Dockyard Collection (page 7)

HMS Eagle is launched at the Harland and Wolf dockyard Belfast by Princess Elizabeth

Suez Crisis 1956 The Aircraft Carrier HMS Theseus sails for the Mediterranean from Portsmouth cheared on by the relatives of the soldiers and sailors

Smoke from flares welcomes HMS Invincible return to Portsmouth from the Falklands. September 1982

HMS Vindictive seen here moored at the North Mole in Dover prior to the attack to the harbour at Ostend during World War I to prevent the German Uboats using the harbouras a base to attack the Royal

Canal Zone 1952 The Cruiser HMS Cleopatra and the minelayer HMS Manxman (behind Cleopatra) at the docks in Port Said. In the background can be seen the Suez Canal Company Building

Submarine HMS Conqueror seen here with her crew at her commissioning ceremony

Peter Pearson (centre) a docker waits with other dockers for their allocation of work to their individual gangs at the Docklands in London August 1965

Suez Crisis 1956 Soldiers embarking on the Aircraft Carrier HMS Theseus as it prepares to sail for the Mediterranean from Portsmouth

Earl Mounbatten at the ceremony to hand over the warship HMS Marriner to the Burmese Navy where it wil become the Yanmyoeaung (Conqueror of Evil) 1958

Herring girls unloading barrels of herring at the docks in Great Yarmouth Circa 1930

The people of Great Yarmouth greet the Herring Fishing fleet as it lands its catch on the quayside. Circa 1936

Shipyard workers re caulking a Lowestoft herring boat on stocks in dry dock Circa 1935

Visitors going aboard Lord Nelsons old flagship HMS Victory, new returned to the condition in which it was before the Battle of Trafalgar, on the opening of Navy week at Portsmouth. August 1947

Rafters at work in the Surrey Commercial Docks, The Port of London December 1930

Sailors from minesweepers taking aboard Xmas fare at an East Coast dock. They will spend Christmas as sea

Manchester Liner ships in the docks at Manchester Ship canal June 1967

Trawler in the docks at Manchester ship canal seen through the mist June 1967

The Tall sailing ship Amerigo Vespucci moored in Springfield Quay Glasgow Circa 1970

Container ship Bulk Carrier Essi Kristine launched at Belfast pulled by tug boats November 1967

Ships being loaded and unloaded at the port of Luanda in Angola, Africa Circa 1970

250 ton crane lifting a new turbine for Deptford Power Station. 29th April 1949

Return of SS Great Britain 4th July 1970

Lifeboats which have been damaged by coastal gales being overhauled by workmen at a London lifeboat dock. 24th January 1937

New system in use on the Clyde. Line-throwing gun which throws a light weight line which is then attached to heavy hawsers and the ships and tugs are quickly tied together. 13th August 1954

Liner SS Karanja being constructed by Alexander Stephen and Son Ltd, Glasgow, for use in New Zealand. January 1948

Norwegian Steamer Bataan, Norways largest merchant ship, receives a new figurehead in port at Liverpool. 23rd June 1949

Princess Anne seen watching the demonstration at St. Katherines Dock in London. June 1977 R77-3246-004

Builders at work on the new extension at Southampton docks, 1932 Alf 239

Training young riveters at a Scottish Shipyard during the Second world war. May 1942 P011680

Women riveters at work at a Scottish Shipyard. March 1942 P011683

The Oriana after being launched at Barrow by Princess Alexandra. 3rd November 1959

Liner SS Karanja being constructed by Alexander Stephen and Son Ltd, Glasgow, for use in New Zealand, January 1948

"Aby"of Fleetwood, the first post War trawler built at Beverley, Hull
" Aby" of Fleetwood, the first post War trawler built at Beverley, Hull, being launched broadside into the river Hull. 21st September 1945

Aerial view showing ork on the new extension at Southampton docks, 1932 Alf 239

General view at Southampton docks showing potatoes from Jersey being unloaded, 1932 Alf 241

Two foreman, upon whom the efficiency of any shipyard belongs, scrutinize, with shrewd, experienced eyes, construction of a new ship for a foreign nation. Circa 1950 P018793

General Scenes and Craftsmen in and around Yorkshire taken by photographer Humphrey Spender. August 1936 OL301C-010

Un Vieux Chantier aRochester (The Old Dock-yard at Rochester)
Un Vieux Chantier a Rochester (The Old Dock-yard at Rochester)

Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Nasmyths patent steam hammer, 1844. Diagram of the...novel machine, which has just been set to work at the Royal Dock-yard, Devonport [in Devon]

Embarkation of Her Majesty, at Woolwich, 1844. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
Embarkation of Her Majesty, at Woolwich, 1844. Her Majesty [Queen Victoria], Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal, embanked at Woolwich Dockyard on Monday morning

Launch of the "Boscawen"at Woolwich, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Launch of the " Boscawen" at Woolwich, 1844. Crowds cheer as the warship HMS Boscawen is launched on the River Thames in London:ranges of seats

H M Dockyard, Bermuda - A Floating Dock
H M Dockyard, Hamilton Bermuda - A Floating Dock, containing the HMS Psyche. Date: circa 1908

Floating H. M.s Sultan out of dock 1870
Launch of H.M.S Sultan of Her Majestys ship Sultan, at Chatham Dockyard with crowds watching, most powerful ironclad afloat (at the time). Date: 1870

Floating dock, Deptford 1820
Floating dock, Deptford, London. Date: 1820

H. M.s Marlborough, training college for Naval Engineer
H.M.S Marlborough, the new training college for Naval Engineer for students at Portsmouth. Date: 1877

PORTSMOUTH / ROYAL YACHT
Portsmouth, Hampshire: harbour and dockyard, with Edward VIIs yacht at the jetty Date: 1904

CHINA CLAY / DOCKYARD
Transporting China Clay from Charlestown, near St Austell, Cornwall, to the docks. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

WOOLWICH DOCKYARD 1772
A busy scene at Woolwich dockyard. Date: 1772

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