Photos

We’ve got a wide selection of photos, some from the private collections of the families that were interviewed, others that belong to collections such as the Isle of Wight Council Heritage Service and the RNLI. Feel free to click around this scrapbook …

Bembridge RNLI crew bringing tackle back to shore

Bembridge shore

Ashford Caws and John Luff

Donald Young built yacht on a trailer

Donald Young built yacht on a trailer in the drive

Donald Young yacht on the water

Donald Young yacht on the water

Donald Young yacht on the water

Receipt for J D Young & Sons from 1962

Donald Young boatbuilding

Donald Young boatbuilding

Donald Young boatbuilding

Woody Lookout in 1960

Sinking yacht

Rockfall

Cow rescue at St Lawrence

Coastguard volunteers

Coastguard team outside the old hut

Rope training at St Catherine's

Coastguard with dolphin

Battery Bay 1981

Wedding party Carol Wootton

Carol Wootton and colleague

Carol Wootton having tea

SRN5 in foreground and AP1.88 in background

Prototype hovercraft

Hovercraft on land

Recovered hovercraft being lifted out of water in Portsmouth Harbour

Slipway trials at the new Bembridge lifeboat station. Tamar class lifeboat Edward and Barbara Prigmore 16-10 on the slipway

Testing the 'sat hat' 1977-78

Shanklin Pier after the 1987 storm

North Sea Dressed Diver in modern times

Discovery

Martin Woodward at SS Mendi wreath laying in 1991

SS Mendi postcard

SS Mendi display at Shipwreck Museum

Martin Woodward at Mendi Centenary memorial

Martin Woodward on a diving expedition

Diving 1979 - Velox

Bembridge 46 foot Watson motor class lifeboat Jesse Lumb ON 822. Built in Cowes in 1939 by J.S White and Co. Bembridge: 1939-69; Relief fleet

Bembridge 46 foot Watson motor class lifeboat Jesse Lumb ON 822. Built in Cowes in 1939 by J.S White and Co. Bembridge: 1939-69; Relief fleet

Bembridge 40 foot self-righting motor class lifeboat Langham ON 676. Built in 1922 in Cowes by J.S White and Co. Legacy of T.G Langham of Maida Vale, a gift from his executors. On station Bembridge: 1922-39; Relief fleet: Walmer, Selsey, Salcombe, Dungeness, Yarmouth. 97 launches, 100 lives saved, sold 1950.

Bembridge lifeboat station

Bembridge Tamar class lifeboat (relief) Frank and Anne Wilkinson 16-06 providing safety cover during the 2017 Round the Island Race. Slipway launch. Lifeboat being recovered.

Bembridge Tamar class lifeboat (relief) Frank and Anne Wilkinson 16-06 providing safety cover during the 2017 Round the Island Race. Slipway launch. Lifeboat being reovered

Bembridge Tamar class lifeboat Alfred Albert Williams 16-17 providing safety cover during the Round the Island Race

Steve Simmonds, Coxswain at Bembridge Lifeboat Station. In full ALB kit and helmet

Bembridge lifeboat station reflected in wet sand

Bembridge Tyne class lifeboat, ON 1126, Max Aitken III, 47-018 on night exercise with Calshot All Weather Lifeboat in Solent

Bembridge All Weather Lifeboat House, view of walkway to the boathouse and 4 people in front of the pictures rear and side aspect of boathouse. In the background is a ship

Bembridge lifeboat Solent class 48-006 ON 1009 'Jack Shayler & the Lees' travelling from right to left in lively seas. Crew members are wearing RNLI clothing and Beaufort lifejackets

Bembridge station. ON 822 Watson motor class, 'Jesse Lumb' travelling left to right, mainly bow on

Relief ON 1122. Tyne class. 47-017. 'Owen and Ann Aisher' Bembridge Lifeboat house with launch of lifeboat from slipway, lots of surf with sunlight reflecting

Bembridge station. ON 1126 Tyne classMax Aitken III, 47-018 undergoing self-righting trials 1986

Bembridge. Solent Class. ON 1009. Build No 48-006. Jack Shayler & the Lees. Broadside view of lifeboat travelling left to right

Bembridge. Tyne Class. ON 1126. Build No 47-018. Max Aitken III. on service (rescue) Broadside view of Bembridge lifeboat behind an upturned catamaran.

