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Nautical Vessel Collection (page 53)

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)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Scottish Shipbuilding

Scottish Shipbuilding
An inspection of the midship framing forming the hull of the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania, under construction at the Clydebank shipyard owned by John Brown & Company

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Campania

The Campania
The Cunard liner RMS Campania, built in Glasgow in 1892. She served at the Battle of Jutland, and sank in 1918 after a collision with the HMS Revenge whilst serving as an aircraft carrier

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Speedy Royal

Speedy Royal
29th November 1968: The newly launched liner, Queen Elizabeth II undergoing speed trials off the Isle of Arran before being handed over to the Cunard Line on 19th December

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Lancastria

Lancastria
20th October 1936: Crowds gather to see the 16, 243 ton Cunard cruise liner Lancastria, grounded in the River Mersey off Egremont

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
20th September 1909: Workmen on the gangplank of the Cunard liner SS Mauretania at Fishguard Docks, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Aquitania Launch

Aquitania Launch
1914: The launch of the massive liner Aquitania, the last of Cunards Big Three. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Abandoning Ship

Abandoning Ship
30th August 1909: Passengers transfer from the Cunard liner SS Mauretania to the ships tender, before reaching the shore at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Sharp Prow

Sharp Prow
circa 1935: The sharp angled prow of the Cunard liner SS Aquitania against a cloudy sky. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Lusitania Sunk

Lusitania Sunk
7th May 1915: The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner Lusitania by a German submarine off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. 128 US citizens lost their lives

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Cunard Liner Chains

Cunard Liner Chains
27th April 1936: The lengthy chains of the Cunard Liner Aquitania are laid out in the bottom of the dry dock at Southampton while the liner is overhauled. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Caronia

The Caronia
14th May 1947: The new Cunard liner Caronia, under construction at Clydebank. The Caronia weighed 34, 183 gross tons and was capable of carrying her 930 passengers at a speed of 22 knots.The Caronia

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Queen Mary

Queen Mary
3rd March 1936: The giant Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary in her fitting-out basin at Clydebank, Glasgow, where she is nearing completion

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Lusitania

The Lusitania
14th September 1909: The Cunard liner the Lusitania arrives at Fishguard. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Aquitania

The Aquitania
16th June 1920: The Cunard liner, the Aquitainia, in her pre-war paint, after being transformed from a coal to an oil-burning vessel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Scottish Shipbuilding

Scottish Shipbuilding
29th May 1913: The Cunard luxury liner Aquitania under construction at John Brown & Companys Clydebank yard. The Aquitania took three years to build and was launched in 1914 weighing 45

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Building Aquitania

Building Aquitania
21st December 1911: The Cunard luxury liner Aquitania under construction at John Brown & Companys shipyard at Clydebank near Glasgow

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Shipbuilding Yard

Shipbuilding Yard
circa 1911: Construction of the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania at John Brown & Companys Clydebank shipyard. The Aquitania took three years to build and was launched in 1914 weighing 45

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Walking On Gangway

Walking On Gangway
December 1911: Passengers on British Cunard liner Lusitanias gangway on arrival. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Rough Seas

Rough Seas
1st June 1912: Rough seas seen from the deck of the Cunard liner Lusitania, which was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915 with great loss of life. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Building A Liner

Building A Liner
circa 1911: The Cunard luxury liner Aquitania under construction at John Brown & Companys Clydebank shipyard. The Aquitania took three years to build and was launched in 1914 weighing 45

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Mauretania

SS Mauretania
circa 1925: Cunards first sailing ship Mauretania (the second Mauretania had her maiden voyage in 1939) which held the Blue Riband for 22 years and was painted white in the early thirties

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Olympic

SS Olympic
circa 1929: The Cunard White Star liner Olympic built in 1911. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Olympic

SS Olympic
circa 1929: The Cunard White Star liner Olympic, built in 1911. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Scottish Shipyard

Scottish Shipyard
circa 1911: The Cunard luxury liner Aquitania surrounded by scaffolding while under construction at the Clydebank shipyard owned by John Brown & Company

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: After The Launch

After The Launch
27th September 1938: The Cunard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth approaching the fitting out basin after being launched at the John Brown shipyard in Clydebank, Glasgow

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: New Dock

New Dock
19th October 1932: The Cunard liner Mauretania being towed into the West Dock, Southampton for her annual overhaul after the summer season. She is the first liner to use this facility

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: High And Dry

High And Dry
19th August 1948: Cunard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth in dock for refitting prior to its return to commercial use after being used as a troopship during WW II

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Andania

SS Andania
12th August 1913: The SS Andania which was built for Cunards London-Canada service in the Surrey commercial docks. She was later sunk by mines off the Sussex coast

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Andania

SS Andania
12th August 1913: The SS Andania which was built for Cunards London-Canada service in the Surrey commercial docks. She was later sunk by mines off the Sussex coast

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Imperator

The Imperator
circa 1910: The Imperator, a ship bigger than the Titanic, has been launched by Kaiser Wilhelm II. It is the largest ship in the world. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Olympic Launch

Olympic Launch
The launch of the 883-foot-long White Star liner Olympic from the Harland and Wolff yard, Belfast. Known as Old Reliable, she was the sister ship of the Titanic and Britannic

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Olympic

The Olympic
circa 1911: The White Star liner Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic, dressed with signal flags. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Titanic Lifeboats

Titanic Lifeboats
Lifeboats on board the SS Titanic. When the liner sank in the Atlantic after hitting an iceberg there were only enough lifeboats on board to hold a third of the passengers and crew

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Titanic

The Titanic
1912: The ill-fated White Star liner RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Mutinous Crew

Mutinous Crew
circa 1912: Crowds gather to watch the mutinous crew of the SS Olympus going into court. The Olympus was the sister ship to the Titanic, and the crew refused to sail following the disaster

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Titanic

The Titanic
February 1912: The ill-fated White Star liner, the Titanic at Harland and Wolffs shipyard, Belfast. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Titanic In Dry Dock

Titanic In Dry Dock
The ill-fated White Star liner, Titanic, in dry dock at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast, February 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: The Titanic

The Titanic
The SS Titanic, leaving Belfast to start her trials, pulled by tugs, shortly before her disastrous maiden voyage of April 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Map Reference

Map Reference
4th April 1912: Latitude 41 46N and longitude 50 14W, the place where the Titanic sank. Original Publication: The Graphic - pub. 1912 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: SS Olympic

SS Olympic
The White Star liner, and sister ship of the recently sunk Titanic, S.S. Olympic having its cargo unloaded at Southampton Docks

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Titanic Wait at Plymouth Dock

Titanic Wait at Plymouth Dock
27th April 1912: Crowds wait at Plymouth dock for the arrival of the Lapland, after the Titanic disaster. The luxury steamship RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Titanic Survivors

Titanic Survivors
29th April 1912: Survivors of the Titanic disaster board a GWR (Great Western Railway) ferry at Plymouth after arriving in England on the SS Lapland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Titanic Survivors

Titanic Survivors
August 1912: Survivors of the Titanic disaster arrive at Plymouth on board the SS Lapland and are transferred to a waiting tug. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Britannic Launch

Britannic Launch
The launch of the White Star liner Britannic from Belfast. The sister ship of the Olympic and Titanic, she sunk in the Aegean Sea on November 21st, 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageNautical Vessel Collection: Coming To America

Coming To America
Image shows passengers and immigrants on the B and C decks towards the aft of the White Star liner RMS Olympic (sister of Titanic) as she sits in port and they await processing, New York, late 1920s



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