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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Catching the wind

Catching the wind Collection
40 Rights Managed

Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Inland boating

Inland boating Collection
44 Rights Managed

Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Fishing industry

Fishing industry Collection
28 Rights Managed

Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Royal Navy

Royal Navy Collection
52 Rights Managed

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Portscatho Harbour, Cornwall OP04507

Portscatho Harbour, Cornwall OP04507
PORTSCATHO HARBOUR, Gerrans, Cornwall. A young boy looking down towards tethered boats in the harbour at Portscatho. Photographed by John Gay during 1950s-1960s

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Royal Albert Dock a001246

Royal Albert Dock a001246
ROYAL ALBERT DOCK, Canning Town, London. Two workmen repainting a ship in dry dock (mid-20th century). The dock was the largest of the three royal docks and opened in 1880.s W Rawlings

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Tower Bridge under construction a83_01325

Tower Bridge under construction a83_01325
TOWER BRIDGE, London. The bridge under construction around 1889. This picture was taken from the River Thames with shipping in the foreground

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Sutton Hoo ship burial J910330

Sutton Hoo ship burial J910330
SUTTON HOO, Woodbridge, Suffolk. Reconstruction drawing of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 620 or 630 - by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Martens - The Beagle in the Murray Narrow J980080

Martens - The Beagle in the Murray Narrow J980080
DOWN HOUSE, Downe, Kent. Darwin Heirlooms Trust. " The Beagle in the Murray Narrow, Tierra del Fuego " watercolour by Conrad Martens

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: SS Massilia BL05099

SS Massilia BL05099
SS MASSILIA. The Massilia was built in Greenock in 1884 for the Australia service, carrying 154 passengers in first class and 75 in second class. She was broken up in Genoa, Italy 1903-4

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RMS Aquitania BL26730_002

RMS Aquitania BL26730_002
RMS AQUITANIA. Interior view towards the fireplace in the Palladium Lounge. The Aquitania was launched in 1913 as the third of the Cunard Line express ocean liners (after the Mauretania and Lusitania)

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RMS Aquitania EAW022293

RMS Aquitania EAW022293
RMS Aquitania at the New Docks (Western Docks), Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949. Aquitania was scrapped in 1950

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge a98_05144

HMS Belfast and Tower Bridge a98_05144
TOWER BRIDGE, Stepney, London. Looking down onto the foredeck of the cruiser HMS Belfast. Being guided up the River Thames by two tugs on the approach to Tower Bridge

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RMS Aquitania BL26730_001

RMS Aquitania BL26730_001
RMS AQUITANIA. Interior view of the A Deck staircase. The Aquitania was launched in 1913 as the third of the Cunard Line express ocean liners (after the Mauretania and Lusitania)

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Wrecks, Elmley Ferry N100303

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: St Mawes Harbour, Cornwall a086715

St Mawes Harbour, Cornwall a086715
ST MAWES HARBOUR, St Mawes, St Just In Roseland, Cornwall. A viewpoint overlooking Summers Beach near St Mawes Harbour in Cornwall, with a view west over small sailboats towards St Mawes Castle

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: A Shipwreck N070540

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Steamers at Southsea EPR006480

Steamers at Southsea EPR006480
The Solent Queen and Gracie Fields, Clarence Pier, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 1939. Both paddle steamers went to Dunkirk in 1940 and HMS Gracie Fields sunk there

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Low tide CC56_00753

Low tide CC56_00753
Falmouth, Cornwall, 1860-1922. View from the pier at low tide with boats moored in the foreground

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Flushing ferry BB97_08395

Flushing ferry BB97_08395
Falmouth, Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall, 1896-1920. A Steamer Crossing The Harbour With The Houses On Trefusis Road In Flushing In The Distance

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Ship aground HT02694

Ship aground HT02694
A ship aground at low water in the harbour at Falmouth, Cornwall, 1878. It appears to be dismasted and is in a very poor state of repair. Probably in the process of being broken up

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: PS Princess Elizabeth EGP_22663_004

PS Princess Elizabeth EGP_22663_004
A view from a dock of the Princess Elizabeth paddle steamer at sea. The Princess Elizabeth was built in 1927 and operated between Southampton and Cowes

