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Explore objects reflecting railway companies’ extensive shipping interests, from the 1860s into the late 20th century.

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Metal ship's plaque, Great Western Railway - St Patrick

1948

Ship's bell, Southern Railway

1930

ships war service plaque

Great Central Railway ship's bell, SS Dewsbury

1910

PS Duchess of Hamilton

Piece of taffrail, GER

SS Dewsbury worksplate

1910

Crest and scroll, Southern Railway - Isle of Guernsey

Crest and scroll, Southern Railway - ex Twin Screw Steamship

Ship's bell, brass, London Tilbury & Southend Railway/Midland Railway, inscribed "Rose 1901", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Rose, allocated to the Tilbury-Gravesend service, built by A W Robertson & Co Ltd, London, 1901, withdrawn and broken up 1961.

ship's bell rose

1901

Plaque from ship, Southern Railway, re War Service, Freshwater", gold lettering on wood.

ships war service plaque

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway/British Railways (Southern Region), inscribed "T.S.S. Canterbury", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Canterbury, constructed for the "Golden Arrow" London-Paris service by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1929, withdrawn and broken up 1964.

ship's bell tss canterbury

1929

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed 'Isle of Thanet', clapper missing, from the Twin-Screw Steamship Isle of Thanet, allocated to Folkestone and Dover, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1925, withdrawn 1963 and broken up 1964.

Brass ship's bell, Southern Railway - 'Isle of Thanet'

1925

Wooden spoon, with brass British Rail crossed arrows on handle, made from bridge deck planking of M. V. Brading, Isle of Wight Ferry, 1974, and presented to Anthony Walter Hopper (1919-1990), BR(S), on his retirement.

Wooden spoon

1974

Ship's worksplate, Southern Railway, "Autocarrier built by David & William Henderson & Co Ltd, Meadowside Works, Partick", black on brass oval, Dimensions 17 1/4"x11 1/2".

Autocarrier

1931

Ship's nameplate, 'Farringford', cast iron, blue with white lettering, ordered by the Southern Railway but not delivered until January 1948, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd., Dumbarton for the Lymington to Yarmouth route, last used on Hull-New Holland service and withdrawn from service in 1981.

ship' s nameplate Farringford

1948

Ship's worksplate, 'Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited. Neptune Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne', brass rectangle, depicting Neptune in his ocean chariot. Dimensions 19" x 14 1/4".

Ship's worksplate

Ship's bell, brass, Great Western Railway, inscribed "Pembroke", from the Paddle Steamship/Twin-Screw Steamship Pembroke, allocated to the Irish service from Milford, converted in 1895, transferred to Weymouth and ran on the Channel Islands service, built by Laird Bros, 1880, withdrawn and broken up 1925.

ship's bell pembroke

1880

Ship's splasher cover, Great Central Railway. 'Great Central Railway Co.', possibly ex Paddle Steamer Killingholme, built by Earle's Company, 1912.

Ship's splasher cover, Great Central Railway

Ship's bell, brass, Great Eastern Railway, inscribed "S.S. Amsterdam", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Amsterdam I, built by Earle's Company Ltd, Hull, 1894 and withdrawn 1928.

Ship's Bell for SS Amsterdam

1894

Decorative moulding, London & South Western Railway, length of flat decorative wooden moulding stripped from the TSS "Hantonia", built 1911 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Govan, route Southampton to Le Havre, broken up 1952.

decorative moulding from TSS Hantonia

1911

Plaque, from ship, Southern Railway, War Service, 1939-1945, "Isle of Thanet", gold lettering on wood.

"Isle of Thanet" war service plaque

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed 'Haslemere', from the Single-Screw Steamship Haslemere, based at Southampton, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, 1925, withdrawn and broken up 1959.

Brass ship's bell, Southern Railway - 'Haslemere'

1925

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed 'Fishbourne', with rope, from the Double Twin-Screw Motor Vessel Fishbourne, allocated to the vehicular ferry service between Portsmouth and Fishbourne, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1927, withdrawn 1961.

Brass ship's bell, Southern Railway - Fishbourne

1929

Ship's worksplate, BR(ER)/Sealink. "Brown-Sulzer Diesel Engines No 638 manufactured by John Brown & Company Limited Clydebank 1947, under license from Sulzer Bros Ltd". Brass oval mounted on wood, from engine room of T.S.M.V. "Suffolk Ferry".

ships workplate

1947

Boss of paddle box, North British Railway, wood, depicting scrolls and a woman's face, semi-circular, ex Paddle Steamer Lucy Ashton, built 1888 by T. B. Seath & Company, Rutherglen, withdrawn 1949, hull was fitted with Rolls Royce jet engines for experiments in hull design by British Ship Research Association, hull finally broken up in 1951.

