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Royal Mail Ship Collection

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, Crosby Point...Liverpool

Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, Crosby Point...Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, at Crosby Point, near Liverpool, 1864. 'The Jura...had made her passage across the Atlantic...She arrived at the Bell Buoy

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: Rescue of Capt. Baker and a Seaman by the Royal Mail Steamer 'England', 1857. Creator: Unknown

Rescue of Capt. Baker and a Seaman by the Royal Mail Steamer "England", 1857. Creator: Unknown
Rescue of Capt. Baker and a Seaman by the Royal Mail Steamer "England", 1857....Archelaus Baker...master of the whaling barque Henry H

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: The Royal Mail Clipper 'Schomberg', 1856. Creator: Unknown. The Royal Mail Clipper 'Schomberg'

The Royal Mail Clipper "Schomberg", 1856. Creator: Unknown. The Royal Mail Clipper "Schomberg"
The Royal Mail Clipper "Schomberg", 1856. The Melbourne papers received by last Australian mail contain full particulars of the wreck of this splendid ship

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: The Royal Mail Steamer, ' Moselle, ' which struck on a reef near Colon and became a Total... 1891

The Royal Mail Steamer, " Moselle, " which struck on a reef near Colon and became a Total... 1891
'The Royal Mail Steamer, " Moselle, " which struck on a reef near Colon and became a Total Wreck. 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: The Loss of the SS Quetta off Thursday Island, Northern Australia; Lloyds Brisbane March Ist 1890

The Loss of the SS Quetta off Thursday Island, Northern Australia; Lloyds Brisbane March Ist 1890 Creator: John Comyns
The Loss of the SS Quetta off Thursday Island, Northern Australia; Lloyds Brisbane March Ist 1890, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: The Royal Mail Motor Liner Asturias (22, 500 Tons Gross), c1930. Creator

The Royal Mail Motor Liner Asturias (22, 500 Tons Gross), c1930. Creator
The Royal Mail Motor Liner " Asturias" (22, 500 Tons Gross), c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: The Attractive Colouring of the Union Castle liner Stirling Castle, 1937

The Attractive Colouring of the Union Castle liner Stirling Castle, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: A Twin-Screw motorship, the Stirling Castle built by Harland and Wolff, 1937

A Twin-Screw motorship, the Stirling Castle built by Harland and Wolff, 1937
A Twin-Screw motorship of 25, 550 tons gross, the Stirling Castle was built by Harland and Wolff, Ltd. for the Union-Castle Lines South African Royal Mail service, 1937

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: Top Deck of the Strathmore with modern lifeboats, 1936

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

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: A Home on the Rolling Deep. Aboard a Royal Mail. 1914

A Home on the Rolling Deep. Aboard a Royal Mail. 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: A Royal Mail Dining Hall, 1914

A Royal Mail Dining Hall, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Background imageRoyal Mail Ship Collection: The RMS Mauretania, 20th century

The RMS Mauretania, 20th century. RMS Mauretania, sister ship of the Lusitania, was an ocean liner built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear


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