Dock Collection

Ship in Dry Dock, Yokosuka

Fishmonger - Port of London
A fishmonger carrying boxes of fresh fish unloaded at the Port of London, close to Tower Bridge, visible in the distance. Date: circa 1920s

Cargo ship with cranes. 20th century

Titanic framed montage
A framed montage of Titanic-related images, including the Titanic in dock at Belfast, a wireless operator, Captain Smith, a salon on board the ship, the SS Carpathia which came to rescue survivors

Queens Dock, Swansea
Aerial view of the Queens Dock, Swansea, Wales. The Queens dock was opened in 1920 following the construction of oil handling/import facilities at the nearby BP oil refinery at Llandarcy

Fitting out the HMS Titanic (at night) in Belfast Harbour. 1912

A couple off to fish by Florence Hardy
A young man brings his lover to the docks, for a day of fishing. Date: c.1910

Wine shipping poster
Ste Navale de L Ouest, transport des vins - poster for a French wine shipping company showing men on the dock waiting to load barrels of wine on to a steamship Date: 1920s

Unloading flour from a ship for the Western Front, WW1
Unloading flour from a ship for food supplies on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

London Pool in silhouette
The Pool of London in silhouette, showing cranes at the docks lifting cargo and Tower Bridge in the distance with its crossing lifted up to let passing ships through. Date: 1926

Cruise ship in dock
Painting of a dockyard scene with dockers unloading baggage from a cruise liner.Date: 1930

Moored ships
Ships Moored up by a woodyard. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa late 1940s

A White Ship
View across a dock toward a smart white navy steamship in port, moored alongside a tall ship. Oil painting by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa late 1940s

Poster depicting Colombo, Ceylon
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting dock workers loading and unloading cargo at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). C.1930

Ships in Dock
A large cargo steamship in Dock, alongside a row of low barges. Watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard Date: circa late 1940s

Dickory, dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, down the mouse run, Dickory dickory dock. A frightened little girl stands on a stool at the side of the clock. 20th century

RMS Titanic in Belfast dock
Photograph of RMS Titanic, the White Star Line passenger liner which tragically sank after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic on 15 April 1912, with the loss of 1500 lives

Titanic being built
The ill-fated passenger liner, RMS Titanic under construction in a dry dock at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. October 1910

Evening scene at Brixham Harbour, Devon
A colourful evening scene at Brixham Harbour, Devon, with boats -- Evening, Brixham. early 20th century

PLM advertisement for Corsica, island of beauty. Showing a cruise ship moored to a quayside. 20th century

Old Salt teaches knot tying to a young boy
An elderly sailor teaches a young lad how to tie some nautical knots. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Underwater Photography
Underwater photography has now been developed into a fine art thanks to diving cameramen with special waterproof aparatus. Diving to photograph the floor of a dock. Date: 15 September 1932

London Docks 1960
Several large steamships moored in the docks during the heyday of the Royal Victoria Dock, London. Date: 1960

Poster for the RMS Majestic
Poster for visits to the RMS Majestic, the worlds largest liner in the worlds largest dock, the King George V graving dock in Southampton Date: Mid 1930s

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