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.

Chinese boats fishing off the Bay of San Francisco, with their distinctive curved shaped sails. Date: 1880

Escher Wyss launch. A naphtha launch, sometimes called a "vapor launch", was a small motor launch, powered by a naphtha engine. They were a particularly American design, brought into being by a local law that made it impractical to use a steam launch for private use. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

Breaking up the hospital ship 'Dreadnought' at Chatham dockyard, 1875. Artist: Unknown

The Wonderful economy of wooden ships. Union ships destroyed by the Merrimac in the American Civil War

When a fishing fleet is caught in a severe storm, the vessels that survive pick up the crews of those which are destroyed. Date: early 19th century

Laying the transatlantic telegraph cable in 1865 with the Great Eastern. 19th century.

Commodore Matthew Perry's "Black Ship" Commodore Matthew Perry's "Black Ship," late 19th century. Watercolor on paper, 9 1/2 x 14 in. (24.1 x 35.6 cm). Asian Art late 19th century

H.M.S."Victory", 1936. Creator: Unknown.

H.M.S. Nelson's launching at Woolwich shortly before Trafalgar 1805.Broken up at Sydney 1891.Served in Victoria 1868-91. September 29, 1948.

Yacht ""Dauntless"" of New York, Small Yacths

Ship-building: fore and aft views of a ship of the line. Engraving by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Junks on Lake Pei-Ho, China 19th century.

Landing the cable of the Falmouth Gibraltar and Mediterranean telegraph at Porthournew Bay, Cornwall. Dated 25th June 1870.

Engraving showing the Edward, Prince of Wales, visiting Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 'Great Eastern' steam-ship in 1865, prior to its voyage to lay the transatlantic cable. In the event, the expedition was marred by bad weather and had to be abandoned, but the following year, the cable was successfully laid from Ireland to Newfoundland. Date: June 3rd 1865

Greenlandic kayak, hand-colored copper engraving from Friedrich Justin Bertuch picture book for children, 1830, Weimar, Germany, Europe

Illustration depicting a railway pier in Melbourne, Australia. Dated 19th century

Clipper Ship "Red Jacket" - In the Ice off Cape Horn, on Her Passage from Australia, to Liverpool, August 1854. Artist: Charles Parsons (American (born England), Hampshire 1821-1910 New York); After Joseph B. Smith (American, New York, 1798-1876). Dimensions: Image: 16 1/8 × 23 11/16 in. (41 × 60.1 cm)Sheet: 21 1/4 × 27 9/16 in. (54 × 70 cm). Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 New York). Date: 1855."Red Jacket" ranks among the largest and fastest American clipper ships ever built. Designed with a 255-foot deck by Boston-based Samuel Hartt Pook for the owners Seacombe and Taylor, it was built by George Thomas in Rockland, Maine, who launched it in November 1853. The name "Red Jacket" refers to Sa Go Ye Wat Ha, ("he who keeps them awake"), the great Seneca orator and leader who had aided the British during the American Revolution, earning him his British red uniform and nickname. After the Revolution, Sagoyewatha champio

The Astrolabe and Zelee ships passing out of the pack ice durind Dumont d'Urville's expedition in Antarctica (1837-1840), coloured lithograph by Mayer-Bayot.

Black and White Illustration of the Nydam Boat from the Nydam Bog, Southern Denmark

Packet boat leaving Dover, Kent, England, for France. Packet boats carried the mail. From 'Scenes in England' by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.

'A grand procession of decorated barges from Whitehall to Limehouse', (1907). King George I desired a concert on the River Thames in London, and Handel composed his 'Water Music', a collection of orchestral movements, in response. It was first performed on 17 July 1717: 'A royal entertainment on the Thames was arranged, in which there was to be a grand procession of decorated barges from Whitehall to Limehouse. An orchestra was provided, and Handel was requested by the Lord Chamberlain to compose the music for the fête'. From "Story-Lives of Great Musicians", by F.J. Rowbotham.

Konigin Luisa Boat sinking after a collison with a german mine, on 6 August 1914

Boats sailing on ice, Baltic Sea, historic wood engraving, about 1897

Broadside views of three sidewheel steamships: U.S. Transport Ericcson, U.S. Transport Mayflower, and U.S. Transport "Empire City". Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Ericcson (Steamship), 1860-1870, Mayflower (Steamship), 1860-1870, Empire City (Steamship), 1860-1870, Ships, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States

Flying car. Sailing car built in Valencia 1802, Spain. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1889

This 19th-century drawing shows the sails and running rig of a barque.

A ferry transported the Belle Caravan on the right bank, vintage engraving. A ferry transported the Belle Caravan on the right bank, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659909

The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition: the second buoy, marking the exact place where the cable was grappled, Aug. 8, 1865. 'Our Special Artist has furnished sketches of the two buoys, one launched on the 4th, and the other on the 8th of August...These two buoys are about ten miles apart...The second buoy was moored on the 8th of August, and marks the spot where the wire hawser used for the grapnel broke on the second occasion of the attempt at grappling the cable. As the buoy first put down had been found to sink low in the water, though based upon three tiers of timber logs, on the occasion of

Sailing ships, Willem Barents (1550-1597), 16th century, Netherlands, explorer, navigator, northern Arctic Ocean, symbols, sun, wind, historical illustration 1885, Russia, Europe

Explosion of the steamer SULTANA, April 28, 1865 Burning steamer with many people on board and in water.

