Shipping Collection

R Ms Chusan P and O Line Ocean liners Shipping
R, M, S, Chusan, P, and, O, Line, Ocean, liners, Shipping, Watercolour, painting, J, Nicholson, 12022490

Cunard line steamship SS Ascania. 11th August 1958

Ships - Sailing Ships - Penang - June 1935, with sailor at the wheel

Ships: "Empress of Canada". August 1948 P005444
Ships: " Empress of Canada". August 1948 P005444

USA - Charles Wyman Morse Pleasureboat - The C W Morse pleasureboat. Charles Wyman Morse (October 21, 1856 January 12, 1933)

Source Size = 3785 x 2075
H.M.s. " transit" on the Rocks Off Cape Oelar, Banca Island

Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd yard February 1959. Workers at the launch of the Regent Eagle Texaco oil tanker

Union-Castle Line
Poster advertising the Union-Castle Line, a shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

Kiss of the Oceans - Atlantic meets Pacific - Panama Canal
The Kiss of the Oceans - The Atlantic meets the Pacific due to the construction of The Panama Canal - A lovely allegorical card relating to this phenomenal engineering project

Union-Castle shipping line poster
Poster advertising the Union Castle shipping lines services to South and East Africa via the Canary Islands and Madeira featuring a big ship forging through the waves

Anchor Line Poster for ship travel between Gibraltar, Egypt and India with an elephant

Union-Castle Line poster
South and East Africa, Madeira and the Canaries with the Union-Castle Line offering a fast mail service and an address for the head office in Fenchurch Street, London

New Zealand travel poster
Poster produced by the Shaw, Saville and Albion Line advertising their passenger liners to New Zealand via the Panama Canal

The wreck of the collier Bessie, with all that remains of the wrecked Vulture in the surf beyond, Carbis Bay, Lelant
A view of the Bessie wrecked at Carbis Bay, broadside to the surf, with the machinery of the Vulture beyond. SS Bessie (ON 49984) was an iron three masted brigantine rigged steamer of 287 tons gross

British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
A poster advertising the British India Steam Navigation Company, better known as B.I. and its shipping agent Gray Dawes & Co. of London

Dewars White Label Whisky shipping ad
A crate containing Dewars White Label Scotch whisky " among the distinguished passengers" is lifted on board the Queen Elizabeth ship at quayside in this advertisement. Date: 1949

Map of the City of Dublin, 1797
Map of the City of Dublin, Ireland. Published in 1797, this map includes details of the canals being built at the time. Canal Harbour (lower right)

D-Day - Supplies pour ashore
A stunning panorama photograph of a French invasion beach with the channel waters thick with US military shipping, as reinforcements

White Star Line Poster advertising travel on the worlds largest liner between Southampton and New York

Crew of the Barry lifeboat Arthur and Blanche Harris Frederick Batten and Eric Fry (right) at the tiller on board the boat. Standing left is Mr. Emlyn Davies. 14th March 1970

Union-Castle liner
The Windsor Castle, a steamship of the Union-Castle line, recognisable by the lavender hull and red and black funnel

Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal, Panama, Central America

French Line CGT Poster showing the Normandie cruise ship travelling from Southampton to New York, advertising an express luxury service on both the Ile de France and the Normandie

Hamburg American line passenger ship poster
Bright and graphic poster advertising the Southampton to New York service run by the Hamburg-American company. An enormous passenger liner is depicted with its funnels belching smoke

The Breaksea Lightship in the Bristol Channel. 22nd December 1954

British Royal Navy Fleet
The British Empire on the Sea - the Royal Navy depicted en masse during the reign of King George V (1910-1936). Date: circa 1912

Cruise ship, dockside, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies, Central America

Queen Mary 2 on maiden voyage arriving in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Ships at Tilbury Docks
Four P&O ships at Tilbury Docks, London: (from left to right) Chitral (painted black); Strathnaver ; Strathaird ; Himalaya

