SHIPS AND THE SEA

GALLERY BEING UPDATED.
Mainly a gallery of the Hastings fishing boats and their environs, with other interesting images.

BLUSTERY DAY!

BLUSTERY DAY!

MENDING THE NETS on the beach at Hastings, Sussex.

MENDING THE NETS on the beach at Hastings, Sussex.

FIGUREHEAD FROM THE 74 GUN SHIP IMPLACABLE, - ORIGINALLY THE FRENCH 74 GUN SHIP DUGUAY TROUIN SHE FOUGHT AGAINST NELSON'S FLEET AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR ON 21 OCTOBER 1805 AND ESCAPED, ONLY TO BE CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH TWO WEEKS LATER. SHE WAS TAKEN INTO THE ROYAL NAVY, RENAMED IMPLACABLE AND ENJOYED A LONG CAREER. IMPLACABLE WAS SCUTTLED ON 2ND DECEMBER 1949 - AMID PUBLIC UPROAR - AND HER FIGUREHEAD AND STERN CARVINGS DONATED TO THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH. ENGLAND.

FIGUREHEAD FROM THE 74 GUN SHIP IMPLACABLE, - ORIGINALLY THE FRENCH 74 GUN SHIP DUGUAY TROUIN SHE FOUGHT AGAINST NELSON'S FLEET AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR ON 21 OCTOBER 1805 AND ESCAPED, ONLY TO BE CAPTURED BY THE BRITISH TWO WEEKS LATER. SHE WAS TAKEN INTO THE ROYAL NAVY, RENAMED IMPLACABLE AND ENJOYED A LONG CAREER.
IMPLACABLE WAS SCUTTLED ON 2ND DECEMBER 1949 - AMID PUBLIC UPROAR - AND HER FIGUREHEAD AND STERN CARVINGS DONATED TO THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH. ENGLAND.

STERN CARVINGS FROM THE 74 GUN SHIP IMPLACABLE, 1800. FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 1805. SEE MY FIGUREHEAD IMAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SHIP.

STERN CARVINGS FROM THE 74 GUN SHIP IMPLACABLE, 1800.
FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 1805.
SEE MY FIGUREHEAD IMAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SHIP.

BEACHING THE RX258 IN A WINTERY SEA.

BEACHING THE RX258 IN A WINTERY SEA.

FIGUREHEAD OF THE 'SUNBEAM' 1876

FIGUREHEAD OF THE 'SUNBEAM' 1876

RX 60 ALFIE ELLIOT

RX 60 ALFIE ELLIOT

THE RX 60 ALFIE ELLIOT, RETURNS FROM FISHING.

THE RX 60 ALFIE ELLIOT, RETURNS FROM FISHING.