Merchant Navy

Britain, Come into the Factories.' 'The Life-line is firm thanks to the Merchant Navy.' RAF

Red Ensign undefined is for the use of all other British merchant navy ships and private Craft. The

, becoming an important player in the Merchant Navy and the Oil Tanker Fleet.

for merchant and Royal Navy seaman alike and Hughes gained much business from the Admiralty in the

Original vintage poster, Merchant Navy Comforts Service, The life-line is firm thanks to the

British sailor's woolwork of a merchant navy ship, circa 1865-1885. The sailor's woolie in a

Massive sailor's woolwork of a British Merchant Navy clipper ship coming into port, circa 1870

English ship painting of a Merchant navy clipper ship, oil on board, circa 1860-1870. The

British Sailor's woolwork of a merchant navy three masted ship, circa 1875 (Ref: NY9344-NCRR

17th century as a naval ensign flown initially by the Royal Navy and later by British Merchant Seamen

wool depicts a starboard view of a Merchant Navy Schooner within an oval ropework border as it sails

was a marine engineer in the Merchant Navy. After studying art at Portsmouth Art College and model

Jack, the Australian red ensign for Merchant Navy use, the Canadian red ensign with earlier green maple

attending Trinity House Navigation School, Hull, David embarked upon a career at sea in the Merchant Navy

him with the execution of larger assemblies for the Ministries of Labor, the Merchant Navy and the PTT

request. The SS San Melito was a 12,286 ton merchant navy ship/shell tanker which was owned by The

officers of the merchant navy. The Trinity House Prize was a sextant, awarded annually to the winner of

World War One she served as an armed merchant cruiser for the French Navy then a hospital ship and a

between England and South America. She was a Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser from 1915 until 1920. She

. Launched in 1938 HMS Pretoria Castle was built by Harland & Wolff; the ship was converted into a Royal Navy

and installing signaling equipment, including electrical telegraphs, for various navies and merchant

small. This is because most pleasure boats were commensurately small when compared with merchant vessels

British Sailor's "Woolwork" but made of pearled cotton of a Merchant Navy Ship at Sunset, circa

the War of Liberation. Following a stint in the Israeli Merchant Navy, Weintraub settled in Tel Aviv

illustrator in the adverting world. He was in the merchant navy as a young man were his creative passion

where the captains of these merchant and navy sailing ships ordered paintings from local artists

the Merchant Navy and travelled regularly between Manchester and New York, and is shown entering 4

Petty Officer in the Merchant Navy from the age of 17. Through his career within the Merchant Navy

. William Owen was a Petty Officer in the Merchant Navy from the age of 17. Through his career within the

Admiralty artist to work on Merchant Navy subjects. Cundall spent time on the Thames, the Medway and in the

name Jack Tar is a common English term originally used to refer to seamen of the Merchant or Royal Navy

cadets. Aboard her, a generation of Royal and Merchant Navy cadets were trained on how to work a sailing

Handcrafted and truly beautiful Gothic chandelier for candles. In antiques it often is the case that the older a piece is, the better the quality and the details. This pre 1900s, ra...

The delicious, rule-breaking elements of postmodern design are evident in this large Italian coffee table in the style of Peter Shire and Memphis Milano, made in the 1990s. The ample...

19th Century Regency mahogany book stand with brass gallery sides with scrolled lifting handles, raised on four flat bun feet.

Anglo-Irish cut crystal five-arm chandelier with feather adornments, centered bulbous column, cascading prisms, and terminating on a cut crystal bowl with a faceted ball. Mid-19th ce...

A very rare and fine Charles X period pair of mother of pearl and ormolu ring stands, depicting Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday. Set upon wooden bases with engraved mother of pearl, t...

Each patinated bronze classically draped female figure supporting an acanthus-cast nozzle above a leaftip drip pan and tasseled cushion, raised on a circular base cast with palmettes.

Scaled model of the Munich television tower. Hand-spun in metal. A nice architectural sculpture for every living or mans room.

Mid-century floating bench designed by Swiss Architect Willy Guhl. Seater concrete monocoque is in good condition and the tubular steel base has been completely restored, sanded and...

A rather curios Victorian diorama of "Jacko" the ratter c.1850, a plaster model of a terrier presented in a period glass dome mounted with its original ebonised stand. Jacko is mount...

Gritti bookcase in plastic laminate, wood, metal and glass. Designed in 1981, by Andrea Branzi. Andrea Branzi, architect and designer, born in Florence, where he graduated in 1967, ...

Industrial high quality laundry cart, manufactured by KOVO BZENEC, in the 1950's, Czechoslovakia. Made of metal. Cleaned as best as we could, shows signs of use (rusting, paint, etc....

A pair of Swedish Girandoles Candelabra in cobalt blue glass, glass tears and gilded bronze. The base is made of white marble, from which a column emerges in cobalt blue glass that s...

A very fine quality pair of Regency bronze and ormolu candlesticks depicting young maidens with revealed breasts and holding their long dresses above their ancles. Each supports fine...

Pair of antique wood carved Gothic Revival architectural Columns Anonymous 19th century; Belgium or Netherlands Wood Approximate size: 41.75 (h) x 11.75 (w) x 11.75 (d) in. An exc...

Pair of 19th-Century French Neoclassical garniture featuring gilt bronze lidded urns on marble bases.

PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI STYLE BRONZE MOUNTED BRECHE VIOLETTE MARBLE VASES Circa third quarter of the 19th century Item # 403TET18P A lovely matched pair of vases in the Louis XV ta...