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

'20,000 LIEUES SOUS LES MERS' 20 000 leagues under the sea Attacking a giant squid Date: 1870

Action between the U.S.S. Brig. Chasseur and British Schooner St. Lawrence, Feb. 26,1815. Artist: Worden Wood, American, 1880-1943

H.M.S. "Termagant" convoying the gun-boats "Grappler" and "Forward" through the Straits of Magellan: passing English Narrows - from a sketch by C. Royle, R.N., 1860. 'The voyage down to the eastern entrance of the Straits of Magellan (under canvas) was necessarily slow and tedious...On reaching the Straits, however, steam was got up by the Termagant 25-gun screw-frigate, and the small vessels were towed by her through the entire length of the Straits of Magellan, Smyth, Sarmiento, Wide, and Messier Channels, out into the Pacific Ocean. In consequence of the intr

Lagos, on the west coast of Africa, is bombarded to destruction by the British anti-slavery squadron, which included the ships Penelope, Bloodhound and Sampson Date: 26 - 27 December 1851

Historical views of the Eastern Islands (Indonesia). Natives of the Ladrones Islands (Marianas) sailing in a proa sailboat 34, Abba Thule, King of Koror in the Pelew Islands (Palau) asking a Spanish ship about his son Prince Lee Boo 35, and Sumatran priests smoking tobacco to summon rain 36. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rev. Isaac Taylors Scenes in Asia, for the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travelers, John Harris, London, 1819.

Spanish-American War, 1898. Destruction of the Spanish fleet outside Santiago harbour in Admiral Cevera's desparate attempt by running the American bloackade, 3 July 1898.

E. Dolphin. - the polar star and the standard escorted by the French squadron going to Cherbourg. (IT)

Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880: Capture of Ghunzee by British forces, March 1880. Tinted lithograph

Federico Carlos Gravina and Nápoli (Palermo 1756 - Cádiz 1806). Spanish sailor and military, general captain of the Royal Spanish Navy. I participate

COMBATE NAVAL DE IQUIQUE - 1879 - ESMERALDA HUNDIDO POR EL HUESCAR. Author: SOMERSCALES THOMAS.

The White Squadron's Farewell Salute to the Body of John Ericsson, designer of the Ironclad Monitor New York, August 23, 1890

Naval Battle by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Oil on canvas, 1877, 1817-1900, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Navy Museum, 99x124

American Civil War: Engagement between Confederate ironclad 'Merrimac' and Union ironclad 'Monitor' - 8 March 1852. Chromolithograph published 1864

Pictures of the War Showground, 1870. Nr 15./Bombardement of Paris. (TI)

Barcelona. Fiesta marítima presidida por la reina regente Maria Cristina. Grabado de 1888.

U.S.S. New Ironsides, 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. New Ironsides, from the Naval Vessels of the World series (N226) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

republican sailors seize a battleship during a mutiny in the Spanish Civil War 1936

THE PARTICULAR SERVICE SQUADRON IN IRELAND: TORPEDO BOATS OFF DUTY

Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2853. Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala, 1864, Naval warfare, Alabama, Mobile Bay, 1860-1870, Battleships, Alabama, Mobile Bay, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Alabama, Mobile Bay, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Alabama, Mobile Bay.

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, an armored gunboat, St. Louis-class or Pook Turtle, Confederate Army, 1862, American Civil War

Raising the west capstone of the dolmen Le Trepied, Guernsey, United Kingdom, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LVI, June 4, 1870. Digitally colorized image.

Captain Thornby murdered and thrown overboard by Gibbs and the steward

Sext of builds occurred allo 19 Galno 199 (gallvenes du Mont Vesau duly irruption du 19. Juin 1794.

The Atlantic Telegraph: On deck of SS 'Great Eastern' searching cable for a fault after its recovery from the bottom of the Atlantic 31 July 1865. From WH Russell 'The Atlantic Telegraph' London 1866. Tinted lithograph.

HMS Devonshire armored cruiser, 1904, United Kingdom, drawing.

Netherlands, Flanders, André, 'Land in sight!' The crew of the 'Halve Maen' on the prow, Henry Hudson's ship, the Halve Maen, approaches the North American coast, 1609, the Halve Maen in the service of the VOC, 1609. Cheering sailors on the prow of a ship. Part of a group of prints: Old Dutch Glory, New York, Hudson, Fulton Festivities of September 1909., reproduction, history print, prints, Frederik Muller History Plates, height 439 mm, width 530 mm, Work conception, Dutch, 1881-09-01 - 1955-08-05, after a design by, 1909 - 1909, first quarter 20st century, first quarter 20th century, paper, reproduction of a colored drawing

Pier of the harbor of Saint Denis, Ile Bourbon, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

'Gallipoli - view taken from The Castle', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".

