Ship Collection (page 100)

The Ocean Grave of the Titanic, and photograph of a wireless operator, 20 April, 1912. Article about the disaster with an illustration: A Wireless Cabin on an Atlantic Liner

Supporting each man on the top of the tide pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
Supporting each man on the top of the tide from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll (1832 - 1898), pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

The Beaver kept looking the opposite way pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
The Beaver kept looking the opposite way from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day, pub. 1876. Creator: Henry Holiday (1839 - 1927)
But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day from The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight Fits, by Lewis Carroll, pub. 1876 (b/w engraving)

Dutch East India Company wood or saw mill on the island two miles from Batavia ?, pub
Dutch East India Company wood or saw mill on the island two miles from Batavia called Onrost or Unruhe, from a series of views of Batavia Schau-platz von Africa und Ost-Indien

Zurich, 19th Century. Creator: Swiss School (19th Century)
Zurich, 19th Century (coloured engraving). Located in the north of Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich is depicted here in the 19th century as a hub of commerce and modernity

A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, pub. 1796. Creator: John Gabriel Stedman (1744-97)
A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows, from Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America, from the year 1772

The Cape of Good Hope, pub. c1731. Creator: Samuel Scott (1701 - 1772 (after; George Lambert)
The Cape of Good Hope, pub. C. 1731 (hand coloured engraving). The Cape of Good Hope showing British and Dutch ships moored with Table Mountain in the background

Fastened down firmly from head to crown... c1880. Creator: English School (19th Century)
Fastened down firmly from head to crown... - the Reverend is given a sailors treatment for seasickness; from Ye Pilgrimage of ye Revnd

Island called Ternate in the Moluccas, pub. 1744. Creator: Johann Wolfgang Heydt (fl
Island called Ternate in the Moluccas, the coast and Dutch East India Company ships in the 1730s, from a series of views of Batavia Schau-platz von Africa und Ost-Indien, published 1744 (engraving)

Venetian Gondola, c1850. Creator: Giovanni Battista Cecchini (1804-79)
Venetian Gondola, from Vedute dei Principali Monumenti di Venezia, c.1850 (colour litho). shows two gondolas upon the Grand Canal, with a large ship and Santa Maria della Salute in the background

A View of Mount Edgcumbe from the Block House, pub. 1755. Creator: Samuel Scott
A View of Mount Edgcumbe from the Block House, pub. 1755 (hand coloured engraving). shows the view out to sea from the Citadel Fort, on Plymouth Hoe with Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall in the distance

Lloyd Express, ca 1932. Private Collection

Astronauts being recovered from the sea, Apollo 16 mission, 27 April 1972. Creator: NASA
Astronauts being recovered from the sea, Apollo 16 mission, 27 April 1972. Prime recovery helicopter hovering over the Apollo 16 spacecraft after splashdown, 11 days after launch

Two sailors, 1952. Creator: Shirley Markham
Two sailors, 1952. Illustration for " The Sailors Return" by David Garnett - Neptune in a seashell chariot pulled by sea horses

The Duke of Norfolks Almshouses, in 1796, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Duke of Norfolks Almshouses, in 1796, (c1878). In 1613 Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, founded the Norfolk College Almshouses at Greenwich on the River Thames, (now part of greater London)

Floating Dock, Deptford (1820), (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Floating Dock, Deptford (1820), (c1878). The Royal Navy Dockyard at Deptford on the River Thames operated from the mid-16th to the late 19th century

Mill Pond Bridge, in 1826, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Mill Pond Bridge, in 1826, (c1878). Street scene on Jamaica Row near Mill Pond Bridge in Bermondsey, south London, with ships on the River Thames in the distance

The Great Fire at Cottons Wharf Tooley Street, 1861, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
The Great Fire at Cottons Wharf Tooley Street, 1861, (c1878). Depiction of the Tooley Street fire at Cottons Wharf on the south bank of the River Thames in Bermondsey, London