Bembridge. Tyne Class. ON 1126. Build No 47-018. Max Aitken III. Broadside view of lifeboat travelling from left to right.

Bembridge. D Class. Build No D-244. Broadside view of lifeboat travelling from right to left

Aerial view of Bembridge Lifeboat Station at the end of a very long pier

Bembridge Lifeboat house and slipway.

Bembridge Self Righter Motor Class ON 676. Broadside view of Langham lifeboat with other boats in background on calm water

Cox Martin Woodward in the foreground, behind him the bow of Max Aitken III protruding from the lifeboat station and the rest of the crew. Bembridge Tyne class ON 1126 Build No 47-018. Max Aitken III.

Bembridge Cox John Holbrook, wearing a kapok lifejacket and sou'wester

Picture of two lifeboats in calm sea travelling left to right. Left Bembridge Self righting class. ON 676. Langham. Right Barry Dock. Watson motor class. ON 677. Prince David.

Bembridge Cox Harry J. Gawn, awarded bronze medal for the rescue on 29 January 1940 of the crew of 21 of HM trawler 'Kingston Cairngorm'

Bembridge Cox Peter Smith

Crew standing on deck of lifeboat with HRH the Duke of Kent. Bembridge Solent class. ON 1009. Jack Shayler & the Lees, 48-006.

Bembridge lifeboat - A Henley

Bembridge Cox Albert Edward Baker 1946-1954

HMS Alliance and JL 68

Seaway Hawk, North Sea Diving

Martin Woodward Diving North Sea 1977

Martin Woodward North Sea Diving

Martin Woodward in diving suit

The Flag Theofano

Troop Night on the Medina

Sponsored Round the Island Relay in 2012

Rope Making for Queen's Diamond Jubilee visit 2012

Rafting on the Isle of Wight

Picos on the water

HQ Opening by Lord Mountbatten

Mohawk - May 1963

Fun with the life raft

Zenobia in boatshed

Zenobia 1961

X-boat May Day 1968

Salla - Col. Brannon - Lallows 1947

Repairs to hull

Norris Castle on the water

Norris castle flyer

Morning Cloud Prospect of Whitby and another boat on lorries

Morning Cloud in the yard

Morning Cloud in the water

Morning Cloud in the water

Morning Cloud being launched in 1973 with Ted Heath

Morning Cloud 3 (1973)

Modern Lallows

Modern Lallows

Marqueza launch 1953

Marqueza Cowes-Dinard 1953

Lothian 1952

Looking out of boat shed to marina

Lallows at Solent Wharf

Lallow boat on the water

Island Sailing Club

Inside Britannia

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Great fire of Cowes

Eleuthera 1974

Edinburgh Cup

Edinburgh Cup

Easy Beat 1960

Damaged hull

Clare Lallow Gridiron Yard

Caviare, Lullaby and Tio Pepe

Caviare 1955

Britannia on display

Boats under the crane

Boatbuilding at Clare Lallow

Boatbuilding at Clare Lallow

Boatbuilding at Clare Lallow

Boatbuilding at Clare Lallow

1967 Boat Show Roundabout

Tug Hofland

Tug Hofland towing Kathleen May in Sharpness canal

Tug Hofland at Greenwich

Tug Hofland and barge Kathleen May pausing at Cowes

Tug Hofland and barge Kathleen May at Cowes en route to Gloucester

Trinity House work boat, carried on board the tenders

Trinity House East Cowes Depot gate in 1960

Trinity House bouys on quay at East Cowes depot

Trinity House vessel ready wheelhouse

THV Mermaid launch in 1959 - one of four tenders built by J S Whites

Trinity House workboat going into Longships

Trinity House work boat buoy jumpers on the buoy

Trinity House Lighthouse Longships

Trinity House LANBY (Lighted Automatic Navigation Buoy)

Marine Explorer in London for 200th anniversary of Hydrographic Survey

Island Harbour and the River Medina

Tricat built by FBM Marine Ltd awaiting trials in Cowes

Tricat built by FBM Marine Ltd awaiting trials in Cowes

Tricat built by FBM Marine Ltd at Cowes

Ex Cowes Express St Agata (Wight King) arrives in Tenerife

Cowes Express St. Agata

People working inside Niton Radio Station

Annual Camp on HMS Bristol for RN Recognised Sea Scouts - 2nd Cowes are 1 of 104 Recognised Groups

Receiving my Scoutleader Warrant in 1968, 3 years after becoming an Assistant Leader