THE SEA SERPENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, A SKETCH FROM H.M. YACHT OSBORNE OFF THE NORTH COAST OF SICILY ON THE SECOND OF JUNE

Simon-Bolivar steamer navigating the Magdalena river, Colombia. South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey to Colombia by Edward Francois Andre, Le Tour du Monde 1877

The Victory, Nelson's flagship in Portsmouth around 1900

THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF GERMANY AT VENICE ITALY ON BOARD THE HOHENZOLLERN, 1889.

Clipper ship TORNADO struck by a whirlwind, circa 1883

Charles Green pilots a scientific flight from Vauxhall Gardens, with Nicklin, Welsh & Adie Date: 1852

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, paddle steamers on the Potomac river in the eastern United States, about 1860

Christopher Columbus on his ship, historic discoveries by ship

Steamer Khedive and Nyanza. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

Illustration of the wreck and survivors in lifeboat. Date: 1912

Gun-boat flotilla on the Mississippi River, before the Union's advance south, via the Tennessee River, Jan. 1862, during the US Civil War. Admiral Foote's ironclad flagship is the largest ship (BSLOC_2018_7_7)

Illustration depicting the lowering of a passenger into a lifeboat. Dated 19th Century

Sail train, c1870. Artist: Unknown

Steam Catamaran, H.W. Longfellow.

Australia. Melbourne International Exhibition, 1880. Dock at Hobson's bay. Engraving by Ovejero. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", 1880.

The Penzance lifeboat, Richard Lewis, goes out to the North Britain, wrecked in Mount's Bay Date: December 1868

Engraving depicting a lifeboat rescuing passengers from a sinking ship. Dated 19th Century

Steam Launch, from the Types of Vessels series (N139) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco 1889 Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Die-cut trade cards from the "Types of Vessels" series (N139), issued in an unnumbered set of 25 cards in 1889 by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. The card versos have "Honest Long Cut" text printed in either green or blue. Knapp is the lithographer of the green backs and Giles is the lithographer of the blue backs. Because all but one card in the series are affixed to the original album page, card versos are not visible.. Steam Launch, from the Types of Vessels series (N139) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Honest Long Cut Tobacco. Original lithograph by Knapp & Company (American, New York). 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. (New York and Durham, N.C.)

Sunk within sight of the Irish coast: reconstruction of where and how the Lusitania met her doom Date: 1915

The Whale Fishery, Laying On.

Illustration depicting the steamer 'The Great Britain', the first screw steamer to cross the Atlantic, ashore in Dundrum Bay. Dated 19th Century

Hamburg Steamship Takes Immigrants On Board, artist unknown, woodcut print,

Slave labour loading a paddle steamer with bales of cotton, river Alabama.

Melbourne Docks - Hobson's Bay Railway pier, sailing ships outnumber the steamship Date: 1880

Ferrocarril remolcando un barco a través del istmo de Panamá. Grabado de 1881.

transport/transportation navigation steam ships departure of am emigrant ship wood engraving after drawing by Charlie W. Wyllie Great Britain circa 1888,

Engraving depicting boats on the Thames off Billingsgate.

The Victory (Nelson's Flagship), stern, Portsmouth, England, circa 1900

The ship & its furniture / On stone by L. Brechemin ; P.S. Duval, lith., Phila. | Library of Congress

Engraving of a relieving tackle is tackle employing one or more lines attached to a vessel's steering mechanism, to assist or substitute for the whipstaff or ship's wheel in steering the craft. Dated 19th Century

A ship of Java and the China Seas in the 16th century. From Linschoten's navigation ac Itinerarium, 1598.

Lugger used by the fishermen of Le Havre. Date: circa 1880

Germanic ship from the 2nd century, found in 1863 in the moor near Flensburg, Germany, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Europe

Inspection trip to the Chapman Lighthouse in the Thames estuary by a boat from Trinity House in London, England, historical illustration circa 1893

transport transportation navigation life and work burial at sea after drawing by Carl Schildt wood engraving 1887,

A Phoenician cargo ship - similar ships were used by the Pharaoh Necho. Approx. (600 BC) for the voyage described by Herodotus.

The Mayflower, 1620, Plymouth, Mass. , Sailing ships, Mayflower Ship, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Engraving depicting an air and sea flying machine with a suspended travelling car. Dated 19th Century

Sinking of the Lusitania. Engraving by Norman Wilkinson, The Illustrated London News, May 15, 1915.

AMERICAN SLOOP Date: circa 1880

Engraving depicting the launching of a lifeboat into the water. Dated 19th Century

Fishing boats in Clovelly Harbour in the late 19th century. Black and White Illustration from Our Own Country Vol III published by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. in the late 19th century.

The opening of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, circa 1848

Local boat in San Francisco Port, 1822, lithograph by De Langlume from a drawing by Choris taken from A New Voyage Round the World by Otto von Kotzebue.

Engraving depicting Grace Darling's lifeboat. Dated 19th Century

UNA, OR CAT BOAT Date: circa 1880

The Dandy or Boatman of the Marquis of Wellesley (Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley - 1760-1842), in his livery, depicted in front of the State Yacht, the 'Soonamooky', and its attendant 'Pheel-Cherrah' or 'Light Barge'. (Plate 12 of 20). Date: 1813

Potato ketch of the island of Jersey. Date: circa 1880

Engraving depicting a small boat nearing home in rough seas. Dated 19th Century

USSR- CIRCA 1981: a stamp printed by USSR, shows russian sailing four masted barque ´ Krusenstern ´, series, circa 1981.

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