Skip to main content
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Royal Museums Greenwich
Main navigation
Menu
Royal Museums Greenwich
Search
Close
Plan your visit
Back
Plan your visit
Tickets and prices
Getting here
Accessibility
Family visits
Group visits
School visits
Cutty Sark
Cutty Sark
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Adult: £18 | Child: £9
Members go free
Free
National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Free
Queen's House
Queen's House
Open daily 10am-5pm
Last entry 4.15pm
Free entry
Booking recommended
Royal Observatory
Royal Observatory
Open daily 10am-6pm
Last entry 5pm
Adult: £18 | Child: £9
Members go free
What's on
Back
What's on
Exhibitions
For families
Member events
Talks and tours
National Maritime Museum
Family fun
Astronomers Take Over
This brand-new interactive gallery gives curious minds aged 4 to 104 the space to play, learn and explore!
Queen's House
Events and festivals
DEBUT at the Queen’s House
Come to an evening of enchanting classical music as part of DEBUT's acclaimed 'Secret Concerts' series
National Maritime Museum
Events and festivals
Moon Celebration Week
Join us to celebrate our beautiful celestial neighbour with a range of Moon-themed activities for all ages
Stories
Back
Stories
Maritime history
Space and astronomy
Art and culture
The ocean
Time
Royal history
Inside the megaship: on board one of the world's biggest container ships
What is it like to sail on one of the giants of global trade? Artist and researcher Zoe Childerley journeyed aboard HMM Southampton to find out
Night sky highlights - September 2026
Spot Neptune through a telescope, see the Moon in the Beehive Cluster, and mark the autumnal equinox and equilux.
Making Waves: Dr Dawn Wright
Oceanographer and chief scientist Dr Dawn Wright on diving to the deepest part of the ocean – and why we need to stand up for our blue planet
Collections
Back
Collections
Conservation
Research
Donating items to our collection
Collections Online
Search our online database and explore our objects, paintings, archives and library collections from home
The Prince Philip Maritime Collections Centre
Come behind the scenes at our state-of-the-art conservation studio
Caird Library
Visit the world's largest maritime library and archive collection at the National Maritime Museum
Learn
Back
Learn
Learning resources
School visits and sessions
SEND sessions and resources
Opportunities for teachers
Adult learning
Practitioner residencies
Schools
From astronomy to maritime history, bring your subjects to life with our school sessions and resources
Communities
Explore our groups, programmes and events developed with local and connected communities
Young people
Gain skills and hands-on experience with a range of creative activities, projects and events
Support us
Back
Support us
Become a member
Donate
Corporate partnerships
Become a patron
Leave a legacy
Commemoration and celebration
Our sites
Cutty Sark
National Maritime Museum
Queen's House
Royal Observatory
Membership
Donate
Shop
Venue hire
Search
Beta
Back to all results
Explore our Collection
Objects
Library
Archive
Search our collection
filters…
Search
Item Category
Select…
Item Category
Item Category
Type
Select…
Type
Type
Colour transparency
documentary artifact: photonegative, film
documentary artifact: phototransparency, film
documentary artifact: ship plan: body
documentary artifact: ship plan: docking
documentary artifact: ship plan: general arrangement
documentary artifact: ship plan: sail
general arrangement
Negative
Print
sail
Technical drawing
water transport: cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: barge
water transport: cargo vessel: clipper, tea
water transport: cargo vessel: coaster
water transport: cargo vessel: fruit ship
water transport: cargo vessel: general cargo vessel
water transport: cargo vessel: general cargo vessel (locomotives)
water transport: cargo vessel: liner, cargo
water transport: cargo vessel: refrigerated carrier
water transport: motor vessel
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: liner, cargo & passenger
water transport: passenger/cargo vessel: refrigerated carrier
water transport: passenger vessel: excursion vessel
water transport: passenger vessel: liner, passenger
water transport: service vessel: tug
water transport: service vessel: tug, armament (HMS)
water transport: service vessel: tug, dockyard (HMT)
Materials
Select…
Materials
Materials
Cellulose acetate negative
dyeline
paper
Polyester negative
Display Location
Select…
Display Location
Display Location
Not on display
Creator
Select…
Creator
Creator
Alexander Hall & Co Ltd
Grierson, Alec R.
Huddy, J.B.
Places
Select…
Places
Places
Aberdeen
Blackwall Reach
Devonport Dockyard
Gallions Reach
Gravesend Reach
King George V Dock
Northfleet Hope
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Royal Docks
Surrey Commercial Docks
Tilbury Docks
West India Docks
Vessels
Select…
Vessels
Vessels
Aberdeen City (1957)
Aberdeen Merchant (1957)
Appledore (1953)
Arctic (1897)
Argentina Star (1947)
Atlantic Cock (1932)
Auckland Star (1958)
Beam (1910)
Bengloe (1961)
Blisworth (1957)
Blue Circle (1927)
Cannon (1943)
Catalina Star (1944)
Caxton (1958)
Cervia (1946)
Challenge 1931
City of Carlisle (1946)
Contest (1933)
Cutty Sark (1869)
Dunedin Star (1950)
Durban Castle (1938)
Flamer 1940
Fresco (1940)
Heron (1957)
Jamaica Producer 1962
Kerstin 1956
Kethole 1932
Medusa 1952
Moerdyk 1965
Ocean Cock 1932
Onitsha 1952
Persian Roxana (1953)
Royal Daffodil 1939
Simla (1898)
Sun IV 1915
Sunrise (1928)
Sun XVII 1946
Sun XXIV 1962
Tayra (1926)
People
Select…
People
People
Alexander Hall & Co Ltd
Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd
Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd
Cammell Laird & Co Ltd
Charles Connell and Company
Earle's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd
Grierson, Alec R.
Harland & Wolff Ltd
Helsingborgs Varfs A/B
Hill, C, & Sons Ltd
James Pollock, Sons & Co Ltd
Lithgows Ltd
Lobnitz & Co Ltd
Lytham Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd
Rotterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij
William Denny and Brothers Limited
William Gray & Company Ltd, William
Century
Select…
Century
Century
19th
20th
Date Range
Select…
Date Range
Date From
Select...
1887
1940
1945
1956
1961
1963
1964
1965
1966
Date To
Select...
1200
1887
1940
1945
1961
1963
1964
1965
1966
Show only:
With images
Applied Filters
Alexander Hall & Co Ltd
Clear all
showing 31 objects results
Sort by
Relevance
Object title/name
Object title/name (desc)
Finding reference
Finding reference (desc)
The cargo liner Auckland Star (1958) locking into the Royal Docks, London. (Colour transparency)
The general cargo coaster Blisworth (1957) in the Surrey Docks, London. (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Argentina Star (1947) and the tug Challenge (1931) entering the King George V Dock lock, London. (Negative)
The tug Contest (1933) and the cargo liner Auckland Star (1958) leaving the King George V Dock lock, London. (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Durban Castle (1938) in the King George V Dock, London (Negative)
The passenger/cargo liner Argentina Star (1947) and the tug Challenge (1931) entering the King George V Dock lock, London. (Negative)
The tug Contest (1933) and the cargo liner Auckland Star (1958) in the King George V Dock lock, London. (Negative)
First
Prev
Page
1
Current page
2
Next
Last
Loading filters
Royal Museums Greenwich
Close
Search
Want to search our collection? Search here.
Back to top