19th Century Sailing Ships

Vintage engravings of historical sailing vessels, depicting maritime scenes with ships like H.M.S. Racer and The Vega navigating waters in the 1800s.

Venetian galley under sail from 15th century.A galley was a low, flat ship with one or moresailsand up to three banks ofoars,chieflyused forwarfare, trade, andpiracy.

H.M.S. RACER AGROUND ON RYDE SANDS, 1871

The Hansa Schooner. Old 19th century engraved illustration. Second German North Polar Expedition in 1869 from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

The Vega ship sailing across the north sea. The Voyage of La Vega through Asia and Europe by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold 1879-1880, Le Tour du Monde 1882

OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION

WRECK OF THE CLYDE TRANSPORT AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1879

THE SCREW STEAMSHIP 'AUSTRALASIAN'

Venetian galley under sail from 15th century.A galley was a low, flat ship with one or moresailsand up to three banks ofoars,chieflyused forwarfare, trade, andpiracy.

The Hartford was a sloop-of-war, named for the capital of the state of Connecticut and launched in 1858 from Boston Navy Yard.

Illustration depicting the emigrant ship Gospatrick, which was destroyed at sea by fire. Dated 19th century

THE 'EIRA' ARCTIC RELIEF EXPEDITION UNDER CAPTAIN SIR ALLEN YOUNG

Venetian galley under sail from 15th century.A galley was a low, flat ship with one or moresailsand up to three banks ofoars,chieflyused forwarfare, trade, andpiracy.

THE 'JOHN O'GAUNT' BEING TOWED TO DESTRUCTION

The port of Cardiff, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1865).

COLLISION BETWEEN THE 'DUCHESS OF KENT' AND THE 'RAVENSBOURNE' STEAMERS, OFF NORTHFLEET POINT, 1852

Engraving showing HMS 'Alert' (left) and HMS 'Discovery' prior to their setting out on the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships, HMS 'Alert' and HMS 'Discovery', to make an attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, a new 'furthest North' record was set, the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island were charted and much scientific data gathered. Date: 1

'THE SALADIN'

Vintage Photograph. Historic steamship crossing turbulent seas during the 19th century.

THE LATE COLLISION OFF THE LIZARD

THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB SCHOONER MATCH, THE CAMBRIA AND WITCHCRAFT ROUNDING THE MOUSE LIGHT, 1869

HOSPITAL SHIP NEAR THE SERAGLIO, AT CONSTANTINOPLE, ISTANBUL, 1854

The ships Intrepide, L'Assistance, Le Resolu (center) and Le Pionnier, departure of Captain Austin expedition in search of John Franklin, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 377, Volume XV, May 18, 1850.

THE WAR STEAMER 'GOVERNOLE,' BUILT FOR THE SARDINIAN GOVERNMENT

The Orient Line steamer Chimborazo in a gale, 1880. 'This magnificent vessel, one of the new "Orient Line," carrying passengers and mails from London to Adelaide and Melbourne,...met with a severe blow from a storm-wave in going out of the Channel on the 9th February. It caused some loss of life, and so much damage to the ship's fittings that she was obliged to put back and delay her voyage...The ship returned to Plymouth, and landed her passengers; she then came to the port of London, and was placed in dock for some needful repairs. These were speedily effected by the workmen of Mes

The HMS Ajax. Ironclad warship built for the Royal Navy. Drawing by Cortellini Sánchez. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Angel Cortellini Sánchez (1858-1912). Spanish painter.

The steamship City of Boston which went missing during a journey from Halifax to Liverpool in 1870 Date: 1870

The British emigrant Ship, 'Kapunda', which was run down and sunk off the Coast of Brazil with the loss of 298 lives in 1887. Date: 1887

H.M.S. 'TRANSIT' ON THE ROCKS OFF CAPE OELAR, BANCA ISLAND

Inglaterra. Siglo XIX. Carga del cable telegráfico transatlántico submarino a bordo del barco Great-Eastern frente a la desembocadura del Támesis para conectar Gran Bretaña y Estados Unidos a través del océano Atlántico. Grabado de 1866.

