Historic Naval Battles

Illustrative prints depicting major naval battles from history, including the Battle of Trafalgar and others, featuring detailed ships and combat scenes.

Battle of Messina, 1676, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 111 mm × w 158 mm
Battle of Messina, 1676, print maker: Jan Luyken, publisher: Pieter van der Aa (I), print maker: Amsterdam, publisher: Leiden, 1698, paper, etching, letterpress printing, h 111 mm × w 158 mm
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The arrival of King-Stadtholder William III 1650-1702 in the Oranjepolder on January 31, 1691, Ludolf Bakhuysen, 1692
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Pirates dressed as women attempt to decoy merchantman. 19th cent.
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Bombardment and Capture of the Forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, during USA Civil War, August 27th 1861
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Crimean (Russo-Turkish) War 1853-1856. Burning of the redout at Kale (Canakkale) at the mouth of the Dardanelles (the Hellespont). Hand-coloured lithograph published in Italy 1857.
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THE REBELLION IN THE SOUDAN (SUDAN), WITH BAKER PASHA'S EXPEDITION TO RELIEVE TOKAR
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Black and White Illustration of The Sovereign of the Seas, a 17th Century naval vessel and Man o' War
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Dutch Ships Running Down Spanish Galleys off the English Coast, 3 October 1602, Hendrik Cornelisz. Vroom, Cornelis Hendriksz. Vroom, 1617
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The mutineers turning Lt Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from his Majesty's ship the Bounty', 1790, Robert Dodd (1748-1815/British)
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Wouwerman, Philips, Northern Netherlands, Visscher, Jan de, Soldiers in a tent camp, verso - stamped, Soldiers, some of whom are on horseback, are enjoying themselves at a tent camp with women, drink, music and playing cards., print, prints, height 358 mm, width 393 mm, 1633 - 1692, print maker, printmaker, 1643 - 1692, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving, engraving (printing process), Noord-Nederlands, 1619-05-24 - 1668-05-19
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Spanish naval squadron gunning, Menorca Military Museum, old barracks of Cala Corb, central square of Es Castell, built by the British in 1771, Menorca, balearic islands, Spain.
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Italian Unification (1859-1924). Pontifical troops ask Parliament by Command of Her Holiness in Rome. Engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration", 1870. Colored.
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Burial of De Soto at Midnight
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Capture of the 'Esmeralda' in Callao by the Chilean Navy, 5 to 6 november 1820.
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Historia Antigua. Grecia. Combate naval. Grabado alemán de 1865.
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The British defending Gibraltar, September 13, 1782. Spain, 18th century.
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The crusades were a series of religious wars in western Asia and Europe initiated, supported and sometimes directed by the Catholic Church, The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, led by the Venetian Republic and the Spanish Empire, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras, Greece, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Europe
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JAIME I "El Conquistador" (Montpellier,1208Valencia,1276). Conde de Barcelona y rey de Aragón (1213-1276), de Valencia (1239-1276) y de Mallorca (1229-1276). "EXPEDICION DEL REY JAIME I A MALLORCA" (1229). Grabado del s. XIX.
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Ferdinand Magellan, or Fernío de Magalhíes, (c. 1480 - 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He was born in Sabrosa, in northern Portugal, but later obtained Spanish nationality in order to serve King Charles I of Spain in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands’ (modern Maluku Islands in Indonesia). Magellan's expedition of 1519-22 became the first expedition to sail from the Atlantic Ocean around Cape Horn and South America into the Pacific Ocean (named 'the peaceful sea' by Magellan), the passage being made via what is now called the Strait of Magellan. It was the first voyage across the Pacific. It also completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth, although Magellan himself did not complete the entire voyage, being killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. Of the 237 men who set out on five ships, only 18 completed the circumnavigation and managed to return to Spain in 1522.
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Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Break in the Clouds. Date/Period: Early 19th century. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 60.3 cm (23.7 in); Width: 91.1 cm (35.8 in). Author: Charles Martin Powell.
