Historic Maritime Vessels

A collection of vintage photographs showcasing ships navigating canals and water bodies, featuring steamships and dredging activities, with a nostalgic sepia tone.

USS Vesuvius - Dynamite gun cruiser 1891
USS Vesuvius - Dynamite gun cruiser 1891
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Collotype - General view of the harbour, Montreal, QC, about 1907 Neurdein Frères
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The place of exchange in the Savannah river looking toward the city, the rebel boat Beauregard coming down to meet the flag of truce. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Exhibited: "Port City : The Savannah River Through Artists' Eyes" at the Jepson Center, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA, Sept. 2014 - Jan. 2015. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, Beauregard (Steamship), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Prisoners, Ships, 1860-1870, United States, Georgia, Savannah , United States, Georgia, Savannah River
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Steamer "Asker
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The United States Armored Cruiser Brooklyn was a key vessel in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July, in which the Spanish Fleet was destroyed. It is referred to as the USS Brooklyn (ACR-3/CA-3). The United States Armored Cruiser New York (also known as USS New York ACR-2/CA-2) was the second United States Navy armored cruiser so designated; the first was the ill-fated Maine, which was soon redesignated a second-class battleship. Due to the unusually protracted construction of Maine, New York was actually the first armored cruiser to enter U.S. Navy service. .
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Wharf boat at Cairo, Illinois, 1864. No. 3161, Title from item, Mounted with 5 other photographs, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Illinois, Cairo.
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Photograph of Ships in Icy Water. This image depicts three more steamers stuck just outside of south gap at Buffalo. Buffalo skyline in background.
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HMS 'Latona', Royal Navy 2nd class cruiser, c1890-c1893.Artist: William Frederick Mitchell
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Vintage Photograph. Packet "Belle of the Bends" on the Mississippi River. Frame 2
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Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Llangollen. Photograph of Fore Side of Bridge. Date: - June 20 L918 1918. S. S. Llangollen: - Nationality: - British. Tonnage: - Gross-3842. Captain: - Wm. Jones. Owners: - Messrs Evan Thomas Radcliffe Co. Where from: - Huelva, Spain. Destination: - Unknown. Where photographed: - Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By whom: - J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - May 20th., 1918.. 1918-05-20T00:00:00.
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Yorktown, 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.. Yorktown, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 418879
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A Croatian 'Mother Ship' with two Croatian (Yugoslavian as was at this time) submarines moored at the Naval Base at Portland, Dorset Date: circa 1920s
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Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. the family of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I arriving at Haifa on the British ship, the H.M.S. Enterprise, May 8, 1936. 1936, Israel, Haifa
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Image: The U.S.S. Agememnon, a transport ship during World War I. Photographed by Enrique Muller, Jr. in the 1910s. It is housed in Drawer No. 3, Corridor Cabinet No. 5. Officially categorized and for official use only.
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The NORTHWIND. Shown here just before leaving to participate in the Navy expedition to the North Pole, the Coast Guard Cutter "NORTHWIND", lies at anchor in New York's harbor, June 26, 1946.
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The hidden lesson of the Mauretania's record. Showing the Cunard liner Mauretania in grey war paint, being convoyed across the Atlantic by a battleship cruiser. The plan was for the Mauretania and Lusitania to keep up a regular supply of grain from the USA to Britain in time of war. Date: 1910
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IL - Calumet Harbor. Calumet Harbor, South Chicago, Illinois. General view, SE 200 ft.
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People wave SS Blücher on departure in New York. Part of travel album from a Dutch family with sights in Europe, Egypt and New York.
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Svartön with the Elevator.elevator was the first ore loading device and built during the years 1887-1888. The device consisted of a hydraulic elevator that took two railway wagons at a time up to the loading dock itself, from where the ore was emptied directly into the cargo room.
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The Buoy Takes to the Water. How to Plant a Mooring Buoy, in a series of difficult lessons by Coast Guard Buoy Tender, LAUREL. The 20 ton weight of the mooring buoy, as the LAUREL's powerful boom lowers over the side, makes the ship list a little on that side. As a buoy should, this one, despite its weight, has buoyancy of vast power. The job of holding so much thick chain necessitates its large size. Before the buoy is lowered, the chain which is to connect up with the big anchors is made fast on its underside. The chain, which is to run out later, is still faked down on the tender's deck. Note: These scenes of Coast Guard action are laid in a Greenland Fjord.
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Loading trucks bound for Turkey in Baltimore. Original caption: Loading trucks for export to Turkey, Nov. 9, 1949 at Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by T. W. Kines). State: Turkey.
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MAINE U.S.N.
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Ferries in the United States, Steamboats of the Columbia River, Moonlight in the United States, 1906, the United States, Columbia River, Moonlight on the Columbia River
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SS "Rotorua" in Milford Sound, 1879, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers, Alfred Burton.
