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Well dressed Woman in Black Dress talking to well dressed Man in Suit and Bowler hat.

Single Funnel ship at anchor

Twi Funnel ship at anchor, small ship alongside

Twin Funnel Ship at anchor

Ship with Twin Funnels, smaller ship tied up alongside.

Single Funnel steam powered Naval Ship

View of unknown Warship and Sail Training ship in background.
Possibly Plymouth Sound Devonport Naval base

Wooden Wall Sail Training ship. View looks like Plymouth Sound with ship operating out of Devonport.
HMS Impregnable built in 1860 as a 110 gun 1sr rate ship. Renamed HMS Bulwark and then HMS Impregnable in 1886

This is a copy of a postcard, but a better picture and more information can be found under the Identifier M.1595.

Foreground right is the end of the Old Pier in Newlyn. View is across to the new harbour road built in 1908, joining two parts of the village which became known as 'Uplong and Downlong'. They have just started building up the new walls supporting…

Mounts Bay luggers aground in the Old Harbour. Many more at anchor in Gwavas Lake, in pre 1885 time, before the North and South Piers were built.
Registration numbers on vessels had the numbers listed first, followed by the PZ descriptor; this…

Fore Street is above left; the Harbour road is in the far right.
The vessel looks like as East Coast mackerel drifter but may be another commercial vessel converted, etc.
Has a port registry number of F5223 recorded at Faversham, which is a town 10…

This was during the building of the cliff wall to support the road at Fore Street, Newlyn.

Vessels anchored in Gwavas Lake at low tide. Fish landings would have to be brought ashore in small punts. Fish-hawkers or 'Jousters' are waiting on the beach.

The lifeboat was based at Newlyn between 1909 and 1913. In 1913 it was relocated to the new slip and boathouse at Penlee Point near Mousehole.

Both harbour walls are existing which indicates the date is at least 1895 but before 1905 when the harbour road was built. The harbour is full of sailing vessels.
Top, small white building, top central is Penzer House. The large row below, top…

Scene shows the fish packing area at R. Sullivan's premises, who was one of the early fish agents. Note all the wicker baskets with lids. Some operated from the wood sheds on the start of the North Pier.
This print is a cropped portion taken from a…

Several old luggers aground. One has a pile of gill nets on the deck. Note the early method of boat registration numbers, ie, numbers then letters compared to the current method of letters then numbers. Note also the very rocky foreground in the…

Three Masted Warship - Stern View

Three Masted War Ship