Spanish Civil War: sailors aboard a republican ship hoist the commands hoisted the tri-colour, drawing by J. Valverde

The United States Double Turret Monitor Miantonomoh. The Miantonomoh was one of the last monitors constructed for the U.S. Navy, and her history shadows the general history of the navy in the years leading up to the Spanish American War. The vessel took part in the blockade of Cuba, but saw little actual combat.

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Contratorpederos austríacos en lucha con varios cruceros italianos. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

US Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads, on March 9, 1862, the first engagement between ironclad gunboats. Ironclads USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac) are engaged in a 3 hour gunfight, which ended in a draw, with neither suffering serious damage (BSLOC_2018_8_22)

Happen of the masts of the ship Woestduin, 1779, Arend Fokke Willemsz., After Engel Hoogerheyden, 1780 print The VOC ship 'Woestduin' of the Amsterdam room was stuck on the Noorderassen near Vlissingen just before returning his fifth home trip from Batavia. On the ship men with axes cut the masts. As a sign that the ship is in need, the flag is partially rolled up. Middelburg paper etching / engraving shipwreck. exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery. parts of ship's exterior: mast Flushing

Admiral Porter's fleet running the rebel blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th 1863 with explanation

Fashoda Incident (1898), now Kodok (South Sudan). Conflict of interests between France and Great Britain. Both countries planned to build lines of communication so that their colonial possessions would be uninterruptedly linked. Both powers sent military expeditions to defend their interests, which coincided at Fashoda. The French expedition, outnumbered, were forced to retreat, allowing British control of the Sudan region. Arrival of the Anglo-Egyptian contingent at Fashoda, led by field marshal Kitchener, on 21 September 1898. The fleet consisted of five steamers, two of which were gunboats, three Sudanese battalions, one hundred Scottish troops and Maxim artillery system. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

Vintage British Naval Military art: The Imperieuse and Thames attacking a Castle and Gunboats, Nov 2, 1811. From The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817.

Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Napoleonic Wars. French Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763-1806) surrenders prisoner.

5. The idle 'prentice turn'd away and sent to sea (final destination unknown). Date: 1747

EXPLODING MINE IN THE NEW RAVELIN, CHATHAM UK 1873

Spanish-American War 1898: Battle of Manila Bay, Philippines, 1 May 1898, the first major engagement of the conflict. Commodore George Deweys cruiser leading action. Overwhelming US victory. Print c1900 Naval Warfare .

The new iron dock, 1869, of the German Navy, built on the island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 1...

History of Spain. 18th century. Illustration depicting one of the sieges of Gibraltar. Spanish troops trying to recover the territory taken by the Anglo-Dutch coalition in 1704. Unsuccessful siege of Gibraltar. Chromolithography. "Historia General de España" (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume V. Madrid, 1891.

LUNA Y NOVICIO, Juan (1857-1899). Naval Battle of Lepanto. 1887. Naval battle in the Gulf of Corinth between the Ottoman fleet, commanded by AlÕ Baja, and the fleet of the Holy League (Venice, Papal States, Phlip II of Spain), commanded by Juan de Austria, Alvaro de Bazàn and Alejandro Farnesio. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Senate Palace.

The German cruiser SMS Emden destroyed by the Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Sydney. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 22nd -29th November 1914.

Sebastopol from the Sea, Sketched from the Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855, William Simpson, 1823-1899, British, 1855, Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 13 x 20 5/8 inches (33 x 52.4 cm), cannons, deck, equipment, flags, genre subject, gesture, landscape, marine art, mountains, ropes, Royal Navy, sailors, sea, seamen, ship, talking, Union Jack, war, Crimean Peninsula, Europe, Krym, Sebastopol, Ukraine

Bartering on the high seas, fishermen exchange fish for a bottle of rum, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

06/30/1915. The Modern Fortifications. Italian island fort of Trimelone, located on Lake Garda. Photo: Hofer.

Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson's Heroic Exploit in blowing up the Collier Merrimac at the entrance to Santiago harbor during the Spanish American War, 1898

Crossing of the Russian army over the Danube at Zimnicea/Svishtov June 15, 1877 Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky 1883

The Battle of Callao ,May 2, 1866, against the Spanish navy. War of the Pacific, Peru, 19th century.