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Diver JLP01_08_010871a

Diver JLP01_08_010871a
PLYMOUTH B POWER STATION, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. A view of SS William Pearman moored at the coaling wharf for Plymouth B Power Station during its construction

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Blyth Harbour 28908_064

Blyth Harbour 28908_064
Blyth Harbour, Northumberland, 2016. UKD Marlin, a trailing suction hopper dredger at work in the harbour mouth

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Blyth Harbour 28908_018

Blyth Harbour 28908_018
Blyth Harbour, Northumberland, 2016. The moored vessel is Grand Canyon, an offshore construction/ROV/survey vessel. NZ3280

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Etruria, Landing Stage, Pierhead, Liverpool OP00578

Etruria, Landing Stage, Pierhead, Liverpool OP00578
A large group of people converge towards the steam ship, SS Etruria, on the Landing Stage, Pierhead, Liverpool. Photograph by W and Company Limited. Date range: 1890-1910

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Cutty Sark and HMS Worcester EPW061029

Cutty Sark and HMS Worcester EPW061029
Greenhithe, Kent. The Cutty Sark tea clipper and HMS Worcester berthed outside Ingress Abbey (the Incorporated Thames Nautical Training College). Photographed in May 1939 by Aerofilms Ltd

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: German U-boat, Hastings Beach BB88_07120

German U-boat, Hastings Beach BB88_07120
HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. People in rowing boats and on the beach, looking up at the German U-boat submarine, U-118, which ran aground on Hastings beach in February 1919

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Sandown Pier EPW043023

Sandown Pier EPW043023
SANDOWN, Isle of Wight. The Paddle Steamer Sandown arriving at Sandown Pier in August 1939. Sandown Pier was originally much shorter

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Barrow-in-Furness shipyard 1920 EPW004064

Barrow-in-Furness shipyard 1920 EPW004064
BARROW-IN-FURNESS, Cumbria. Aerial view of the shipyard in July 1920 with four ships in various stages of completion. The shipyard was first established in 1852; by 1920 it was operated by Vickers

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Oceanic House, the White Star Line shipping company BL21285

Oceanic House, the White Star Line shipping company BL21285
OCEANIC HOUSE, Cockspur Street, London. The London office of the White Star Line shipping company decorated for George V coronation (22nd June 1911)

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: King George V Dock a002109

King George V Dock a002109
KING GEORGE V DOCK, Canning Town, London. Shipping in the dock with dock workers standing on the dockside in the foreground (mid 20th century)

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: MV Andulo EAW022791

MV Andulo EAW022791
Aerial view of the MV Andulo at sea. Photographed by Aerofilms, 2nd May 1949

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RMS Mauretania EPW041073

RMS Mauretania EPW041073
The original RMS Mauretania in the floating dry dock, Southampton. Designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the Cunard Line. She was launched in September 1907

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RMS Queen Elizabeth EAW022298

RMS Queen Elizabeth EAW022298
RMS Queen Elizabeth in the Solent approaching Southampton Water, Cowes, from the south-west. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Huskisson Dock OP02540

Huskisson Dock OP02540
Huskisson Dock, Regent Road, Liverpool. An aerial view of the docks, with the Tate & Lyle sugar silo under construction near the centre of the picture

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Sunderland EAW405804

Sunderland EAW405804
Sunderland and the mouth of the River Wear. May 1981. Aerofilms Collection

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Shipwreck at St Merryn EAW200562

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: HMS Wishart a002466

HMS Wishart a002466
HMS WISHART, Hays Wharf, Bermondsey, London. A Thorneycroft modifed W class destroyer launched in 1919, here bedecked in celebratory bunting

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Royal Docks, London a002112

Royal Docks, London a002112
ROYAL DOCKS, Silvertown, Canning Town, London. Shipping moored by the dockside including barges in the foreground. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings. Date range: 1945 - 1965

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Tilbury Docks a001349

Tilbury Docks a001349
The Strathaird moored at dockside with its mast reflected in a puddle in the foreground. The ship was built in 1932 and scrapped in 1967. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings. Date range: 1945-1965

