Shipbuilding Collection

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

A nuclear submarine berthing at Devonport docks, Plymouth, Devon, 1980. The site has been established as a naval construction and refit yard since 1690

Hole torn in the hull of RMS Olympic after the collision with HMS Hawke in the Solent, 1911
Hole torn in the hull of RMS Olympic after the collision with HMS Hawke in the Solent, 20th September 1911. The collision took place as Olympic

New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, 1858. Creator: Walmsley
New Hydraulic Lift at the Victoria Docks, [London], 1858. The new graving-docks in connection with the Victoria Docks, the construction of which was commenced about two years back

Saunders Shipyard (Interior), Cowes, 1938. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Saunders Shipyard (Interior), Cowes, 1938

Shipbuilding scene, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Shipbuilding scene, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Launching of TEXAS - Secy Meyer [and] Claudia Lyon, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Launching of TEXAS - Secy Meyer [and] Claudia Lyon, 1912. Shows Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer (1858-1918) with Claudia Lyon

Launch of WAINWRIGHT, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of WAINWRIGHT, 1915. Shows the June 1915 launching of the USS Wainwright (DD-62) destroyer

McEachern Yard, Astoria, interior wooden ship, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
McEachern Yard, Astoria, interior wooden ship, between c1915 and c1920. Shows a ship being constructed at the McEachern Shipyards, port of Astoria, Oregon

Launch of WYOMING, 5/25/11, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of WYOMING, 5/25/11, 1911

The iron screw-steamer Limari, for Valparaiso, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The iron screw-steamer Limari, for Valparaiso, 1870. 'A handsome screw-steamer...from the building yard of Messrs. Bowdler, Chaffer, and Co...for the Valparaiso Steam-Ship Company

Launch of H.M.S. Cyclops at Blackwall, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Launch of H.M.S. Cyclops at Blackwall, 1871. Ship built by the Thames Shipbuilding Company on the River Thames in London, '...for the defence of our home ports...the vessel has been constructed

Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Devastation, 1871. Creator: Unknown
Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Devastation, 1871. ''The new ironclad ship...is a seagoing monitor, carrying 35-ton guns, and protected by thicknesses of 14-in. 12-in. and 10-in

FLORIDA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
FLORIDA, between c1910 and c1915. Photograph shows the ship USS Florida (BB-30)

Launch of QUEEN MARY, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of QUEEN MARY, 1912. Shows the March 1912 launch of HMS Queen Mary at Palmer's Shipbuilding, Jarrow-on-Tyne, England. She was sunk during battle in 1916

ISAAC PERAL, Spain, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
ISAAC PERAL, Spain, 1916. Shows the Isaac Peral, a 200' long submarine built at the Fore River shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, for the Spanish Navy. Launching took place on July 22, 1916

Schwab greets ship workers, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Schwab greets ship workers, 1918. Shows Charles M. Schwab, Director-General of the Emergency Fleet Corporation at the launching of the Consort and the Allies at Newark Bay Shipyard, New Jersey

TENNESSEE, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
TENNESSEE, 1919. Shows a crowd and the launching platform near the battleship USS Tennessee (BB-43), which was launched on April 30, 1919 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

Start of 1st ship, Newark Yards, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Start of 1st ship, Newark Yards, 1917. Shows Mr. John Hunter of the United States Shipping Board, Mr. Henry R. Sutphen, vice president of the Submarine Boat Corporation

VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915

WYOMING in dock, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
WYOMING in dock, between c1910 and c1915

Laying Keel of U.S.S. California, 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Laying Keel of U.S.S. California, 1915. Photographs show workers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during the ceremony to mark the laying of the keel of the USS California (later renamed the USS New Mexico)

RIVADAVIA, c1913. Creator: Bain News Service
RIVADAVIA, c1913. Shows the ship Rivadavia, built for the Argentine navy, in drydock for repairs, possibly at the Charleston Navy Yard, Boston

RIVADAVIA, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
RIVADAVIA, 1914. Shows the ship Rivadavia, built for the Argentine navy, in drydock for repairs, possibly at the Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, August-December 1914

AQUITANIA ready to launch, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
AQUITANIA ready to launch, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the RMS Aquitania, a Cunard Line ocean liner built in Scotland

The twin-screw steamer John Penn, for New Zealand, 1868. Creator: Unknown
The twin-screw steamer John Penn, for New Zealand, 1868. 'The John Penn, double-screw steam-vessel, is built for special service on the west coast of New Zealand

High noon in the boatyard, Rye, 1909. Creator: Martin Hardie
High noon in the boatyard, Rye, 1909

