Historic Maritime Events

Illustrations of historical maritime events, including displays of fireworks and naval engagements, depicting celebrations and conflicts.

Richard Howe's Action of June 1st, 1794

Bombing of Vlissingen, 1809. The city of Vlissingen is shot from the sea by British ships, 13 August 1809. See also the pendant.

19th century illustration showing ships in a violent storm at sea

War of 1812. United States Frigate 'President', captained by Stephen Decatur, is pursued by a British HMS Endymion, a 40-gun frigate, Jan. 15, 1815. President's artillery was hindered by a damaged hull. Eventually the Endymion caught up to Decatur, who managed to shoot into her rigging. When two other ships of the British squadron came into cannon range, Decatur surrendered the President. This very detailed painting depicts 22 sailors working to repair the sails (BSLOC_2019_6_108)

The visit of the President of the Republic, Louis Napoleon, aboard the warship Friedland, September 8, 1850, Rade de Cherbourg, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 394, Volume XVI, September 13-20, 1850.

1860s 1862 UNION TROOPS LANDING ON ROANOKE ISLAND NORTH CAROLINA BEGINNING OF THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION

Bombardment and capture of Number Ten Island, Mississippi River Squadron, Mississippi River Squadron (1862), War of Secession, American Civil War, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

LA ESCUADRA NACIONAL CHILENA DE 1879 O DE JUAN WILLIAMS REBOLLEDO - GUERRA DEL PACIFICO.

The Monitor and the Merrimac Artist Unknown

The Bombardment of Algiers by the Royal Navy, 1816, engraved by J. Bailey. From The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817.

The USS Hartford, Admiral Farragut's Flagship in 1864 during the American Civil War

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet entering the Mississippi River. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 May 17, pp. 312-313. Warships, Louisiana, Mississippi River Delta, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union.

THE FRIGATES 'VILLA DE MADRID' AND 'BLANCA' FIGHT AGAINST THE CHILEAN AND PERUVIAN FORCES IN THE BATTLE OF ABTAO ON FEBRUARY 7, 1866. Author: SANCHEZ ANGEL. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Capture of two French spies on the Elbe River near Stadt, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871, Illustrated War Chronicle 1870 - 1871, German-French Campaign

Peninsular War (1808-1814). Catalonia. Medes Islands. The small British garrison blew up the fort the French had built on Meda Gran and left the islands during the night of 2 to 3 September 1811. Blowing up the fortifications of the Medes Islands. Illustration by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume IV. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902). Spanish artist.

U.S. Frigate Portsmouth off New Orleans, La.. No. 3150, Title from item, Mounted with one other photograph, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Louisiana, New Orleans.

TAKE OF THE NORTHERN PORT IN THE ISLAND MARGARITA BY THE SPANISH TROOPS UNDER THE ORDERS OF PABLO MORILLO AND FRANCISCO DE PAULA TOPETE- 8/8/1817. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN. MORILLO PABLO GENERAL. CARTAGENA CONDE DE. TOPETE FRANCISCO DE PAULA. MARQUES DE LA PUERTA.

DR. LIVINGSTONE'S MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: BOAT CAPSIZED BY A HIPPOPOTAMUS ROBBED OF HER YOUNG, 1857

Russo-Japanese War. Battleship Povieda and other Russian and also British battleship go across the Suez Canal towards East Asia. llustration from 'Le Petit Journal', 17th January 1904. Engraving.

