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Nautical Vessel Collection (#52)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Antique illustration of ship

Antique illustration of ship

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Antique illustration of dock

Antique illustration of dock

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Antique illustration of view of the harbor of Marseilles (France)

Antique illustration of view of the harbor of Marseilles (France)
Antique illustration of view of the harbor of the French city of Marseille (or Marseilles in English), in a 19th century drawing by Robert Mols from a one of his paintings

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Antique illustration of harbor of Saint-Malo during low tide (France)

Antique illustration of harbor of Saint-Malo during low tide (France)
Antique illustration of view of the harbor of Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France). In the drawing (by Pierre Vignal from one of his charcoals)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Antique illustration of religious procession in Venice

Antique illustration of religious procession in Venice
Antique illustration of procession for the feast of Saint Anthony in Venice (Italy). The procession of monks and priest is passing by a bridge on one of the canals of Venice (there is also a gondola)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Romantic Paris

Romantic Paris
A courting couple walking on the bank of the Seine, Paris, 1954. (Photo by Fred Van Schagen/BIPs/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Cargo Ship on the Fulton Street Dock

Cargo Ship on the Fulton Street Dock
circa 1918: Workers unload crates and barrels on the Fulton Street dock while men in straw boaters inspect a ship, New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: circa 1909: French Aviator Louis Bleriot

circa 1909: French Aviator Louis Bleriot, the first pilot to fly from Calais to Dover in a monoplane, flies across the English Channel. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: High angle view of the naval ship George Washington returning to New York City at

High angle view of the naval ship George Washington returning to New York City at
1918: High angle view of the naval ship George Washington returning to New York City at the conclusion of World War I. Other ships surround it as it sails into New York Harbor

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Breaking The Ice

Breaking The Ice
circa 1925: Three New Jersey Central tugboats attempt to cross the ice filled Hudson River in the winter, New York City. Spectators watch from the docks

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Ferry At Hudson River Terminal

Ferry At Hudson River Terminal
A ferry boat floats on the icy water of the Hudson River at a terminal in southern Manhattan, New York, New York, circa 1915. The Woolworth Building is visible in the background

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Cannon Street Station

Cannon Street Station
July 1953: Cannon Street Station, viewed from the River Thames, which is the City terminus of the Southern Region and is also connected to the Underground

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Battersea Boats Waiting to be Rowed

Battersea Boats Waiting to be Rowed
23rd June 1952: All-metal rowing boats waiting to be rowed at Battersea Park, London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Union-Castle Liner Rhodesia Castle

Union-Castle Liner Rhodesia Castle
12th October 1951: The Union-Castle Liner Rhodesia Castle in the King George V Dock in London. RHODESIA CASTLE was built in 1951 by Harland & Wolff in Belfast with a tonnage of 17041grt

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: George V Dock Goose-Necked Cranes

George V Dock Goose-Necked Cranes
Goose-necked cranes tower above the George V Dock (1921-1981) at the Port of London. King George V officially opened the dock on 8 July 1921

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: First Festival Lights

First Festival Lights
3rd May 1951: The River Thames is lit up as lights go on in full to mark the opening of the South Bank Festival of Britain Exhibition. (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Goose-Necked Cranes

Goose-Necked Cranes
circa 1950: Goose-necked cranes tower above the George V dock at the Port of London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Three children peer through the fence on a bridge over one of Londons many canals

Three children peer through the fence on a bridge over one of Londons many canals
August 1953: Three children peer through the fence on a bridge over one of Londons many canals. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6625 - London Canals - unpub

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Grand Canal; lone gondolier silhouetted against the dawn as it breaks over the Grand

Grand Canal; lone gondolier silhouetted against the dawn as it breaks over the Grand
15th September 1951: A lone gondolier silhouetted against the dawn as it breaks over the Grand Canal in Venice. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5402 - Venice Party - pub

