, junk 4, and hawks beak boat with two prows 5

Chinese junks and freight vessels, with sails and banners. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrrarios Costumes Antique and Modern of All Peoples

Potter making a clay vessel on a wheel driven by a labourer turning a crank. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Phillips, London, 1818

Isolde
Illustration of a woman holding a drinking vessel. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1890s

HMS Barfoil, British boom defence vessel, WW2
HMS Barfoil (Z194), British boom defence vessel (net layer). Date: 1943

SS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA
Steamship SS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA Date: circa 1920

The Battle of Zonchio, August 1499
The Battle of Zonchio, also known as the Battle of Sapienza or the First Battle of Lepanto, August 1499, during the Ottoman-Venetian War (1499-1503). 1499

Minesweepers in the North Sea, WW1
Minesweepers in the North Sea, First World War. 1914-1918

Steam ships at night with lights to the foremast head. 19th century

Alan Cobham returning to the UK from Australia
Sir Alan John Cobham (1894-1973), English long distance aviation pioneer, returning to the UK from Australia, 1 October 1926

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