Funnel Collection (page 4)

Three Funnels of the Monarch of Bermuda, the Furness Withy luxury liner, 1937
The Three Funnels of the Monarch of Bermuda, the Furness Withy luxury liner, are black, with one narrow and one wide band of deep red, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

Top Deck of the Strathmore with modern lifeboats, 1936
The Top Deck of the Strahmore showing some of the fine modern lifeboats carried by this liner, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester

The Mighty Atlantic Record Breaker, the Queen Mary, 1937
The Mighty Atlantic Record Breaker. Within a little more than three months of maiden voyage in May 1936, the Queen Mary had broken six Atlantic speed records, and had won the Blue Riband, 1937

Completed in 1893, the Corinth Canal, 1937
Begun in A.D. by the Roman Emperor Nero but not completed until 1893, the Corinth Canal considerably shortened communications in the Mediterranean

Former Queen of the Ocean, R, M. S. Mauretania of the Cunard White Star Line, 1936
Former Queen of the Ocean, R, M.S. Mauretania of the Cunard White Star Line, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

One of the Largest Ships afloat, the Majestic owned by the Cunard White Star Line, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Entering Grimsby Docks at the end of a North Sea voyage is the fishing vessel Saurian, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Triumphant for Twenty Years. The Mauretania, built in 1907, c1927, (1936). From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Arrival at New York of the Normandie, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

An unusual angle of the Normandies deck, 1936
An unusual angle of the Normandies deck was obtained by the photographer of the illustration on the opposite page, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester

Show Boat, 1937. A theatre or show boat in the Mississippi Valley. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Universal admiration was accorded to the fine performance of the Bremen, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

The Queen Mary In Relation To Trafalgar Square, London, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert arriving at the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich, Kent, 1843. The Queen and Prince Consort on board the paddle steamer Trident

Launch of HMS Thunderer, Woolwich Royal Dockyard, Kent, 1831. King William IV and Queen Adelaide were among those attending the ceremony. Thunderer was an 84 gun second rate ship of the line

St Katharines Dock, London, 1834. Artist: James Tingle
St Katharines Dock, London, 1834. View of the dock framed by a decorative border including motifs of anchors and fishing nets. The docks opened in October 1828

Fine Writeing Inke, Cries of London, (c1688?). Artist: Pierce Tempest
Fine Writeing Inke, A seller of writing ink, carrying a cask on his back and a bunch of quills in his hand. From his waist hang a funnel and measuring jug. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Buy my fine Singing Glasses, Cries of London, (c1688?)
Buy my fine Singing Glasses. A street seller carrying a number of elongated glass funnels, one of which he is blowing like a trumpet. From Cries of London, (c1688?)

Poster to raise awareness of Ligue Maritime Franciase, 1918
Poster to raise awareness of Ligue Maritime Franciase, pub. 1918 (colour lithograph)

Roof garden of the Langbourne Club for City women, Fishmonger Hall Street, London, c1920s(?). Formally opened on 7 July 1925

Steamers on the Mississippi, USA, 19th century

Steam clock Ariadne, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. This steam powered clock on the waterfront of St Helier was built to commemorate the Ariadne

The Great Eastern, 1937. From The Story of Navigation. [The Imperial Tobacco Co. (Of Great Britain & Ireland), Ltd, , 1937]

The boat deck of the Lusitania, showing lifeboats, 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

The sinking of the Lusitania, 7 May 1915. A German submarine sank the Lusitania off the Irish coast. Although unarmed, she was carrying munitions

The Pool of London, 1919. Artist: Garratt & Atkinson
The Pool of London, 1919. From The British Printer Vol. XXXII. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1919]

Towing Past The City, c1870-1880, (c1915). Artist: William Lionel Wyllie
Towing Past The City, c1870-1880, (c1915). From International Art: Past and Present by Alfred Yockney. [Virtue & Company, London, c1915]

Loading Tobacco at Norfolk, Virginia. 1926. From Players Cigarettes - From Plantation to Smoker: A Series of 25 [John Player & Sons, London, 1926]

The sinking of SS Titanic, 14 April 1912. An artists impression of the ship going down. Operated by the White Star Line, on 14 April 1912 SS Titanic struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland

S. S. Titanic - In Belfast Lough - April 1912, 1912
S.S. Titanic - In Belfast Lough - April 1912, 1912. Operated by the White Star Line, RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in thick fog off Newfoundland on 14 April 1912

The Arandora Star at the start of a peace time voyage, c1938 (1940). The Arandora Star??, a requisitioned cruise ship, embarked on its final voyage to take 734 interned Italian men

The White Star Liner Majestic entering the worlds largest graving dock at Southampton, c1934, (19)
The White Star Liner Majestic entering the worlds largest graving dock at Southampton, c1934, (1935). RMS Majestic was a White Star liner working on the North Atlantic run

St Gervais, 1915. Artist: Frank Milton Armington
St Gervais, 1915. From Paris Past and Present. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1915]

At Singapore Indian troops arrive to take part in the defence of the great fortress-port. 1941. From The War Illustrated Volume 5 edited by Sir John Hammerton

On the Thames, c1876-1903, (1903). Artist: Alfred William Rich
On the Thames. After a water colour by Alfred William Rich (1856-1921). From The Studio Volume 28 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1903.]

Quadruple-Screw R. M.s Majestic of the White Star Line, c1920s
Quadruple-Screw R.M.S Majestic of the White Star Line, c1920s. RMS Majestic worked on the North Atlantic run. Majestic was originally launched in 1914 as the Hamburg America Line liner SS Bismarck

Attack of Cardenas, (1898), 1920s
Attack of Cardenas. On 11th May 1898, the Windslow and the Hudson entered the Bay of Cardenas, with intent to destroy three spanish gunboats

River steamer, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. Lantern slide

USS New York, American armoured cruiser, 1898. Scene showing the ship capturing a Spanish blockade runner during the Spanish-American War

The Flying Squadron, Spanish-American War, 1898. The Flying Squadron was a US Navy force that operated in the Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean in the first part of the war

USS Porter, American torpedo boat, 1898. Commissioned in 1897, Porter saw action in the Spanish-American War, participating in blockade duites off the coast of Cuba

USS Alabama, American battleship, 1898. An Illinois class pre-dreadnought battleship, Alabama was launched in 1898. She served with the US North Atlantic Fleet

USS Kearsarge, American battleship, 1898. The lead ship of her class, Kearsarge was launched in 1898. She served as flagship of the US North Atlantic Fleet

The Puritan at Matanzas, 1898. The US Navy monitor USS Puritan during the bombardment of the Cuban coastal city of Matanzas early in the Spanish-American War

The Olympia at Manila, 1898. The US Navy protected cruiser USS Olympia at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War

USS Indiana, American battleship, 1898. Artist: W Rau
USS Indiana, American battleship, 1898. Commissioned in 1895, the Indiana was the lead ship of a class of three pre-dreadnought battleships

The Oregons race for Cuba, 1898. As tensions grew between the United States and Spain after the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbour, Cuba

The last sunset of the Maine, 1898. The USS Maine, a pre-dreadnought battleship, exploded and sank in Havana harbour, Cuba, on 15 February 1898, with the loss of 274 of her crew

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