HMS Eurydice. Sail-training vessel built in 1843 for the British Royal Navy. Shipwreck of the 'Eurydice', which occurred near the Isle of Wight, on March 24, 1878. The final death toll was 364 officers and men. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

U.S. Frigate Hartford. No.4938 , Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

"Our Special Artist", on board The Lilian, running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour, North Carolina, 1864. American Civil War. 'We have received from our Special Artist, who, after a short interval of repose in England, has returned to the seat of war in America and safely arrived at the camp of General Lee, a Sketch of the scene on board the blockade-running steamer Lilian as she entered the port of Wilmington from Bermuda, in the Confederate States, passing unharmed the squadron of Federal cruisers, on the morning of June 4'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Italian Unification (1866). Battle of Lissa (July 20th). The Italian fleet, allied to Prussia in his war against Austria, is defeated by the Austrian fleet supervised by admiral Wilhelm von Tegetthoff. The Italian navy, supervised by admiral Carlo Pellion, loses the ships 'Palestro' (231 dead persons) and 'Re d'Itaglia' (318 dead persons).

From 'Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie'. French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. 6 February 1838.

Midnight naval bombardment of Fort Jackson Louisiana 1862, USA, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America

Attack on the Canton forts. Second Opium War, China, 19th century.

events War of the Second Coalition 1798 - 1802 French frigate ""La Bayonaise"" ramming the British frigate HMS ""Ambuscade"" Bordeaux 14.12.1798,

The Capture of the Slaver Formidable by HMS Buzzard, 17 December 1834 by Edward Duncan after the Oil painting by William Huggins

Illustration depicting the British fleet lying off Kintang before the occupation of Chusan, China. Dated 19th Century

The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman, '...our Special Artist and Correspondent who was present on board one of the ships in the allied squadron during the attack upon the batteries of the Daimio Prince of Nagato, in the Strait of Simonosaki...The Coquette and the Tancrede continued until dark to maintain a conflict with the Red Battery (otherwise called "Battery No. 7 ")...this battery...at daybreak next morning opened fire upon the corvette squadron...Preparations were then made for landing. At nine

THE BLACK BALL LINE CLIPPER SHIP 'JAMES BAINES,' WITH TROOPS FOR INDIA.

Bombardment of Antwerp by Dutch warships under command of Baron Chassé, October 27, 1830. From the Scheldt the Dutch ships fire on the city, left the burning city, Bombardment of Antwerp, 1830 The Bombardment of Antwerp. under the command of H.E. den Luit.t Gen.l Baron D.H.Chassé. on den 27 Octb.r 1830 , print maker: Pieter van der Meulen, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Johannes Steyn, (mentioned on object), Netherlands, 1830 - 1832, paper, etching, h 240 mm × w 332 mm

Haarlem, Bohn, François, Langendijk, Dirk, Netherlands, Vinkeles, Reinier (I), Attack of the English on the Lemmer. den 29 September 1799, British attack on Lemmer, 1799, verso - stamped, British ships shell the city of Lemmer in Friesland, 29 september 1799., print, prent, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 224 mm, width 281 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1741-06-19 - 1816-01-30, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1802, paper, papier, etching, engraving, engraving (printing process), 1748-03-08 - 1805-12-15, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, Dutch - 1812, publisher

Sailing of the ship Prince William, 1781, Jacobus Buys, 1781 - 1795, The sealing of the ship Prince William under Captain A. de Bruin on the Zuiderhaaks, 14 September 1781., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, (signed by artist), Northern Netherlands, 1781 - 1795, paper, h 82 mm × w 56 mm

Captain Glasse, and his Chief Engineer, H.M.S. "Vulture", superintending the repairs of the Mortars during the Bombardment of Sveaborg - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Incident from the Crimean War. '...on the 9th of August, the Allied fleets moored off Sveaborg, and sent in their gun and mortar boats to bombard the place. For ninety-six hours only their ammunition lasted; and, indeed, the very ordnance had then suffered crystallisation, and threatened to burst. The loss of the enemy is stated to have amounted to 2000 men. Numberless stores, barracks, magazines, Government build

events First Schleswig War 1448 - 1851 naval battle of Eckernfoerde 5.4.1849 explosion of the Danish warship ""Christian VIII"" wood engraving after contemporary lithograph by Wilhelm Heuer 19th century,

Guerra Ruso-Japonesa (1904-1905). Batalla naval en las islas Anambas. Cromo de Chocolates Luciano Cunill. Año 1905.

