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Steamboat Collection (page 3)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Dock Opening

Dock Opening
1927: The SS Galantez at the opening of the Gladstone Docks at Liverpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Liner On Trial

Liner On Trial
16th September 1935: The P&O liner SS Strathmore, anchored off Gourock, after she had completed her speed trials and attained 22 knots

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Aboard Lusitania

Aboard Lusitania
December 1911: Passengers on board British Cunard liner Lusitania. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Lusitania

Lusitania
circa 1914: The British steamship, Lusitania sunk by a German submarine on the 7th May 1915 with the loss of 1198 lives. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS United States

SS United States
1952: Cheering crowds lining the quayside as the record breaking liner, SS United States arrives in Southampton. She crossed the Atlantic in record time on her maiden voyage. (Photo by M)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Canadian Liner

Canadian Liner
31st October 1928: Canadian Pacific Atlantic liner, Empress of France leaves Southampton for Hong Kong to replace the Empress of Canada which is returning to Clydeside for refitting

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage
1st June 1928: Canadian Pacific Railways liner, Duchess of Bedford by Liverpool landing stage at the start of her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: USS Roosevelt

USS Roosevelt
January 1923: The USS President Roosevelt at Southampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: In For Repairs

In For Repairs
1st July 1929: German liner the 48, 000 ton Bremen in a floating dock at Southampton where she will have her hull painted. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Laconia

SS Laconia
1st May 1922: SS Laconia leaving Southampton docks with the help of a tug. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Cable Layer

Cable Layer
10th October 1935: Residents of Greenwich, London, waving goodye to the Dominia a cable laying ship on its way to work in the Mediterranean. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Ready For Passengers

Ready For Passengers
10th July 1947: The Queen Mary at Southampton after her refitting at the end of WW II during which she was used as a troopship

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Majestic

SS Majestic
16th January 1933: White Star liner, Majestic being manoeuvred into dry dock in Southampton for her annual overhaul. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Little Venice, Bamberg

Little Venice, Bamberg
Little Venice part of Bamberg. Bamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany, located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Klein-Venedig, Bamberg

Klein-Venedig, Bamberg
Klein-Venedig, Little Venice, a colony of picturesque fishermens houses from the 19th century along one side of the river Regnitz, in Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Ocean liner with tug boats

Ocean liner with tug boats
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Ocean liner with tug boats. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat Collection: The Queen Elizabeth

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

Background imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat 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 imageSteamboat 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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