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San Francisco Pier and fender, 1937
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The U.S. Battleship 'Kentucky'. Commissioned in 1900 - decommissioned in 1920 Date: 1903
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Northwest Passage. The Storis, Bramble, and Spar led by the Canadian Icebreaker HMCS Labrador, make the first west-to-east transit of the Ballot Strait.
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Photo collection First World War. Gehobenes Italienisches Frachtschiff in Einem Österr.ung. Hafen .. 1914-1918}. Hungary, Austria
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Team on the pivot crane on an English steamer, Hamburg 1889..
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Description: The 550 ton M.V. Aoniu entered service in Tonga in August, 1958, ans has greatly improved commication between islands. Location: Tonga Date: August 1958 tonga, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens
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Myanmar (Burma) - Pearl Fishing Boat at the Mergui Archipelago Date: circa 1910s
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Surbs / steamboat of Suresnes. Two women and a man on the bridge of a steep steam boat Blancard, Hippolyte. Surbs / steamboat of Suresnes. "Two women and a man on the bridge of a steers stewing boat". Platinum draw. around 1890-1890.
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Bow Gun on Confederate Gunboat Teazer, Captured on the 4th of July, by the Meritanza; Barnard & Gibson; 1862; Albumen silver print
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Philadelphia, 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.. Philadelphia, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 418877
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Norway. Boat with tourists on a dock (when outboats), In the background a steamer
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On-board shots. Tourists when switching from a luxury steamer, probably the Victoria Luise, on the tender boat
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The Troop Ship (HMTS) Soudan - formerly a P&O liner serving Southern Africa (this card was sent from Cape Town, so her route of passage appears to have stayed somewhat constant!). Date: 1907
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Photograph of the Starboard View of the SS Angel B. Perez. Photograph Of Starboard View. May 18th., 1918. Photograph of S. S. Angel B. Perez. :- Nationality: - spanish, Tonnage: - 2500. Captain: - Aroturo Menendec. Owners: -Angel B. Perez. Where from:- Huelva, Spain. Dest. Being repaired. Where photographed:- Savannah, Ga. Sixth Naval District. By whom: - J. Boyd Dearborn. Date:- May 12th., 1918.. 1918-05-12T00:00:00.
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U.S. Frigate Constitution, Boston Navy Yard , Cannons, Sailing ships, Constitution Frigate. Leon Abdalian Collection
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Water plane Dornier Thu X, Anonymous, c. 1925 - c. 1935 photograph photographic support gelatin silver print aircraft, aeroplane
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Yacht at Mrs. Simpson's Disposal.When Mrs. Wallis Simpson arrived here from England, steam was kept up in This Yacht, Belonging to Mrs. Reginald Fellowes , and it was believed it was being kept in Headiness should Mrs. Simpson Decide to go Else-where. December 7, 1936. (Photo by Associated Press Radiophoto).
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46-foot Quabbin Reservoir service boat on trailer at gate on old Belchertown-Enfield Road, Quabbin Reservoir, Mass., Apr. 16, 1941 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, engineering, motorboats, children people by age group
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Anefo photo collection. Dutch merchant fleet. SS "Bodegraven". 1940
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Submarine at sea, anonymous, in or before 1915 photomechanical print This print is part of an album. Netherlandsleen paper sea (seascape). submarine Netherlands
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Suez Canal - an artery of ***** Suez Canal. October 26, 1938. (Photo by Delius)
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Hospital Boat Red Rover, Civil War - USA
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Historical postcard around 1900, Bremerhaven, Germany, reproduction of a postcard, historical
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Now vacant Robbin's Reef or Kate's Light sitting majestically in New Jersey waters in New York harbor / World-Telegram photo by Dick De Marsico. - digital file from digital file from original item | Library of Congress
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Dand C. Nav. Co. Steamers leaving the wharf, Put-in-Bay (Ohio) | Library of Congress
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Elsevier photo collection. Transfer TDE "Prins Hendrik", lifeboat Den Helder. boat lies boat "Dorus Rijkers" 1923. T.g.v. government jubilee received Princess Wilhelmina donated boat k.n.z.h.r. March 8, 1952. Den Helder
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Steamer at St. Frederick Landing, Lake Champlain, New York State, America Date: C. 1908
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On-board shots. Tourists when switching from a luxury steamer, probably the Victoria Luise, on the tender boat. At the horizon hilly land strip
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Port Chalmers, Regetta, December 1905, Dunedin, by Muir & Moodie.
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Two photographs reporting the departure of Captain Scott and his team on board the Terra Nova, bound for Antarctica where they would attempt to reach the South Pole first. Top picture shows the crew on board waving to those they were leaving behind. The bottom picture shows the Siberian ponies taken by Scott to haul supplies. Scott's predominant use of ponies and motor sledges over dogs (used by the successful Norwegian, Amundsen) is cited as one of the reasons Scott failed in his attempt to