MPX5099853: Heading into Commissioners' Quay, North Shields, is the Centurion, half-scale model of the 1702 HMS Centurion, on her arrival on the River Tyne from Berwick. The missionary ship which belongs to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel will visit North-East ports, c. 1950 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5099579: Canadian Pacific immigrant ship Beaverbrae formerly the Hapag's Huascaran which was taken over by the German Navy during the second world war and used as a u-boat repair ship in Norway. Captured in 1945 and handed over to Canadian Government, the ship was sold to Canadian Pacific in 1947. Refitted and renamed Beaverbrae and used as an emigrant carrier on the St. John - Bremerhaven/Bremen route. Police seen patrolling the dock gates 25th July 1949 / Bridgeman Images
MPX5099992: The De Havilland "Trident" Britain's newest jet airliner, made her maiden flight this morning. John Cunningham, De Havillands chief test pilot was at the controls on the trip lasting an hour and twenty minutes. At one time he reported "flying at ten thousand feet - all's well". Sir Geoffrey De Havilland watched the take off from a car. It is almost 51 years to the day since the president of the company flew the D.H. 1., which had a top speed of 40 mph. "trident" cruises at about 600 mph, January 1962 / Bridgeman Images