Vessel Collection (page 16)

Ships in ice-bound harbour, Helsinki, Finland
Ships in the ice-bound harbour, Helsinki, Finland. Date: 1926

SS Great Eastern - opposite Blackwall 1859
Great Eastern, progress down the River Thames, illustration showing the vessel near the Blackwall with powerful towing-tugs

SS Great Eastern - at her moorings in Deptford 1859
At half-past seven on Wednesday morning on the 8th September 1859, the Great Eastern, left her moorings off of Deptford, under the combined action of a charge of flour powerful towing-tugs

Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling vessel
British Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling vessel. Date: circa 1770

Steamship Cedric in cross-section to show contents. Date: 1903

Steamship, City of Paris, Inman liner. 1892

Inca Warriors fighting amongst themselves - pre-conquest
Inca Warriors fighting amongst themselves in the years prior to the invasion of Peru by the Spanish Conquistadors in the 1530s. Illustration from a ceramic drinking vessel. Date: circa 15th century

Naval Cadets studying a scale model of HMS Active
Naval Cadets studying a scale model of British Royal Navy vessel HMS Active in order to study rigging patterns and the complexities of running the ship. Date: circa 1895

Felucca with lateen sails on the River Nile, Egypt
A felucca, a sailing boat with two lateen (triangular) sails, on the River Nile, Egypt. Date: 1922

Saloon Steam-Packet Companys vessel Alexandra 1865
Saloon Steam-Packet Companys vessel Alexandra, conveying passengers from London Bridge to Gravesend, travelling nearly twenty miles an hour, length being 240 ft and the breath 22 ft 9 in

Salvage operations, sunken submarine M2
Salvage operations on the sunken submarine M2, September 1932. 1932

Jessica Borthwick on Red Cross schooner, WW1
Jessica Borthwick, owner of the Red Cross schooner Grace Darling, who was fired at from the pier at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914

Singapore Harbour with boats. 1947

Queen Mary cruise liner, around the time of her launch in 1934. Date: circa 1934

Burns Philp & Company Ltd, Java Singapore Line terminus. Date: circa 1900s

Ships near Dom Luiz Bridge, Santarem, Portugal
Ships anchored near the Dom Luiz Bridge on the River Tagus at Santarem, Portugal. Date: circa 1940s

Mailboat at Ceuta, Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa
Mailboat ferry Victoria at Ceuta (operating between Ceuta and Algeciras), Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa. Date: circa 1940

Steamer at Ceuta, Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa
Steamer (mailboat) General Sanjunio at Ceuta, Spanish city in Morocco, North Africa. Date: circa 1930

View of Mahon, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
View of Mahon, capital of Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, showing ships at the quayside. Date: circa 1900s

Sta Catalina dock, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Santa Catalina dock, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1920

Crew members, HMS Magpie, boom defence vessel
Group photo of crew members on HMS Magpie, a screw gunboat launched in 1889, used as a boom defence vessel from 1902, then reverting to a gunboat in 1915. Date: circa 1908

Steamer Cayuga, Niagara to Toronto, Canada. Date: circa 1900s

LFB fireboat Delta II on the River Thames, London. Date: circa 1920s

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1857
Christened Leviathan in construction, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, showing the bows with shipbuilders on the sides of the vessel hanging form hoists. Date: 1857

Construction of The Leviathan later Great Eastern 1855
Christened Leviathan in the early stages, thereafter always known as SS Great Eastern, an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J

Viking Longship
A Viking Longship heading across the sea to plunder and conquer... Date: circa 12th century

MEDIEVAL VESSEL
A 13th century vessel, purporting to depict Saint Paul on his travels, accompanied by Sylvanus (also known as Silas) and Timothy Date: 13th century

Sailor at the wheel of a German naval vessel during World War One. Date: 1915

BATTLE OF CAPE ST VINCENT Nelson boards and takes the Spanish vessel San Josef Date: 14 February 1797

New York Worlds Fair 1939-1940 - held at Flushing Meadows - Corona Park in Queens, New York, United States. It was the second-most expensive American worlds fair of all time, exceeded only by St

Commerce Under Bridge. Philadelphia. Date: 1954

Lifeboat Signaling Date: 1941

Tugboat Piloting Ship Date: 1954

Calm Captain in Storm Date: 1947

Captain Steers Boat Date: 1950

Chicago, Illinois, USA - Outer Drive Bridge and Skyline. A Freighter of the Great Lakes can be seen emerging from the (now-closed bascule bridge)

Crew of a British C Class submarine 1916
British sailors struggle to haul some German sailors onboard a submarine, after the German ship was torpedoed. At this stage of the war

Convict Ship at Woolwich 1846
Convict Ship, docked at Woolwich in London and capable of holding 600 men. Date: 1846

Onboard the prison ship The Warrior
Interior of the convict ship The Warrior in Woolwich, London. Date: 1846

H. M.s Sultan, largest ironclad afloat 1870
Since the launch of H.M.S Sultan, seven months ago, she was fitted out and is quite ready for sea, carrying twelve heavy guns and her engines were of 1200-horse power. Date: 1870

Floating H. M.s Sultan out of dock 1870
Launch of H.M.S Sultan of Her Majestys ship Sultan, at Chatham Dockyard with crowds watching, most powerful ironclad afloat (at the time). Date: 1870

CALM MOONLIT SEA
A sailing vessel becalmed on a moonlit night. Date: circa 1850

TURNING THE CAPSTAN
A barefoot boy lends a hand with the capstan, helping two fishermen to wind in a fishing vessel onto the beach of a fishing harbour. Date: circa 1900

FRENCH EQUATOR BAPTISM
Bapteme sous la ligne - Neptune presides over a baptism ceremony as a French naval vessel crosses the line Date: circa 1840

Egyptian Creation Myth
An Egyptian depiction of the CREATION; sustained by the Earth, receiving life from the Skies, warmed by the Sun, the vessel of Life sails down the Nile

China: Emperor Yang-Ti in ceremonial boat
Emperor Yang-Ti in a ceremonial vessel. Date: circa 600

CUSTOMS / EQUATOR
Crossing-the-line ceremony on an English Indiaman sailing vessel, en route to India Date: 1859

HMS Buzzard (a Nymphe-class composite screw sloop) - Royal Navy Training Ship at Blackfriars on the Thames in 1906. In 1904 she was converted to a drill ship for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve at

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