EMBARKATION AT WOOLWICH OF THE E BATTERY FOURTH BRIGADE OF ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY ON BOARD THE MELBOURNE FOR CANADA

Sketches in Asiatic Russia - Fishing Station below Astrakan, 1857. View by '...Mr. William Spottiswoode, who has recently returned from a tour in this comparatively little known country...Between Astrakan and the Caspian, as well as along the western shores of the Caspian itself, are a considerable number of stations for sturgeon fishery. From this fish, as is well known, caviare and isinglass are made. The church spires show that the village is inhabited by Russians, although a few of the outlying huts may belong to the mixed race, improperly called Tatar at Astrakan. The stakes form the barr

Battleships by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Oil on canvas, 1892, 1817-1900, Ukraine, Feodosiya, I. Ayvasovsky National Art Gallery, 212x339

Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, Ships at War

'Bombardment of Odessa, April 26, 1854', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".

Crimean War: British and French bombardment of Odessa, 22 April 1854.

The Anglo-French fleet bombarding Canton, December 1857, engraving. Second Opium War, China, 19th century.

The Pirate Sumter Firing at the Brig Joseph Parks of Boston during the American Civil War

Engagement Between the American Frigate the Constitution and theGuerrière. Engraver: Alexandre Jean Louis Jazet, French, 1814-after 1864 After: Jean Jérôme Baugean, French, 1764-1819 Publisher: Jean Frederic Ostervald

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Landing of Japanese troops in Chemulpo. Engraving.

Capture of H. B. M. Frigate MacedonianàUnitedStates. Artist: Samuel Seymour, American, 1797-1822 After: John James Barralet, American, born Ireland, ca. 1747-1815

Naval Battle by Jacob Philipp Hackert, Gouache on cardboard, 1770-1772, 1737-1807, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Navy Museum, 27x38

Currier & Ives Illustration 19th Century. Lexington, The Great Monarch of the Turf and Sire of Racers

Navigation Du Nil,19th century print drawn by A.Lenoir, engraved by E.Ollivier.

Newport News Battery before the Battle of Hampton Roads, American Civil War, 1862

The Spanish American War, the Spanish fleet sunk off the shore of Cuba, painting by Robert Hopkin, 1898

. Explosion of the front powder room of the Rhynland line ship under command of Captain-Ter-Sea C.H. Mulder, at Texel, on October 20, 1783. Loose print in the folder with four prints of historical events at sea in the 1982-1784, first series.

The Spanish Naval cruiser the Baleares, a Canarias-class heavy cruiser saw service during the Spanish Civil War, when she was torpedoed and sunk by destroyers of the Spanish Republican Navy during the Battle of Cape Palos. Out of her crew of 1,206, she had 765 seamen killed or missing, among them Vice-Admiral Manuel Vierna Belando, commander of the cruiser division.

Marine Frank Myers Boggs (American, 1855-1926). , ca. 1880s-1890s. Watercolor over pencil on wove paper, 7 x 10in. (17.8 x 25.4cm). American Art ca. 1880s-1890s

DedicatedThe Java totally dismastedthe Constitution (War of 1812) : Plate 3 - set of four. After: James Buchanan, American, 1791-1868

Cover color painting by Jean Alexandre Noel depicting a ship on fire, showing flames, smoke, vessel structure, and surrounding water.

Evacuation of Fort Moultrie, and burning of the gun carriages, on Sullivan's Island, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 Jan. 5, p. 105. Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Fort Moultrie, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Fort Moultrie (S.C.), 1860-1870.

