Boat Collection (#5)

Lounge, RMS Olympic BL24990_005
Looking forward in the lounge, RMS Olympic, White Star Line, 1920-21. The Olympic was sister ship to the ill-fated Titanic and Britannic

Japan, Cat island, Aoshima island
Japan, Shikoku island, Ehime region, Aoshima island, Cat island

A Chinook helicopter and a Royal Marine rigid-inflatable boat (RIB), off Studland Bay, Dorset, UK

Waterboat Point, Paradise Bay
Photographer: Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe (1901-1976). Expedition: British Expedition to Graham Land 1920-22. Date: 1921. View from Cape site at Waterboat Point, looking towards Lemaire Island

SS Africa at Tilbury Docks, September 1915
A British cargo ship used to transport GWR built ambulance carriages to France during WW1. It was sunk on 16th September 1915 by a German mine off the coast of Kent

Brownsea Island EPW041058
Brownsea Island, Studland, Dorset. Montague Grahame-Whites steam yacht Alacrity and Brownsea Island from the east. Photographed in April 1933 by Aerofilms Ltd

Southend Pier EAW017029
The Southend Pier Prince George Extension, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, viewed from the south

Townscape, Stadtsee lake, Lychen, Uckermark district, Brandenburg, Germany

Rusting, decaying old fishing boat, Reykjanesskagi, Southern Peninsula or Reykjanes, Iceland

Chew Valley Lake JEH_22048_032
Chew Valley Lake Sailing Club, Somerset. The reservoir at Chew Valley was opened in 1956 to provide drinking water for Bristol. Opportunities were soon taken to use the lake for leisure activities

Panaoramic view of boats at Nyhavn Quay in Copenhagen, Denmark
Coloured houses and boats at Nyhavn Quay in Copenhagen, Denmark

Historical Center of Prague, Czech Republic, Eastern Europe

Whitehall Palace, 1707 6C_WHI_1707
Whitehall, Westminster, London. Whitehall Palace was the main royal residence in London between 1530 and 1698. Engraving dated 1707

Wreck at Fidlers Reach EAW143996
River Thames, London November 1964. The capsized German Cargo Vessel " Magdeburg" laden with buses bound for Cuba. A collision with the " Yamashiro Maru" caused the wreck

Shipwreck at St Merryn EAW200562
The wreck of the tanker " Hemsley I" at Fox Cove, St Merryn, Cornwall. September 1969. The vessel went ashore here on 12th May 1969 en route from Liverpool to Antwerp. Aerofilms Collection

Serpentine, Hyde Park 64R_HYD_1814_S
MAYSON BEETON COLLECTION. Woodcut. Hyde Park, London. The Representation of a Seafight on the Serpentine River, in commemoration of Peace in 1814

Maritime Hartlepool EAW695745
HMS Trincomalee and PSS Wingfield Castle docked at Hartlepool. Trincomalee was laid down in Bombay, India in 1812. The Wingfield Castle is a paddle steamer built at Hartlepool and launched in 1934

The Coxswain of the Aldeburgh lifeboat, Charlie Mann, with a catch of herrings. 28 September 1925

Lifeboat crew and shore boat, Selsey
13th January 1962. Chichester Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 1035

Ohio River at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s
Riverboats loading at the Ohio River levee in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

St. Elmos fire on a sailing ship
Saint Elmos fire, an electrical phenomenon, on a ships masts. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

First Atlantic crossing by steamship, 1819
American paddlewheeler " Savannah, " the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, 1819. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

New Archangel, Russian town in Alaska, now called Sitka
Sitka, or New Archangel, capital of Alaska in 1869, when purchased from Russia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

New York harbor, 1850s
New York City, viewed from Brooklyn, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Swedish colonists on the Delaware River
Swedes Church and house of Sven Sener on the Delaware River, colonial Pennsylvania. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Baghdad straddling the Tigris River. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863
Rebel attack on Union gunboats at Galveston, Texas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A pause for more pleasure, 1951
Players Navy Cut large rectangular counter-card featuring a reproduction of Van Jones painting depicting a lady in a coastal scene holding a lit cigarette with a red bicycle next to her

Storck - Dutch Shipping in a River N070598
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Dutch Shipping in a River" by Abraham STORCK (1644-1704). WM 1642-1948. Provisionally Spanish Royal Collection. Captured at Vitoria 1813

Newport Docks
Discharging raw sugar at Alexandra Docks

St Ias Church, St Ives a98_04734
ST IAs CHURCH, St Ives, Cornwall. The east end of the early 15th-century church of St Ia, St Ives, seen from the harbour. A boat is pulled up in the foreground

Cliveden ferry CC72_01262
CLIVEDEN FERRY, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. The ferryman is ready to take two men and a boy across the river. The man seated on the side of the boat holds a camera

