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1. The Custom House, 1886.
*The Custom House, 1886. The Custom House in the City of London, in a photograph from 1886. The picture was taken from one of the wharves on the south bank of the Thames, and...
2. The East Indiaman Repulse (1820) in the East India Dock Basin.
*The East Indiaman Repulse (1820) in the East India Dock Basin. The docks of London had extensive basins at high tide. A basin allowed large numbers of ships to gather together to avoid the delay of going through...
3. The figurehead of HMS Wellington at Baltic Wharf.
*The figurehead of HMS Wellington at Baltic Wharf. The figurehead of HMS 'Wellington' at the H. Castle and Sons Ltd. ship breaking yard, Baltic Wharf, Millbank. The 131-gun HMS 'Wellington', a screw...
4. The clipper Cutty Sark.
*The clipper Cutty Sark. A painting of the 'Cutty Sark', the most famous - and the last survivor - of the tea-clippers. These were vessels built to carry the annual tea crop...
5. The Blackwall frigate Owen Glendower at anchor off a coastline.
*The Blackwall frigate Owen Glendower at anchor off a coastline. The 'Owen Glendower' was built at Blackwall, and was one of a series of armed East Indiamen which were known as 'Blackwall frigates'. They were...
6. The Seringapatam, East Indiaman, 1000 tons.
*The Seringapatam, East Indiaman, 1000 tons. The 'Seringapatam' was built at Green's yard at Blackwall in 1837. These so-called Blackwall Frigates superceded the slower East India Company's...
7. The Shun Lee.
*The Shun Lee. A print of the 'Shun Lee', a tea-clipper of 700 tons. She was built by William Walker of Lavender Dock, Rotherhithe. Clippers were vessels built to...
8. The arms of the original East India Company.
*The arms of the original East India Company. The Honourable Company of London Merchants trading with the East Indies was formed in December 1600, and soon became known as the East India Company...
9. The figurehead of the Seringapatam (1819).
*The figurehead of the Seringapatam (1819). The figurehead of HMS 'Seringapatam' (1819), with the figure of Tipu Sultan, ruler of Mysore, riding on a roc (a mythical bird of great strength)...
10. The Honourable East India Company ensign.
*The Honourable East India Company ensign. The East India Company was founded in 1600 when Elizabeth I granted a charter to the 'Company and Merchants of London trading with the East Indies'...
 
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