Historic Maritime Vessels

A collection of vintage ships depicted in black and white, showcasing different sailing and steam ships on the sea, highlighting their intricate details.

The screw steamship Oceanic - Pioneer steamer of the White Star Line, circa 1870

THE SCREW STEAMER CITY OF NEW YORK, ONE OF THE INMAN LINE, RUNNING BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND PORTS OF THE UNITED STATES

THE NEW SCREW CLIPPER SHIP 'KHERSONESE'

Alluitsoq, former settlement in South Greenland, in 1870, located on Alluitsoq or Lichtenau Fjord near Cape Farewell, Greenland, Historic, digitally r...

THE NEW SPANISH STEAM SHIP 'YSABEL LA CATOLICA'

Rotterdam, Groenewegen, Gerrit, Various ships series C, Three-master with sloop, verso - stamped, A three-master pulling a sloop behind it, seen obliquely from behind. Figures can be seen on the ship. This print is part of a series of twelve prints with various sailing ships., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 127 mm, width 154 mm, 1754 - 1826-08-07, print maker, prentmaker, 1789 - 1789, paper, papier, etching, etsen

THE IMPERIAL GERMAN IRONCLAD PREUSSEN, 1877 engraving

Maritime transport. New Mail Steamboat "Alfonso XII" (5.500 tonnes and a force of 200 horsepower), belonging to the transatlantic company of Mr A. Lopez & Co. It was built by Wm. Denny, Brothers. It consisted of three sticks and figurehead with allegory to the monarch from whom took the name. With a capacity for 244 passengers. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, February 22, 1876.

Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, Bakhuysen, Ludolf, Schreuder, Bernhard, Amsterdam, Warship on the IJ, verso - handwritten, A warship on the IJ in front of Amsterdam. On the left a sailing ship, on the right a rowing boat with fishermen., print, engraving, prints, engravings, verso - stamped, Ludolf Bakhuizen, del 1694. Ploos van Amstel. fecit. 1768., height 96 mm, width 188 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1726-01-04 - 1798-12-20, print maker, printmaker, 1768 - 1768, paper, papier, prenttekening, etching, etchings, roulette, - 1780-10-16, 1631 - 1708-11-17, intermediary draughtsman, naar teken van, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher

Hart, C. van der (Lieutenant), Netherlands, Hoogkamer, Willem Hendrik, Merchant brig before the wind. Dutch ship of the line sailing off the wind in the canal. English pilot cutter in the wind, Three sailing ships, verso - stamped, print, prints, height 313 mm, width 389 mm, Dutch, 1790-09-21 - 1864-01-22, print maker, printmaker, 1800 - 1864, paper, aquatint, etching, etchings, intermediary draughtsman

The screw steamship Oceanic - Pioneer steamer of the White Star Line, circa 1870

FALMOUTH 'TAILORS' BOATS' RACING TO MEET A HOMEWARD BOUND VESSEL

The Marco Polo, American built, but equipped for the Australian trade about 1850 by James Baines and Co., Liverpool. She made her maiden voyage to Port Phillip in 68 days in 1851. October 17, 1936.

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S NEW STEAMSHIP MOOLTAN, AUGUST 3, 1861

The 'Sphinx', the first steam warship from the French navy, built in 1830

The Flag-Ship "Ocean", saluting the Royal Squadron, at the Nore, 1844. Royal Navy warship fires cannon in greeting as Queen Victoria's yacht passes the Nore, a sandbank at the mouth of the Thames Estuary: 'The royal yacht, after leaving the Nore, altered her course, and bore upon the north-east, proceeding through the channel between the Long-sand and the coast. The Eclair steam-frigate, the Black Eagle, and the rest of the Government steamers forming the royal escort, following immediately in the rear'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.

THE WAR STEAMER 'GOVERNOLE,' BUILT FOR THE SARDINIAN GOVERNMENT

THE CAPTURED GREEK BLOCKADE-RUNNER ARKADI, TOWED UP THE DARDANELLES, 1867

The Scauderia laying the submarine telegraph cable between Malta and Alexandria.

THE FRENCH SCREW STEAMER CHARLEMAGNE PASSING THE CASTLES OF EUROPE AND ASIA

Norman Court was a composite built clipper ship, designed by William Rennie; built in 1869 by A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow. On the night of 29 March 1883 in a strong gale it was driven ashore and wrecked in Cymyran Bay, between Rhoscolyn and Rhosneigr, Anglesey

Illustration depicting the 'State of Indiana' trading between Glasgow and New York. Dated 19th Century

The Germania was a German schooner built in 1869 in Geestemünde, Bremerhaven, and was the main research vessel of the Second German North Pole Expedit...

Photo collection Government information service. Flute ship first half of the 17th century. undated

Clipper Ship 'Great Republic' Currier and Ives

American Whaler, by Currier and Ives, 1834-1907

Frigate propeller (warship) Lisly, France, illustration by Barrellier from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 374, Volume XV, April 27, 1850.

Engraving depicting the HMS Inflexible, launched 27th April 1876. In 1881 the Inflexible was the first ship in the British navy to be fitted with Swan lamps.