Ships, UK

HOSPITAL SHIPS FOR THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION FITTING OUT IN THE VICTORIA DOCKS, 1867

An engraving depicting "The Gauntlet" iron clipper, built on the Clyde for the Indian and Australian trades. Dated 19th century

Oyster dredging in Whitstable Bay Date: 1847

transport transporation navigation ships paddlesteamer ""Arabia"" Cunard Line Great Britain used between 1853 and 1864 engraving 1853

transport transporation navigation ships paddlesteamer ""John Ericson"" engraving 19th century,

THE MATCH BY THE CLUB OF ALL NATIONS AT COWES, THE 'AMERICA' YACHT MAKING A 'START AHEAD'

Capture of the Two Top Sail Slave Schooner, Bolodora, by H.M. Schooner Pickle Lieut. I.B.B. McHardy, on the 6th of June 1829

Race across the Atlantic between the Russia and the City of Paris, 1869. '...the Cunard Royal mail-steamer Russia, Captain T. Cook, and the Inman Royal mail-steamer City of Paris, Captain Kennedy, both iron screw-steamers, and the finest commercial vessels afloat, having left New York on the same day and within about an hour of each other, and arriving at Liverpool, the one but 35 min. after the other,...made the run across the Atlantic, with the 20 min. stoppage at Queenstown, in eight days and about eighteen hours...It is claimed on behalf of the City of Paris that her stay at New York was s

THE SCHOONER YACHT ' AMERICA'

The Union Company's new steam-ship Trojan, for the Cape Mail Line, 1880. 'The new Cape mail-steamer Trojan has been built by Messrs. James and George Thomson, of Glasgow, for the Union Steam-Ship Company...The Trojan is the largest vessel which has yet been placed on the Cape of Good Hope service...Some interest may attach to the first voyage of the Trojan, as it is anticipated she will bring home from Natal the Empress Eugénie and her suite after their visit to the scene of the death of the Prince Imperial, who himself was conveyed in one of the Union Steam-Ship Company's steamers to Nat

Tug Havre giving the trailer a merchant blog, vintage engraving. Tug Havre giving the trailer a merchant blog, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1842. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660428

H.M.S. "Brisk", bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Keppel, closing with "The Sunny South" slaver, 1860. '...her Majesty's ship Brisk, Captain De Horsey...was running to the northward in the Mozambique Channel, a sail was reported as seen from the masthead. Steam was got up without delay...The Captain...had observed something suspicious...in the sudden alteration of her course...we closed her rapidly...a white package was thrown from her into the sea; and the experienced then exclaimed, "A slaver, and there go her papers!"...and then a voice hailed us &quot

THE BRITISH MAIL STEAMSHIP 'ASIA'

WRECK OF THE ENGLISH BRIG 'HEBE,' IN THE COLOMBO ROADS, CEYLON

A steamship and sailing vessels large and small in the harbour at Portsmouth, Hampshire Date: 1840

Hart, C. van der (Lieutenant), Netherlands, Hoogkamer, Willem Hendrik, Gunboat on the Scheldt under sail, Sloop with sailing ships and a buoy, verso - stamped, Six figures in a sloop with a sailing ship. On the left a buoy. In the background three more ships., print, prints, height 313 mm, width 390 mm, Dutch, 1790-09-21 - 1864-01-22, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1864, paper, papier, aquatint, etching, etchings, roulette, intermediary draughtsman

The Calcutta, an 84-gun ship of the Royal Navy. Date: 1846

The War in China - Chinese Modern First-Class Junk of War, 1857. Second Opium War. '...the junks of the first class carry guns between decks, like our frigates, and of a calibre that has astonished the officers of H.M. ships now in their waters, many of the guns taken being larger in bore and weight of metal than any we manufacture in this country. Great improvements have also taken place in the material of their sails, and in the general handling of their vessels. But one great peculiarity in the regular legitimate Chinese junk, outliving all other improvements and advances, is the large eye

