Ship Collection (page 6)

Boys play by the steps on the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. 1939

Trippers are out to enjoy the sun and the River Thames on the Gravesend promenade, Kent. The shipping on the Thames estuary can be seen in the distance. 1939

Barges on the River Thames off Long Reach, near Dartford, Kent. January 1938

HMS Worcester a training ship at Greenhithe for the Thames Nautical Training College, viewed from the river Thames 1936

Old salts visit the Cutty Sark in Greenhithe, Kent. 1938

Ford works viewed from the river Thames

The cadets from the Thames Nautical Training College in Greenhithe, Kent, stand on the rigging of the training ship HMS Worcester

SS Athenia survivors and refugees at Chiselhurst, Kent 1939

Aerial view of Greenhithe, Kent including Everards shipyard on the River Thames 17 November 1958

Personalities of the barge race at Greenhithe, Kent. 18 June 1962

Barge race preparations on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 24 May 1958

HMS Worcester a training ship at Greenhithe, Kent, for the Thames Nautical Training College, viewed from the rigging during the fitting of the new mast. 1936

Shipping run aground on the shore in front of HMS Worcester on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 1 November 1952

The Home Fleet on the river Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. 1937

Children sit on the promenade at Gravesend river front and look out over the Thames shipping. 1939

The Home Fleet on the river Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. School children board a boat from a floating dock. 1937

Old salts visit the Cutty Sark in Greenhithe, Kent. Captain R J Woodget and Captain As Woodget wave from up the rigging. 1938

The Cutty Sark on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 17 July 1952

An aerial view of Erith, Kent. 1939

St Andrews Waterside Church Mission in London. They board ships and supply to sailors and crewmen onboard library boxes containing Bibles, hymn and prayer books as well as other texts. 1936

The SS Pacific Shipper passes Gravesend with a list to port and a Lockheed Hudson on her decks. 24 April 1939

Shipping run aground on the shore in front of HMS Worcester and The Cutty Sark on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 1 November 1952

An aerial view of Tilbury Docks on the river Thames in Essex. 1939

A motorcyclist looks out at the traffic on the Thames estuary from Gravesend promenade, Kent. 12 February 1939

Thames barges moored up on the river. 1939

Two man sailing boats sail passed The Cutty Sark on the River Thames off Greenhithe, Kent. 28 June 1952

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

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