The HMS Victory on her first cruise

Brigantines - General Merchant - Shipping. December 31, 1934.

Sailing from Halifax to New York, 1776, America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Embarkation of British troops directed to India, Spithead, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 771, Volume XXIX, December 5, 1857.

Engraving depicting Captain Alexander Schomberg's improved rigging design. Captain Alexander Schomberg (1720-1804) an 18th Century Royal Navy Officer. Dated 19th Century

The Great Eastern leaving Sheerness carrying the cable for the French telegraph link across the Atlantic. Dated June 1869.

NAVIO ESPAÑOL DEL NORTE DE 74 CAÑONES VISTO POR BARLOVENTO. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

A 17th century French galley being rowed. After a print dated 1703.

American propeller-driven steam frigate Date: 1844

'Armed Lugger Close Hauled With All Sail Set', 1825. Artist: John Rogers.

Engraving showing a three masted sailing ship being towed out of the harbour at the start of its journey to Australia, 1844. In the 1840's Her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners regulated emigration to Australia and Canada and assisted families and single men with useful trades to emigrate. Date: 1844

English Ship from time of Crusades

Aberdeen-built clipper for the China tea trade Date: 1869

Events in Egypt, 1882. Arrival of the Anglo-French Fleet in Souda Bay, near Alexandria. From left to right: 'HMS Invincible', 'HMS Monarch', 'HMS Superb', 'HMS Temeraire', 'Forbin', 'La Gallissonniere', 'Betern', 'HMS Alexandra', 'Idjalalied'. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

The steam yacht of the Grand Duke of Oldenburg encounters the sailing ship Grand Duchess Elisabeth of the German School Ship Association, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century original, original date unknown

The 3867 tonne steamship Celtic crossing the Atlantic in the winter of the 1870s. From American Pictures Drawn With Pen And Pencil by Rev Samuel Manning c. 1880, United States, America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, North America

COLD WEATHER IN THE BALTIC

Engraving depicting the 'Alabama' at Port Royal, Jamaica. Dated 19th Century

Engraving of the Cunard steamship 'Bothnia'. Dated 19th Century

THE ADRIATIC AND ORIENTAL COMPANY'S SCREW-STEAMER CAIRO, OF THE BRINDISI AND ALEXANDRIA LINE, 1869

Engraving of the Royal Mail Packet 'Stag'. Dated 19th Century

BURNING OF THE SHIP 'THE THOMAS THOMPSON,' ON HER VOYAGE FROM BOMBAY TO LIVERPOOL, THE CREW RESCUED BY THE 'BARRACKPORE'

The frigate Kreiser and the sloop Ladoga at the coast of America 1823 by Anonymous / Private Collection / 1900s-1910s / Russia / Lithograph / History /

Feather pen drawing by Georg Zöbl, 1876, depicting warships off the coast with attention to vessel details and maritime composition.

British tea clipper Date: 19th century

Sailing ship. Segelfartyg.

TRIAL TRIP OF THE 'BARON OSY,' IRON STEAM SHIP

USS Alfred being prepared for her maiden voyage - Block Island - Rhode Island. USA Revolutionary War

SPANISH VESSEL ARRIVING WITH CHRISTMAS FRUIT, 1854

The ship Terra Nova during the way back to New Zealand, with the flag flying at half-mast mourning Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), British explorer, and his crew, photograph from the magazine L'Illustration, year 71, no 3665, May 24, 1913.

The harbour at Portsmouth, Hampshire, viewed from the sea. Date: circa 1840

IK Brunel's steam ship 'Great Eastern' showing housing for paddle wheel, and sails, 1857. Artist: Unknown

Shipping, ship 'Sooloo,' William Nutting, Master , Marines Visual works, Ships, Sooloo I Ship. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

Engraving depicting the Schooner Yacht 'Volna'. Dated 19th Century

The First Cunard Liner -- An Interesting picture, in view of the launching of the giant new Cunarder by the Queen on Wednesday. The Ship shown here is the first Cunard liner, "Britannia", which made its maiden voyage across the Atlantic from Liverpool to New York in 1840, completing the trip in 14 8 hours. - It is expected that the new Cunarder will also be named "Britannia." October 30, 1934. (Photo by Keystone).

The Fredensborg was a frigate built in Copenhagen in 1752 or 1753. She was named Cron Prindz Christian after the prince who was to become king Christian VII of Denmark and Norway, and was fitted out as a slave ship. After an unsuccessful stint in the triangular trade, her operational area was limited to the Caribbean, where she sailed as a trader until 1756. The ship was then purchased by another Danish company and renamed Fredensborg after one of the Danish-Norwegian trading stations on the African Gold Coast. On December 1, 1768 Fredensborg sank in a storm off Tromøy in Arendal, Norway. The wreck was discovered by divers in September 1974.

Joseph Cartwright, c.1789-1829, British, Single Frigate, Stern Forward 1813, 1813. Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper, mounted on, moderately thick, smooth, beige, wove paper.

The Royal William English warship constructed 1670 From The National Encyclopaedia published by William Mackenzie London late 19th century

A 17th century French galley under sail. After a print dated 1703.