Family day at Corf Scout Camp

Lord Mountbatten inspecting a 22 year old self in 1967 at an open evening

Bembridge Harbour ferry

The Alliance & Jesse Jan 1968

Bembridge Fisherman Bert Baker

Bembridge Coastguard station

Bembridge Coastguard station

Bembridge Coastguard station

Bembridge Coastguard station

Walter and 'Teddy' Attrill, with their wrecked boat following the 'Romola' rescue

Setting off for the fort

Peter Smith and Alan Holbrooke 'shoving'

Herb Caws 'shoving' the fishing boat

Fishermen - Bert Baker, George and Walter Attrill, and George Smith

Fisherman George Attrill

Conger eel, caught at Bembridge

Bert Baker mending the pots - 1950s

Attrill Brothers (George in middle) & withy pot

At fisherman's hut c.1910

The Village Inn in the 1920s

'The White Houseboat', Bembridge harbour, c.1904.

The Toll Hut, Embankment Road

The Toll Gate, Embankment Road

The Toll Gate Bembridge Point - early 1960s

The Piermaster - 1909

The first Coastguard lookout building at Forelands - 1920s

The first Bembridge Harbourrmaster - Nicholas Attrill - 1800s

The 'ferry boat', Bembridge harbour - 1960s

The Coastguard Station c.1908

'Smuggler's Barn' pub - 1970s.

Royal Spithead Hotel - early 1920s

Regatta crowds in front of Spithead Hotel c.1908

'Queen Victoria I' lifeboat as houseboat in Bembridge harbour. c.1905

PS 'Bembridge' under steam

PS 'Bembridge' leaving for Seaview

PS 'Bembridge' and 'Island Queen' laid up for the winter - c.1890

Pilot Boat Inn and Station Road c.1890s

Paddle steamer 'Island Queen' and the 'Spithead hotel' before the addtion of the upper windows - c.1880

Paddle steamer 'Bembridge'

Paddle steamer 'Bembridge' under steam

Paddle steamer 'Bembridge' leaving the harbor pier

Paddle steamer 'Bembridge' at Bembridge harbour pier c.1880s

On the deck of the PS 'Bembridge'

On the deck of the PS 'Bembridge'

'Lord Kitchener' steamer

Messrs Mursell and Caws, setting off for fishing

Les Bartlett's fish shop, High Street

Jabez Balfour - portrait

Houseboats on the harbour - 1955

Houseboat 'Blackwater' - Bembridge Harbour, 1960s

High Street and Village Inn - 1930

High Street and the Village Inn - 1880s

Herb Caws with the pot boat

Harbour regatta crowds on the ferry pier. early 1900s

Harbour regatta 1908

Harbour regatta 1908

Harbour regatta 1909

Harbour pier with the 'Lord Kitchener' alongside

Fred Bartlett's fish van

Fishermen -Sam and Charlie Mursell

Fishermen - Alan, Charlie and Teddy Holbrook

Fishermen - around early 1900s

Fisherman with stingray

'Ferry Boat Inn' - advert - 1960s

'Entering Brading Haven' - 1856

Damaged houseboats after storm - Jan 1978

'Crab and Lobster' Inn - 1931

Coastguard lookout, Forelands - 1950s

Bert Baker tarring the pots - 1950s

Bert Baker - 195's

Bembridge Sailing Club - 1897 Regatta Day

Bembridge regatta crowds in front of Royal Spithaed Hotel

Bembridge regatta, Bembridge Sailing Club 1904

Bembridge regatta spectators

Bembridge regatta 1908 at Bembridge Sailing Club.

Bembridge regatta 1905

Bembridge regatta - 1905

Bembridge harbour regatta

Bembridge harbour regatta, with Arnold's fairground

Bembridge harbour regatta, August 17th 1908

Bembridge harbour regatta, 1900s

Bembridge harbour regatta - c.1908

Bembridge Harbour postcards

Bembridge Harbour postcards

Bembridge Coastguards c.1906

Bembridge Coastguards c.1906

Bembridge Coastguards - hauling up the boat

Bembridge Coastguard station at the Point

'Bembridge' and 'Island Queen' on their winter quarters

Alan Holbrook hauling pots

Alan and Charlie Holbrook, off Howegate

Spencer Rigging in 2021

Spencer Rigging in 2021

Postcard image of the Nab Tower

The Capable - grounded on Atherfield Ledge in fog on 3rd March 1930 and was eventually towed to Southampton for repairs

