Wreck Collection (page 7)

Wreck of Sir Hiram Maxims steam-driven aeroplane. Note the bent axle which was damaged by excessive upward pressure on the antilift rails used to prevent the aeroplane leaving the ground

Life-boat of the Royal National Life-boat Institution proceeding of to a wreck. The Practical Mechanics Journal. 1860-61. 2nd series. vol.V. p.225 Date: circa 1861

Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof, Peckham Hill Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- vehicle blasted onto a roof in Peckham Hill Street, SE London

Trying to float the old wreck

Little girl rescued from the Lusitania 1915
Little girl clutching her dolls, survived the sinking of the Lusitania, but both parents drowned. Date: 1915

Wreck of the U. S. M. steam ship Arctic: off Cape Race Wednesd
Wreck of the U.S.M. steam ship Arctic: off Cape Race Wednesday September 27th. 1854. Date c1854. Wreck of the U.S.M. steam ship Arctic: off Cape Race Wednesday September 27th. 1854. Date c1854

The return, or saved from the wreck. Print showing. Date c1872

The sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine 1915
The giant cunard liner, Lusitania, in the First World War, was attacked by a German U-boat on 7 May 1915 and sank in 18 minutes killing 1198 people

The sinking of the Lusitania on the fateful voyage 1915
During the First World War, the British Ocean liner the Lusitania, was sunk after a fatal blow dealt by the striking of two torpedoes, by a German submarine on the 7 May 1915

Lusitania - First sight of the approaching Torpedo 1915
Passengers that were on the deck of the Lusitania, were looking out to sea, suddenly they saw a white streak close to the surface coming straight for the vessel. 7 May 1915

Crumpled glider wrecked by the wind on Hill of the Wreck (named after a shipwreck). Date 1900 Oct. 10

Wreck of HMA1, the Royal Navys first airship
The wreck of HMA1, The Mayfly. Built by Vickers, this was the first naval airship built in the UK; work began on it in 1909 at Cavendish Dock

Mr Joughin, survivor of the Titanic disaster
Mr Charles Joughin, Chief Baker on the Titanic. He drifted for nearly three hours and then found a place on a raft which saved his life. Date: 1912

The Wreck of the Titanic - page from the Sphere
Page from the Sphere which reported in great detail on the sinking of the Titanic. Top part of the page shows the wireless telegraph message with the SOS and CQD signals

The Wreck of the Titanic - Survivors leave the Carpathia
705 survivors of the Titanic, brought home on board the Titanic have an emotional reunion with friends and relatives in New York. Date: 1912

Survivors of the Titanic disaster
Various photographs of Titanic survivors, including Mr G. Pregnall, Quartermaster W. Wynn, Mr W. Major, Mr Joughin, Mr Threlfall, Mr Gough, Mr. F. Prentice, Mr E. Brown, Mr. W

Shipwreck of the Hilda - St Malo
The shipwreck of the Hilda - at St Malo, France on the Cote d Emeraude (Emerald coast) - 19th November 1905. Date: 1905

German Albatros plane brought down, WW1
A German Albatros plane brought down by Captain Cecil King, MC DFC Croix de Guerre, of the 43 Squadron RAF during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Remains of Baron von Richthofens plane, WW1
The remains of the aeroplane of Baron von Richthofen, seen here with allied officers at the aerodrome of No. 3 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps near Bertangles during the First World War

Wreck of HMS Vindictive, Ostend Harbour, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive in Ostend Harbour, Belgium, during the First World War. HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, was launched in 1897, served throughout the war

Wreck of HMS Invincible, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the wreck of the British battlecruiser HMS Invincible

Loss of the Titanic
A page from the supplement that appeared in the first issue of The Sphere to be published following the loss of the Titanic, describing it as The Greatest Wreck in the Worlds History

German Gotha G. IV heavy bomber, Margate, WW1
A German Gotha G.IV heavy bomber, set on fire by the pilot after a forced landing at Margate, Kent, on 22 December 1917. The crew surrendered