The building of the " Queen Elizabeth", John Brown's Yard, Clydebank, 1938. Creator: David Muirhead Bone
The building of the " Queen Elizabeth", John Brown's Yard, Clydebank, 1938

Our Iron-Clad Fleet: floating of Her Majesty's ship Hercules, at Chatham, 1868. Creator: Unknown
Our Iron-Clad Fleet: floating of Her Majesty's ship Hercules, at Chatham, 1868. 'The new iron-clad ship Hercules, built from the designs of Mr. E. J

Launch of the Victoria, iron-clad frigate built for the Queen of Spain at Blackwall, 1865. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Victoria, iron-clad frigate built for the Queen of Spain at Blackwall, [London], 1865. Warship built by the Thames Iron Works Company

Launch of the screw-corvette Druid, Deptford Dockyard: Princess Louise releasing the dog-shore, 1869 Creator: A. H
Launch of the screw-corvette Druid, Deptford Dockyard [in London]: Princess Louise releasing the dog-shore, 1869. 'The screw-corvette Druid was launched on Saturday at Deptford Dockyard

Launch of the Affondatore, iron-clad cupola frigate, built for the King of Italy at Millwall, 1865. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Affondatore, iron-clad cupola frigate, built for the King of Italy at Millwall, [London], 1865. '...a large party of gentlemen

High noon in the boatyard, Rye, 1909. Creator: Martin Hardie
High noon in the boatyard, Rye, 1909

Keel of NEW YORK, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Keel of NEW YORK, 1911

Inner Skin of VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Inner Skin of VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915

Section of Turbine for VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Section of Turbine for VATERLAND, between c1910 and c1915

IMPERATOR, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
IMPERATOR, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the S.S. Imperator being built, an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line

NEW YORK, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
NEW YORK, between c1910 and c1915

FEI HUNG, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
FEI HUNG, between c1910 and c1915

The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. She is the smallest vessel plated with 4½-inch armour that has yet been set afloat

The iron gun-boat Rangariri, built at Sydney for the New Zealand government, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The iron gun-boat Rangariri, built at Sydney for the New Zealand government, 1864. River-boat...built by Messrs. P. N. Russell and Co

The French Transatlantic Company's steam-packet Washington, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The French Transatlantic Company's steam-packet Washington, 1864. This large and beautiful paddle-wheel steamer, the first of a line of mail-packets

The clipper-ship The Royal Edward, built for the Red Cross Australian Line, 1864. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Smyth
The clipper-ship The Royal Edward, built for the Red Cross Australian Line, 1864. We this week give an Engraving of the new iron sailing-ship Royal Edward, of 3500 tons burden

Armour-clad frigate built in the Clyde for the Danish government, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Armour-clad frigate built in the Clyde for the Danish government, 1864. Ship built by Messrs J. and G. Thomson. Her length is 280 ft

Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. View of...the first large iron vessel ever built in the port of Dublin as she glided off her cradle into the high-tide

Launch of ARIZONA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Launch of ARIZONA, between c1910 and c1915

Launch of the Turkish iron-clad frigate Sultan Mahmoud, at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Turkish iron-clad frigate Sultan Mahmoud, at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1864. Ship...built for the Sultan of Turkey by the Thames Ironworks Company...of 4221 tons burden; its

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

Our ironclad fleet: launch of the Royal Alfred screw-frigate at Portsmouth, on Saturday last, 1864. Royal Navy warship. From "Illustrated London News", 1864

Dudgeon's new double-screw iron steam-ship Flora, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Dudgeon's new double-screw iron steam-ship Flora, 1862. A most important and interesting trial-trip has been made with this new vessel

The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company's new steam-boat The Prince Imperial, 1864. Our Engraving represents the new paddle-wheel steam-boat Prince Imperial

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's new ship Poonah, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's new ship Poonah, 1862. This magnificent addition to the large and splendid fleet of this company was launched at the commencement of last month

WARD after 5 days, 15 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
WARD after 5 days, 15 June 1918 (date created or published later). The USS Ward (DD-139), a destroyer ship of the United States Navy built during World War I at Mare Island Navy Yard, California

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

Chief constructor Hichborn, between 1890 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
Chief constructor Hichborn, between 1890 and 1901

Capt. N.H. Farquhar, Bureau of Yards and Docks, between 1890 and 1894. Creator: Unknown
Capt. N.H. Farquhar, Bureau of Yards and Docks, between 1890 and 1894