Wrecks, Elmley Ferry N100303
ELMLEY FERRY, Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent. View of two beached ship wrecks

England, Northumberland, Alnmouth. Boats on the tidal Aln Estuary at Alnmouth. The hill in the distance is known as Church Hill

Roman galley N100094
PORTCHESTER CASTLE, Hampshire

Sailing boat a002064
SAILING BOAT, Southend on Sea, Essex. A small sailing boat turning in the wind off Southend-on-Sea. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings. Date range: 1945 - 1965

Crome - The Yarmouth Water Frolic K991018
KENWOOD HOUSE, THE IVEAGH BEQUEST, London. " The Yarmouth Water Frolic" c.1821 by John CROME and John Berney CROME

Grimsby Docks 1933 EPW042806
GRIMSBY DOCKS, Lincolnshire. Aerial view, August 1933. This view shows Alexandra Dock, with the Victoria Mills, a moored sailing barge and Corporation Bridge to the right

The Floating Harbour, Bristol. 1921 EPW005446
FLOATING HARBOUR, Bristol. Aerial view. Steamer docked in the floating harbour opposite a transit warehouse and railway goods yard, March 1921

Gysels - A Flemish Village: the River Landing Stage N070602
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " A Flemish Village: the River Landing Stage" by Peeter GYSELS (1621-1690), school of Brueghel. Spanish Royal Collection. Captured by Wellington at Vitoria 1813

Boatyard, Norfolk BB99_01083
F B Wilds Boatyard, Horning, Norfolk. Interior view. Two boats at different stages of construction, and a parked moped. Photographed by Hallam Ashley 1963

A Shipwreck N070540
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " A Shipwreck". Studio replica after Claude Joseph VERNET (1714-89). WM 1575-1948. Provisionally Spanish Royal Collection, captured at Vitoria 1813

Scarborough a99_00348
SCARBOROUGH, North Yorkshire. Fishing boats moored in the old harbour, looking towards the town with the castle dominating the hill behind the town. Photographed by Hallam Ashley c.1959

Fishing boats a98_10882
GREAT YARMOUTH, Norfolk. Fishing boats entering the harbour mouth. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in November 1947

Lambeth Suspension Bridge CC73_00496
LAMBETH SUSPENSION BRIDGE, London. The bridge was constructed across the River Thames in 1861-2. In the foreground a crane unloads bricks from a barge onto a horse drawn cart

Thames boathouse BL11138
THE ISLET, Court Road, Maidenhead Court, Berkshire. Looking over the backwater at the end of the garden towards the boathouse attached to the main house. Electric launch in the foreground

London Docks a065076
LONDON DOCKS. The view between two moored ships to a passenger ship behind. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

Berney Arms Windmill J850090
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL, Norfolk Broads. General view with river and boats

London Docks a064927
LONDON DOCKS. Ships and barges moored at the docks with cranes overhead, a warning sign hanging on chains in the foreground. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

Canary Wharf N080011
CANARY WHARF, London. View from Hungerford Footbridge towards Canary Wharf, Docklands

The launch of the RMS Aquitania BL22100_027
RMS AQUITANIA. Launch, April 21st, 1913. The Aquitania was the third of the Cunard Line express ocean liners (after the Mauretania and Lusitania), and the last four-stack liner to be built

Tower of London engraving N070831
TOWER OF LONDON. The South View of the Tower of London by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck, 1737

Scarborough Castle engraving N070749
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE, North Yorkshire. The Castle and Town of Scarborough as they appear a quarter of a mile from the Spaw by Samuel and Nathaniel Buck

Marble Hill House J870560
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. View of the house from the River Thames

River Thames 21760_09
RIVER THAMES, London. Aerial view. The River Thames has always been of major importance to the City of London. It provided water (of varying quality), and a means of transportation and communication

Shipwreck at Saltwick Bay K020590
SALTWICK BAY, North Yorkshire. View of a shipwreck and Black Nab Rock on the sea shore. The wreck is of the Admiral van Tromp, a fishing vessel wrecked in 1976

Oxford boats K991458
RIVER CHERWELL, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Rowing boats moored at Magdalen Bridge

Poros Island at sunset time, Argolida, Peloponnese, Greece

Amazing night photo with milky way, stars and bright galaxy view pattern. Milky Way over the sandy beach with palm trees

Oil Rig on the river Tees JLP01_08_099192
Graythorp, Hartlepool. An aerial view of tug boats towing the oil platform Graythorp I along the Tees Estuary away from Graythorp

General views of Sutton Harbour, Plymouth, Devon. 13th April 1961

Cunard line steamship SS Ascania. 11th August 1958

Anchored on the Medway DIX02_01_189
Sailing vessels including a tall ship at anchor on the River Medway below Rochester Bridge, Kent. Photographed by J Dixon Scott between 1925 and 1935