Inside Trinity House lighthouse tender Mermaid

Trinity House lighthouse tender, Mermaid

Officers Lounge on the Mermaid

Officers Dining Room on the Mermaid

T.H.V "Winston Churchill"

T.H.V "Winston Churchill"

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Engine Room - Looking Aft

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Hold - Looking Aft from Main Deck

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Engine Casing

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Wheelhouse

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Greasers' Mess

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Captain's Sleeping Cabin

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Chartroom

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Lightsmen's Accommodation

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Light Officers' Accommodation

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Boat Deck

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Boat Deck

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Upper Deck Forward

T.H.V "Winston Churchill" - Upper Bridge

T.H.V Winston Churchill

T.H.V Winston Churchill

Launch of T.H.V "Winston Churchill" 16th Oct 1962

Launch of T.H.V "Winston Churchill" 16th Oct 1962

Launch of T.H.V "Winston Churchill"

Uffa's flying fifteen featured in Yachting World magazine

Uffa on the Slipway at Medina Yard

Uffa Fox on Britannia 1 before John Fairfax rowed the craft across the Atlantic in 1969

Uffa Fox in his studio

Sailing by Cowes RNLI

RAF Bircham Newton stamp

Inside lifeboat

Uffa Fox's Airborne Lifeboat on a parachute

Boats on trailer outside Uffa Fox's studio in Cowes

Boat on trailer outside Uffa Fox's studio in Cowes

Uffa Fox designed yacht on decking

Inside the Airborne Lifeboat

Airborne Lifeboat attached to bottom of plane

Airborne Lifeboat signage

Airborne Lifeboat manual

Airborne Lifeboat manual

Airborne Lifeboat in magazine

Workers pose outside a warehouse by Newport Quay. Some stevedores pose on a barge. Warehouse belongs to Croucher and sons and is now Rope store gallery at the Quay Arts centre

Barges moored up at Newport Quay. Coppins Bridge in background. Dore (?)

Sandown Promenade entertained by musicians called The Pierrots, the photographer is J. Dore dating between 1890 and 1914

Crowd on a beach at Sandown entertained by musicians. The photographer is J. Dore and the image is entitled Watching the Niggers it dates between 1890 and 1914

Crowds on Sandown Esplanade

Sandown Pier entrance

Four young women on the beach, a fisherman stands nearby

Couples promenading on Ventnor Pier

Children playing on the beach at Sandown

Beach at Seaview

Two people entertaining crowds underneath Sandown pier

Boats and bathing machines at Freshwater Bay

Children playing on Sandown Beach. Small boy with toy sailing boat in foreground

Diver descending into the sea, crew look on from a ship called The Solent

Fisherman making lobsterpots on beach at Ventnor

Open boat returning to shore at Ventnor, fishermen unload lobster pots

Two crew standing beside the 'Queen Victoria' Bembridge lifeboat

Two fisherman asleep underneath a boat on the beach

Dog with a rat (puppy?) in its mouth standing between two fisherman on the beach at Shanklin

Three men in rowing boat inspecting the upturned hull of wrecked ship in Sandown Bay

Steephill Cove with houses and fishing boats

Fishing boat seting out to sea

Rocket life saving apparatus practice

View of the construction of Sandown Pier Head in 1895

Barge in the foreground loaded with goods at Newport Quay

Loaded barges at Newport Quay

View of Ryde looking toward Royal Pier Hotel. Horse drawn vehicles in foreground

18 ton gun being hauled through the steets of Sandown

12 ton gun being hauled and unloaded from the spritsail barge 'Henry Gordon of Woolwich' beached at Sandown

12 ton gun being unloaded from a spritsail barge

The Woolwich Infant, an 11 inch rifled muzzle loading gun at Puckpool barracks

Ventnor Beach with bathing machines by J. Dore dating between 1890 and 1914

Lone yacht on the water at Cowes at dusk

View of Dunnose Point and Luccombe. A small number of bathing huts can be seen on the beach

View of Sandown Seafront, the caption indicates that it is as it looked fifty years ago. James Dore was active until 1925 and took over the family business in 1874. If this photograph was taken from the pier then that dates it to post 1876

Yaverland and Culver Cliff viewed from Culver Parade in front of Sandown Barracks

Group of people gathered on the shore watching Kaiser Wilhelm II reviewing the Fleet in Sandown Bay in 1889

