MPX5136532: HMS Renown. 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136556: The maiden voyage of the Queen Mary. 27th May 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136587: RMS Mauretania (1938), built for the newly formed Cunard White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard and White Star lines. Pictured. Being refitted after use during Second World War. Clearing tables used by troops in one of the main lounges of the ship. Gladstone Dock, Liverpool, 11th September 1946 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136611: Bow view of the Cunard White Star ocean liner Queen Mary, from the bridge. Clydebank, Scotland, 26th September 1934 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5136619: Petty Officer on the quarter deck of a Royal Naval destroyer, White Ensign at half mast, c. 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137581: Junk boat sailing near Palpu Tioman in Malaysia, c. 1975 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137593: A man of the sea perched high above the deck of the Cutty Sark returns the wave to two young boys. The friendly old salt is Godfrey Wicksteed a, 69 year old former sailor who likes nothing better than to get up up and away on the famous clipper which is in dry dock at Greenwich, London June 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137601: Oil Tanker at Torreys Canyon aground on the seven stones reef off lands end, March 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137629: Ship Queen Elizabeth II - September 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137646: The period Italian sail ship Amerigo Vespucci under full sail as she approaches Plymouth Sound Transport August 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137659: The Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci, used for training, arriving in Plymouth Sound August 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137660: The Mayflower II, April 1957 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137694: The Queen Mary October 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137714: The Torrey Canyon a Crude Oil tanker which sank off the shores of Penzance, Cornwall which caused an oil spillage and pollution. Thick black smoke. 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137770: Aerial view of Sir Francis Chichester arriving at Plymouth to complete the final leg of his single handed sail around the world in his boat the Gysy Moth IV May 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137774: The Liberian cargo ship Irene aground on South Ronaldshay in the Orkneys. Her call for help was answered by the ill fated Longhope lifeboat March 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137786: Duchess of Rothesay after being raised 1963 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137809: Trawler in the docks at Manchester ship canal seen through the mist June 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137813: Manchester Liner ships in the docks at Manchester Ship canal June 1967 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137835: Ship Queen Elizabeth II, November 1968 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137862: The Liberian cargo ship Irene aground on South Ronaldshay in the Orkneys. Her call for help was answered by the ill fated Longhope lifeboat March 1969 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137909: HMS Victory, the Battle of Trafalgar flagship of Lord Nelson. Descendant of the Spanish galleons' Castles, the highly decorated stern of HMS Victory was once the private quarters of Admiral Nelson and Captain Hardy, c. 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137983: HMS Victory, the Battle of Trafalgar flagship of Lord Nelson. Gun-ports raised, the Victory's cannon peer out on the starboard side. These guns naturally had no modern recoil springs, and had to be dragged back with blocks and tackle every time they were fired, c. 1975 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137988: Ships Submarines Polaris HMS Repulse stranded on a sandbank after launching in Barrow in Furness November 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5137993: The Submarine HMS Alliance lays a wreath over the spot where submarine HMS Affray failed to surface during a training dive 1951 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5138102: The helicopter heads towards the landing platform on the stern of HMS Aurora during a NATO Exercise March 1965 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5138104: Royal Navy Ships HMS Fearless Assault Ship. A Wessex helicopter hovers over the flight deck of HMS Fearless during her working up trials in the Solent, March 1966 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5138470: "We'll Just Keep Rolling Along!" 22nd August 1940 (b/w photo), Zec, Philip (1909-1983) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5139468: Crowds of spectators watched the match. 15th March 1927 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5140538: Fish Quay, North Shields. The photographer took this photo from the top of the Low Light Tower. 14th May 1938. / Bridgeman Images

MPX5141695: 15 year old Belinda Pickard climbs the foremast rigging as the sail training ship Royalists sails down the channel. August 1975 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5142786: Sailing April 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5143318: Three young boys from Cardiff paddle across the old Cardiff West Dock on their homemade raft August 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5143535: Foreign fishing boats tied up at the Newcastle Quayside seeking shelter from the gales.in 1976 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5143976: Severn Ferry - The Severn Princess, one of the three Severn ferry boats that will soon be making their last trips following the completion of the Severn Bridge in the background - 1st Sept 1966 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5144796: Italy Venice Gondolas and gondoliers on a rainy day June 1965 / Bridgeman Images