JAN VAN SPEIEK's gunboat, 1831, 1831 print The jumping boat of Jan van Speijk, 5 February 1831. In the foreground public on the quay. At the bottom of a two -way verse from J.F. Helmers 'Hollandsche Natie, in six sings' (1812). Dedicated to the 'Hollandsche Natie'. Netherlands paper navy (+ sailing-ships). gunpowder disaster. self-sacrifice, death in the service of a higher purpose Antwerp. Scales

Philippine Revolution (1896-1898). Uprising against the Spanish colonial government. 1st class iron-hulled cruiser 'Reina Cristina' (1892), flagship of the Spanish squadron in the naval battle of Cavite, Manila Bay (1st May 1898). Photoengraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

Porter's fleet passing the dam at Alexandria. Title from item, Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry M. Alden. Chicago : The Puritan Press Co, c1894, v. 2, p. 590. Porter, David D, (David Dixon), 1813-1891, Military service, Armored vessels, Union, Louisiana, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Dams, Louisiana, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Rivers, Louisiana, Alexandria, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union.

American captain John Paul Jones in 'Ranger' captures the British sloop 'Drake' off Carrickfergus. Date: December 1777

Edward Parry and his crew with 'Hecla' & 'Griper' in their winter quarters at Winter Harbour, on the south side of Melville Island. Date: 1819

Error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryon's part lead to his flagship 'Victoria' and the 'Camperdown' colliding : 'Victoria' sinks, 'Camperdown' is damaged, 300+ drown. Date: 22 June 1893

The Battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813, lithograph by Nathaniel Currier

Russian ship sunk by Japanese torpedo, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. Artist: Unknown

Caesar, in Egypt, besieges Alexandria Date: 47 BC

View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1, 1795, John William Edye, 1760-1802, Danish, after T. M. Waller, active 1795-1797, Published by T. Whitewood Jr., active 1797, 1797, Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 14 1/8 x 18 11/16 inches (35.9 x 47.5 cm) and Image: 12 9/16 x 17 1/2 inches (31.9 x 44.5 cm), accident, Blue Ensign, channel (water body component), coats, costume, fire, flags, fleet, galleons, hills, historical subject, landscape, marine art, masts, oars, rowboats, rowing, Royal Navy, sails, sea, seamen, ships, shipwreck, smoke, tricornes, warships, England, English Channel, Hampshire, Spithead, United Kingdom

Burning of Frigate Merrimac and the Norfolk Navy Yard by Federals by unknown artist

The Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940 by Charles Cundall (1890-1971) British official war artist. View of the evacuation of British, French and Belgian forces from Dunkirk 27 May to 3 June under German bombardment.

Bombardment of Canea by the Combined Powers. In 1896 the Greeks and Turks quarrelled in the island of Crete; and the great powers of Europe stepped in to preserve peace. The insurgents in Canea refused to evacuate the town, so the warships bombarded it on February 21, 1897. It was rather farcical, all those big ships shooting at one little town; but they took care to injure it as little as possible, They only wished to convince the insurgents that they were united and in earnest. That is the Empress Augusta in the centre, one of Germanys heaviest warships. There is an English ship with her b

Togolese ships at Mikasa intercepting the Russian fleet heading towards Vladivostok, 1904. Russo-Japanese War, Japan, 20th century.

Nelson boarding the San Josef at Battle of St Vincent, February 1797. Horatio Nelson,Lord Nelson,Viscount Nelson, 1758-1805. British naval commander. Engraved by J J Crew after G Jones.From the book 'Illustrations of English and Scottish History' Volume II

This engraving was copied from an illustration from Johan Nieuhof's 'Gedenkwaerdige Zee en Lantreize' (Contemporary Sea and Landscapes), which was published in 1682 in Amsterdam. It shows a fish market in Batavia, present-day Jakarta or Djarta in Indonesia. In the foreground are several flat-bottomed fishing vessels and baskets in the water. Several men have climbed ladders leading to the roof.