Tower Street Ward, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Tower Street Ward, (c1872). Map dating from 1773, of part of the City of London, showing Custom House and ships on the River Thames. From Old and New London, Vol

Arrival of the Hoy at Margate, 1808, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
Arrival of the Hoy at Margate, 1808, (c1900). Lively scene on the front at Margate in Kent, as the hoy (a type of boat) arrives. Print after a painting by Philip James De Loutherbourg

The Entrance to Boulogne Harbour, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Entrance to Boulogne Harbour, (c1900). Ships in rough seas off the northern coast of France. Print after an early 19th century painting by Francois Louis Thomas Francia

The Tower of London, c1827, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
The Tower of London, c1827, (c1900). A steam-powered ballast dredger on the River Thames in London, with the Tower of London in distance. Print after a painting by Clarkson Stanfield

A Breezy Day, 1822, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
A Breezy Day, 1822, (c1900). Ships at sea in windy weather, print after a painting by Edward William Cooke. From English water-colour with reproductions of drawings by eminent painters

View on the Exe, (c1900). Creator: Unknown
View on the Exe, (c1900). Landscape with ships on the River Exe in Devon, print after an early 19th century painting by Samuel Prout

Balaklava, looking towards the sea, 1855. Creator: W Walton
Balaklava, looking towards the sea, 1855. Scene from the Crimean War: soldiers and bell tents in the foreground, with British ships in the harbour beyond. Published 15 January 1855

Prince Woronzoffs Palace near Yalta on the South Coast of the Crimea, 1854, (1855). British ships off the coast, with the palace of Prince Mikhail Vorontsov in the distance

The Town and Harbour of Portsmouth with a View of his Majestys Fleet at Spithead, 18th century. Landscape with Royal Navy ships in the distance

A View of Langstone Harbour Near Havant in Hampshire, c1765. Creator: J Mason
A View of Langstone Harbour Near Havant in Hampshire, c1765. Figures with a rowing boat in the foreground, with ships at sea in the distance

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

London. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, (1881). Creator: Unknown
London. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, (1881). Views of Westminster Abbey, one of the old City gates, and the Houses of Parliament with paddle steamers on the River Thames

The Thames Tunnel (as it appeared when originally opened for traffic), (c1872). The Thames Tunnel, connecting Wapping and Rotherhithe in London, was the first underwater tunnel in the world

The motor yacht Margery at anchor, 1929. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The motor yacht Margery at anchor, 1929

Hospital ship at anchor. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Hospital ship at anchor

The steam yacht Stella at anchor, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The steam yacht Stella at anchor, 1912

J. S. White laying the keel of the Brazilian destroyer Javary, 30th March 1938. Javary was ordered by Brazil on 8 December 1937 from J. Samuel White, Cowes

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

Woman with bouquet, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Woman with bouquet, c1935. A group of people attending an event, possibly the launch of a ship

The steam yacht Glencairn, 1912. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The steam yacht Glencairn, 1912. Originally called Liberty, Glencairn was designed by G L Watson & Co and launched by Ramage & Ferguson Ltd at Leith on 5 December 1907

Catholic priest, c1935. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Catholic priest, c1935

The schooner Vergemere. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The schooner Vergemere

The launch of the 2nd Argentine Destroyer Tucuman, 16 Oct 1928
The launch of the 2nd Argentine Destroyer Tucuman built by J Samuel White & Co in Cowes, Isle of Wight, 16 Oct 1928. Tucuman was the second of three Mendoza class destroyers built in the United

Clementinas Bow showing collision damage and loss of bowsprit, 1913

Christening Group possibly at J Samuel White and Co shipyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight, c1930s

489 ton steam yacht (possibly Juicel ?) under way, 1939. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
489 ton steam yacht (possibly Juicel ?) under way, 1939

The steam yacht Fleur-D-Lys under way, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
The steam yacht Fleur-D-Lys under way, 1911

Unknown destroyer under way. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Unknown destroyer under way

Line of Torpedo Boats under way, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Line of Torpedo Boats under way, 1911

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