Exmouth Beach, Devon, July 1923
A GWR publicity view of Exmouth Beach, looking south east along the coast of Devon, in July 1923. The water is full of small boats and people are gathered towards the far end of the beach

Bungalows at Exmouth, Devon, July 1923
A GWR publicity view of seaside bungalows at Exmouth in Devon, July 1923. Each bungalow has direct access to the water via a ladder which leads down to boats waiting below

Polruan, Cornwall, May 1949
View of the Cornish fishing village Polruan, May 1949. The Polruan-Fowey ferry landing can be seen in the image and a number of small fishing boats are moored up in the Fowey Estuary

Timber Barque off Pendennis, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, 1897. Henry Scott Tuke was born into a Quaker family in Lawrence Street, York

Picture No. 12479326
Fishing Boats in Pittenweem Harbour, Fife, Scotland Date:

Old Kea Creek, Kea, Cornwall. Early 1900s
A boating party of three ladies look towards the photographers camera at high tide, on a hot summers day. The tower of Old Kea parish church can be glimpsed through the trees

The Interior Of The Rms Aquitania. From The Romance Of The Merchant Ship, Published 1931

Cadgwith Cove, Cornwall, England

539 Assault Squadron performing a beach assault
Pictured are Royal Marines and Royal Navy Personnel from 539 Assault Squadron performing a beach assault from an Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) in Harstad, Norway

Katherine Gorge, Nitmiluk National Park, Northern Territory

A wolfpack of German U-Boat submarines travelling across a calm Atlantic Ocean by moonlight

Broadstairs Beach
1865: The promenade at Broadstairs, Kent from the towns beach where several fishing boats are moored. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

King Harry Ferry, Feock, Cornwall. After 1888
King Harry Ferry in mid-stream from the Philleigh side. The steam driven chain ferry was introduced in 1888. Photographer: Unknown

A sail into the sunset near Hillarys Boat Harbour, Perth

The Beach At Cannes
Sunbathers on a deck in front of the beach outside the Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France in August 1948. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

France-Nuclear Testing-Rainbow Warrior
The French frigate " Vandemaire" (foreground) shadows " Rainbow Warrior" (R) and " Greenpeace" (L), two ships of the environmental pressure group Greenpeace

Sailing-France-Tradition-Gulf-Week
Traditionnal old ships sail on May 22, 2009, in the Gulf of Morbihan western France, during a meeting of tall ships named " La Semaine du Golfe" (Gulfs week)

USA-Tall Ships-HMS Bounty
The " HMS Bounty" sails past the Chicago skyline 30 July, 2003 as the city of Chicago hosts the largest " Tall Ship" festival ever in the Great Lakes

Hastings Beach
The seafront at Hastings, Sussex, circa 1900. Drawn up on the beach are wheeled bathing huts and rowing boats. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Italian air armada arrives in Londonderry. General Balbo and the 23 Savoia-Marchetti SM
Italian air armada arrives in Londonderry

A group of fishermen from Saltburn by the Sea, a small seaside town on the English north east coast, just south of its larger neighbour, Redcar. Early 1900s Fish where the fish are!

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"Journey through Time: The Enduring Symbolism of the Boat" Step aboard as we embark on a captivating voyage through history, exploring the profound significance of boats. From South Shields LNER poster (1923-1947) to London Docks in 1958, these vessels have left an indelible mark on our collective consciousness. Like Hokusai's iconic "The Great Wave off Kanagawa, " boats ride atop mighty waves, symbolizing resilience and courage in the face of adversity. They embody humanity's eternal struggle against nature's forces, reminding us that even amidst chaos, hope prevails. London Docks (1958 EAW071687) capture bustling maritime activity; ships laden with dreams and aspirations docked at their final destination. These docks were witness to countless stories - tales of trade, exploration, and human connection woven into their very fabric. In contrast, an engraving of Marble Hill House J900203 transports us to serene waters where leisurely boat rides offer solace from the demands of everyday life. Here lies a reminder that they are not solely vehicles for commerce but also gateways to tranquility and escape. Dunbar Wharf in Limehouse (a002456) reveals a gritty reality; its weathered boats tell tales of laborious work along London's waterways. A testament to human ingenuity and perseverance against industrial backdrops - they speak volumes about our ability to adapt and thrive amidst change. DE JONGH’s depiction of Old London Bridge K080027 showcases a time when bridges were integral parts journeys – connecting communities physically while fostering unity metaphorically. Boats became symbols bridging divides between people separated by vast expanses. Pilgrims' ship Mayflower at sea (1620), Sutton Hoo ship burial J910330 or Jesus calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee depict moments where boats transcend mere transportation devices – becoming vessels of hope, faith, and salvation.