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Crome - The Yarmouth Water Frolic K991018

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: River Tyne 1935 EPW048817

River Tyne 1935 EPW048817
Aerial view of the Tyne River looking towards Tynemouth and Jarrow, August 1935. Lots of shipping in the river and in dock. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Clacton-on-Sea a98_17446

Clacton-on-Sea a98_17446
CLACTON-ON-SEA, Essex. A view of the pier complete with rollercoaster. In the foreground seaside holidaymakers lounge in deckchairs while a small boat offers sea trips

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RFA Lyme Bay 24688_016

RFA Lyme Bay 24688_016
ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY LYME BAY L3007. Aerial view of one of the Royal Navys amphibious assault vessels (Bay Class landing ship dock), moored alongside at Portland Harbour

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Liverpool Pierhead 1964 EAW133857

Liverpool Pierhead 1964 EAW133857
PIER HEAD, Liverpool. Aerial photograph of the Princes Dock and Princes Landing Stage, with the Three Graces beyond in July 1964

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: King George V Dock, Canning Town, London a002108

King George V Dock, Canning Town, London a002108
KING GEORGE V DOCK, Canning Town, London. A view looking towards the bow of the Persic as she is assisted into the dock by tugs

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: HMT Queen Mary at Southampton EAW001370

HMT Queen Mary at Southampton EAW001370
HMT QUEEN MARY at home in Southampton in June 1946 between round trips to Halifax, Nova Scotia and New York. The " Grey Ghost" transported many war brides to the US in 1946 before being

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Flying boat berth, Southampton EAW023211

Flying boat berth, Southampton EAW023211
BOAC FLYING BOAT SERVICES, Southampton Water. Flying boat services had been operating from Southampton since 1919. After the Second World War

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Robinsons Flour Mill, Deptford, London 1883 BL03876

Robinsons Flour Mill, Deptford, London 1883 BL03876
ROBINSONS FLOUR MILL, Deptford, London. General view with boats in the foreground. Photographed by Bedford Lemere in 1883

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: The launch of the RMS Aquitania BL22100_027

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Cammel Laird Shipyard BL_22201_14

Cammel Laird Shipyard BL_22201_14
CAMMEL LAIRD SHIPYARD, The boiler shop, Birkenhead, Merseyside. 1914. Bedford Lemere

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Lindisfarne Castle K040573

Lindisfarne Castle K040573
LINDISFARNE CASTLE, Holy Island, Northumberland. View from the West looking across harbour with boats in foreground

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: The Great Eastern BB88_06275

The Great Eastern BB88_06275
BLACKWALL, London. Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the " Great Eastern " under construction in 1857. Robert Howlett

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Strand on the Green, Chiswick a064333

Strand on the Green, Chiswick a064333
STRAND ON THE GREEN, Chiswick, London. Rear view of two elderly women seated on a bench between trees overlooking boats moored on the River Thames. Also, a dog lying in the shade behind the bench

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Shipwreck at Saltwick Bay K020590

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Clovelly harbour K011622

Clovelly harbour K011622
CLOVELLY, Devon. View through arch to the harbour with cobbled street and boats on the shingle beach

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Brownsea Island EPW041058

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate EAW696658

Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate EAW696658
Western Ferry Terminal, Ramsgate. The ferry is the MV Larkspur, operated by TransEuropa Ferries. Photographed in September 2003 by Aerofilms Ltd

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: SS Great Britain EAW250863

SS Great Britain EAW250863
The steam ship SS Great Britain in Great Western Dry Dock, Bristol. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1973

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RMS Mauretania EAW022294

RMS Mauretania EAW022294
RMS Mauretania at the New Docks (Western Docks), Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in April 1949

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: RMS Queen Mary EAW001368

RMS Queen Mary EAW001368
The Grey Ghost (RMS Queen Mary) in Ocean Dock, Southampton. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in June 1946

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Wrecks at Stoke Saltings 29652_042

Wrecks at Stoke Saltings 29652_042
Remains of a First World War U-Boat (UB122) and the sailing boat Swale embedded in mud flats. Stoke Saltings, River Medway. Photographed 27th May 2015