The Columbus Celebration in Genoa, Italy, welcoming the royal couple, historical illustration, ca. 1893, Europe

Mexican-American War 1846-1848: Battle of Vera Cruz, 20 day siege of the city 9-29 March 1847. American fleet saluting the raising of Stars and Stripes on Castle of San Juan dUlloa . This was the first large-scale amphibious assault by the United States forces.

France, 1830 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

The Crocodile Indian troop-ship in a storm, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by Staff Commander N. G. Arguimbau, R.N., of H.M.S. Crocodile '...in a heavy sea, in the Bay of Biscay, during the great storm of three days in January last. The Crocodile, under the command of Captain J. W. Watson, left Portsmouth on the morning of the 6th, having on board draughts of various regiments serving in India, consisting of 57 officers, 14 ladies, 1012 men, 212 women and children - in all, 1578 souls, including the officers and crew of the ship. At starting the weather looked threatening, with a fresh breeze fro

The national pilgrimage of Spanish workers to Rome, embarking in the port of Valencia on the ship Baldomero Iglesias. Journey from Spain to the Holy See in April 1894 by the publication of Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum novarum in 1891. Vatican City, Rome. Italy, Europe. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Spanish-South American War. Battle of Callao (2 May 1866). Confrontation in the Peruvian port of Callao between the Spanish fleet, under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez (1824-1869), and the fortified Peruvian battery emplacements which defended the port. Casto Méndez Núñez wounded during the battle. Chromolithography. Historia Universal, by Cesar Cantu. Volume X, 1881.

fine arts, Japan, Tsushima 1905, Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905, Port Arthur, Russia, Asia, 20th century, Russo Japanese, navy,

United States of America American Civil War 1861 - 1865 naval warfare USS ""Monitor"" ironclad of the US Navy 1862 wood engraving 19th century,

Bombing van Vlissingen, 1809, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, 1809 - 1810 print The city of Vlissingen is shot at by British ships from the sea, August 13, 1809. See also the Pendant. paper etching / engraving bombardment (+ sailing-ships) Flushing

. Walking on the floor of the ship Prince Willem on the Zuiderhaak on September 14, 1781. Loose print in the folder with four prints of historical events at sea in the 1981-1784, second series.

Arrival of Francis II, And the Queem of Naples on Board the French Steamer La Mouette , Arrival of Franz II, King of both Sicily, and the Queen of Naples on board the French steamer La Mouette from Illustrated Times , Unknown

nets for catching birds are set on a beach in France 1860

United States Navy First Class Cruisers New York and Brooklyn, U.S. Navy

The attack on Sabine Pass, Texas, American Civil War, 8 September 1863. Artist: Unknown

The scene after the Lusitania went down Date: 1915

Illustration showing a Royal Navy E destroyer 1908

Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet pass through the Canal on their way to Port Arthur, to take part in the war with Japan : soon, many of these ships will be under water. Date: December 1904

Sailor life; Meijer's prints. Leaf with 9 performances of different ship types and a ship disaster. Under every image a caption. Numbered at the top right: No. 1.

Destruction of Chui Apoo's pirate fleet at Bias Bay 1849.

Loss of Acteon. They set fire to the ship, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, (1879-80).

The Royal Navy's first heroic dash into Narvik harbour in face of tremendous odds: German destroyers and store ships sunk. Captain Warburton-Lee led the second destroyer flotilla in to attack greatly superior forces. HMS Hunter was sunk and HMS Hardy driven ashore. One enemy destroyer was sunk, two were set on fire, and all supply ships were destroyed. Date: 10 April 1940

Harrison's Landing, James River, Virginia. The Commisariat Depot and base of operations of General McClellan, occupied by the Federal Army, July 1, 1862. USA Civil War

Indo-European telegraph: landing the cable at Fao, Persian Gulf. Dated 5th July 1865

Intermittent hostilities continue to occur between Greece and Turkey : the Greek warship 'Enosis' returns to Syra after a skirmish with a Turkish frigate.

Canoe racing in Cambodia, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1873.

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