LIVERPOOL PILOT BOAT

Ships on their way to lay the China telegraph cable to connect Java, Singapore, Penang and Madras.

U.S. Sloop "Pensacola". In album: Benjamin Brown French "Photographs," p. 67, Title from item, Reference copy in LOT 12251, v. 2, Original in PR 12 LOT 12251. Ships, American, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations.

Engraving showing the Arctic exploration ship, 'Pandora', beating upwind to the Carey Islands, 1875. The 'Pandora' was used by Sir Allen Young in two attempts between 1875 and 1876 to find the Northwest Passage, around the northern coast of Canada and Alaska, and any traces of the missing Franklin expedition of 1845. Date: 1875

THE SHIP 'WACOUSTA' LOADING TIMBER FOR MAST PIECES AT PUGET SOUND, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Armaments: an ironclad battleship, H.M.S. Devastation. Engraving, c.1861.

Roman period. Trireme vessel. Engraving, 19th century.

The Great-Eastern reeling off the telegraph cable, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Joseph Cartwright, c.1789-1829, British, Adelaide: Side View of Schooner, undated. Pen, in brown ink, brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, wove paper, mounded on, moderately thick, smooth, beige, wove paper.

Middle Ages. Ship of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration.

The French ironclad Rochambeau, formerly the American Dunderberg, 1868. Ship '...purchased by the French Government from the United States...She is a very formidable vessel of war...and may be described as a shotproof iron fort, mounted upon an iron hull, with fore and aft decks, likewise of iron, which are but little raised above the water-level. These parts of the hull, as well as the midships portion, are shotproof, the stern part containing the screw-propeller and steering apparatus, while the fore part is armed with a beak to pierce the sides of an enemy's ship. This vessel was built

Ships, Noon, illustration

BALANDRA ESPAÑOLA DE 18 CAÑONES. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Engraving depicting the Steam-ship 'Giraffe' for the Glasgow and Belfast Royal Mail Line. Dated 1860

USS Constellation sloop-o-war; Black and white photograph taken circa 1890s

HMS Thrush, 1st class British gunboat. Illustration by William Frederick Mitchell. Lithograph. 1892.

The Lena ship sailing across the north sea. The Voyage of La Vega through Asia and Europe by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold 1879-1880, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Two-master and three-master in the harbour of Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony, North Sea, Germany, name, Musquito, Sedan, Prince Albert, quay, historical illustration 1880, Europe

United States, 19th c. 'Outward Bound', clipper Ship. Printed by Courier & Ives. Litography.

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In Full Sail -- As striking view of the "Pommern" with every stitch of canvas in use, arriving in Falmouth Bay in the brilliant sunshine.The arriving masted sailing ship "Pommern" has just arrived at Falmouth, having taken 118 days for the voyage from Port German, Australia in the grain race for sailing ships. July 27, 1938. (Photo by Fox Photos).

THE VICEROY OF EGYPT'S NEW STATE YACHT MAHRUSSEH, 1866

'Cutty Sark' At Festival Berth -- She flaunts no sails, but the beauty of the speedy old tea clipper 'Cutty Sark' is still there as she finds her moorings off Rotherhithe, London, in readiness for the Festival of the Britain, whose history she helped make.She will be on view to visitors during the festival.'Cutty Sark' was laid at Falmouth for 16 years until she was towed to be Thames in ***** Nautical Training college. The Clipper, relic of the romantic China tea trade and the wool races from Australia, was regular service from 1870 to 1922. May 1, 1951. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

The British conquest of Burma began in 1824 in response to a Burmese attempt to invade India. By 1886, and after two further wars, Britain had incorporated the entire country into the British Raj. To stimulate trade and facilitate changes, the British brought in Indians and Chinese, who quickly displaced the Burmese in urban areas. To this day Rangoon and Mandalay have large ethnic Indian populations. Railways and schools were built, as well as a large number of prisons, including the infamous Insein Prison, then as now used for political prisoners. Burmese resentment was strong and was vented in violent riots that paralysed Rangoon on occasion all the way until the 1930s. Burma was administered as a province of British India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony. Burma finally gained independence from Britain on January 4, 1948.

Ships of the Royal Navy HMS VICTORY, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, anchored in Portsmouth Harbour in 1909.

Engraving depicting the Schooner Yacht 'Jefferson Borden'. Dated 19th Century

THE NEW SCREW STEAMER BARWON, 1854

The American Barque, Mendota, Roux, Louis, 1875.

Newark, 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.. Newark, U.S.N., from the Famous Ships series (N50) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 418876

Steam Ship Ormuz, Australia to England, 1887, eleven thousend miles within twenty-seven days, departure from Sydney

United States and Macedonian | Library of Congress

West Indies; trading galleon of the Spanish merchant fleet 17th century

Sailing ship, Hendrik Abraham Klinkhamer, 1820 - 1872 drawing paper. pencil brush sailing-ship, sailing-boat

THE ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA, THE 'FERNANDE' AND 'ANACONDA' PASSING RYDE

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