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Shipbuilder Collection

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Clydside Docks; Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky

Clydside Docks; Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky
17th July 1954: Cranes and seagulls silhouetted against the sky at a dockyard on the River Clyde in Scotland. The shipyards are the major employers of the area and, while the demand is high

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding
circa 1910: Painting the side of a ship in a shipyard at Belfast. (Photo by F J Mortimer/Getty Images)

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Engraving: Shipbuilding

Engraving: Shipbuilding
Engraved illustrations of the Theory of Shipbuilding from Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art, Published in 1851. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Installing Turbines

Installing Turbines
circa 1911: Huge turbine engines being hoisted into position for fitting to the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania during her construction at a Clydebank shipyard owned by John Brown and Company

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Skeleton Ship

Skeleton Ship
circa 1911: The inner bottom and midship framing of the Cunard liner Aquitania during construction at John Brown and Companys Clydebank Yard

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: The Olympic

The Olympic
The stern of the Cunard liner Olympic at the Harland and Wolff yard, Belfast, just prior to her launch. Known as Old Reliable, she was the sister ship of the Titanic and Britannic

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Titanic In Dry Dock

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

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Floating Dock

Floating Dock
Antique illustration of a Floating Dock

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Engraving of Naval Vessel Monitor

Engraving of Naval Vessel Monitor
An engraving of American engineer and inventor John Ericssons (1803 - 1889) transverse section of the naval vessel Monitor through the center of the turret, 19th Century

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Naval Vessel Monitor

Naval Vessel Monitor
An engraving of American engineer and inventor John Ericssons (1803 - 1889) side elevation and deck plan of the naval vessel, Monitor, 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding
circa 1910: The Mauretania under construction at John Brown and Co Ltd shipyard on Clydeside. John Browns shipyards were the most famous on Clydeside and produced many liners

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: St Lawrence Shipyard

St Lawrence Shipyard
1859: Several sailing ships and at least one vessel under construction on the St Lawrence River at Quebec. (Photo by William England/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: The Aquitania

The Aquitania
circa 1912: The Cunard liner Aquitania under construction at the John Brown & Company shipyard, Clydebank. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Concrete Ship

Concrete Ship
July 1918: Steel bars are in position ready for the concrete during the building of a concrete ship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Concrete Ship

Concrete Ship
July 1918: Scaffolding and wooden casing in position when building a concrete ship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Ships Propeller

Ships Propeller
May 1924: Men at work on the propellers of the merchant ship Mauretania during her refitting in the dry dock at Cherbourg

Background imageShipbuilder Collection: Barrow Launch

Barrow Launch
27th September 1927: The launch of the TSS Oxford at the Vickers shipyard in Barrow-In Furness. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder Collection: Riveting Work during the construction of the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania

Riveting Work during the construction of the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania
circa 1911: Construction workers using hydraulic riveting machinery during the construction of the Cunard luxury liner Aquitania at the Clydebank shipyard owned by John Brown & Company

Background imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder 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 imageShipbuilder 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)


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