Wreck of HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Second Ostend Raid (10 May 1918), during the First World War

Debris of crashed German plane, Chelles, France, WW1
The debris of a crashed German plane brought down near Chelles, France, during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Duchess of Fife (Princess Royal) in Delhi boat accident
Page from The Tatler magazine entitled, Our Wrecked Royals reporting on the unpleasant episode experienced by Princess Louise, the Princess Royal (Duchess of Fife)

HMS Vindictive at Ostend, Belgium, WW1
View of HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, after the Zeebrugge Raid (23 April 1918), Belgium, when her upperworks were badly damaged by gunfire

Wreck of the Stella on the Casquet rocks on 30th March 1899. The ship was sailing from Southampton when it was caught among the Casquet rocks and her bottom was torn open. The ship sank in minutes

Egypt Wreck - 2
P&O liner, en route to India, collides with French freighter Seine about 40km off Brest, with the loss of 87 persons; the lascar crew behave in a very ungentlemanly manner... Date: May 1922

Egypt Wreck - 3
When this P&O liner, en route to India, collides with French freighter Seine about 40km off Brest, with the loss of 87 persons, some act heroically, others in a cowardly manner... Date: May 1922

Wreckage of R101 airship
The mangled wreckage of the British R101 airship which crashed on 5th October 1930 near Beauvais, France, on its maiden voyage

Flag of the R101 airship
The torn flag of the British R101 airship salvaged from the wreck after the airship crashed on 5th October 1930 near Beauvais, France, on its maiden voyage

DH2 6F2 of 29th Squadron, shot down over enemy lines. Pilot second lieutenant K. K. Turner captured

Coastal village and port, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of a coastal village and port in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, with a wrecked boat disintegrating at the bottom of the picture

Chicago, USA - car smash
Chicago, USA - the rather spectacular wreck of a car crash, which appears to have come in close contact with a nearby tree (looking remarkably unscathed!)

Collapsed Bridge, Poland 1914
The wreck of a railway bridge in Poland, destroyed by retreating German forces on the Eastern Front

Titanic news reports, magazines, sheet music
A selection of news reports, magazines and sheet music relating to the sinking of the Titanic on 15 April 1912. It includes a copy of The Times newspaper, a twelve-page supplement of The Sphere

The sinking of HMHS Rohila
The loss of the British hospital ship, Rohilla: Whitby life-boat men gallantly attempting to launch their boat

The Burning Wreck of a German Fighter; Second World War, 194
Photograph showing the burning wreck of a German fighter airplane which had crashed in the South East of England during the Battle of Britain, Summer 1940

The wreck of the Flying Welshman near Llanelly. Debris of th
The wrecked Flying Welshman, railway accident near Llanelly that occurred on the 3rd October 1904. Debris of the diaster, destroyed and derailed coaches

The wreck of the Flying Welshman near Llanelly. Cranes emplo
The wrecked Flying Welshman, railway accident near Llanelly that occurred on the 3rd October 1904. Clearing the line of the debris in the aftermath of the accident

The Civil War in America: Hatteras spit with the wreck of th
Panorama of a wreck at sea from the American civil war, Unionist ship, City of New York

Robinson Crusoe / Defoe
With this cargo I put to sea Crusoe abandons the sinking wreck with as much equipment as his raft can hold

Egypt Wreck - 7
Though some of the gold and silver sunk off Brest with this P&O liner has been recovered by divers, others continue to search believing there is more to be recovered

WRECK OF ILTIS 1896
Untergang ( under-going ) of the German Kanonenboot Iltis in a storm off the Chinese coast

Shipwrecks / Rms Rhone
Wreck of the Royal Mail Companys steam-ship RMS Rhone off St. Peters Island, British Virgin Islands

Indiaman in a Storm
The Indiaman in a gale off the Cape of Good Hope

DIVERS AND NORTHFLEET
Divers prepare to descend to investigate the wreck of the Northfleet which sank after a collision, drowning some 300 navvies bound for Australia to build railways there

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