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Golden Hinde 27662_040

Golden Hinde 27662_040
Golden Hinde II, St Mary Overie Dock, Bankside, Southwark, London. This ocean going replica of Sir Francis Drakes famous ship built in Devon in 1973

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: SS Great Britain 21417_02

SS Great Britain 21417_02
SS Great Britain, Bristol. Built in 1843 to designs by Brunel, the Great Britain was used as a passenger ship to New York

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: SS Great Britain JEH_22046_009

SS Great Britain JEH_22046_009
Wapping Dockyard, Bristol. The SS Great Britain returned to the same dry dock that had been purpose-built for its construction by the Great Western Steamship Company between 1839-43

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: SS Great Britain JEH_22046_008

SS Great Britain JEH_22046_008
Wapping Dockyard, Bristol. The SS Great Britain returned to the same dry dock that had been purpose-built for its construction by the Great Western Steamship Company between 1839-43

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Humber Ferry EAW 148406

Humber Ferry EAW 148406
The Humber Ferry, Kingston-upon-Hull. June 1965. Aerofilms Collection

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Wreck at Fidlers Reach EAW143996

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: QE2 at Southampton EAW191249

QE2 at Southampton EAW191249
The QE2 liner docked at Southampton. February 1969. Aerofilms Collection

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: St Ias Church, St Ives a98_04734

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Albert Dock, Liverpool a60_04458

Albert Dock, Liverpool a60_04458
ALBERT DOCK, Liverpool, Merseyside. A view of small craft in Albert Dock. The dock was opened in 1846 and prospered until the invention of steam driven ships which were too big for the docks; unlike

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Tees Transporter Bridge a55_04344

Tees Transporter Bridge a55_04344
TRANSPORTER BRIDGE, Middlesbrough, Cleveland. This transporter bridge is one of only four in Britain. Built in 1911, a moveable platform was slung by cables from a steel frame

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Wreck of the Falcon N100299

Wreck of the Falcon N100299
WRECK OF THE FALCON, Langdon Steps, Dover, Kent. (1926) View down onto the wreck with yacht and cross-channel ferry in the distance

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Queen Victorias cortege D880022

Queen Victorias cortege D880022
OSBORNE HOUSE, Isle of Wight. The Ryde Album. Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on 22nd January 1901 aged 81. Her cortege left Osborne on 1st February

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Tilbury Ferry a001369

Tilbury Ferry a001369
THE TILBURY FERRY, River Thames, Essex. The Tilbury Ferry viewed from the deck of another boat with cars and lorries clearly visible on the ferry. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Passing ship, Gravesend Reach a001364

Passing ship, Gravesend Reach a001364
View of passing ship, Gravesend Reach, Kent. A distant view of shipping in Gravesend Reach as seen from the deck of another boat with the stern of a raised lifeboat in the foreground

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Ferryboat, Gravesend Reach a001233

Ferryboat, Gravesend Reach a001233
Shipping in Gravesend Reach viewed from the deck of a ferryboat with passengers in the foreground. Photographed by Stanley W Rawlings. Date range: 1945-1965

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Boatyard, Norfolk BB99_01083

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Boat builder, Wroxham, Norfolk a99_00303

Boat builder, Wroxham, Norfolk a99_00303
Wroxham, Norfolk. The boatbuilder at work inside a boatbuilders shed close to Wroxham Bridge on the River Bure. Watercraft of different types have for centuries been an essential means of transport

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Boats N080605

Boats N080605
Two boats on Deal beach in Kent

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Salters Bros. boatyard in 1900 CC74_00380

Salters Bros. boatyard in 1900 CC74_00380
SALTERS YARD, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Looking across the Thames at Folly Bridge toward the Salter Brothers boatyard, established in 1858

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: London Docks a065076

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

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Ships and boats Rights Managed Collection: Face drawn in chalk around metal rivets, London Docks a064944

Face drawn in chalk around metal rivets, London Docks a064944
A face drawn in chalk around the metal rivets on the side of a ship at the London Docks. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

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