Ships Collection (#13)

World War Two - Second World War - The evacuation of the BEF from the beaches at Dunkirk. Circa: June 1940

World War Two - Second World War - A naval officer on the beach at Dunkirk prior to evacuation. Circa: June 1940

Aerial view The block ships HMS Intrepid and HMS Iphigenia in the channel of the Bruges ship canal at Zeebrugge following the first raid on the port on the 23rd April 1918

White Star Line liner RMS Olympic, sistership of the ill fated Titanic seen here in Southampton docks for her yearly refit 1932

Princess Margaret leaves Tyneside after launching the liner Maori at Walker. She is seen just before she stepped into the train at Newcastles Central Station to return to London. 28th October, 1952

Trawler in high seas, North Atlantic, September 1960

The Cunard liner Queen Mary after leaving Southampton for the last time sails to her retirement berth in Long Beach, California, accompanied by Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Illustrious

The supertanker Esso Hibernia being fitted out after her launch on the River Tyne at Swan Hunter on November 19, 1970

Near their destination the foyboatmen cast off and then take a heavy mooring rope ashore. In the boat with Charlie Ash, is his mate Jack Pottinger, of South Shields

Idle foyboats at the South Shields ferry landing denote slack times and lean pickings for the Tynes foyboatmen. 29th April 1964

Burly Alec Stephenson, one of the Tynes select band of 33 foyboatmen. 18th November 1976

South Shields foyboatmen brave a keen wind and choppy water as they go out to meet a customer. 29th April 1964

Living up to its name, Flying Scotsman takes to the air courtesy of the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board floating crane Mammoth

The cast of the BBC radio programme "The Navy Lark"
The cast of the BBC radio programme " The Navy Lark" pictured at Tower Bridge to say goodbye to the Naval frigate HHMS Troubridge whcih was the location for the series

Jewish refugees on board the Polish liner Pilsudster at Newcastle Quay October 1939

An aerial view of the harbour at St Helier on the Channel Island of Jersey. August 1973

An aerial view showing Creux Harbour on the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. 15th October 1933

Australian troops landing during the Dardanelles Operation 1915 World War 1914 -1918

Brittany - Ships circa 1955

Officer on the stern of a Royal Navy Destroyer on exercise off the west coast of Scotland Smoke to the rear of the ship behind the wake circa 1938

The ocean liner Queen Mary berthed at Clydebank docks circa 1938

The ocean liner Queen Mary berthed at Clydebank docks circa 1938

The ocean liner Queen Mary circa 1938

The Control room on board the luxury Ocean liner Queen Mary circa 1938

Suez Crisis 1956 UNO vehicles arriving in Egypt

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the 16th Independent Parachute Regiment crowd the decks of their aircraft carrier to wave goodbye as they set sail

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 Cnal Company Building

Suez Crisis 1956 The 4000 ton minelayer Manxman becomes the first ship to sail up the canal after a channel was cleared allowing ships of up to 10000 tons to enter

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders embarking on the troopship Dilwara for the Middle East

Suez Crisis 1956 Egyptian warship under arrest at Portsmouth

Foreign fishing boats tied up at the Newcastle Quayside seeking shelter from the weekend gales January 1976

Suez Crisis 1956 Men of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders embarking on the troopship Dilwara for the Middle East

Suez Crisis 1956 British landing craft are assembled in readiness for possible action

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 Cnal Company Building

British Soldiers smiling and waving on board a troop ship as they sail to join the B.E.F. in France during WW2 1940

Fisherman aboard British trawler fires an anti-aircraft gun at an enemy plane during WW2. 1942

British soldiers wave from troop ship returning to England from Calais after a long spell in Europe during WW2 1945

Canadian troops land in France in 1944

Sontay World War I May 1917 - French S. S. "Sontay"torpedoed in Mediterranean
Sontay World War I May 1917 - French S.S. " Sontay" torpedoed in Mediterranean, 45 men lost

World War I British soldiers and their horses on board ship on their way across the channel to France. August 1914

Winston Churchill disembarking at Calais, May 1912

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill farewell cheers to the American Sailors, 1941

Winston Churchill, April 1962. In car leaving Nice Airport for a cruise around the Mediterranean on ship owned by Aristotle Socrates Onassis

Houseboat, April 1968 Boat on roof for Worthington Family - 8 feet up on roof behind terrace home of John Worthington in Salford Lancs John spent the winter making th 16ft cabin cruiser Pictured with

German ships scuttled at scapa flow. 1919

World War One. A wounded man on a stretcher is lifted on board a hospital ship from Pegasus. November 1914

HMS Vindictive which attacked the harbour at Ostend during World War I to prevent the German U boats using the harbour. Seen here being raised in 1920 from the canal that links the Port of Ostend

HMS Belfast sailing up the Thames passing St Pauls Cathedral to her mooring in the Pool of London where she will be opened to the public as a museum in 1971

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