Dockyard Collection (#12)

Ship Building In Amsterdam, The Netherlands In 1831. From Geschiedenis Van Nederland, Published 1936

The band of the Chatham Royal Marines plays to the frigate HMS Crossbow as it comes in to dock April 1960

HMS Lion during its Commissioning Ceremony at Wallsend Shipyard 1960

Cardiff Docks January 1936 The Windjammer looks a sorry sight with no wind

HMS Lion during its Commissioning Ceremony at Wallsend Shipyard 1960

Ships Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Glory July 1953 Crowds gather on the quayside to welcome HMS Glory back to Portsmouth after returning from Korean waters

A US sailors about to drop one of the US Iowa anchors as it docks at Portsmouth July 1955

Part of the fishing fleet unloading their catch at the fish market at Aberdeen Harbour June 1932

Unloading Foodships at the Royal Albert Docks, London, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Unloading Foodships at the Royal Albert Docks, London, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

Chatham, Kent, 1860. Artist: E Finden
Chatham, Kent, 1860

Malta - Dockyard Creek, Grand Harbour, Valletta Date: circa 1910s

Board game, The Dockyard, or Table Shipbuilding, by Mrs Alliston - Yacht. 19th century

Board game box lid, The Dockyard, or Table Shipbuilding, by Mrs Alliston. 19th century

The Last of the Royal Yacht - Victoria and Albert
Photograph of the Royal yacht, Victoria and Albert being broken up in Portsmouth Dockyard, being, now quite out of date. The yacht as it was three years before is shown in the top photograph

Everards Ship Yard at Greenhithe on the River Thames. 10 June 1947

Aerial view of Greenhithe, Kent overlooking Everards shipyard, HMS Worcester and the industrial valley of the river Thames. 18 December 1958

HMS Cleopatra at Devonport frigate complex, Plymouth, Devon, 1977. The Devonport frigate complex was completed in 1977 and continues to provide a covered refitting facility for frigates

Rivetting, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Rivetting, 1941. Men at work in the shipyard. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Army behind the Fleets, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Army behind the Fleets, 1941. Men crowd the gangplanks as they leave the dockyard after a hard day working on the military ships. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton

Kiel - Giant floating crane of the Germania Shipbuilding Yards, 1931. Artist: Kurt Hielscher
Kiel - Giant floating crane of the Germania Shipbuilding Yards, 1931. From Deutschland by Kurt Hielscher. [F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1931]

Woolwich Dockyard from the Thames, c1750, (1912). Artists: Unknown, John Boydell
Woolwich Dockyard from the Thames, c1750, (1912). From London - South of the Thames, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1912]

On his way to North Africa for the historic Three-Power Conference at Cairo (Nov. 22-26, 1943) Mr. Churchill spent two days at Malta, 1943-44

Pembroke Dockyard and Milford Haven, 1884. From The Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine Volume I [The Illustrated London News, London, 1884]

Paris, c1900, (1903). Artist: Frederic Houbron
Paris, c1900. After a work by Frederic Houbron (1851-1908). From The Studio Volume 28 [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1903.]

Landing Stage, Liverpool Docks

Dock Yard, Sheerness, Kent, 1830. Artist: T Garner
Dock Yard, Sheerness, Kent, 1830. Situated on the Isle of Sheppey at the mouth of the River Medway, Sheerness was a Royal Navy dockyard from 1669 until 1960, when it closed

The cover of The Illustrated London News, 17th April 1875. Artist: JR Wells
The cover of The Illustrated London News, 17th April 1875. Commissioned in 1877, the Alexandra was a broadside ironclad battleship

Tsar Peter I of Russia working on an East Indiaman, Amsterdam docks, Netherlands, 1697 (c1870). Artist: W Steelink
Tsar Peter I of Russia working on an East Indiaman, Amsterdam docks, Netherlands, 1697 (c1870). The Tsar was given the opportunity to gain practical experience in the largest shipyard in the world

Dockyard workshops and waterfront, Gibraltar, 20th century

The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934 (1935). Artist: John Brown & Company
The ocean liner RMS Queen Mary, Clydebank, Glasgow, 1934 (1935). Built by John Brown & Co on Clydeside for the Cunard White Star Line, the 81

Montreal, Canada, 19th century

Gibraltar - The Dockyard, 1900. [E. Schreiber G. M.B.H, Stuttgart, 1812]

Docks of San Francisco, (19th century), 1920s
Docks of San Francisco. Near the ancient square of San Francisco and the convent with the same name. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal

Customs house and wharves, Havana, Cuba, 1841, [c1910]
Customs house and wharves, Havana, Cuba, 1841. Cigar card from the History of Cuba, Geografico Universal, Propaganda de los Cigarros Susini y La Corona, Tabacalera Cubana

Loading cotton onto a ship, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, c1900s. Published by The Acmegraph Co. (Chicago)

Strand Street, Liverpool, c1880. Artist: H Ray
Strand Street, Liverpool, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

The Imports of Great Britain from France... 1757.Artist: LP Boitard
The Imports of Great Britain from France: Humbly address d to the laudable association of anti-gallicans, and the generous promoters of the British Arts

Breaking up the hospital ship Dreadnought at Chatham dockyard, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, (23 January 1875)

The Queen at the Launch of Trafalgar, 1841, (1900). Queen Victoria launches HMS Trafalgar, a warship of 120 guns, at Woolwich, 21 June 1841

Splendid Jem amongst the convicts in the Naval Dock Yard at Chatham, Kent, 1821. Artist: Isaac Robert Cruikshank
Splendid Jem, once a dashing hero in the Metropolis, recognised by Tom amongst the convicts in the Naval Dock Yard at Chatham, 1821

Bermuda - Dockyard - looking south
HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majestys Dockyard) - the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War - looking south Date: circa 1910s

Launch of the Hannibal steamship, 1854
The launch of the HMSS Hannibal screw steamship on 31st January 1854 at Deptford Dockyard. The ship served in the Crimean War. Date: 1854

Wreck of the Royal George
The HMS Royal George was built at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1756, and sank whilst anchored off Portsmouth on 29 August 1782. Date: 1782

Blowing up of the Royal George
Wreck of the HMS Royal George blown up after failure of the attempts to raise her. Date: 1782

Admiralty Pier, Dockyard, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1908

The Cambre - Dockyard, Bermuda - note the fine example of a floating dry dock (left). Date: circa 1909

Istanbul, Turkey - Scene from Naval Dockyard - light railway. Date: 1923

Valletta, Malta - Dockyard Creek. Date: 1923

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