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The Mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny aboard the Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against their captain, Lieutenant William Bligh. Eighteen mutineers set Bligh afloat in a small boat with eighteen of the twenty-two crew loyal to him. To avoid detection and prevent desertion, the mutineers then variously settled on Pitcairn Island or on Tahiti and burned Bounty off Pitcairn.
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Slaves at work on a ship, 1649, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-century original.
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The Sea Battle in the Sound, Seeschlacht im Sund, took place during the Second Northern War on 8 November 1658 near the Öresund between the fleet of t...
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East India Company Ships at Deptford, unknown artist, circa 1660,
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Album Amicorum of a German Soldier. Italy, 1595. Drawings. Gouache on paper
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Battle of La Hougue or La Hogue between Anglo-Dutch and French naval forces, 1692. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890
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Burning of the Frigate Philadelphia in the Harbor of Tripoli. USS Philadelphia, previously captured by the Tripolitans, ablaze after she was boarded by Stephen Decatur and 60 men and set afire, making their escape in the ketch Intrepid, depicted in the foreground.
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Anonymous / 'Naval Battle', 1660-1670, Dutch School, Oil on canvas, 46 cm x 62 cm, P02144. Museum: MUSEO DEL PRADO, MADRID, SPAIN.
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The bombardment of Algiers by the Anglo-Dutch squadron, under the command of Admiral Pellew, 1816, oil on canvas, Menorca Military Museum, old barracks of Cala Corb, central square of Es Castell, built by the British in 1771, Menorca, balearic islands, Spain.
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Naval Battle by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky, Oil on canvas, 1846, 1817-1900, Russia, St. Petersburg, F. Dzerzhinsky Marine College, 222x335
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U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi - Naval Action - Mexican War
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Burning pitchers on the water in Amsterdam as bonfires on the general Thanksgiving Day for the Peace of Rijswijk, November 6, 1697. People in boats watching bonfires in the dark, Jugdevuren op de algemene Dankdag wegens de Vrede van Rijswijk, 1697., draughtsman: Jacob Esselens, (rejected attribution), draughtsman: anonymous, draughtsman: Abraham Rademaker, (possibly), Northern Netherlands, 1697, paper, brush, h 264 mm × w 438 mm
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Spanish Treasure Frigate, Pirates
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The 1899 caption reads Commodore Perry in the Niagara breaking the British line of Battle Lake Erie Sept 10 1813 painting by J O Davidson. In the first unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron in history, U.S. Captain Oliver Hazard Perry leads a fleet of nine American ships to victory over a squadron of six British warships at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.TheBattle of Lake Erie, sometimes called theBattle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on September 10, 1813, onLake Erieoff the coast ofOhioduring theWar of 1812. Nine vessels of theUnited States Navydefeated and ca
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The Capture of Serapis, Hamilton, James, 1854.
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History of Spain. Island of San Simon, in the Vigo estuary. Pontevedra province, Galicia, Spain. General view of the lazaretto and the islands of San Simon and San Antonio, from the bay. The San Simon lazaretto became operational on 15 August 1842, and ceased to be used in 1927. Drawing by Rafael Monleon. Engraving by Rico. Detail. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). August 8, 1884.
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TOLEDO, Juan de (1611-1665). Naval Battle between Spanish and Turks. mid. 17th c. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Prado Museum.
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The capture of the Cacafuego, the Spanish treasure-ship, by Sir Francis Drake 1579 in the vicinity of Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Laden with the treasure from Cagafuego, Golden Hind sailed towards Plymouth, which he reached on September 26, 1580.
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Juan de Escalante (À -1519). Spanish Military. Joined as captain Herna_n Corte_s's expedition which ended being the conquest of Tenochtitlan. Engraving by Trichon. Colored.
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MICHIELI, Andrea, called Il Vicentino (1542-1617). The Battle of Lepanto. 1570s. Oil on canvas. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Ducal Palace.
