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The SS Canterbury sets off for Calais with holidaymakers cars and bicycles on board
The Santa Maria in Dock. The ship was later hi-jacked by pirates in January 1961 with 650 passengers on board and was chased around Trinidad and The British West Indies. November 1960
The Herzogin Cecilie in Belfast, 1934. 13th June 1934
The Mayflower II
The Whisky-and -Soda mutiny aboard the luxury liner France, when the crew took over the ship in protest against the ship being layed-up. Picture shows a ferry alongside to lift off the passengers
A day trip to Calais on the Golden Daffodill June 1961
The Royal Yacht Brittania on a Tour of Canada 1st June 1959 RL4861-6
The collier ship Fulham being loaded with coal on the River Tyne at Dunston Staithes in Newcastle, to be transported to Fulham. 16th February 1946
The Liner RMS Andes, seen docking at Southampton. December 1970
The Discovery, the ship in which Captain Scott made his South Polar expedition. at Falmouth, on her return after two years absence in Antarctic regions. c.1927
The SS Bremen at Southampton. 13th December 1936
Lifeboats which have been damaged by coastal gales being overhauled by workmen at a London lifeboat dock. 24th January 1937
Pleasure Steamer Royal Lady at Scarborough. 13th July 1937
The new Penlee lifeboat launched with a new crew in the Cornish village of Mousehole. The 47ft Guy and Clare Hunter lifeboat sets off to patrol the rough seas of Lands End. 15th February 1982
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
Pierre Guillaumat, super-tanker, at sea. 13th January 1980
The square-rigged ship Bounty, 480 tons, moored near Tower Stairs Pier, London. 28th September 1962
Russian Liner Ivan Franko arrives at Tilbury. 6th December 1964
Thames paddle steamer Queen of the South goes back into service. 8th June 1967
Liner SS Karanja being constructed by Alexander Stephen and Son Ltd, Glasgow, for use in New Zealand. January 1948
The Liner Empress of Canada surrounded by Tug Boats. 20th February 1935
The 66, 000 ton Liner France, flagship of the French Line at Southampton. 9th January 1962
Herzogin Cecilie stuck on the rocks at Bolt Head, Salcombe, Devon. 13th June 1936
Golden Arrow speedboat at Hastings, St Leonards. 30th August 1936
The Royal Norwegian Yacht Norge coming up the Thames with King Haakon on board to visit the King and Queen. 5th June 1951
Norwegian Steamer Bataan, Norways largest merchant ship, receives a new figurehead in port at Liverpool. 23rd June 1949
A replica Viking ship with 53 Danes on board, heading for Broadstairs, UK, to commemorate the Danish invasions in A.D 449. 28th July 1949
Liner MV Aureols funnel. Liverpool
Port of London Authority Dredger Number 10 with barges alongside it at work in high water on the lower reaches of the River Thames
The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior passes beneath Tower Bridge. 9th August 1989
The replica of Henry Bells pioneer steamship Comet, flanked by an escort of 200 decorated ships including steamers, motor-boats and yachts
Tall Ship at St. Katharines Dock. 15th April 1987
The collier ship Fulham II moves down the River Tyne at Dunston Staithes passing another collier on the river before they both head southward towards Fulham. 19 February 1947
Cross- Channel Ferry The SS Canterbury. 1947
A cargo ship seen at sunset from the collier SS Petworth, loaded with 1300 tonnes of coal to be transported from Sunderland to Shoreham, Sussex. 6th March 1947
British Rock n Rollers coming ashore at Calais with their transport, The Royal Daffodill cross-channel ferry in the background. 19th June 1961
Norwegian Timber Ship being towed up the Thames by a Dutch Tug boat after a gale in the North Sea caused it to list heavily and its cargo to shift. 1948
Pleasure steamer The Royal Eagle, back in use on the Thames after being used for the Dunkirk evacuations. c.1948
Disaster struck the tiny village of Longhope on the Orkney island of Hoy when eight men from the village lost their lives in a lifeboat disaster
Greek coaster Georgios listing badly off Beachy Head, Eastbourne in bad weather. 13th January 1983
Hats off as the Norland arrives home. Norland was built in 1974 by AG Weser, Werk Seebeck, Bremerhaven for Dutch North Sea Ferries partners Nordzee Verdiensten N.V. Rotterdam
The Herzogin Cecilie on the rocks at Bolt Head, Salcombe, Devon. 27th April 1936
The new lifeboatmen of Longhope, the tiny village on the Orkney island of Hoy. Eight men from the village lost their lives in the Lifeboat Day disaster in March
The Isle of Man steamer Monas Isle docked in London 30 October 1980
Three men who sailed across the Atlantic in 87 days aboard their raft L Egare II off Falmouth. L-R Gaston Vanackere, Henri Beaudout and Marc Modena. 21st August 1956
The tanker British Ensign being launched at Birkenhead, Cheshire. 4th October 1963
The Arromanches, photographed from the air, entering Dover Harbour with Vincent Auriol who are arriving on a three day state visit. 7th March 1950
P&O Liner Oriana setting sail from Southampton for Australia after a 15 day delay. 27th August 1970