View of Culver Cliff

View of Sandown Bay from the cliffs, bathing huts visible on the beach and boats on the water

View of Sandown Bay and Culver Cliff. The photo was most likely taken from Sandown Pier

The Bembridge lifeboat Queen Victoria being hauled from her shed

Rocket drill taking place with the breeches bouy being hauled along the clifftop

Rocket drill taking place on the clifftop. The tripod and hawser are setup

Rocks on the shoreline at Seaview

People seated on a beach against the sea wall. Probably Sandown or Shanklin

View of the beach and seafront hotels, presumably at Sandown as one hotel is the Seagrove Private Hotel

The Needles and Needles Battery viewed from the clifftop

View of the coastline near to Bonchurch

View of the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Gloster Hotel can also be seen

View of the Needles Lighthouse

Steephill Cove

Ventnor viewed from the sea

Boat docked on a pontoon near the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. The people departing the boat appear to be wearing military dress uniforms

Old fisherman sitting by lobster pots

Ventnor viewed from the sea, the Hotel Metropole is prominent on the seafront

Large crowds on the pierhead at Ryde

Arched rock at Freshwater Bay

Man on the seafront at Sandown dodging the huge waves which are crashing against the sea wall

Alum Bay viewed from the downs

Sandown Piermaster standing on the start of Sandown Pier with his dog. Negatives of this type by J. Dore have not been seen before, however, the image is similar to a Dore one of the Piermaster and his dog, therefore it is presumed he is the photographer

Ryde viewed from the sea, the pier can be seen on the left of the photograph. People are out on a rowing boat in the foreground and other small boats can be seen on the water

Coast at Springvale in 1915

Group of people gathered on the shore watching Kaiser Wilhelm II reviewing the Fleet in Sandown Bay in 1889

Couple of men out at sea in a rowing boat with the sun setting behind them against the Isle of Wight coastline

Ventnor viewed from the sea

View of St. Catherine's Lighthouse

Cowes seafront

Sandown Bay and Pier viewed from the cliffs, Culver Cliff can be seen in the background

Royal Yacht Squadron viewed from the water

View of Ventnor from the cliffs

Shanklin Pier

Appley Tower

Totland Bay with pier and lifeboat station both visible

St. Catherine's Lighthouse viewed from the sea

Beach scene at Sandown with children playing and the pier in the background

View of that arched rock at Freshwater Bay

View of Blackgang Chine from the beach

View of Freshwater Bay

Beach scene at Sandown with people and tents

Beach scene at Sandown. The style of dress indicates that this dates to the 1920s

View of the Needles from the clifftop

Needles and Lighthouse viewed from the sea

Sandown seafront viewed from the pier

Beach view with cottage by the beach, possibly Seagrove Bay

Sandown Bay viewed from the clifftop, Culver Cliff can be seen in the background

Sandown beach and seafront viewed from the pier in 1911

Ventnor viewed from the east

Scratchell's Bay viewed from the clifftop

Boats on the beach at Shanklin

People and a horse on the beach at Sandown

View of Freshwater Bay

View of Sandown Bay and Pier

View of Sandown Bay from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the background

View of Sandown's beaches and seafront from the cliffs. A large group of people are watching performers on the Esplanade

Section of cliff with a steps going up one side. People are on the rocky beach near the steps

Coastguards carrying out rocket drill at Steephill

Coastguards carrying out rocket drill at Steephill

Coastguards carrying out rocket drill at Steephill

Coastguards carrying out rocket drill at Steephill

Sandown Pier Master holding his large muzzled dog

Ventnor and its pier viewed from the sea

Boy in a sailor suit standing next to a Labrador

People on the Esplanade at Sandown

Beach at Sandown with lots of bathing machines

Waves crashing against the sea wall at Culver Parade, Sandown

View of Sandown Bay from the cliff path at Sandown. People are walking down the path and one man is pointing at a large crowd gathered below on the Esplanade

Cliff path at Shanklin with two young boys posing for the camera. Presumably this is the path at the Hope Road end and the pier is not visible indicating that the photo may be pre 1888 in date

Sandown Bay and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance and snow lying on the ground

Two dogs outside a fisherman's hut

Group of men standing round a scaffolding tower

Cowes Parade viewed from the water

Boats on the water at Cowes. A small steam launch and rowing boat are in the foreground