Broadside view on launching cradle, launch S.S. Tionesta, Dec. 15, 1902, 1902 Dec 15. Creator: Unknown
Broadside view on launching cradle, launch S.S. Tionesta, Dec. 15, 1902, 1902 Dec 15

The North German Lloyd's New Steam-ship "Hudson", 1858. Creator: Unknown
The North German Lloyd's New Steam-ship "Hudson", 1858. This magnificent steam-ship, built by the eminent iron shipbuilding firm of Messrs. Palmer, Allport, and Co

The "Telegraaf" Iron Steam-boat, recently built by Messrs. Fob, Smit, Jun. and Co... 1858. Creator: Unknown
The "Telegraaf" Iron Steam-boat, recently built by Messrs. Fob, Smit, Jun. and Co. Kinderdyk, near Rotterdam, 1858....the Telegraaf No

New Brazilian Gun-Boat Fleet, 1858. Creator: Unknown
New Brazilian Gun-Boat Fleet, 1858. During the last few months some of our most eminent shipbuilders have been employed in the construction of a fleet of powerful gunboats for the Government of

The Dock at Sveaborg. Creator: Elias Martin
The Dock at Sveaborg, Unknown date

The Duilio, Italian Ironclad, recently launched at Castellamare, Bay of Naples, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Duilio, Italian Ironclad, recently launched at Castellamare, Bay of Naples, 1876. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. H. Cooke, of Rome

Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Creator: J. R. W
Launch of the Inflexible at Portsmouth Dockyard: stern view of the ship, 1876. Warship launched using electricity. Hammers and battering-rams were applied to the foremost blocks

New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
New Docks and Basin, Portsmouth, 1876. Dockyard extension comprising...a fitting and a repairing basin...a deep graving-dock...locks...[and] an extensive coal-store...when [the works] are completed

H.M.S. Alexandra, building at Chatham, 1876. Creator: Unknown
H.M.S. Alexandra, building [ie being built] at Chatham, 1876. Ironclad warship, ...one of the most powerful ships in the Royal Navy

Launch of the Russian circular ironclad Admiral Popoff, 1876. Creator: JR Wells
Launch of the Russian circular ironclad Admiral Popoff, 1876....the launch of the Admiral Popoff...took place...at the port of Nicolaieff, which is situated on the river Bug

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

Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Creator: Smyth
Building the great steam-frigate "Warrior" at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, 1860. Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Surveyor of the Navy

Launch of the "Paramatta" Steam-ship at Blackwall on Monday week, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the "Paramatta" Steam-ship at Blackwall on Monday week, 1858. Paddle steam-ship, built by the Thames Iron and Shipbuilding Company

Messrs. Forrestt's Life-Boat Building Yard, Limehouse, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Forrestt's Life-Boat Building Yard, Limehouse, [London], 1860. The accompanying Engraving represents the building establishment...known as Norway Yard...where the boats of the Royal

Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Temeraire, launched at Chatham on Tuesday last, 1876. Creator: JR Wells
Our Ironclad Fleet: H.M.S. Temeraire, launched at Chatham on Tuesday last, 1876. Her maindeck guns will be broadside, but she will have on her upper deck a "barbette" battery...She will

View of a shipyard, 1745-1775. Creator: A Fantonne
View of a shipyard, 1745-1775. Ships and boats lie on the water. On the left a ship in dry dock and a reinforced structure on the waterfront

U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1898 Aug-Oct. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1898 Aug-Oct

U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1898 Aug-Oct. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1898 Aug-Oct

U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Massachusetts in dry dock, between 1896 and 1901

U.S.S. Maine, just after the launching, 1889. Creator: William H. Jackson
U.S.S. Maine, just after the launching, 1889

The Zoutman on ship camels, 1807. Creator: J. Vos
The Zoutman on ship camels, 1807. (A ship camel is an external flotation tank that can be fitted to a ship to increase her buoyancy, or reduce her draught). The Admiraal Zoutman was launched in 1800

View of a harbor with a shipyard in Cartagena, Spain, 1700-1799. Creator: Anon
View of a harbor with a shipyard in Cartagena, Spain, 1700-1799. Vue des Chantiers et du Port de Carthagene en Espagne

Dry Dock on Curaçao, 1959. Creator: Suzanne Perlman
Dry Dock on Curacao, 1959

View of a shipyard, 1700-1799. Creator: Anon
View of a shipyard, 1700-1799. Ships and boats lie on the water. On the left a ship being repaired in dry dock and a reinforced structure on the waterfront

Caulking of a Vessel, 1660-1686. Creator: Lieve Verschuir
Caulking of a Vessel, 1660-1686

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

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