Lifeboat Collection (page 2)

[Astronauts in Lifeboat After Apollo 11 Splashdown], 1969. Creator: NASA
Astronauts in Lifeboat After Apollo 11 Splashdown, 1969

Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56. Creator: John Dillwyn Llewelyn
Tenby Lifeboat, 1853-56

Off Beachy Head, c1870. Chalk headland in East Sussex, England on the English Channel and a danger to shipping. From " Picturesque Europe - The British Isles, Vol. I"

Dr. Macaura... addressing a recruiting rally, c1915, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Dr. Macaura...addressing a recruiting rally, c1915, (1933). Dr. Macaura, who had raised a considerable amount of money for our mine sweepers, addressing a recruiting rally from the salvaged boat

Hauling up one of the Lusitanias boats, Ireland, May 1915, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Hauling up one of the Lusitanias boats, Ireland, May 1915, (1933). The sinking of the Lusitania : on 7 May 1915, the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine off the south of Ireland

The sinking of the Anglia, First World War, 17 November 1915, (c1920). Mined in the English Channel: the sinking of the Hospital Ship Anglia

RMS Titanic and lifeboats, 1912, (1935). Creator: Unknown
RMS Titanic and lifeboats, 1912, (1935). A number of the ill-fated Titanic White Star liners boats which in the general panic that ensued were never used

Saved!, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Saved!, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Wreck of the Northam Castle, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the Northam Castle, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Palling Boat: Throwing the life-line, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Palling Boat: Throwing the life-line, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Joseph Cox: Coxswain of the Hope, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Joseph Cox: Coxswain of the Hope, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

On the way to the wreck, c1900. Creator: Unknown
On the way to the wreck, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

Launching the Life-boat, c1900. Creator: Unknown
Launching the Life-boat, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

The Life-boat Men, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Life-boat Men, c1900. From " Primus Magic Lantern Slides - Junior Lecturers Series B". [W. Butcher & Sons]

An Impressive Array of Boats Aboard the Leviathan. c1930. Creator: Unknown
An Impressive Array of Boats Aboard the " Leviathan". c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

A Rescue at Sea, c1930. Creator: Unknown
A Rescue at Sea, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Boat Deck of the Leviathan. c1930. Creator: Unknown
Boat Deck of the " Leviathan". c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Throwing the Life-Line, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Throwing the Life-Line, 1890. Lifeboatmen in sou westers carrying out a rescue in rough seas - the man in the centre preparing to throw the rope wears a belt of buoyancy aids

Landing from a steamer in Arctic country, Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, N. Norway, c1905
Landing from a steamer in Arctic country (68 1/3° N. Lat.), Svolvaer, Lofoten Islands, N. Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

En route to North Cape-skirting precioitous cliffs along Lyngenfjord, Norway, c1905. From " The Underwood Travel Library - Norway". [Underwood & Underwood, London ]

View of the Storm at Scarborough on the 17th February 1836. Creator: Charles Joseph Hullmandel
View of the Storm at Scarborough on the 17th February 1836. Shipwreck off Scarborough in Yorkshire: when Ten out of a crew of Fourteen were drowned by the upsetting of the Life Boat

Fitting-Out Basin of John Brown and Companys shipbuilding yard at Clydebank, 1937
In the Fitting-Out Basin of John Brown and Companys shipbuilding yard at Clydebank, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

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

The Landing Stage at Liverpool, 1936
The Landing Stage at Liverpool, at which the largest vessels can berth at all states of the tide, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester

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

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

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]

Queen Victoria visiting HMS Resolute, 16th December, 1856, published 1859 (colour lithograph). HMS Resolute was sent to the Arctic to search for Franklin

Fundraising campaign for the Navy Relief Society, 1917
Fundraising campaign for the Navy Relief Society, pub. 1917 (colour lithograph). The Navy Relief Society provided care for widows and orphans of men who died serving in the U.S. Navy

Dr Macaura, fundraising for minesweepers, World War I, May 1918. Macaura, addressing a crowd from one of the lifeboats salvaged after the sinking of the liner Lusitania in May 1915

Hauling one of the Lusitanias lifeboats onto the beach, Ireland, 8 May 1915. Lusitania was sunk off the Old Head of Kinsdale by a German u-boat on 7 May 1915

View from the Carpathia of a lifeboat from the Titanic brought alongside, 15 April, 1912. Operated by the White Star Line, RMS Titanic was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner of her time

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 (1816). Artist: Thomas Sutherland
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 (1816). A French warship burns fiercely during Nelsons famous victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets. From J Jenkinss Naval Achievements, 1816

The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798 (1816). Artist: Bailey
The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798 (1816). The British fleet under Nelson destroyed the French fleet in Aboukir Bay in a battle fought at night. From J Jenkinss Naval Achievements, 1816

A boat of soldiers rescued from Dunkirk, 1940, (1945). The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France

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 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

The Shipwreck, c1805. Artist: JMW Turner
The Shipwreck, 1805. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

The Nancy Packet, 1784. Artist: James Gillray
The Nancy Packet, 1784. The wreck of the Nancy, an East India Company ship, in a storm off the Scilly Isles in 1784. One of the passengers killed in the disaster was the celebrated opera singer Ann

La Piemontaise capturing the Warren Hastings c1806. Artist: Robert Dodd
La Piemontaise capturing the Warren Hastings c1806. The Warren Hastings was an East Indiaman captured after a battle with the French frigate La Piemontaise, under the command of Jacques Epron

Wreck of the Lady Hobart, 1803, 1925. The Lady Hobart was a Post Office packet which sank after striking an iceberg en route to England from Halifax, Nova Scotia

The Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. Artist: Francois d Orleans, Prince de Joinville
The Burning of the Ocean Monarch, c1848. The Ocean Monarch set sail from Liverpool bound for Boston on 24 August 1848, carrying passengers

Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces, c1819. Artist: JMW Turner
Entrance of the Meuse: Orange-Merchant on the Bar, Going to Pieces, c1819. Painting held at the Tate Britain, London. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd

The Glorious First of June, c1795 Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg
The Glorious First of June, c1795. The battle known as The Glorious First of June was the first and largest major naval engagement between Britain and France during the French Revolutionary Wars

Polish Troops to fight with Britain, 1940, (1940). On 26th June 1940, Polish soldiers arrived in England to fight alongside the army of Free Frenchmen lead by General de Gaulle

Mr. Eden with the Anzacs, 1940, (1940). Anthony Eden (1897-1977) addressing New Zealand troops on 12th February 1940, the first contingent of New Zealand and Australian troops to arrive in the Suez

Guardship off the Nore, c1844. Artist: Clarkson Stanfield
Guardship off the Nore, c1844. From A Catalogue of the Pictures and Drawings in the collection of Frederick John Nettleford Volume III. - I to S, by C. Reginald Grundy and F. Gordon Roe

Lifeboat Memorial, Margate, Kent c1905. A memorial to the 9 crew of the Friend to All Nations who died in the storm of 1897, designed by Frederick T Callcott. [G. W. Saxby, Margate]

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