Vessels Collection (page 9)

Building merchant ships by G. H. Davis
How pre-fabricated sections are used in the building of merchant ships in British shipyards during the Second World War. Rapid construction of cargo vessels to make good the losses sustained by

Tactics in a torpedo action by G. H. Davis
What happens inside a British submarine when she sights enermy vessels and attacks with torpedoes. 1943

Convoy system of the British Navy, 1939
British warships, with guns ready for action, provide guard for merchant vessels under convoy from this country. This system operated in the North Sea to protect against merchant ships being sunk by

Pottery Seller - Tangiers, Morocco - selling tagines and other cooking vessels Date: circa 1910s

Trade catalogue for ice cream machines 1911
Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing ice cream making and freezing machines. 1911

Rescue of the B. E. F. at Dunkerque by Matania
This illustration shows the dramatic rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkerque in 1940. It took over 900 vessels from England to evacuate the British and French soldiers

Naval Victory
Dutch admiral De Tromp wins a great victory off the Duyns (Dunes) near Dover on the English coast, taking many Spanish vessels. Date: 1639

India Malabar Coast
Fishing boats and other vessels off the Malabar Coast. Date: circa 1840

Raphael Semmes - 2
RAPHAEL SEMMES American naval captain, as captain of the Alabama he sank or captured 80+ merchant vessels but she was eventually sunk by the Kearsage, 1864. Date: 1809 - 1877

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RAPHAEL SEMMES American naval captain, as captain of the Alabama he sank or captured 80+ merchant vessels but she was eventually sunk by the Kearsage, 1864. Date: 1809 - 1877

William Edward Parry - 2
WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY British naval commander, explorer of the Arctic - led an expedition there 1819-1820 - with a view of his vessels amid the ice. Date: 1790 - 1850

Fresco of two porters from Knossos, Crete, Greece
Fresco of two porters of rhytons (a container from which fluids were intended to be drunk or to be poured in some ceremony such as libation) from the walls of Knossos, Crete, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - The Bay of Thessaloniki, Greece - under Allied control. Date: circa 1910s

Al-Qurnah (Qurna) - Iraq - River craft
Al-Qurnah (Qurna) is a small village in southern Iraq northwest of Basra, within the town of Nahairat. Qurna (Arabic for corner)

Cancale, Brittany, France - The Oyster Beds
The departure of the Fishing Fleet from Cancale, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Date: circa 1906

Carrying Native Beer - South Africa
Four children (of varied ages) carrying Native-brewed ( Kafir ) Beer - South Africa Date: circa 1903

Morocco, North West Africa - Pot seller, Casablanca Date: circa 1950s

Morocco, North West Africa - Pot Shop, Rabat
Morocco, North West Africa - Pot Shop/Stall, Rabat Date: circa 1950s

Cuba - Puerto Tarafa Harbour Date: circa 1925

View from Admiralty House, Bermuda Date: circa late 1930s

An English Man o War, by John Thomas Serres
An English Man o War at Anchor in Naples Harbour, by John Thomas Serres (1759-1825). Date: 1823

Jeremiah breaking the potters vessels
Jeremiah breaking the Potters vessels. circa 19th century

Vessels arranged for the battle (17th c. ). Detail
Vessels arranged for the battle (17th c.). Detail. Unknown Venetian painter. Painting. ITALY. Venice. Museo Correr

Spanish galleons and vessels (17th c. ). Engraving
Spanish galleons and vessels (17th c.). Engraving. SPAIN. Barcelona. Sant Jordi Catalan Royal Academy of Fine Arts

Vessels from Knossos
Vessels from M.M. III at Knossos, showing preservation of original polychrome finish

Roman Fleet
A magnificent birds eye view of a Roman fleet in an anchorage, comprising single- and double-banked galleys, and some smaller vessels Date: BC

LCC-LFB Massey Shaw fireboat, Greenwich, SE London
The Massey Shaw fireboat was built in 1935 on the Isle of Wight, and fitted out with powerful Merryweather pumps in Greenwich, SE London

LCC-LFB fireboat fleet at Lambeth HQ, London
As part of the formal opening of the London Fire Brigade headquarters building on the Albert Embankment, Londons fireboats Massey Shaw

MFB fire float and tug on the River Thames
A Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug on the River Thames. These composite craft were introduced in 1877 and used until 1900 when they were replaced by fireboats

Drawing of MFB fire float and tug on the River Thames
A drawing of a Metropolitan Fire Brigade fire float and tug heading to a riverside blaze in the distance. The fire float was a fire pump mounted in a barge that could supply water to the land via

LCC-LFB fireboat Beta at Cherry Garden Pier
Fireboat Beta alongside Cherry Garden Pier, Rotherhithe, in the Port of London, downstream from Tower Bridge. The twin funnelled Beta had a large capacity firefighting fitted monitor near its prow

MBW-MFB fire float and tug at drill on River Thames
These fire floats and tugs were composite craft introduced in about 1877. They were replaced by fireboats from 1900

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw demonstrates pumping
Moored at its Blackfriars river station on the Victoria Embankment, the newly commissioned Massey Shaw fireboat demonstrates its massive pumping capacity by discharging a vast amount of water

Auxiliary London firemen at drill on a fireboat, WW2
Auxiliary London firemen (AFS) under instruction in the use of a rocket-line as part of their fireboat drills and training

Launching London Fire Brigade fireboat Massey Shaw
The Massey Shaw was built in 1935 on the Isle of Wight. It was fitted out with its powerful Merryweather pumps in Greenwich, SE London

LCC-LFB self-propelled steam fireboat
Introduced in 1912, one of the shallow draft self-propelled vessels which replaced the early fire tugs

City Point, Va. African Americans unloading vessels at landing. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the siege of Petersburg, June 1864-April 1865. Date Between 1860 and 1865

White House Landing, Va. Supply vessels at anchor. Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Peninsular Campaign, May-August 1862. Date 1862

American Whalers Crushed in the Ice. Burning the wrecks to avoid danger to other vessels. Date: ca. 1872

Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiers
Silhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair

Villefrance-sur-Mer toward Cap Ferrat
Villefrance-sur-Mer, France, looking past the moored French fleet toward Cap Ferrat Date: circa 1920s

Card Series 5
He equips a fleet of three vessels at the port of Palos, and sets sail for the New World despite the doubts and fears of his crew. Date: 1446 - 1506

Dogali - Italian naval vessels in dock
Dogali, Italy - Italian naval vessels in dock Date: circa 1910s

Exeter Quay
Sailing vessels at the quay : Exeter was formerly a port of some importance, despite being a few miles from the sea. Date: circa 1910

Teignmouth Quay
A glimpse of Teignmouth, Devonshire, England, seen from the deck of one of the fishing vessels moored in the Old Quay. Date: early 1960s

Stormy Coast
A storm drives sailing vessels onto the shore. Date: 1901

A Sea Battle - New Guinea

Sardine boats - Southern France
Sardine boats - Saint Jean de Luz, Southern France. View of the quay and (back left) the Maison de l Infante (House of the Infanta)

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