The USS Cruiser Columbia was launched in July 1892 and in 1894 put under the command of Captain G.W. Summer. At the time, at 412 feet in length, it was the longest vessel in the US Navy. It was built as a commerce raider and saw little action in the Spanish American War (1898), spending time conveying troops to Puerto Rico in July and August of 1898. In World War I, it became the flagship of Squadron 2, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet. A three-masted schooner with many guns, it also had four torpedo tubes. It was finally decommissioned in June 1921.

Buques de guerra. Acorazado Lorraine, construído en Francia en 1913. Cromo de Chocolates Comet, de Figueras. Año 1931.

Insurgent ship visiting Aguilas Murcia Province Spain with requisitions during 3rd Carlist War from Illustrated London News October 4 1873

Great Chicago Fire.

Doggersbanklint, in or after 1781 ribbon (material) White side ribbon in memory of the Battle of Doggersbank (1781) on which nine English ships were painted. The ships are depicted diagonally after each other. For the ships, smoke clouds and bullets are depicted. Above the most right ship is the name of the Admiral that supplied the English troops: H. Parker. Netherlands (possibly) silk

Thwarting a submarine attack : an array of microphones detects the approach of a hostile submarine - then the destroyers come in to the attack ! Date: 1915

Samuel Scott, 1701/2-1772, British, Action off the Cape of Good Hope, ca. 1757. Oil on canvas.

Duilio, Italian 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.. Duilio, Italian Navy, from the Naval Vessels of the World series (N226) issued by Kinney Bros.. 1889. Commercial color lithograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Chase and capture of the blockade-runner "Armstrong" by our gun-boats. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1864 Dec. 31, p. 837, bottom. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations.

around 1845 official in Vienna, historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century.

Battle of Lake Erie - Oliver Hazard Perry standing on front of small boat after abandoning his flagship, the Lawrence, 1813

Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steam Boats of Shoal Water. Date/Period: 1852.

American Civil War 1861-1865: Bombardment of Port Hudson 14 March 1863. Fleet of seven Union vessels attempted to run past Port Hudson to blockade Red River. Five vessels lost but remaining two able to block mouth of river.

'ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH MAIL-BOAT AT DOVER,' BY TH. WEBER, 1871

A Careless Word...A Needless Sinking 1942 Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962 German) Poster

Blowing Up the Barrancas, American Conflicts

Guerra de Cuba (1896-1898). La escuadra yankee es rechazada en Matanzas.

Mahdist War (1881-1899). It faced the followers of Sudanese religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Fahal, the self-proclaimed Mahdi, against Egyptian Khedivate troops, who were later joined by British forces. Suakin, Sudan. City blockaded by Mahdi loyalists. At that time it was Sudan's main port on the Red Sea, which was threatened by the Sudanese warlord Osman Digna (1836-1926). Suakin housed the headquarters of the Anglo-Egyptian troops that were fighting against the Mahdi. On February 13, 1883, Egyptian troops under the command of General Hicks Pasha (1830-1883) landed at Suakin to fight the rebellion. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1883.

History by Polybius. Volume III. French edition translated from Greek by Dom Vincent Thuillier. Comments of Military Science enriched with critical and historical notes by M. De Folard. Paris, chez Pierre Gandouin, Julien-Michel Gandouin, Pierre-Francois Giffart and Nicolas-Pierre Armand, 1728. Siege of Rhodes, 305 BC. Attempt of conquest by the Macedonian king Demetrius I (337-283 BC) of the fortified port of Rhodes. The siege failed. Different war machines were used, such as floating towers. Engraving. Later colouration.

Commandant Duboc in a naval engagement. Franco-Chinese War (1884-1885). China, 19th century.

Evacuation of New York by the British, November 25, 1783

Artwork: "Assault Loading - Appledore" Artist: Dwight C. Shepler #135. Country: Unknown

Naval Battle by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Oil on canvas, 1853, 1817-1900, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Navy Museum, 220x331

George Washington Crossing the Delware River, 25 December 1776. An incident in the Revolutionary War 1775-1783 (American War of Independence) when George Washington (1732-1799) was commander-in-chief of the American army. Illustration c1912.

Italy - 19th century, First War of Independence - Night time bombardment at Marghera, 24 May 1849. Painted by Ippolito Caffi (1809 - 1866). Oil on canvas.

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Incarcerated in the Fort d'Enet, in the harbour of the Ile d'Aix, convicted Communards gaze out and contemplate the chances of escape...are incarcerated.

The "Stonewall Jackson". No. 5520, Title from item, Mounted with five other photographs and prints, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

The USS Monitor in a Storm during the USA Civil War

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