Historic Cargo Ships

Black and white images of historic cargo vessels docked and at sea, showcasing steamships and their industrial design.

S.S Etruria, New York to Liverpool, November 8th to 15th 1890. Artist: Jack Lethbridge.

Vicksburg, U.S.N.

Coastal passenger steamer "Rügen

Vintage Photograph. Packet "Belle of the Bends" on the Mississippi River. Frame 1

View of Riga, Latvia with waterfront in foregrd; freighter ERIK and lumber barges

The torpedo boat 'Winslow' (on which Ensign Bagley was killed) , Warships, Rowboats, Spanish-American War, 1898

Fylgia (depicted name).Fylgia (depicted name)

Revenue Cutter Acushnet, Cruises on Nantucket Shoals and vicinity. Photographs of Revenue Cutter Service Cadets, Ships and Activities. Department of the Treasury

12/31/1899. Ship > Docked at the salt dock.

U.S.S. Texas, from the Naval Vessels of the World series (N226) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Naval Vessels of the World" series (N226), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. U.S.S. Texas, from the Naval Vessels of the World series (N226) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Passenger Steamer in St. Claire Ship Canal, Ste. Claire, Mich. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

marina, mas 223 italiano radiocomandato, 1930

'La flotte d'avant-garde; le dragage des mines. On descend le "kite" (litteralement; "cerf-volent",a cause de sa forme) destine a maintenir a la prefondeur voulue le filin d'avier qui va etre tendu entre les deux trawlers', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Republica, Brazil, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1895 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Famous Ships" series (N50), issued in 1895 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Full series consists of 48 unnumbered cards.. Republica, Brazil, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 424872

Untitled black-and-white negatives

HAI CHI, China

Ship with smoking chimneys sailing near Fire Island at New York. Part of travel album from a Dutch family with sights in Europe, Egypt and New York.

Unloading Steel Box-girders from Barges For Placement. Original caption: Unloading steel box-girders from barges for placement on new Highway Bridge across the Potomac River, at the end of 14th Street, Washington, DC. Old Highway Bridge in background. Photo by T. W. Kines. State: DC. Place: Washington.

The Italian steamer Adriatico arriving in New York loaded a cargo of submarine chasers, United States of America, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, No 20, May 20, 1917.

U.S.S. Kentucky Postcard. 1905, U.S.S. Kentucky Postcard

Photograph of HMS 'Goliath', a Canopus Class battleship of 12,950 tons, launched in 1898. She was sunk in May 1915, off Cape Helles, Dardanelles, with the loss of most of her crew. Date: 1907

German Ships at 135th St.

Rader drill with steaming chimney, presumably in the port of Sydney. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Sydney.

Col. R.M. Thompson's houseboat

Photograph of the experimental 'Rotor' ship 'Buckau', on sea trials, 1924. Anton Flettner equipped the 680 ton schooner, 'Buckau', with two rotating cylindrical towers to test his Flettner 'rudder'. With the wind in the right place and the cylinders rotating, Flettner believed he could create a 'sail' that was 15 times more efficient than a canvas sail of the same size. Trials showed he was right, but the technology was not reliable enough to encourage commercial use. Date: 1924

S.S. Northwest (or Northland) still image. Postcards. 1907 - 1908. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ships, Boats, Seas

Minstrel (m 1) Underway, coastal waters.

Anefo photo collection. Scheveningen Logger Poolster walked on the beach at Scheveningen. December 12, 1949. Scheveningen, South Holland

Imperial Yacht Hohenzollern, State Yacht of the German Reich, historical illustration, 1880, Germany, Europe

The findgrade int o ext.The findgrade (depicted - name)

The HMS Collingwood with a seaplane flying overhead. A St Vincent Class Dreadnought Battleship, launched in 1908, commissioned in 1910 and scrapped in 1922. Prince Albert, later King George VI served onboard HMS Collingwood as a midshipman. Date: circa 1911

Lucania, ship

Stoompont Stavoren - Enkhuizen

Light-printed photograph by Johann Baptist Obernetter showing steamships traveling on the East River near New York around 1888, depicting maritime transport and river activity.

