Wrecked Collection (page 2)

Debris following Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
Newspapers strewn over the railway lines, with a train in the background wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed

Charred wax figures after fire at Madame Tussauds, 1925
Charred and mutilated wax figures in the sports group after fire ravaged Madame Tussauds waxworks exhibition in the building on Marylebone Road, London. Date: March 1925

Amazing Stories Scifi magazine cover - Ocean Vortex
Mysterious areas are found in the Atlantic where ships are wrecked - illustration for The non-gravitational vortex& Date: 1930

Herzogin Cecilie wrecked off Starhole Bay, Devon
The Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), on the rocks off Starhole (Starehole) Bay

Destruction at Rouen Docks, France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the scene of destruction at Rouen Docks, France, caused by Allied bombing raids on German positions, 1944

French fishing boat on rocks, Dollar Cove, Cornwall
French fishing boat wrecked on the rocks at Dollar Cove, near Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Lowestoft bombardment - damaged houses, 1916
Houses at Lowestoft on the east coast of England wrecked by the German naval bombardment in April 1916. Most of the damage to buildings was done along the sea front or near it

V Beach at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey. The landing at Cape Helles was part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula by British

W Beach - Gallipoli - British Sailors attend a beach service
Sailors from HMS Marlborough attending a service being held at Gallipoli - W Beach - looking towards Tekke Burnu (with wrecks of British light landing craft in the foreground). Date: 1923

Shipwreck off a rocky coast, c. 1815
A ship is wrecked in a stormy sea off a rocky coast. People on shore try to rescue half-drowned survivors. A broken rowing boat has been washed up or dragged to shore

Duc Choiseul-Stainville
CHARLES ANTOINE GABRIEL, duc de CHOISEUL-STAINVILLE, French military, protector of Louis XVI on his escape bid, emigre, served with English, wrecked on French coast, imprisoned. Date: 1760 - 1838

Crusoes Ship Wrecked
The ship is wrecked & Crusoe is left stranded, clinging to a rock for his dear life... Date: First published: 1719

Crash at Abbots Ripton-Cambridgeshire
Railway accident at Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon. Raising an Engine from the wrecked Train. Date: 1876

Wreck of French Fishing Boat Varenne, Lands End, Cornwall
Wreck of the French Fishing Boat Varenne of Cherbourg, at Dollar Cove, Lands End, Cornwall Date: 1968

Wreck of the Broadmayne, ashore at Mill Bay Cove, Devon
Wreck of the Broadmayne, ashore at Mill Bay Cove, Kingswear, South Devon. Date: 1922

Wreck of the Brigontine Crossowen at Thurleston, Devon Date: 1908

Trafalgar Square - Feed the Guns campaign WWI
Trafalgar Square as a wrecked village. Trafalgar Square in central London dressed to resemble a war-torn French village during a fundraising drive on 7th October 1918 called the Feed the Guns

Railway strike 1911: Affecting holiday crowds
Strikes causing massive disruptions for holiday makers leaving and entering London. Crowds of people escaping from London trying Margate steamers at London Bridge

Wrecked French Biplane, Aincreville, Meuse
Wrecked French Biplane, Aincreville, near Doulcon, Meuse, France. Date: 1900s

French fishing boat wrecked, Dollar Cove, Lands End
French fishing boat wrecked in Dollar Cove, Lands End, Cornwall. Date: 1986

Nefeli wrecked at Dollar Cove, Lands End
A cargo ship, the Nefeli, wrecked at Dollar Cove, near Lands End, Cornwall, October 1972. 1972

SCOTT, Georges Bertin, called Scott de Pagnolles (1873-1943). After the shipwreck. 1898. Illustration published in L Illustration on January 28, 1899. Engraving

Hundred Years War. Battle of La Rochelle of June 22, 1372. Defeat of the English fleet against the castilian, ally of Charles V of France

The sinking of the Brig Charles Bartlett, 1849
The front cover of The Illustrated London News, dated 7th June, 1849 featuring the sinking of the Brig Charles Bartlett. Date: 1849

Wreckage of car, Peckham High Street, SE London
Wreckage of a car in Peckham High Street, SE London, 15 May 1956, surrounded by mostly men and boys. LFB Special Services attended when a British Road Service lorry forced the front of the car into

Fire safety for children -- a boy and girl playing near a wrecked car. The boy is about to strike a match near the open fuel cap

German shop wrecked at the outbreak of World War I
Anti-German feeling had long smouldered in France, manifesting itself at the start of the war with the wrecking of German shops in Paris. Date: 1914

Tatler cover - German bombardment of Scarborough
Front cover of The Tatler, showing a ruined house in Wykeham Street, Scarborough, which killed Mrs Barrett and two chilldren when German ships bombarded the East Coast of England in 1914. Date: 1914

Gieve life saving waistcoat for torpedoed shipwreck victims
Advertisement for the Gieve life-saving waistcoat from Gieves Ltd, The Royal Naval Outfitters, intended for use by victims of torpedoed ships during the First World War

Page from The Illustrated London News, 1843
A page from The Illustrated London News, dated 29th July 1843. The steamer Pegasus is reported to have been wrecked on Goldstone rock, off Lindisfarne, while plying between Leith and Hull

British officers in wrecked house, Western Front, WW1
A group of British officers in a wrecked house on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British officers inside wrecked building, Western Front, WW1
British officers inside a wrecked building on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lifeboat, 1806
The Northumberland lifeboat, 1806. Date: 1806

Tenby life boat, 1857
The Tenby life boat proceeding to the rescue of the crew of the Spanish ship Nuevo Torcuvato, 1857. The life boat bears the mark of the National Life Boat Institution. Date: 7th December 1857

Lifeboat, 1830s
A lifeboat of the 1830s, encountering a storm. Date: 1830s

Apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck
Various apparatus for saving life in case of shipwreck. A Dennetts rocket line is shown both in action and arranged for firing, as well as and the landing of a crew using the breeches buoy

Brighton / Chain Pier 1896
Brighton Chain Pier, photographed just before the it was washed away by a gale in December 1896. 1896

Preparing to launch a lifeboat, 1830s
Preparing to launch a lifeboat into a stormy sea, with the help of a horse and wagon, 1830s. Date: 1830s

Scene outside a garage, with a burning car. Date: 1932

Bombarded by German war-ship 1914
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, damage to a house in the Cresent, Scarborough. Date: 1914

English coast resort bombarded by German war-ship
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, damage to a boarding-house on St. Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough. Date: 1914

German tank at the side of a road, WWI
A World War One German tank in a shallow ditch at the side of a road at the end of the war, with a car passing alongside. Date: circa early 1920s

German shell damaged Scarborough 1914
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by the Imperial German Navy, shop in South Street, Scarborough where a man was killed in the street. Date: 1929

Scarborough house wrecked 1914
On 16th December 1914, Scarborough was attacked by a shell from a German war-ship, a house in Lonsdale Road, Scarborough. Date: 1941

Santos-Dumont with airship wrecked in wood

The R34 wrecked at Howden January 1921
The R34 wrecked at Howden, January 1921. Date: 1921

BRUGADA VILA, Antonio (1804-1863). Battle of Lepanto. ca. 1850. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

Cloudesley Shovell
SIR CLOUDESLEY SHOVELL British naval commander, drowned when his vessel was wrecked in a storm off the Scillies. Date: 1650 - 1707

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