Boss of paddle box, North British Railway - Paddle Steamer Lucy Ashton

1888

decorative moulding from TSS Hantonia

1911

Ship's bell, brass, Great Western Railway, inscribed "Sir Francis Drake 1908", from Twin-Screw Steamship Sir Francis Drake, in addition to tender work also performed passenger excursions along the coast to Torquay during the summer, built by Cammell, Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead, 1908, withdrawn 1953 and broken up 1954.

ship's bell sir francis drake

1908

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Hythe" very faintly, no clapper, from the Twin-Screw Cargo Steamship Hythe II, allocated to Dover and Folkestone, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson, Meadowside Yard, Glasgow, 1925, withdrawn and broken up 1956.

ship's bell hythe

1925

Plaque, from ship, London & South Western Railway, War Service, 1939-1945, "Brittany", gold lettering on wood.

London & South Western Railway ships war service plaque

Ship's bell, brass, Great Eastern Railway/London & North Eastern Railway, inscribed "T.F.1", from the Single-Screw Steamship Train Ferry No 1/Essex Ferry, allocated to the Harwich-Zeebrugge train ferry service, served as HMS Princess Iris during World War II, reopened the Zeebrugge train ferry service in 1946 as Essex Ferry, built by Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd, on the Tyne, 1917, withdrawn and broken up 1957 at Grays.

ship's bell train ferry no 1

1917

Ship's bell, London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 'BRIGHTON 1878', ex Paddle Steamer Brighton III, built J. Elder & Co., Govan, 1878.

Brighton ship bell

1878

Scroll, Southern Railway, ex Twin Screw Steamship Isle of Guernsey, 'Isle of Jersey' on scroll, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton for Southampton - Channel Islands passenger service, broken up 1961.

scroll, Southern Railway - Isle of Guernsey

Ship's bell, brass, London & North Western Railway/Southern Railway, inscribed 'Hantonia', from the Twin-Screw Steamship Hantonia, allocated to the Southampton-Le Havre route and reopened the Southanmpton-Channel Islands service after World War II, built by Messrs. Fairfield Shipping & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, 1911, withdrawn and broken up 1952.

Brass ship's bell, London & North Western Railway and Southern Railway - 'Hantonia'

1911

Plaque from ship, Southern Railway, War Service, "Isle of Jersey", gold lettering on wood.

ships war service plaque

Plaque from ship, Southern Railway, War Service, "Wootton", gold lettering on wood.

ships war service plaque

Crest, Southern Railway, ex Twin Screw Steamship Isle of Jersey, depicting three lions on shield, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton for Southampton - Channel Islands passenger service, sold in March 1960 and renamed Libda, broken up 1963.

Crest, Southern Railway - ex Twin Screw Steamship

Scroll, Southern Railway, ex Twin Screw Steamship Isle of Jersey, 'Isle of Jersey' on scroll, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton for Southampton - Channel Islands passenger service, sold in March 1960 and renamed Libda, broken up 1963.

scroll, Southern Railway - ex Twin Screw Steamship

Plaque, from ship, Southern Railway, War Service, 1939-1945, "Isle of Guernsey", gold lettering on wood.

War Service plaque, Southern Railway

Wooden plaque from ship, Southern Railway, ex War Service: WHIPPINGHAM. Gold lettering on wood.

Wooden plaque from ship

Wooden plaque, from ship, Southern Railway, re War Service, 1939-1945, FISHBOURNE, gold lettering on wood.

Wooden plaque from Southern Railway ship

1939-1945

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Isle of Sark", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Isle of Sark, allocated to the Channel Islands service, built by Wm. Denny & Bros, Dumbarton, 1932, withdrawn 1960 and broken up 1961.

ship's bell isle of sark

1932

Ship's plaque, from Southern Railway Twin Screw Steamship "Isle of Sark", bearing crest in relief, built 1932 by Wm Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton.

plaque from ss isle of sark

1932

Ship's bell, brass, Ford & Jackson/Great Western Railway, inscribed "Vulture", from the Paddle Steamer Vulture, allocated to the Milford-Waterford route, built by J Aitken of Glasgow, 1864.

ship's bell "vulture"

1864

Ship's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Deal" in black lettering, no clapper, from the Twin-Screw Steamship Deal II, allocated to Dover and Folkestone, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson, Meadowside Yard, Glasgow, 1928, withdrawn and broken up 1963.

Brass ship's bell, Southern Railway - 'Deal'

1928

Plaque, from ship, Southern Railway, War Service, 1939-1945, "Isle of Sark", gold lettering on wood.

ships war service plaque

Plaque from ship, Southern Railway, War Service, "Deal", gold lettering on wood.

Southern Railway ship's plaque, War Service

Plaque from ship, Southern Railway, War Service, "T.S.S. Canterbury", gold lettering on wood.

ships war service plaque

Plaque from ship, wooden, re War Service, 1939-1945, "Ringwood", gold lettering on wood.

ships war service plaque

Ships's bell, brass, Southern Railway, inscribed "Autocarrier", from the Twin-Screw Steamship Autocarrier, allocated to the Dover-Calais route, built by Messrs. D & W Henderson & Co Ltd, Glasgow, 1931, withdrawn and broken up 1954.

ship's bell autocarrier

1931

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