Ship Collection (page 7)

Thames Barges moored next to The Cutty Sark on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 24 June 1948

Workers maintaining the river defences and doing repairs on the river wall and embankment at Erith, Kent. 1938

Workers increasing the river defences and doing repairs on the river wall and embankment at Dartford creek. 1939

The Camroux motor boat. The boat was built in 1934 for the Newcastle Coal & Shipping Co Ltd by James Pollack Sons Co from Faversham, Kent

Tall ships on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 21 July 1962

Thames barges sailing up the river. 1938

TROPICAL ISLANDS Palm Island, in the Grenadines of te west Indies. Beach and boats

The 26, 000 ton liner America, the largest and fastest ever built in the United States
The 26, 000 ton liner " America", the largest and fastest ever built in the United States, arrived at Southampton on her maiden commercial voyage from New York

This striking picture taken under the brilliant lighting of the George V Graving dock at Southampton enhances the sweeping lines of the Holland - America Liner Nieuw Amsterdam - the Dutch challenge

The 27, 000 ton German battlecruiser Derfelinger, scuttled ater the 1914-1918 War
The 27, 000 ton German battlecruiser " Derfelinger", scuttled ater the 1914-1918 War and recently raised from Scapa Flow, has been towed upside down from scupper to the Clyde

Extraordinary fire precautions are being observed at Southampton following the fire in the " Queen Elizabeth". Picture Shows

Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret, performing her first public function unaccompanied by other members of the Royal family, today, successfully launched the 28

Mrs Smuts, wife of general Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa, pressed a button in her home on the edge of the veldt outside Pretoria today to send a radio impulse flashing across the world to

The 31, 000 ton liner Orcades, built for the Orient line by Vickers, Armstrong Ltd, and which is the largest merchant ship to be launched in any country since the end of the war successfully went

The recovery of passengers from the doomed liner Titanic
The recovery of passengers from the doomed liner " Titanic "

The worlds largest liner, the 83, 000 ton Cunarder Queen Elizabeth arrived at Southampton
The worlds largest liner, the 83, 000 ton Cunarder " Queen Elizabeth" arrived at Southampton today from the Clyde, where she has been dressing up to become a luxury liner once again

The most important point aboard the Titanic, the bridge
The most important point aboard the " Titanic", the bridge

Trooping resumed. The second battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment, commanded by Lt Col R J Bewell, sails from Southampton today

Further efforts by tugs to get the Queen Elizabeth away from the Brambles shingle bank have failed, and preparations are being made for a new refloat attempt on tonights tide

The America, the largest and fastest liner ever built in the United States, left
The " America", the largest and fastest liner ever built in the United States, left Southampton for Le Havre after docking last night at the English port after her maiden commercial voyage

Dockers at Southampton were busy unloading a valuable cargo from the 85, 000 ton liner Queen Elizabeth, which arrived from New York

Waves breaking over the bows of the tramp steamer the SS Eston. 1935

A woman stands on the outlook post on Dungeness beach in Kent. 1936

SS Athenia survivors at Chiselhurst, Kent 1939

People gather on the river side to watch the Home Fleet on the Thames at Erith, London. 1937

Prize Day on the HMS Worcester, the training ship of the Thames Nautical Training College in Greenhithe, Kent. A cadet is being presented with a trophy. 1939

A decorated HMS Worcester, the training ship which is part of the Thames Nautical Training College in Greenhithe, Kent viewed from the river Thames. 1939

Ship steams up the river Thames past HMS Worcester in Greenhithe. 1936

Cheering sailors of HMS Indomitable, the aircraft carrier, raise their hats in salute
1930s Cheering sailors of HMS Indomitable, the aircraft carrier, raise their hats in salute to the American Liner, United States, 53, 000 tons

Handerchiefs flutter as relatives wave goodbye to men the 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) as they board the troop ship Empire Orwell Southampton bound for Korea 21 May 1952

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