Transport and Communication
Here can be found material on all forms of transport from steam engines to trams and sailing ships. Transport engineering and famous engineers such as Brunel may also be found here.
Choose one of the following items:
- Churston Ferrers and Galmpton
- Cover of a leaflet with a photo of the paddle steamer passing the Greenway ferry about 193 ...
- The Fleet in Torbay
- The Fleet anchored in the bay. Fishing and other small craft moored in the harbour. ...
- [Flying boat off shore at Torre Abbey Sands]
- A Supermarine Southampton flying boat in the seas in front of the Grand Hotel at Torre San ...
- A Drowning Took Place Here!
- My mother was born in 1903 in Torquay and spent her life there. There was no sea wall on T ...
- An Airbase
- Towards the end of World War 2 a flying boat flight was based in Torquay Harbour. There w ...
- Supermarine Southampton flying boat off Grand Hotel, Torquay, circa 1930
- The Supermarine Southampton was in service from 1925 until 1936, so this photo probably da ...
- What Aircraft is This?
- This is not a Catalina! Possibly a Curtiss flying boat; there is a mention in the "Pa ...
- [Submarines in Torquay harbour]
- 4 submarines on a visit [to Torquay] with crew members on deck with many sailing vessels i ...
- [Submarines in Torquay harbour]
- 3 submarines moored alongside the quay at Haldon Pier with members of the crew on deck ...
