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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

SS Dewsbury worksplate

1910

ships war service plaque

Great Central Railway ship's bell, SS Dewsbury

1910

PS Duchess of Hamilton

Ship's bell, Southern Railway

1930

Piece of taffrail, GER

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Twin-Screw Steamship Rose, allocated to the Tilbury-Gravesend service, built by A W Robertson & Co Ltd, London, 1901, withdrawn and broken up 1961.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 Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton, 1929, withdrawn and broken up 1964.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

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 Denny & Bros Ltd., Dumbarton for the Lymington to Yarmouth route, last used on Hull-New Holland service and withdrawn from service in 1981.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, 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

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

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

Ship's worksplate, 'Denny-Dumbarton Engineers & Shipbuilders Engine No.1014, Parsons turbines under licence from the Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne 1931', black on brass. Dimensions 18" x 12".

Brass ship's worksplate

Ship's worksplate, brass oval, 'David & William Henderson & Co Limited No 912, Engineers & Shipbuilders 1931, Glasgow'. Dimensions 10 3/4" x 7".

Brass ship's worksplate

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

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, 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

Ship's worksplate, brass, rectangle, 'T.S.S. Canterbury built and engined by Wm Denny & Bros Ltd. Shipbuilders and Engineers Dumbarton. Ship 1218 1929, Eng No 970'. Dimensions 17 1/4" x 10 1/2".

Brass ship's worksplate

Ship's worksplate, 'No 1306 Paddle Steamer "Ryde" built by Denny-Dumbarton 1937'. Dimensions 16 1/2" x 10 1/2".

Ship's worksplate

Ship's builders plate, brass, oval, 'Built and engined by John Brown and Company Ltd Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, Clydebank and of Atlas Steelworks, Sheffield', from the bridge front of the TSMV Suffolk Ferry.

Suffolk ferry builders plate

1947

Ship's wheel and binnacle, ex TSS Catherine, London Tilbury & Southend Railway, built 1903 by A.W. Robertson & Company Limited, London, worked Tilbury-Gravesend ferry service, withdrawn from service in 1960 and broken up by van den Bossche in Belguim in April 1961.

Ship's wheel and binnacle, 'TSS Catherine'

1903

Ship's plaque, from Southern Railway Twin Screw Steamship "Dinard", bearing Southern Railway coat-of-arms on burr walnut panel in oak frame, built 1924 by Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton, renamed "Viking" in 1959.

plaque from ss dinard

1924

Ship's worksplate, brass oval, 'The Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd. 1912. Engine No 65, Wallsend-upon-Tyne'. Dimensions 18" x 11 1/4".

Brass ship's worksplate

Ship's works plate. 'David & William Henderson & Co Limited. No 7067 Engineers & Shipbuilders, 1925 Glasgow', brass, oval. Dimensions 10 1/2" x 7".

Brass ship's worksplate

Cast iron letter, GER/Earle's. Cast iron letter "A" from the name of SS Artemis. Dimensions 10" x 6".

Cast iron letter

Ship's worksplate, South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway, brass oval, 'Hythe built by David & William Henderson & Co Ltd. Glasgow'. Dimensions 17 3/4" x 11 1/2".

Brass ship's worksplate, South Eastern & Chatham Railway and Southern Railway

Ship's worksplate, brass oval, 'The Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Limited, Engines No 482, Govan Glasgow'. Dimensions 18 3/4" x 13".

Brass ship's worksplate

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

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

Crest, Southern Railway, ex Twin Screw Steamship Isle of Guernsey, depicting three lions on shield, built by Wm. Denny & Bros Ltd, Dumbarton for Southampton - Channel Islands passenger service, broken up 1961.

Crest, Southern Railway - Isle of Guernsey

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