The P&O cruise ship Canberra returns to Southampton water after service as a troopship during the Falklands War. Seen here being welcomed home by an escort of hundreds of little ships July 1982

Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a gale
The Bishop Rock Lighthouse in a Force 8 gale. Bishop Rock is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly. It is the smallest island in the world to have a building on it

R. M. S. Orcades Orient Line
R.M.S. Orcades Orient Line

Radio Caroline 1967

RMS Campania steamship
Photograph of RMS Campania, British ocean line steamship, owned by the Cunard Steamship Line, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan, Scotland

Bristol 156 Beaufighter -flown by Coastal Command with torpedo and rocket projectile armament The type proved lethally effective against enemy shipping

Wallsend-on-Tyne - Shipbuilding and the BP Tanker British Hazel in dock. Date: 1963

A windjammer looming over a London street
Harboured in Dockland - a windjammer looming over a street in by Millwall Dock, London. In the foreground, a woman hangs out washing to dry in a back yard

HMS Jervis Bay, armed merchant cruiser, WW2
HMS Jervis Bay, an armed merchant cruiser which served during the Second World War. Launched 1922 (as a passenger ship), commissioned for war service 1939

Cruise ships docked in Skagway, Southeast Alaska, United States of America, North America

RMS Pendennis castle Union-Castle line

A Busy Morning on the River Mersey, 1891
OJ22788 A Busy Morning on the River Mersey, 1891 by Krause, Francis (19th century); Private Collection; eAckermann Johnson; German, out of copyright

Govan Shipbuilders Ltd was a British shipbuilding company based on the River Clyde at Glasgow in Scotland. It operated the former Fairfield Shipyard

Gousse Arsene, 27, deck swabber on the Pierre Guillaumat, a 555, 000 ton Cargo Ship. OPS Him riding a bicycle on the huge deck of the super-tanker. 24th January 1980

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Ireland, County Antrim, Belfast, Queens Island, Harland and Wolff cranes Samson and Goliath

Wreck of the French brigantine Angele of Boulogne, Doom bar, Padstow, Cornwall. Wrecked on 13th November 1911
A view of the wreck of the French brigantine Angele of Boulogne aground on Doom Bar with the hull beginning to break up. A report of the Inquest held at Minver Farm, St Enodoc

Fishing boat in rough sea approaching the Camel Estuary, Padstow, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Identified in J. Bartletts Ships of North Cornwall, 1996, as A Lowestoft sailing trawler running for Padstow under reduced canvas past Stepper Point, with Pentire in the background"

The Quay, Penryn, Cornwall. 1904
Penryn Quay with the ketch Hobah alongside the granite works quay in the middle distance. This vessel was built at Mylor and owned in Penryn. An unidentified schooner unloads in the foreground

National Union, Gas worker and General Labourers, 1889 (colour litho)
XCF272232 National Union, Gas worker and General Labourers, 1889 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

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Embark on a journey through time and oceans with the Union-Castle Line, known as the 'Kiss of the Oceans. ' From the majestic Panama Canal where the Atlantic meets Pacific, to the treacherous Bishop Rock Lighthouse standing tall amidst a gale, it has always been an adventure. Step aboard with British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd and experience luxury at sea. Let your imagination set sail with captivating Union-Castle Line posters that entice you to explore new horizons. Raise your glass to maritime legends while enjoying Dewars White Label Whisky, a favorite amongst sailors. Discover the breathtaking beauty of New Zealand through vintage travel posters that beckon you towards its shores. Witness history unfold as supplies pour ashore during D-Day, showcasing how shipping played a vital role in times of war. Tune into Radio Caroline 1967 and let its waves carry you away on a musical voyage like no other. Take a glimpse into Dublin's past with an enchanting map from 1797, tracing its rich maritime heritage. Shipping is more than just transporting goods; it represents dreams realized and connections forged across vast oceans. It symbolizes exploration, trade, resilience, and unity among nations. So come aboard this timeless adventure called shipping - where stories are written by every wave.