Titanic setting sail for America in 1912

Sevilla. Puente levadizo de Alfonso XIII al paso de un acorazado. Años 1930.

U.S.S. Massachusetts. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.

Personal spritzer "Loschwitz" (II, 1888, shipyard Blasewitz) New German-Bohemian Elbe Schiffahrt Society. View over the winter harbor Dresden-Loschwitz Stromab

Charles Frederick William Mielatz, Chelsea Docks, Loading the Ship, American, 1864 - 1919, 1907, etching

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Caption: "On Board Dutch Coaster" aboard Dutch coastener. December 1942. Britain

Government S. S. Stella at Wellington N.Z., 1883, Wellington, by William Hart, Hart, Campbell & Co.

The 'Manitou' carries passengers from Chicago to Mackinac Island, a popular resort in the Great Lakes. Date: 1916

The Despatch with the high dignities aboad, Great Naval Parade, Centennial. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1889. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.)

Riverboat Nymph; Andrew David Lytle, Sr. (American, 1834 - 1917, active Baton Rouge, Louisiana); about 1862; Albumen silver print

Photography.Photography in Frame of cardboard, light gray. Views the armor cruise Fylgia moored at Karlskrona Örlolgsård year 1907.Text in black: Armark Russian Fylgia.The vessel built in 1905 at Bergsund's lap, Stockholm.1907 - 1907.

Photograph of the SS Advance. Photograph Of S. S. Advance. Date: -Oct. 2, 1918. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: -, 2605. Captain: - Wm. De Courcey. Owners: - Panama R. R. S. S. Co. Where From: - New York. Destination: - Cristobal, C. Z. Canal Zone. Where Photographed: - Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date: - Sept. 3rd., 1918. Where Camouflaged: - New York. Date: - August 28th.,, 1918. By Whom Camouflaged: - Orders Of The U. S. Shipping Board. Type Of Ship: -Merchant Passenger Ship. Length: -295 ft.; Beam: -38 ft.; Draft: -23 ft. Color Numbers: - #1/ Greypink; #3. Blue; Grey-White & Black. Two Masts: - Foremast Grey-White; Aftmast Lower Half #3. Blue Upper Half Grey-White. One Smokestack: - Grey-White & #3. Blue. Two Six Pound Guns. No Otters. Housing On Deck Most Prominent.. 1918-09-03T00:00:00.

Santander, 08/23/1896. Cuban War. Embarkation of troops bound for Cuba.

Ships used as smallpox isolation hospitals.

Transports under shellfire - Sulva Bay - Dardanelles Campaign 1915

Richelieu, French Navy, from the Naval Vessels of the World series (N226) issued by Kinney Bros. 1889 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company Trade cards from the "Naval Vessels of the World" series (N226), issued in 1889 to promote Kinney Tobacco Company.. Richelieu, French Navy, from the Naval Vessels of the World series (N226) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Launch of the Italian battleship Sardegna at La Spezia, Italy. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1890

People walking over a quay next to a moored ship, Anonymous, 1920 - 1930 photograph Part of the Dutch East Indies family album. photographic support gelatin silver print waving farewell ~ departure on a journey. passenger liner (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.) Netherlands

GEO. WASHINGTON

U.S.S. Louisiana, Louisiana (Battleship), Battleships, American, 1900

Photograph of the Port View of the SS Santiago. Port View. Date: - July 25th., 1918. Photograph of S. S. Santiago. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 2359. Captain: - Not Known. Owners: - Mallory S. S. Co. Where From: - New York, N. Y. Destination: - Jacksonville, Fla. Where Photographed: - Brunswick, GA. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: - Mr Abrams Of Brunswick. Date Photographed: - May 1918.. 1918-05-01T00:00:00.

Rio Tinto, Henry Jacobus, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Tugboat Rio Tinto. Photo stuck on cardboard with technical information about the ship in German, French, Spanish and English. Part of the folder with 44 photos of dredgers of the company A. Bos & J.P. Heijblom in Dordrecht. Dordrecht photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print dredge, dredging machine. tug, pusher tug (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by steam). machine driven by steam. steamship, motorship (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by steam)

HMS Prinses Josephine-charlotte Underway at Portsmouth.

