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Kings TID Tug "Sea Gem"pictured in 1961 in Bristol Harbour
Kings TID Tug " Sea Gem" pictured in 1961 in Bristol Harbour

Haverton Hill shipyard. Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. 1971

George Greenwell aboard the sailing barge Ardwina of the Isle of Wight April 1936 " LENSMAN" TURNS PENMAN TO PICTURE THE LIFE OF A BARGEE LENSMAN

The launch of the Cunard container ship Atlantic Conveyor, at Wallsend on Tyne. Atlantic Conveyor was later requisitioned during the Falklands War

Johnsons Wax factory and office looking over original canal bridge in West Drayton, Greater London (formerly Middlesex) Circa August 1928

The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Raymond Craine, held a reception to celebrate Trafalgar night fought 171 years ago

Marie Duffy with a photograph of her husband John who is Hotel Manager of the QE2 which is soon to visit Liverpool. 20th June 1990

Cunards naval architect Dan Wallace, of Clydebank, stands at the empty berth which will house the Q4 - later named the QE2 - his ten year dream. Circa 1965

RMS Ivernia, ocean liner, built in 1955 by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland for Cunard Line, In 1963 she was rebuilt as a cruise ship and renamed RMS Franconia

Workmen from Garston Stevedores lifting their hats to the success of their company. The firm was started by three dockers who were made redundant in the late 1980s

Sea Cadets go overboard with life belt as it gives their confidence in this use of lifesaving apparatus. July 1942 P009211

The clubship "Landfall", formerly tank landing craft LCT7074
The clubship " Landfall", formerly tank landing craft LCT7074, which took part in the D-Day landings in Normandy travels down the Mersey to its new mooring to Collingwood Dock

With an assorted crew of barmen, kitchen staff, hostesses, their familes The clubship " Landfall", formerly tank landing craft LCT7074

The South Docks, Liverpool, now almost completely silted up since the docks closed in 1972 and dredging operations stopped. 27th February 1982

A ferry makes its way to Wallasey on the Mersey River, as the tugs come in from the Mersey Bar. 16th November 1972

The shuttle tanker Darina seen here being towed to her berth at the Shell oil terminal. 22nd September 1979

The new 315, 000 Pilot Cutter High Force seen here on the River Tees with the tanker Hugo in the background. 26th June 1986

The Egton, the last ship to be built at Whitby seen here at her berth in Hartlepool dock. 5th January 1986

A Tyne foyboatman, member of a dying trade, ties up his boat alongside others at the ferry landing at Mill Dam, South Shields

Actress Kate O Mara January 1989 Of Dynasty, Crossroads and Doctor Who fame © mirrorpix

Dora Bryan English Actress who has just finnished in the starring role of Hello Dolly after 1 year. Here she is seen in an inflatable boat with her children Daniel 8 Georgina 6 and William 5

Michael Loney actor, September 1988

The sailing ship Eolus seen here arriving at Portsmouth at the beginning of her around the world cruise. August 1973

Clothing Fashion 1940s Fisherman Alf Steer being measured by Henry Blythe. Tailoring Circa 1945

The Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1956-1958 The Magga Dan, the ship used to transport Sir Vivian Fuchs and his British Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition south in November 1956

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Navy Review June 1977 The Cunard Cruise Liner QE2 sailing throught the Silver Jubilee Naval Review fleet off Spithead in the Solent jubilee celebrations

Queen Mary ship being built at John Brown shipyard at Clydebank on the River Clyde 1934

Queen Elizabeth II launching the Cunard Cruise Liner, The QE2 in the Clyde, 20th September 1967

The period Italian sail ship Amerigo Vespucci under full sail as she approaches Plymouth Sound Transport August 1967

Ships Cruise Liner Blenheim September 1976 The ship was laid up in Millwall Docks on the River Thames after a 14 strike by her crew

SS Asturias This is the ship, which left Southampton, England, for Australia on February 8th 1950. The ship arrived at Fremantle on March 6th 1950 and then went on to Melbourne and Sydney

Russian built Hydrfoil ferry boat August 1968 sailing under Tower Bridge on the River Thames in London The boat The KOMETA is in London for the Soviet Exhibition

On the river Cam in Cambridge resting in a punt are James Innes of St Catherines college where he reads modern languages and Irene Cassel from Gottingen

Russian Kometa Hydrofoil arriving at Dover, Kent, for a sales drive down the Thames before the Soviet Exhibition at Earls Court. 5th August 1968

The RMS Olympic sister ship to the Titanic seen here arriving at Southampton docks The RMS Olympic was the first of the three sisters to be completed and was launched in 1911

Sir Bernard and Lady Dockers private yacht Shemara, one of the largest in the world, is on the market for £ 300, 000. 20th May 1968

Radio Caroline Pirate Radio ship, MV Caroline anchored 4 miles off Ramsey Harbour, Isle of Man. August 1967

Last blows at Japan. Kobe Class escort carrier seen two days after she had been attacked by Naval Avenger Aircraft. Her back is broken, flight deck destroyed and focsle badly damaged

The steamship SS President Roosevelt. 1st February 1926

The Shell oil tanker Megara seen here on her way up the River Thames to discharge her cargo of 206, 000 tons of oil. The ship is nearly a quarter of a mile from bow to stern. 7th October 1968

The ship SS Asturias which transported many immigrants from Britain to Australia 15th September 1953

Eleanor, replica of one of the Boston Tea Party ships, outside Boston Tea Party Museum
USA, Massachusetts, Boston, Eleanor, replica of one of the Boston Tea Party ships, outside Boston Tea Party Museum

London - Tower Bridge
05 September 2019, Great Britain, London: The Tower Bridge over the Thames during the blue hour. Photo by: Waltraud Grubitzsch/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen - Steamship Europa
SS Europa of Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) (North German Lloyd) was a German shipping company. SS Europa (later SS Liberte) and her sister ship, Bremen, were the two most advanced

Manchester Docks 1971

Pendeen Lighthouse, Pendeen, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 7th June 1901
A close up of Pendeen Lighthouse, also known as Pendeen Watch Lighthouse, from the rear, looking seaward. The lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1900 to guide vessels around the coastline

The Man of War rocks, Polpeor Cove, The Lizard, Landewednack, Cornwall. 1899
A view of the Man of War rocks from Polpeor Cove looking seaward with ships on the horizon. Photographer: Herbert Hughes

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