Dinghy Collection

A start, 1899 Sept 9. Creator: Johns Johnston
A start, 1899 Sept 9

Minnetonka, Cora, Lark, and Lobster, 1898 July 4. Creator: Johns Johnston
Minnetonka, Cora, Lark, and Lobster, 1898 July 4

Jewel, 1894 Aug 4. Creator: Johns Johnston
Jewel, 1894 Aug 4

Ethelwynne [sic] & Spruce IV at start, 1895 Sept 24. Creator: Johns Johnston
Ethelwynne [sic] & Spruce IV at start, 1895 Sept 24

El Heirie, 1896 July 13, c1896. Creator: Johns Johnston
El Heirie, 1896 July 13, c1896

Apollo 11 Recovery Area, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 11 Recovery Area, 1969. Pararescueman Lt. Clancy Hatleberg closes the Apollo 11 spacecraft hatch as astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin, Jr

Gemini VI recovery, Atlantic Ocean, December 16, 1965. Creator: NASA
Gemini VI recovery, Atlantic Ocean, December 16, 1965. A helicopter hovers over the Gemini VI spacecraft after it splashed down 12 miles from the aircraft carrier USS Wasp in the western Atlantic

Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Creator: NASA
Cooper and Conrad await recovery relicopter, 1965. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles " Pete" Conrad Jr. exit their spacecraft after splashdown of the Gemini 5 spacecraft

Apollo 13 Recovery Area, 1970. Creator: NASA
Apollo 13 Recovery Area, 1970. Astronaut John L. Swigert Jr. command module pilot, is lifted aboard a helicopter in a Billy Pugh helicopter rescue net while astronaut James A. Lovell Jr

Gemini VIII splashdown, Armstrong and Scott with hatches open, March 16, 1966. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and David R. Scott sit with their spacecraft while awaiting the arrival of the recovery

Apollo 8 Recovery, 1968. Creator: NASA
Apollo 8 Recovery, 1968. A team of U.S. Navy underwater demolition swimmers prepares the Apollo 8 command module for being hoisted aboard the carrier U.S.S

Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. Creator: NASA
Apollo 10 Helicopter Recovery, 1969. A Navy helicopter arrivies to recover the Apollo 10 astronauts, seen entering a life raft

Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye, 1965. Creator: NASA
Gemini 4 Recovery with Green Marker Dye, 1965. Overhead view of the Gemini 4 spacecraft showing the yellow flotation collar used to stabilize the spacecraft in choppy seas

The Flirt, 1874. Creator: Winslow Homer
The Flirt, 1874

Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876. Creator: Winslow Homer
Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876

A Sea Scout, 1944. Creator: Unknown
A Sea Scout, 1944. The Scouting movement was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in 1908. A reference to Sea Scouts appears as early as July 1909. From " Boy Scouts, by E. E. Reynolds

RAF personnel learning to use a dinghy, 1941. Creator: Charles Brown
RAF personnel learning to use a dinghy, 1941. Airmen at training school during the Second World War: Getting into and out of a rubber dinghy is a difficult job until the process has been practised

Recovery of command module Columbia in the Pacific Ocean, Apollo II mission, 24 July 1969. US Navy divers assist in retrieving the astronauts from the capsule after a successful splashdown

Whites Dinghys for the Crown Colonies, 1929. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Whites Dinghys for the Crown Colonies, 1929

Party sailing on the Earl of Normantons Cutter, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Party sailing on the Earl of Normantons Cutter, 1911

Start of race at East Cowes Sailing Club, July 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Start of race at East Cowes Sailing Club, July 1921

Group of East Cowes Sailing Club Boats, July 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of East Cowes Sailing Club Boats, July 1921

Sailing dinghy Flutterell, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Sailing dinghy Flutterell, 1922

Start of International 14 dinghy race from Island Sailing Club, 1934
Start of International 14 dinghy race from Island Sailing Club, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1934

Yacht Coquette RMYC, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Yacht Coquette RMYC, 1922

A Hamble River Class dinghy (No 12) sailing close-hauled, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
A Hamble River Class dinghy (No 12) sailing close-hauled, 1921

The sailing dinghy Hound with flags, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The sailing dinghy Hound with flags, 1912

The Hamble River Class Dot (No 2) sailing close-hauled, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The Hamble River Class Dot (No 2) sailing close-hauled, 1921

Group of Solent Sea Birds, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Group of Solent Sea Birds, 1922

The sloop Genista under sail on the River Hamble, 1920. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The sloop Genista under sail on the River Hamble, 1920

The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913

Hamble River Class dinghies racing close-hauled, 1921. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Hamble River Class dinghies racing close-hauled, 1921

The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Meander sailing in close-hauled, 1913

The yawl Meander sailing in fine conditions, 1913. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The yawl Meander sailing in fine conditions, 1913

The Quarter-Gunners Yarn, illustration from Drakes Drum and Other Songs of the Sea, 1905
The Quarter-Gunners Yarn - When the barge came alongside like bullocks we roared. Illustration relating to Admiral Robert Blake (1598 – 1657)

Arran Yacht Club, Lamlash, Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Holy Island is visible in the background

Catspaws off the Land, 1885, (c1915). Artist: Henry Moore
Catspaws off the Land, 1885, (c1915). Held by the Tate Modern. From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

The Pilot, 1925, (1926). Artist: Arthur Briscoe
The Pilot, 1925, (1926). From The Studio Volume 91. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1926]

The Crown and Sceptre Inn in Greenwich, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1776. Washingtons crossing of the Delaware was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton

The port at Boulogne, France, 1904

Seamen hauling a clinker-built dinghy up onto the shore, 1821. In this type of construction the planks of the vessel overlap the plank below and are fastened with clinched

Napoleon and Massena on the Island of Lobau, May 1809, (19th century). Moving across the Danube, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ensured his base, Lobau Island

Apollo 17 recovery operations, Pacific Ocean, December 19, 1972. Creator: NASA
Apollo 17 recovery operations, Pacific Ocean, December 19, 1972. A water-level view of the Apollo 17 Command Module (CM) " America" floating in the sea following splashdown

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