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SS Orduna was an ocean liner built in 1913-14 by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company. After two voyages she was chartered to Cunard Line. Circa 1914
Scene at Princes Dock in Liverpool showing seamen unloading cargo from one of the merchant vessels. In the background is the famous Liver Building on the Liverpool waterfront. December 1928
The HMS Thrasher Submarine aground in Falmouth Cornwall. HMS Thrasher (N37) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead
Radio London, offshore commercial radio station, which operated from 23rd December 1964 to 14th August 1967, from a ship, MV Galaxy, anchored in the North Sea, also know as a pirate radio station
Middlesbrough FC chairman Alf Duffield and also managing director of Middlesbrough based ITM Offshore. Seen here on board a crane barge
Maiden returns to the UK. 28th May 1990. Maiden is centre with orange, grey and white sails with the name Jordan on the white sail
The new Llandudno lifeboat the Lilly Wainwright arrives at the resort after sailing from the building yards at Cowes. She will replace the existing reserve boat
An American built Waveny Class lifeboat touring Britain, speeds past a boat off Mumbles Pier, Wales. The lifeboat, un-named but nicknamed " The Yank" was built by the USCG at Curtis Bay
A famous West Wales lifeboat will be launched on a new career as the centrepiece of a maritime museum. Enthusiasts have rescued the 81-year-old William Cantrell Ashley lifeboat which for more than 40
The new Mumbles Tyne Class lifeboat Ethel Anne Measures. 28th June 1985
The crew of Little Haven Inshore Lifeboat testing a new Honda miniature tractor. The machine could soon be part of equipment at lifeboat stations throughout the country if it passes strict tests
After 27 years of gallant service, the William Gammon lifeboat plunged down its slipway at Mumbles Lifeboat Station, Swansea for the last time on 27th August 1974
Fishguards new lifeboat Howard Marryat. 4th June 1957
The 75 foot ketch Garlandstone moored at Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. 6th May 1971
The Mumbles lifeboat William Gammon returned to Swansea yesterday after an £; 8000 engine refit at the Cowes yard where she was built 21 years ago. Two new 60 h.p
The RNLB Watkins Williams lifeboat which served in Moelfre from 1956 to 1977, before serving at Oban, Argyllshire. During her service life, she was launched 154 times, saving 143 lives. Circa 1975
One of Britains X-Craft, a midget submarine. January 1944
Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship. It is docked in The Channel Islands (exactly where is unknown, though see end of caption for details on it being in St Helier)
Picture shows a life saving raft which is hoped will save the lives of thousands of ship wrecked seaman. Picture taken in the Port of Hull
The mystery ship, HMS Suffolk Coast. The hatches opened, disclosing the useful little weapon always in constant readiness to give the U-boat pirate a warmer reception than either he anticipated or
Scenes aboard Hull fishing trawler "Ross Orion"Scenes aboard Hull fishing trawler " Ross Orion" on the fishing grounds off Greenland. 15th July 1967
Mr Ron Matfield of 25 Hendred Way, Abingdon, aged 58 and married with three children. His wifes name is Pamela. He is a reactor manager at Atomic Energy Est. Harwell
A 16ft rubber inshore rescue craft belonging to the Mumbles lifeboat team begins its trials in Swansea Bay. A present to the RNLI from the Rotary Club it has a speed of 25 knots
The Mumbles lifeboat is launched from its base on the Gower Peninsula. 13th March 1974
The new Mumbles lifeboat passes in front of the temporary one which replaced the SS Samtampa which broke up on the rocks near Porthcawl a few months earlier
The Mumbles lifeboat. 3rd September 1964
The dediocation ceremony of the lifeboat John Cresswell at Penarth. 16th August 1989
A newlife-saver made a splash at its official launch in West Wales yesterday. The town of New Quay welcomed a new, 16-foot inflatable lifeboat bought with proceeds from a charity concert
The American built lifeboat that is touring lifeboat stations around the British Isles put In to the Mumbles Pier on Sunday morning for members of the Mumbles Lifeboat Crew to try out for themselves
The Mumbles lifeboat plunges down from the slipway as she leaves to deliver Christmas Cards to various light vessels in the Bristol Channel. 23rd December 1963
Invited guests being brought being given a trip around the bay on the Llandudno lifeboat Lilly Wainwright, leaving Rhos jetty
New Quay mechanic Mervyn Thomas on board the RNLB "Birds Eye"New Quay mechanic Mervyn Thomas on board the RNLB " Birds Eye" at New Quay Lifeboat Station, It was replaced in 1990 with a new Mersey Class lifeboat. Circa 1990
The arrival of the new motor lifeboat at New Quay, Cardiganshire. The old sailing lifeboat can be seen on the left of the picture. The name of the new vessel is " St Albans"
Yachts on the river in Cambridgeshire. Circa 1982
Picture shows the dramatic rescue of the crew of the Sea Venture after it was a attacked by a German U-boat of the Kriegsmarine in English waters during the Second World War
Units of General Transport, RASC, Medical Corps, Hamburg, Royal Engineers and CREs embark on a landing ship tank from Hamburg, Germany bound for Norway
Ships of the Black Sea fleet of Russias Navy. Red Army processing in the line ahead. Picture taken when the British battleship H.M.S
The MV DomalaAseen here beached betweenAHurst CastleAandAThe NeedlesA in the Solent on 6The MV Domalaseen here beached betweenHurst CastleandThe Needles in the Solent on 6 March 1940. Following an attack on her by a Heinkel HE 111 of KG26 on the 2nd March 1940
Picture shows an unusual craft on The River Thames outside Westminster. Suggests it is a small set or landing crafts. Picture taken circa 1st November 1941
Of ten Norwegian ships which attempted to escape to Britain from Gothenburg, Sweden in March, 1941, one, a new 10, 000 ton tanker the B.P. Newton, arrived safely at a British port
Alexandria, Egypt. Canvas being nailed onto the sides of a flat bottomed barge called a lighter. The vessel will carry 200 tonnes of cargo. Picture taken 10th October 1943
American shock troops board new invasion craft during training exercises in England. The invasion craft would be used in The Allied invasion of Sicily
Picture shows The Ark Royal. HMS Ark Royal was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War
A rescue Dinghy. Picture take 11th March 1944
The new Air Sea Rescue boat. The RAF vessel 2558. Location unknown. Picture taken 12th July 1943
The wreckage of what looks like a trawler. Picture suggests it has come under attack during the war. Rubble on the charred decks. Picture taken 11th March 1940
Of ten Norwegian ships which attempted to escape to Britain from Gothenburg, Sweden in March, 1941, only one, a new 10, 000 ton tanker the B.P. Newton, arrived safely at a British port
