Steam Ship Collection (#28)

Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - Ferry
The Karatas Ferry Guzel Izmir (" Good Izmir" ) approaching the ferry Station at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

The Terraces - Monte Carlo with departing Steam Packet

Dalian, China - The Harbour and Railway Depot, during Japanese occupation. The settlement was occupied by the British in 1858, returned to the Chinese in the 1880s

Steamer on Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada
Large steamer Sagamo approaching Elgin House, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada

Albanian Seamen onboard a small steamer

Queen Mary items
A commemorative clock with a model of the RMS Queen Mary, and a Meccano Dinky Toy no.52, both marking the launch of the Cunard cruise ship in 1935

RMS Olympic, Queens Hotel Queenstown
Two items relating to the RMS Olympic luxury cruise liner. An information card for the Queens Hotel, Queenstown (on the southern coast of Ireland) boasts of redecoration

Manchester Ship Canal - The opening of a new dock
Officials and local dignitaries on the deck of a steamship at the opening of a new dock for the Manchester Ship Canal - built between 1887 and 1894 - it was (for a time)

Norway - view of a Fjord with steamship and carriages
Norway - view of a Fjord with steamship and two light carriages or open horse cabs / taxis

Clan Mackenzie steamship on the Suez Canal, Egypt
The Clan Mackenzie steamship on the Suez Canal, Egypt. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Funnel of an unidentified steamship
The funnel of an unidentified steamship. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Queen Mary medal
A commemorative medal made by the Royal Mint, marking the launch of the Queen Mary cruise ship in 1935

Bulgarian State Steamships - The Boris and the Bulgaria. Prince Boris and a Bulgarian soldier are also pictured. This young Prince was to become Boris III the Unifier, Tsar of Bulgaria (1894 - 1943)

Budapest, Hungary - View across Danube toward the Parliament Building with St. Stephens Basilica in the distance. Note the lowered funnel on the steamship to allow passage under the span of

Izmir, Turkey - The Harbour
A view of the harbour at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey with boats moored up against the quay

Izmir, Turkey - View of the Barracks
A view looking down over the barracks, Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey with the Jewish Cemetery in the foreground

Tunis, Tunisia - Town View - The Port
A partial view of the Port of Tunis, Tunisia

Chums 7 Bramusas at Poole s
Young girl in a sailor suit wearing the cap of the SS Bramusas holding a beater and cymbal and sat beside a large bass drum

Naval Steamship - Charles Robinson
One of the Men-O -War that " guard our shores"

Oceanic Steamship
Built for the White Star line with the emphasis on luxurious comfort rather than speed, she is a very popular ship; in World War One she will become a cruiser but wreck in 1914. Date: launched 1899

Cooks Ocean Passage Tickets
Advertisement for Thomas Cooks Ocean Passage Tickets

Portland Harbour - Croatian Mother Ship
A Croatian Mother Ship with two Croatian (Yugoslavian as was at this time) submarines moored at the Naval Base at Portland, Dorset

Off Portland Harbour - Seaplane and Transport ship
A Royal Airforce seaplane and seaplane docking ship off Portland Harbour, Dorset

Aswan - Scene on the River Nile with Paddlesteamer
The Rameses III, one of the paddle steamers operated by Thomas Cook & Son for excursions on the Nile- here seen as Aswan

The Bitter Lakes - Suez, Egypt
A steamship passing the North Lighthouse as it crosses the Bitter Lakes at the Northern entrance to the Suez Canal, Egypt

Rarotonga Island - Cook Islands - the landing wharf

Croatia - Crikvenica on the Adriatic coast

Norddeutscher Lloyd poster
Poster for the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping line which operated out of Bremen in North Germany. The poster features the Europa and Bremen passenger steamships

Egypt - Port Said - Franz Josef Quay
Large steamship liner moored in the Franz Josef Quay, Port Said, Egypt

Schoolchildren on Tower Bridge, London, 1897
Illustration showing a large group of children dashing about on Tower Bridge to watch the passage of a large passenger steamship under the bridge, London, 1897

Shipping in the Pool of London, 1882
Engraving showing a large steamship, several lighters and a paddle-steamer in the Pool of London, 1882. The Tower of London is visible on the right

Turkish Imperial Yacht Izzeddin
The Turkish Imperial Yacht Izzeddin

The Crowd at Greenwich for the passing of the Great Eastern
Engraving showing the scene at the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, as huge crowds assembled to watch I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern steam down the River Thames, 1859

Wheelhouse of the Great Eastern, 1859
Engraving showing the stern deck, steering apparatus and wheelhouse of I.K. Brunels steamship Great Eastern, 1859

SS Ireland, 1885
Engraving of the City of Dubin Steam-Packet Companys Mail Paddle Steamship Ireland, shortly after its launch, 1885. This ship, built in the Laird Shipyard at Birkenhead

Portraits of three Trans-Atlantic Travellers, 1888
Portraits of three passengers on a trans-Atlantic steamship; from top, a young man Never ill, centre the Colonel and, bottom, our Mother of music

The Steamship Britannia leaving Boston Harbour, USA, 1847
Engraving showing the steamship Britannia steaming through the ice to leave Boston Harbour, USA, 1847

The blockade runner Lillian; American Civil War, 1864
Sketch showing the steamship Lillian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour, during the American Civil War

Lady Passenger on a Trans-Atlantic Steamship, 1888
Illustration showing a female passenger on the trans-Atlantic steamship Moselle, relaxing on her deckchair with a book, 1888

Passengers on a Trans-Atlantic steamer waving goodbye to the
Engraving showing sailor casting off and the passengers waving their hats in the air, as the tug Alexandra departs and the steamship Moselle heads out to sea, 1888

The Steamship Viceroy, Galway Bay, 1850
Engraving showing the steamship Viceroy at anchor in Galway Bay, prior to its maiden voyage from Ireland to New York, 1850

Loading a Steamship, Woolwich, 1884
Engraving showing the loading of rails and other materials for the Souakim Railway onto a steamship, at Woolwich, 1884. Stevedores and dockworkers are visible

After-Deck of the RMS Asia, 1850
Engraving of the after-deck of Cunard Line Royal Mail Paddle-steamer Asia at sea, 1850. Asia was the largest steamship yet built on the River Clyde

The First Penny Post from England to America, 1908
Photographs and Illustrations showing the first mail service to operate between England and America for the price of a penny. At top left, photograph of the Royal Mail Van at Waterloo Station

SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846
Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846

Twin Steam-Ship Castalia, August 1875
Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer Castalia, leaving Dover for Calais, August 1875. Built in 1874 for the English Channel Steamship Company

Woman reading on the deck of an Atlantic Steamship, 1888
Portrait of a very pretty young woman reading in her deck chair with hat and parasol, during a trans-Atlantic passage, 1888

Young Emigrants singing Grace on their ship, 1884
Engraving showing emigrant boys from Dr. Stephensons Home singing Grace before a meal on board an Atlantic steamship, 1884

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