Shipbuilder Collection

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Standing Before the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, 1857, printed 1863-64

English women in ship yards, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
English women in ship yards, between c1915 and 1918. Women at work building navy ships during World War I in England.

English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
English women in shipbuilding yards, between c1915 and c1920. Women at work building navy ships during World War I in England.

Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Women working on propeller, Eng. [i.e. England], between c1915 and 1917. Women working on a propeller in a navy shipbuilding yard in England during World War I.

Eastern States on the ways, Dec. 7, 1901, 1901 Dec 7. Creator: Unknown
Eastern States on the ways, Dec. 7, 1901, 1901 Dec 7

Portrait of Vice Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, 1808, early 19th century. Creator: Anders Gustaf Andersson
Portrait of Vice Admiral Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, 1808, early 19th century

The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century. Creator: Reinier Zeeman
The Ship-yard in Amsterdam, mid-17th century

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, 1721-1808, 1778. Creator: Lorens Pasch the Younger
Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, 1721-1808, 1778

Industry: design for a wall painting in Rotterdam, c.1908-c.1917. Creator: Huib Luns
Industry: design for a wall painting in Rotterdam, c.1908-c.1917. Shipyard with workers; cherubs and gods above

Portrait of Gillis Hooftman, Shipowner, and his Wife Margaretha van Nispen (Gilles van Eichelenberg)
Portrait of Gillis Hooftman, Shipowner, and his Wife Margaretha van Nispen (Gilles van Eichelenberg, called Hoffman), 1570

S.S. Morro Castle, Cramps Shipyards, Philadelphia, between 1900 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
S.S. Morro Castle, Cramps Shipyards, Philadelphia, between 1900 and 1901

Mr. James T. Buckner; Ship builder; Rents out boats; Battle Creek, Mich. 1907. Creator: Unknown
Mr. James T. Buckner; Ship builder; Rents out boats; Battle Creek, Mich. 1907

Shipbuilders Yard, Liverpool, 1875. Creator: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Shipbuilders Yard, Liverpool, 1875

Benjamin Ives Gilman, 1801. Creator: Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mé
Benjamin Ives Gilman, 1801

Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the Great Eastern, November 18
Men at Work Beside the Launching Chains of the " Great Eastern", November 18, 1857

Donald McKay, ca. 1850-55. Creators: Josiah Johnson Hawes, Albert Sands Southworth
Donald McKay, ca. 1850-55

The Docks - The Concordia, 1872. Creator: Gustave Doré
The Docks-The Concordia, 1872. From, " LONDON. A Pilgrimage" by Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold. [Grant and Co. 72-78, Turnmill Street, E.C. 1872]

Sir I. Hawkins, (1532-1595), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Sir I. Hawkins, (1532-1595), 1830. Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595) English slave trader, naval commander and administrator, merchant, navigator, shipbuilder and privateer

The English Vessel, Discovery, On The Stocks, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The English Vessel, " Discovery", On The Stocks, 1901. The last traditional wooden three-masted barque to be built in the United Kingdom. Built by the Dundee Shipbuilders Company

Egyptian motor launch being launched, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Egyptian motor launch being launched, 1911 at S. E. Saunders boatyard

Ship launched at Samuel J. White, Cowes. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Ship launched at Samuel J. White boatyard, Cowes, Isle of Wight

Egyptian motor launch in shed, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Egyptian motor launch in shed ready to launch, 1911

Egyptian motor launch on slipway, view of stern, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Egyptian motor launch on slipway, view of stern, 1911

Egyptian motor launch in shed, 1911. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Egyptian motor launch in shed, 1911

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]

The Thrust of the Modern Liners Mighty Engines, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

On the Firth of Forth. Shipbreaking at Bo ness West Lothian, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. II, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Fleetway House, London]

A Many-Bladed Rotor for one of the Queen Marys low-pressure turbines, 1937
A Many-Bladed Rotor for one of the Queen Marys low-pressure turbines undergoig final adjustments in the works of the builders, John Brown and Co. Ltd, 1937. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol

A Great Feat Partly Accomplished. The Leonardo da Vinci resting in dry dock, 1936. From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Long As A Street, Lofty As A Tower, 1930-1934, (1936)
Long As A Street, Lofty As A Tower, . From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

The Massive Hull, partly placed, 1930-1934, (1936). From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Visiting the Liner Queen Mary, 1937
Visiting the Liner Queen Mary, Clydebank, March, 1936 (1937). From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Clydeside Cheers, 1937
Clydeside Cheers, 1936 (1937). Edward VII visiting Clydeside, March 1936. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles. [Daily Express, London, 1937]

Shipyard of James Ash & Co, Cubitt Town, London, c1863. James Ash & Co were builders of iron ships. The company was founded in 1862 but the yard never became profitable

Sir John Hawkins, c1880. Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595), English shipbuilder and naval commander. From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

John Scott Russell, civil engineer and naval architect, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
John Scott Russell, civil engineer and naval architect, 1878. After leaving Scotland for London in 1844 he constructed four large steamships, the Teviot, Tay

Construction of the boats for William I, Bayeux Tapestry, c1070s, (1870). A wood engraving from The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, (London, 1870)

Iron Shipbuilding, 1873. Joseph d Aguilar Samuda (1813-1885), British mechanical engineer and naval architect. In partnership with his brother Jacob (d1844)

The Marina of Brest, c1750-1810. Artist: Nicolas Marie Ozanne
The Marina of Brest, c1750-1810

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