Sandown Esplanade and beach

Young boy playing with a toy boat in a pool on the beach

Sandown Bay and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

Seaview beach and the Pier

The RYS at Cowes Castle

Sandown Bay and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

Man walking down the cliff path at Shanklin. and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

Shanklin and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

Sandown Bay and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

Sandown Beach viewed from near the pier

Sandown Bay and Pier from the cliffs with Culver Cliff in the distance

View of the cliffs at Luccombe from Shanklin Chine

Esplanade and beach at Sandown with beach huts etc. Culver Cliff in the distance

Tents on the beach at Sandown

Shanklin and the Spa Hotel viewed from the pier

Shanklin beach and Esplanade viewed from the pier

People skating on a frozen pond

Ventnor viewed from the pier

View of St. Catherine's Lighthouse

Beach view

View of Ryde from the pier. Rowing boats on the water

Barge and sailing ship in the Solent, one of the Solent forts can be seen in the background

Beach scene with bathing huts at Shanklin

12 ton gun being lifted off a barge

The extension of Sandown Pier in 1895

Culver Cliff viewed from Sandown, bathing huts can be seen in the foreground

Shanklin viewed from the cliffs at Sandown

View of the beach and cliffs at Luccombe

View of the beach and seafront at Sandown

View of the Needles Lighthouse

View of Sandown seafront with the waves crashing against the sea wall

Couple of cottages on the Undercliff

Close up view of Culver Cliff

Bathing machines on the beach viewed from the cliffs between Sandown and Shanklin

View of the coast looking towards Totland

View of the Needles

Fleet in Sandown Bay, Sandown Pier can be seen on the edge of the plate

Three ambulancemen carrying out a training exercise with a patient laid out on a concrete floor. Sandown in 1914

Three ambulancemen carrying a patient down a flight of stairs on a stretcher. Sandown in 1914

View towards Culver Cliff from the sea wall on Culver Parade, F. Calloway's bathing machines can be seen on the beach

Edwardian ladies promenading on Sandown Esplanade

Dunnose Head viewed from the beach, Shanklin Pier can be seen in the background

Alum Bay

The seafront at Shanklin as viewed from the cliffs above Small Hope Beach

Ladies walking along Culver Parade as a gun is fired at Sandown Fort

Someone with a head injury being treated on the pavement in Sandown in 1914. Not clear whether this is a real or training incident

The beach at Luccombe, the plate is captioned 'Luccombe Chine'

View of Sandown Pier, dates to post 1895 because the pavillion is at the end of the pier

Crowds watching men at the top of a scaffolding tower in 1912. The plate is captioned, but the word before 'drill' is illegible. A pier can be seen in the background, presumably Sandown

Boats on the water at Cowes. A small launch is in the foreground, whilst a number of large yachts decked with flags are in the background

The four Marconi yachts Istria, Maudrey, Pamela and Paula III

Marconi's yacht Pamela

Marconi's yachts Paula III and Maudrey

Kaiser Wilhelm's yacht, Meteor

19 metre yachts, Norada in the foregound with Mariquita behind her

The A-class schooner, Margherita

19 metre yacht, Mariquita

Cutter, White Heather winning the HM Cup

15 metre yacht, Istria

15 metre yacht, Istria

A yacht. Identified by Sheila Caws as probably being Cetonia

Sandown Library viewed from Culver Parade. A woman is riding a bicycle in the foreground

Coastguards at the top of a cliff with life saving apparatus

View of Shanklin from the cliffs. The view is from the Hope Road end showing the Esplanade and lift with Luccombe in the background

View of Freshwater Gate. Numerous crab pots in the foreground on the beach

View of Ventnor and its beach viewed from the pier. Queen's Hotel and Esplanade Hotel can be seen, there are large crowds and a number of flags are flying on the seafront

Gaff rigged vessel unfurling its sail at Cowes

Harbour scene at an unidentified location although probably Cowes. Partial remains of a sticker reading '...and lighthouse', but this does not appear to relate to the image

Harbour scene at an unidentified location although probably Cowes. A small steam launch is landing at a jetty in the foreground and a paddle steamer is in the background

View of Ventnor from the sea with the pier pavilion in the centre foreground

Group of people walking up the hill towards the camera with Seaview Pier in the background

View from Cowes pontoon looking out over the pontoon and water with East Cowes in the background. Numerous people are standing and seated including sailors

