Vintage Postcard Views of

Ferries, Liners and Naval Ships

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Ferries

British Railways SS Amsterdam

Bridge House Real Photo Series.  Inscribed "We looked over this on Sept 4th 1958.  0906

Note: Reminiscene's Web Master travelled on the SS Amsterdam on the Harwich-Hook of Holland Route in 1959/1960.

British Railways Maid of the Loch (Loch Lomond)
Publisher unknown.  Unused.  0964

Acquired in Perth, Western Australia

SS Manxman

Publisher unknown.  Real Photograph.  Unused.  0747

Liners

Orient Line of Royal Mail Steamers - Third Class Smoking Room
Unused.  0993

R M S Orvieto
Real photograph.  Unused.  1002

Oriental Lines - OLSS Otranto - Port Said

Ephtmios Freres, Port Said.  Unused.  0595

Peninsular Oriental Co - RMS Mantua

Publisher unknown.  Unused.  0596

P & O Steam Navigation Company - SS India

Kingsway.  Real Photograph Series 2747.  Unused.  0146

RMS Queen Elizabeth

Nigh, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.  Real Photograph.  Postally used 20 July 1952.  1064

RMS Queen Mary
E A Sweetman & Son Ltd, Tunbridge Wells.  Real Photograph.  Unused.  1058

Union-Castle Line - Royal Mail Motor Vessel Athlone Castle

Publisher unknown.  Unused.  0824

US Lines - SS United States

Dearden and Wade, Bournemouth.  Real Photograph.  Unused.  0332

White Star Line - RMS Majestic

Publisher unknown.  Unused.  0739

Royal Navy

HMS Centaur - Smokescreen off Constantinople

Photographer unknown.  Real Photograph.  Used 1 August 1923.  0575

HMS Cornwallis

Photographer unknown.  Real Photograph.  Used.  0573

HMS Hercules - Visit of the First Battle Squadron off Brighton & Hove 1919

Photographer unknown.  Real Photograph.  T W S Wiles, 33 George Street, Hove.  Used.  0934

HMS Norfolk

Abrahams, Devonport.  No 2278.  Real Photograph.  Unused.  0228

HMS Repulse
Marriott’s Photo Stores, Hastings.  Inscribed on reverse “HMS Repulse taken at Portsmouth during Navy Week August 24th 1928 from the flight deck of HMS Furious Aircraft Carrier - C D Lister
5, Cedar Road, Sutton”.  1007

Unknown Ship - Royal Navy Mop Fight

Photographer unknown.  Real Photograph.  Used January 1929.  0574

Foreign Navies

Germany - Cruiser Emden at Kingston, Jamaica

Photographer unknown.  Real Photograph.  Used.  0572

Fishing Vessels

Russian Outrage on Hull Fishing Fleet 22/10/1904

Valentines Series.  Unused.  This postcard shows a painting of the attack on the Hull Fishing Fleet by the Russian Baltic Fleet.  An account of this incident, which led to serious diplomatic conflict between Great Britain and Russian can be found here.  1053

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