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Looking Out To Sea

Looking Out To Sea
31st July 1948: American passengers look out to sea from the deck of the Queen Elizabeth as it makes its way to Britain across the Atlantic

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Tugboat At Work; hauling a liner into one of the dockyards on Clydeside

Tugboat At Work; hauling a liner into one of the dockyards on Clydeside
17th July 1954: A tugboat hauls a liner into one of the dockyards on Clydeside. The shipyards are the major employers in the area and, while the demand is high

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: British Fleet

British Fleet
July 1914: An airship, the Gamma, is seen flying over the Royal Yacht as George V reviews the Fleet at Spithead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Royal Train

Royal Train
11th November 1911: The Royal Train, carrying King George V and Queen Mary, arrives at Portsmouth on the first leg of the Royal trip to India to celebrate the Coronation

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Hoisting Locomotive

Hoisting Locomotive
June 1927: A steam locomotive being hoisted on a ship at Newcastle, bound for India. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Loading Locomotive

Loading Locomotive
June 1927: A steam locomotive being hoisted by a crane onto a ship at Newcastle, bound for India. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: GWR Boat Train

GWR Boat Train
May 1908: The Great Western Railway boat train, taking passengers to the Mauretania, leaving Fishguard station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Three-In-One

Three-In-One
A combined car, boat and aeroplane. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Queen Elizabeth

The Queen Elizabeth
1940: The Queen Elizabeth as a troop ship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: US Landing

US Landing
14th September 1943: LST boats are loaded with troops and equipment as the US prepares to invade the docks of Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Almost Ready

Almost Ready
5th March 1936: The great transatlantic passenger liner SS Queen Mary nears completion at a shipyard on Clydebank, Scotland

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Ashes Come Home

The Ashes Come Home
17th July 1929: The liner, the Empress of Scotland, which carried the victorious England team and the Ashes back to Southampton from Australia. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge
circa 1955: A ship passing underneath Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John Roebling, in New York, USA. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
The transatlantic Cunard cruise liner SS Mauretania moored at a British coastal port. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: On Board Bar

On Board Bar
Passengers drinking in one of the bars on board the Cunard liner SS Mauretania as it draws into Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Landfall

Landfall
Passengers on the QE2 line the rails as the ship arrives in New York. (Photo by Stroud/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Metal Ship

Metal Ship
The forbidding stern of the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth towers above the dry dock in Southampton, the worlds largest liner in the worlds largest dry dock

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Greatest Liners

Greatest Liners
Three of the worlds greatest liners, the Cunard vessel Aquitania (left), the White Star vessel Olympic (right) and the USS Leviathan ( former Hamburg America Line vessel Vaterland)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
Crowds on a ferry watching the Cunard liner SS Mauretania draw into Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Bon Voyage

Bon Voyage
American passengers in a tender take a last look at the Cunard liner Mauretania after she drops them in Plymouth and sails on to Cherbourg and Southampton. (Photo by Gill/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
The stern of the Cunard liner SS Mauretania as she nears the coast at Fishguard in Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Shore Leave

Shore Leave
Passengers are transferred from the Cunard liner SS Mauretania to her tender before being transported to shore at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Lone Seamen

Lone Seamen
Two seamen are drawn behind the stern of the Cunard liner SS Mauretania at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Filling The Dock

Filling The Dock
Water pours into the dry dock at Southampton prior to the relaunch of Cunards Berengaria, formerly the Hamburg America liner Imperator. (Photo by A R Coster/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Aquitania Arrival

Aquitania Arrival
Crowds on a ferry watching the arrival of the Cunard liner Aquitania at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Franconia

Franconia
The Cunard cruise liner Franconia, which was destroyed by a U-boat in 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Franconia

The Franconia
Third class passengers of the forward deck of the Cunard cruise liner Franconia, which was destroyed by a U-boat in 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth
The Cunard superliner Queen Elizabeth in dry dock at Southampton, to be fitted with Denny-Brown stabilisers to counteract her roll. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)



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