Horse Sand Fort. A steamer can be seen in the water at the side of the fort

Sandown beach with beach huts and bathing huts viewed from the pier

Two fishermen sitting outside a wooden hut making crab pots

Fishermen sitting making crab pots. Bathing huts can be seen on the hillside above the fishermen

PS Lorna Doone in Sandown Bay, Culver Cliff can be seen in the background

View across Ventnor from the western cliffs looking across the town and beach. There are many bathing huts and boats on the beach

Unidentified beach scene with bathing huts and a horse with people on the beach. There is a pier in the background

Yachts Maudrey and Mariquita

The Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria being hauled out of the boathouse

Coastguards carrying out rocket practice at Steephill

HMS Duke of Wellington and HMS Victory at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour. Image predates 1904 because that was when the Duke of Wellington was broken up

Tom Snow and David Cotton at Mackerel Houses, Atherfield

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, on the edge of the water during lifeboat practice

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, having just been launched during lifeboat practice

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, being hauled up the beach after lifeboat practice

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, in the edge of the water during lifeboat practice

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, coming back ashore after lifeboat practice

The view from the deck of the Brook lifeboat with the crew working. it is presumed that it is the Susan Ashey

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, at the water's edge during lifeboat practice

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, being pulled from the lifeboat house during lifeboat practice

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, having just been launched during lifeboat practice

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, being wheeled down to the water's edge during lifeboat practice

Rocket being fired during lifeboat practice. Presumably at Bembridge

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, wheeled to the water's edge during lifeboat practice

Crew onboard the Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, during lifeboat practice

Crew preparing to board the Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, during lifeboat practice

Looking up the lifeboat slipway from the beach. The plate has a J. Dore sticker on it and is captioned 'The Wreck of the Eider - lifeboat slipway at ...'. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton

Wreck of the Eider viewed from the shore. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton. The date given is the date the actual wreck took place and may not be the date when the photograph was taken.

A rowing boat from the Eider on the shore with a rough sea behind. The plate has a J. Dore sticker on it and is captioned 'The Wreck of the Eider - the boat of the Eider. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton

A crowd standing on a clifftop during the salvage operation from the Eider. The plate has a J. Dore sticker on it and is captioned 'The wreck of the Eider - watching the wreck from the cliff'. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton

A group of well dressed men standing in a clifftop field during the salvage operation from the Eider. The plate has a J. Dore sticker on it. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton

Crowd gathered next to the wrecked Pride of the Sea at Yellow Ledge, Shanklin after a storm on 29th October 1887

A team of cart horses and a hoist lifting the cotton bales up the cliff during the salvage operation from the Eider. Some of the bales appear to be larger than the 450lbs. The plate has a J. Dore sticker on it. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton

The Brook Lifeboat on dry land and surrounded by numerous people. The plate has a J. Dore sticker on it and beneath are the words 'The wreck of the Eider - the Brooke lifeboat and treasure'. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton

A view from the beach of the hull of a larger boat upturned in the water. To the right of the hull is a small boat with two people aboard. The plate has a sticker top right 'J. Dore, Sandown, IOW'.

Colour sketch of Ryde from the sea

Colour sketch of the Needles cliffs from the sea

Colourised view of an engraving of Sandown with bathing huts and a horse visible

Colourised view of Sandown and Culver Cliff

Colour sketch view of Ventnor which is incorrectly captioned as being Cowes

Colour sketch view of St. Lawrence

Colour sketch view of Cowes

HMS Duke of Wellington at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour. Her rigging is complete, but only two sails raised. Image predates 1904 because that was when the Duke of Wellington was broken up

Irish vessel Lady Hudson... (remainder of name illegible) unloading cargo off Portsmouth

Ex-Royal Navy ship HMS Edgar at Spithead whilst in use as a quarantine ship by HM Customs

HMS Duke of Wellington and HMS Victory at anchor in Portsmouth Harbour. Image predates 1904 because that was when the Duke of Wellington was broken up

Bembridge lifeboat, Queen Victoria, on the edge of the water during lifeboat practice

The wreck of the Eider as viewed from the beach, a small boat is rowing to shore. The plate has a J. Dore sticker on it and is captioned 'The Wreck of the Eider - the boat of the Eider. The Eider was carrying maize, cotton, gold, silver and mail when she ran aground on Atherfield Ledge on 31st January 1892. Salvage continued until 29th March when she was towed to Southampton