H.M.S. Wyvern, double-turreted iron-clad steam-ram, 1865. One of two steam-rams '...built by Mr. Laird, at Birkenhead, for the service presumably of the Confederate States in the American war...subsequently purchased by her Majesty's Government to prevent any further litigation,...converted...and added to the British Fleet...Internally the ship is divided into water-tight compartments, so as to inclose each of her turrets, her engines, her boilers - all her vital parts, in fact - in separate compartments. There are six of these main athwartship compartments in the main body of the ship, be

Etching of the Spanish ship Hermione captured by the active and favourite. Etched by R. Wright. Dated 1762

United States Fleet off the Harbor of Pensacola | Library of Congress

ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB, MATCH FOR THE BELVIDERE CUP, DRAWN BY N.M. CONDY, ESQ; BELVIDERE, BLUE BELLE, INO, CHAMPION, MYSTERY, ANTAGONIST

Engraving of a sailing ship. Dated 19th Century

The SS Vega, a Swedish barque, built in Germany in 1872 was the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northeast Passage.

THE SHIP 'LORD ASHBURTON' ON FIRE, CHARLESTON.

The ship Glad Tidings, with a cargo of American cotton, entering the port of Liverpool, 1865. 'The reopening of the American cotton trade this summer has been hailed with grateful joy by many thousands of the working population of Lancashire, and cannot be regarded otherwise than as a great and happy deliverance for the cotton-manufacturing districts of England, irrespective of the results of the Northern victory in the United States, whether as putting an end to the miseries of civil war or as procuring the abolition of negro slavery. It may be presumed that it was by way of expressing congra

Ephraim Town, with Old Calabar - King Eyo-Honesty's Canoe - Her Majesty's Steam-Sloop "Rattler" Saluting, 1850. Royal Navy ship off the coast of West Africa. View of '...Ephraim town, with the British merchant ships at anchor and H. M. steam sloop Rattler saluting King Eyo on his approaching the ships to pay a visit to the steamer. His canoe held upwards of 100 people, the greater part of whom were well armed, and called the King's body-guard. He had another large war-canoe following him...The English trading ships are larger in tonnage; they average from 500 to 1000 tons, and conseq

HMS Alexandra 9490 tons twin screw British battleship launched 1875 From The National Encyclopaedia published by William Mackenzie London late 19th century

A Dutch Freighter, no. 12 of 12 in the series Navium Variae Figurae etFormae. Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian, 1607-1677

Clipper Ship 'Sovereign of the Seas' E Brown Jr del N Currier 1852. Sovereign of the Seas, a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the world record for fastest sailing ship, 22 knots.

Experimental trip on Lake Dalswinton, Scotland in 1788 by Patrick Miller and William Symington (1763-1831) when they successfully tested Symingtons first steamboat. The poet Robert Burns was a passenger on this trip. Engraving, London, c1880.

Port of St. Thomas in 1869, Antilles Island Saint Thomas, American Virgin Islands, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th centu...

sixteenth century Portuguese or Spanish ship by Pieter Brueghel

Marine view , Sailboats, Seas. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Caravel from the time of Christopher Columbus 15th and 16th centuries. The caravel is a small maneuverable sailing ship, especially used in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The lateen sails gave it speed and the capacity for sailing windward.

Six sailing boats navigate choppy seas. Wood engraving by G.H. Andrews.

Ship, Le Soleil Royal, UK

Armoured turret ship Prussia, 1895, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model, exact original date unknown, Europe

The steamship City of Boston which went missing during a journey from Halifax to Liverpool in 1870 Date: 1870

Engraving of the steamship 'Lizzie' built on the Clyde, Scotland, and first used as a blockade runner during the American Civil War, 1864. Date: 1864

Fregate broken, viewed from starboard davit, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

French three-decker ship of the line with 104 canon for the year 1700-called the Royal Louis

Galiote Dutch landed, moorings on starboard, viewed from the side, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Brig schooner embossed, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Galleons. December 07, 1940.

Spanish galleon. Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships first used as armed cargo carriers by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries during the age of sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-1600s.

'The "Discovery" Under Full Sail', 1901. Creator: Unknown.

