Shipyard Collection

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

A nuclear submarine berthing at Devonport docks, Plymouth, Devon, 1980. The site has been established as a naval construction and refit yard since 1690

New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, 1858. Creator: Walmsley
New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, [London], 1858. The new graving-docks in connection with the Victoria Docks, the construction of which was commenced about two years back

A striking bow view of the giant Cunard liner, Queen Mary, at Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934
A striking bow view of the giant Cunard liner, Queen Mary, under construction at Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934. Queen Mary was the flagship of the Cunard Line from May 1936 until October 1946 when she was

Built in a Belfast Shipyard - The launching of the Edinburgh Castle, a fine ship built recently for the South African run and launched by Princess Margaret, c1948

Saunders Shipyard (Interior), Cowes, 1938. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Saunders Shipyard (Interior), Cowes, 1938

Shipbuilding scene, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Shipbuilding scene, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Field Mass - B'k'n Navy Yard, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Field Mass - B'k'n Navy Yard, between c1910 and c1915.

Admiral Togo & Admiral Leutze, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Admiral Togo & Admiral Leutze, between c1910 and c1915.

Admiral Togo at Brooklyn Navy Yard, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Admiral Togo at Brooklyn Navy Yard, between c1910 and c1915.

Keel of NEW YORK, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Keel of NEW YORK, 1911.

Inner Skin of VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Inner Skin of VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915.

Section of Turbine for VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Section of Turbine for VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915.

IMPERATOR, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
IMPERATOR, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the S.S. Imperator being built, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line.

Taft at launch of NEW YORK, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Taft at launch of NEW YORK, 1912. Shows President William Howard Taft at the launching of the battleship the USS New York at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, October 30, 1912.

Launch of SMS Viribus Unitis at Trieste, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of SMS Viribus Unitis at Trieste, 1911.

NEW YORK, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
NEW YORK, between c1910 and c1915.

Working on the "Florida", 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Working on the "Florida", 1911.

Florida U.S.N., 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Florida U.S.N., 1910. Shows the launch of the USS Florida battleship on May 12, 1910 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Florida U.S.N., 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Florida U.S.N., 1910. Shows the launch of the USS Florida battleship on May 12, 1910 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Launch of "Florida", U.S.N., 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of "Florida", U.S.N., 1910. Shows the launch of the USS Florida battleship on May 12, 1910 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Launch of "Florida", U.S.N., 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of "Florida", U.S.N., 1910. Shows the launch of the USS Florida battleship on May 12, 1910 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Florida, U.S.N. battleship, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Florida, U.S.N. battleship, 1910. Shows the launch of the USS Florida battleship on May 12, 1910 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Maine wreckage, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Maine wreckage, between c1910 and c1915.

FEI HUNG, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
FEI HUNG, between c1910 and c1915.

Armour-clad frigate built in the Clyde for the Danish government, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Armour-clad frigate built in the Clyde for the Danish government, 1864. Ship built by Messrs J. and G. Thomson. 'Her length is 280 ft., her tonnage 3500 tons register

Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. View of '...the first large iron vessel ever built in the port of Dublin as she glided off her cradle into

Flag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Flag shop, Navy Yard, 1917. Shows women making flags on sewing machines at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York

Launch of ARIZONA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of ARIZONA, between c1910 and c1915

Loading U.S. Army transport ship Meade - League Isl'd. 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading U.S. Army transport ship Meade - League Isl'd. 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade and American marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

English women in ship yards, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
English women in ship yards, between c1915 and 1918. Women at work building navy ships during World War I in England

English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Women at work building navy ships during World War I in England

Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Women working on a propeller in a navy shipbuilding yard in England during World War I

Our ironclad fleet: launch of the Royal Alfred screw-frigate at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, 1864. Royal Navy warship. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

WARD after 5 days, 15 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
WARD after 5 days, 15 June 1918 (date created or published later). The USS Ward (DD-139), a destroyer ship of the United States Navy built during World War I at Mare Island Navy Yard, California

Brooklyn Navy Yard, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Brooklyn Navy Yard, between 1890 and 1901

An assembled gun, Washington Navy Yard, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
An assembled gun, Washington Navy Yard, between 1890 and 1901. Photo shows an 8" 30cal gun used on the Atlanta and Chicago class cruisers. (Source: C)

Machine gun at Brooklyn Navy Yard, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Machine gun at Brooklyn Navy Yard, between 1890 and 1901

A Patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
A Patient, Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, between 1890 and 1901

Operating room in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Operating room in Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, between 1890 and 1901

Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Creator: J. R. W
Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Warship launched using electricity. Hammers and battering-rams were applied to the foremost blocks

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Dockyard extension comprising...a fitting and a repairing basin...a deep graving-dock...locks...[and] an extensive coal-store...when [the works] are completed

Launch of the Russian circular ironclad Admiral Popoff, 1876. Creator: JR Wells
Launch of the Russian circular ironclad Admiral Popoff, 1876....the launch of the Admiral Popoff...took place...at the port of Nicolaieff, which is situated on the river Bug

Shipyard, 1850. Creator: Willem Antonie van Deventer
Shipyard, 1850

The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century

Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Surveyor of the Navy

Guienne, Printed 1867. Creator: L. Morell
Guienne, Printed 1867

Launch of the "Paramatta" Steam-ship at Blackwall on Monday week, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the "Paramatta" Steam-ship at Blackwall on Monday week, 1858. Paddle steam-ship, built by the Thames Iron and Shipbuilding Company

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