SWIFTSURE -- British

Battleship Petropavlovsk, Anonymous

Morro Castle

USA, New York City, Tugboat

HMS New Zealand in a terrific gale, 1910s, maker unknown.

Göta Canal. The channel boat B.V. Platen in the lake boren.

S.S. Argyllshire, by David James Aldersley.

Amsterdam, Henry Jacob, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Hopperzuiger Amsterdam. Photo stuck on cardboard with technical information about the ship in German, French, Spanish and English. Part of the folder with 44 photos of dredgers of the company A. Bos & J.P. Heijblom in Dordrecht. Dordrecht photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print dredge, dredging machine. machine driven by steam. steamship, motorship (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by steam)

Launching of the Japanese battleship Fuso, Kure, Japan, 1914

LUSITANIA, 1907-1914, New York City: warping into dock, NYC, 13 Sept. 1907, crowd in foregrd.

Admiral Dewey's flag-ship 'Olympia,' as she arrived in New York Bay from Manila , Warships, Harbors, Spanish-American War, 1898

Chesma (ironclad warship) ca. 1892.

High sea passenger steamer "Viktoria Luise" in the fjord

09/30/1911. A new ship. The "Upo-Mendi" Steamer. Of 5000 tons, which has just been launched into the water in Bilbao, and is the only one of its existing system in Spain.

The seventh vessel of this name to serve in the Royal Navy. She will be sold in 1922. Date: built 1907

P&O liner SS Rawalpindi - India Passenger and Mail Service - 16,600 tons gross. Date: 1937

J.D. Archbold's "VIXEN"

Reserve electricity on board a barge at the Stockholm exhibition in 1897.

Magicienne, Great Britain, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1895 Issued by Allen & Ginter Trade cards from the "Famous Ships" series (N50), issued in 1895 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Full series consists of 48 unnumbered cards.. Magicienne, Great Britain, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 418885

The United States battleship, Texas, setting out from New York Harbour, from the book The Outline of History by H.G.Wells Volume 2, published 1920.

'H.M.'s Torpedo Boat Destroyer Viper', c1900. Engraving after a photograph. From "Cassell's History of England, Vol. IX". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne

Steam Tug Terawhiti., by John Dickie.

Tartar, Great Britain, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1895 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Famous Ships" series (N50), issued in 1895 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Full series consists of 48 unnumbered cards.. Tartar, Great Britain, from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes. 1895. Albumen photograph. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

CRUCERO INFANTA ISABEL DE LA COMPAÑIA ESPAÑOLA DE PINILLOS.

Queen Victoria's pictures. Sailing ship "Freja".

Bremen, Germany

N: O 223 Göta Channel.Parti at Forkjaxel Sjöberg & CO Photography store, Karlsborg

San Francisco, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 1895 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Famous Ships" series (N50), issued in 1895 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes. Full series consists of 48 unnumbered cards.. San Francisco, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 418878

01/31/1917. In the bay of Vigo. Entry of the Dutch liner "Hollandia", which has taken refuge in that port because of the general block.

Rescues from GREAT NORTHERN

The Canadian Pacific S.S. Montnairn. (17282 tons) C. 1920

City of Flint (U.S. Freighter). March 5, 1940. (Photo by Wide World Photos, Inc.).

The four-ship "Pigbådarne" in Bohuslän archipelago. Old ship in 1919.

Holland, Henry Jacobus, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Tugboat Holland. Photo stuck on cardboard with technical information about the ship in German, French, Spanish and English. Part of the folder with 44 photos of dredgers of the company A. Bos & J.P. Heijblom in Dordrecht. Dordrecht photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print dredge, dredging machine. tug, pusher tug (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by steam). machine driven by steam. steamship, motorship (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by steam)

scene from the 1905, Algiers-Toulon boat race

The findgrade int o ext.The findground (depicted name)

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