Vessel Collection (#40)

Ship struck by torpedo, Salonika, WW1
A ship struck by a torpedo at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

A Freighter of the Great Lakes - Fort William, Canada
A Freighter of the Great Lakes - Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Lake freighters, or Lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the Great Lakes. This Laker if the J P Morgan Jr

Normandy, France - Elderly couple chatting
An elderly couple having a chat on a set of steps, Normandy, France. The old lady carries a large water or milk jar/pail, whilst the straw boater-wearing gentleman carries an umbrella

Egypt - Woman carrying a child
Egypt - Woman carries her child on her shoulder, whilst holding a rather lovely glass water pitcher in her left hand. Date: 1902

Gipsy Moth Iv, Greenwich
Sir Francis Chichesters boat Gipsy Moth IV broke the world record for the fastest voyage around the world by a small vessel. Here greeted by crowds at Greenwich, London. Date: 1960s

French Tuna Boat leaving the Bay of Douarnenez Date: circa 1910s

HMS SUPERB
The seventh vessel of this name to serve in the Royal Navy. She will be sold in 1922. Date: built 1907

Fishing boat on a calm sea - off the coast of Belgium Date: circa 1910s

H. M. S. TERRIBLE
A sailor wearing the hat of his ship, the unfortunately named H.M.S. Terrible, a British Royal Navy vessel, launched in 1895. late 1890s

Ottoman warship Mesudiye, WW1
The Ottoman ironclad warship Mesudiye, launched 1874, rebuilt as a pre-dreadnought vessel in 1903, served during the early part of the First World War, sunk by a British submarine in December 1914

A Sea Battle - New Guinea

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Trawler at low tide Date: circa 1903

Where the Fishes Come From. Artist: Anon. An old sailor sitting on the shore, spins a yarn to an attentive little girl holding a model sailing vessel Date: circa 1905

HMS Louis, British destroyer, Suvla Bay, WW1
HMS Louis, British Laforey-class destroyer, launched 1913, served during the early part of the First World War, stranded and wrecked in Suvla Bay during the Dardanelles Campaign

Governor of Arica, Chile onboard Naval Ship
Governor of Arica standing with the Captain and the Commander of a Chilian Naval vessel. Date: circa 1920s

Oiling and Coaling in mid-ocean
Bunkering at sea: oiling and coaling in mid-ocean. The new method and the old- a contrast. The top drawing show the simple

Primitive sailing boat
A primitive sailing boat near an island, probably in the Pacific Ocean

BRITANNIC CUNARDER
Cunard motor vessel. Date: 1930s ?

TIGRE WARSHIP
An aggressive-looking vessel of the French navy intended for coast protection - she looks like she d scare most would-be invaders away... Date: 1874

Punting at Cambridge 2
Punting on the Cam (also known as the Granta) on the Backs at Cambridge; at Cambridge, punters stand on the flat platform at the stern of the vessel. Date: 1950s

Politics / Pacifism
Britains idea of disarmament is to burn some obsolete vessel while building up her modern fleet Date: 1907

Workers riveting a girder at a Sunderland shipyard
Workers riveting the centre girder of a turret vessel at Messrs Droxford & Sons, a shipyard in Sunderland

Lock closeing behind a vessel

Neyland landing stage and Pembroke Docks, South Wales
A GWR collier vessel tied up at low tide at the Neyland landing stage, with Pembroke Docks visible in the background, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales - Date: 1930s

Boats off Llangwm, near Haverfordwest, South Wales
A coal boat and a fishing vessel off the coast at Llangwm, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The village is located on the western bank of the Cleddau Estuary

Trading vessels at Solva, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A view of trading vessels, with a group of people on the shore, at Solva, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

WW2 British Merchant Navy vessel
Typical of tens of thousands of their comrades in the merchant navy: the officers and crew of the Canadian-built " Fort Dease Lake" stand beside the ship they sail

The Terra Nova mourns for her Commander
The ensign flying at half-mast on the Scott Polar expeditions vessel in February 1913, as it neared Lyttelton in New Zealand following the relief partys discovery of Captain Scott

Officers and Men of the Scott expedition on board Terra Nova
Officers and men of the Second British Antarctic Expedition on board the Terra Nova. The view was taken before the vessel left Lyttelton in December 1910

Dockside facility for loading bananas
A dockside facility for loading bananas, with various vessels nearby

European woman near a river, Middle East
A young European woman standing at the side of a river where dhows are sailing, somewhere in the Middle East

Metal worker at Matiari, West Bengal, India
A metal worker makes a brass pot by traditional methods at Matiari, a village in West Bengal, India. Date: 2007

RAF bombing German warship
An RAF biplane bombs a german warship off the coast of Africa during World War One. Painting by Raymond Sheppard

Ceramic Jar of the Navaho & Apache
Decorated ceramic jar from the southwestern United States - from a Navaho & Apache tribal pueblo. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Boys Band, Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
Members of the Boys Band posing on the deck of the Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

Boys Eating, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Boys eating buns on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex

Training Ship Empress, Helensburgh, Scotland
The Training Ship Empress, operated at Helensburgh (Dunbartonshire, Scotland) on the Clyde, by the Clyde Industrial Training Ship Association

A Depth Charge Exploding
A ship under attack during the final conflicts of the sea war of the First World War - a depth charge explodes in the wake of a swiftly moving Royal Navy vessel

Veiled Egyptian Lady
A fine portrait of an Egyptian woman, wearing a very elaborate veil and a small tassled round hat, decorated with crescent moons. She holds an interestingly shaped ceramic vessel in her lap

Captain Averys sloops capture Ganj-i-Sawai
Pirate captain Henry Averys ships capture a rich Mughal trading vessel, the Ganj-i-Sawai, in the straits en route to Surat, an Indian port

Jointed Steamship
A remarkable concept steamship, jointed in three places, seeminglyto counteract the motion of the sea!

White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketches
A White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations

Sailing ships at Burgas, Bulgaria
Burgas Harbour, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The bow and the stern of Black Sea ships are raised to counter the under-sea turbulence in the water

Greetings from HMS Sirdar - Istanbul
Greetings postcard from the Royal Navy vessel HMS Sirdar - at this stage in Turkish Waters at Istanbul (hence Tophane Mosque photographic centrepiece) during the winter (Christmas) of 1922

Izmir, Turkey - Pasha in his Palace and the Harbour
A Pasha in his Palace before an exotic garden, smoking a pipe and seated below a silk damask curtain with gold bullion fringe

Towed Derelict Torpedo
Recovery of a lost torpedo by a fishing boat or patrol vessel. Finders received 5 pounds for salvaging derelict torpedoes and returning them to the Admiralty authorities

Torpedo-Dropping Aircraft
This photograph shows an aircraft making an attack on a merchant vessel

Naval Steamship - Charles Robinson
One of the Men-O -War that " guard our shores"

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