SAILING MATCH OF THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB, 1868

THE CONDEMNED CRUISER: H.M.S. "BACCHANTE" IN A GALE, 1897: H.M.S. Bacchante, which is to be broken up, is the cruiser in which the Prince of Wales's sons made their trip round the world in 1880. She has been lying dismantled in Plymouth Harbour for some time, and has now been purchased from the Admiralty by the Shipbreaking Company.

Illustration depicting a scene from the twelfth annual sailing-match of the Thames barges. Dated 19th Century

Admiral Nakhimov (armored cruiser) ca. 1892.

H.M.S. NELSON, DOUBLE SCREW, IRONCLAD, 1880

The Scooner 'Augusta' in port at Chicago after her collision with the 'Lady Elgin'. From a photograph by S. Alschuler.

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, The Great Eastern, a sailing boat and steamer designed by the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1806 - 1859, laying the first transatlantic cable in 1866

The harbor of Panama, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

The steam-ship Europe, 1871. 'A very fine steam-ship was lately built for the trade between Great Britain and India by the new route of the Suez Canal. It is the Europe, belonging to Messrs. Ryde and Co., Fenchurch-street. We give an Illustration of this vessel. Her dimensions are 335 ft. in length, 40 ft. in breadth of beam, and she draws, when loaded, 20 ft. 6 in. of water. Her registered capacity of burden is 2350 tons. She is fitted with a screw-propeller, and with engines nominally of 350-horse power, working up to 1650-horse power, indicated, but consuming only seventeen tons of coal dai

The Faid Gihaad, yacht of the Viceroy of Egypt, 1862. '...a paddle-steamer of the most elegant and costly build, her exterior decorations being white and gold...she is the largest steamer which ever attempted to come up the River Thames to Woolwich. The deck, being a "flush deck", forms an uninterrupted promenade of 383ft., the vessel having been lengthened 69ft. by Messrs. Forrester of Liverpool...The quarter-deck is covered with rich floorcloth, and is screened from the sun and rain by a white canvas awning...the Egyptian emblem, the crescent, is introduced throughout the embelli

Pervenets (ironclad warship) ca. 1892.

The Great Harry.Among Hawkins ' possessions is a picture of Great Harry, sailed by the historic admiral's father. it was the first English ship to reach America, only 38 years after the voyage of Columbus. June 17, 1953.

Painting of three masted cargo schooner 'Arctic Stream'. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

Henri Grace a Dieu or The Great Harry English warship built 1514 From The National Encyclopaedia published by William Mackenzie London late 19th century

The Royal Charter auxiliary clipper ship of the fifties. She was launched in 1855 and wrecked in 1859. November 07, 1936.

Wreck of the Underley at the back of the Isle of Wight, 1871. Engraving of a sketch by Mr. J. Wemyss Anderson. '...a violent southeast gale swept the English Channel in the neighbourhood of Ventnor...a large full-rigged ship was observed to drive headforemost on the rocks in the neighbourhood of Dunnose Head...she sheered round broadside on, with her keel wedged between two rocks. This vessel was the Underley, a fine iron ship of 900 tons,...and chartered for the London and Australia Black Ball line. She had left the Thames..., with thirty emigrant passengers for Melbourne and a general cargo

Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). ""Lepanto"". Ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina, the second and last ship of the Italia class. It was designed by Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) and built at the ""Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando"" (Orlando Brothers Shipyard), in Livorno (Italy), laid down in November 1876, launched in March 1883, and completed in August 1887. Armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns. Drawing by A. de Caula. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Lithographs On the way to India The Journey of the Prince of Wales India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Engraving depicting the Cunard Trans Atlantic 'Asia'. Dated 19th Century

Armoured Ship King Wilhelm I, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

Stapellauf eines in zwei Teile getrennten Schiff auf der Werft zu Buffalo am Eriesee, 1880, Amerika, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904127

Engraving depicting St Elmo's fire appearing on a ship's masts.

Engraving depicting the steamer 'John Bowes' in the collier dock of the East and West India Dock Railway.

THE CHANNEL FLEET REGATTA AT VIGO, 1874

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