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Nautical Vessel Collection (#51)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Ship Building Strike

Ship Building Strike
1st April 1957: A vessel under construction at the Burrow-in-Furness shipyard where work has stopped during a strike. Original Publication

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The White Continent

The White Continent
circa 1950: A scene from the Crown Film Unit production The White Continent, about life in the Antarctic with The Norsel ice-breaker trapped fast by pack ice

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: View Of Venice

View Of Venice
9th February 1946: A silhouette of a gondola on the canal in Venice. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3067 - Venice Is Still Serene - pub. 1946 (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Dangerous Waters

Dangerous Waters
1st May 1948: The mastheads of previous victims can been seen over the flooding tide that hides the treacherous Goodwin Sands on the Kentish coast

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: QE2 Liner

QE2 Liner
1952: Two men lean on the rails on deck of the Queen Elizabeth as the liner comes to dock at Southampton. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6344 -The Queen Elizabeth Comes In - unpub

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Belfast Ship Yard

Belfast Ship Yard
20th February 1954: The Harland and Wolff ship yard in Belfast where a liner is being built. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7029 - The Best And The Worst Of Some British Cities 5 - Belfast

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Lighthouse

Lighthouse
30th April 1955: A lighthouse in Aberdeen. The harbour in Aberdeen was developed in the late eighteenth century and the city prospered as a fishing port from that time

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Dundee Ferry

Dundee Ferry
25th June 1955: A group of people walking to catch a ferry from a Dundee pier. Dundee, situated on the banks of the dSilvery Tayf, is linked to Fife and the south of Scotland by a road bridge

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Trapped Convoy

Trapped Convoy
A convoy trapped on the Suez Canal near Cantara during the Suez Crisis, 24th December 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8760 - Suez: The Troops We Left Behind - Pub

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Haitian Harbour

Haitian Harbour
A view across a harbour, Haiti, July 1949. Original publication: Picture Post - 4843 - The World Unites On Its First Big Job - pub. 30th July 1949

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Notre Dame De Paris

Notre Dame De Paris
1st August 1829: The cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, standing on the Ile de la Cite in the River Seine. Original Artwork: Engraving by J Havill after J Nash. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Place De La Concorde

Place De La Concorde
The Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, circa 1850

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Notre Dame

Notre Dame
circa 1850: Notre Dame cathedral seen from the edge of the river Seine in Paris. Etching by Charles Meryon (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Boat

The Boat
Ladies and gentlemen take a tour of the Parisian sewers, 1870. Illustration by Jules Pelcos. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Venetian Fete

Venetian Fete
The Venetian Fete takes place on the Seine during the Paris Exhibition of 1889. The newly-built Eiffel Tower is illuminated for the occasion. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Ile De La Cite

Ile De La Cite
The Ile de la Cite on the River Seine in Paris, location of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Hotel De Ville

Hotel De Ville
The Hotel de Ville or City Hall in Paris, 1858. In the foreground is the Pont d Arcole over the River Seine. (Photo by Achille Quinet/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Tuileries Palace

Tuileries Palace
The Tuileries Palace and living rooms of King Louis Philippe I in Paris, circa 1839. An early photograph by Louis Daguerre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Paddle Your Own Canoe

Paddle Your Own Canoe
The Lady of the Lake, from the book by Sir Walter Scott, steadies her boat by resting an oar on the bank. Original Artwork: Engraving by Thomas Brown after Robert Herdman RSA

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Canadian Display

Canadian Display
A display from Canada at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Junks At War

Junks At War
The Honourable East India Cos steamer Nemesis and the boats of the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling destroying Chinese war junks at Ansons Bay during the First Opium War

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: American Pioneers By Lake

American Pioneers By Lake
Illustration of a log cabin built in the woods beside a lake, with two pioneers standing by the shore, circa 1800s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Phoenician- Assyrian Bireme Or Ship

Phoenician- Assyrian Bireme Or Ship
A model of a two-level Phoenician- Assyrian warship or Bireme, circa 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Lifeboat Launch

Lifeboat Launch
circa 1860: Flotsam floats ashore as the crew of a lifeboat struggle to launch their vessel and go to the aid of a stricken ship

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Cherbourg Fireworks

Cherbourg Fireworks
1865: A firework display in the inner harbour of Cherbourg, in honour of the British Channel Squadron. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Wading Through Water

Wading Through Water
circa 1850: A young boy rolling up his trousers as he wades through water. Original Artwork: Engraving by Meason from London Labour and London Poor by Henry Mayhew

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Toronto Quayside

Toronto Quayside
circa 1841: Fishermen and boats at the quayside in Toronto. Original Artwork: Engraving - William Henry Bartlett (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Statue Of Liberty

Statue Of Liberty
20th November 1886: The inauguration of Bartholdis Statue of Liberty in New York, USA. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Navarino

Navarino
20th October 1827: The Battle of Navarino during the Greek War of Independence, where the Turkish and Egyptian forces were defeated by the combined fleets of Great Britain, France and Russia

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Malays Of Java

Malays Of Java
circa 1800: Inhabitants of a village on the island of Java, in the Malay Archipelago. One man has a poultry fowl under his arm

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Boat Party

Boat Party
circa 1875: A Japanese woodblock print of a boating party. The women are wearing silk kimonos. Original Artwork: Drawn by Gillot (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Henley Regatta

Henley Regatta
circa 1880: Spectators in punts and enclosures at the Henley Royal Regatta. Original Artwork: Drawn by Arthur Hopkins (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Diagram Of The H. L. Hunley

Diagram Of The H. L. Hunley
Drawing shows a portion of the interior of the H. L. Hunley, a Confederate submersible that became the first submarine to sink an an enemy ship, 1860s. The illustration, probably by William A

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: View Of Calcutta From The Esplanade

View Of Calcutta From The Esplanade
Drawing entitled View of Calcutta from the Esplanade, Calcutta, India, 1850s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Antique illustration of ship

Antique illustration of ship

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Antique illustration of ship

Antique illustration of ship



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