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Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, Artwork
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Dirk Langendijk, Battle by a River, 1780 Battle by a River
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The Anglo-Dutch Fleet Under Lord Exmouth and Vice Admiral Jonkheer Theodorus Frederik van Capellen Putting Out The Algerian Strongholds, 27 August 1816, Nicolaas Baur, 1818 painting The English-Dutch fleet under Admiral Lord Exmouth and vice-admiral Jonkheer Theodorus Frederik van Capellen sets the Algerian fortifications out of fighting, 27 August 1816. panel. oil paint (paint) bombardment (+ sailing-ships). sailing-ship, sailing-boat. navy Algiers
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Action off the Cape of Good Hope, Samuel Scott, 1701/2-1772, British, ca. 1757, Oil on canvas, Support (PTG): 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm), battle, fire, flag, French, marine art, men, merchants, navy, sea, ships, ships of the line, smoke, warships, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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Diego Velazquez de Cuellar (1465-1524) entrusts command of the expedition to Hernan Cortes (1485-1547).
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15th-century illustration of warships (French).
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A galliass or nautical vessels, Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1604
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The expedition of the French and the English to a town some 100 kilometres from Tunis, at the request of the Genoese. The fleet sets sail. Date: 1390
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Bombardment of Sweaborg, Battle of Viapori, Battle of Suomenlinna, Crimean War, 1855
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Scene on the deck of the Queen Charlotte, 1 June 1794, a 100-gun liner (three-decker) of the 1st rank of the British Navy, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century master, Record date not stated
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The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, took place on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio on 10 September 1813 during the War of 1812. Oliver Hazard Perry stands in front of a small boat after abandoning his flagship, the Lawrence, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period, The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, took place on Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio on 10 September 1813 during the War of 1812. Oliver Hazard
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MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003), directed by PETER WEIR.
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A New Catamaran Expedition 1805. William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister, peers to where Napoleons army waits for French ships to cross Channel to poorly defended England. Napoleon thwarted by blocakde of French ships.
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Embarque de Amadeo I de Saboya en el puerto de La Spezia para trasladarse a España para tomar posesión del trono, 1872. Óleo sobre lienzo. Museum: MUSEO NAVAL, MADRID, SPAIN. Author: LUIS ALVAREZ CATALA.
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A new catamaran expedition in 1805. William Pitt The younger, British Prime Minister, looks to where Napoleon's army is waiting for French ships that cross the canal into the poorly defended England. Napoleon's plans are thwarted by the blockade of French ships.
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Floating batteries. Crimean War, 19th century.
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Postjakten Hiorten from 1693
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Great Britain war against Spain naval battle against the armada English Channel coloured lithograph by P.S. de Loutherbourg British Museum London,
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The Burning of the Ottoman frigate, Volanakis, Constantinos (1837-1907)
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The Konbaung Dynasty was the last dynasty that ruled Burma (Myanmar), from 1752 to 1885. The dynasty created the second largest empire in Burmese history, and continued the administrative reforms begun by the Toungoo dynasty, laying the foundations of modern state of Burma. The reforms proved insufficient to stem the advance of the British, who defeated the Burmese in all three Anglo-Burmese Wars over a six-decade span (1824-1885) and ended the millennium-old Burmese monarchy in 1885.
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060930-F-3935A-084. Base: Boston State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Model of the 18th century, 64 Gun Galleon, deployed to defend the Spanish coast from North African Pirates.
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GUERRA DE TUNEZ 1535 - REEMBARQUE DEL EJERCITO EN LA GOLETA - TEJIDO EN 1740. Author: ANONYMOUS. Location: REALES ALCAZARES. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.
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120629-N-RJ303-581BOSTON (June 29, 2012) Performers march during the "Sunset Parade" at the site of the USS Constitution during Boston Navy Week 2012. Boston Navy Week is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The eight-day long event commemorates the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and coalition ships from around the world.
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Map of sea battle by Alexander Nikolaevich Depaldo, Watercolour on paper, 1876-1939, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Navy Museum, 49x66
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Large ship of Rhodes Army, Newport
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The 'Battle Monument' in Stanley in the Falkland Islands
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Front and reverse of a medal presented to Jenner by naval medical officers in 1801. Engraving, 1801, after a medal made by T. Harper.
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Brig in the sea, Lady Washington, Brownsville, Washington State, USA