Historic Naval Battles

Artistic representations of significant naval battles over the years, showcasing ships and combat at sea.

Naval Battle of Haiyang, September 17, 1894, print. First Sino-Japanese War, China, 19th century.
Naval Battle of Haiyang, September 17, 1894, print. First Sino-Japanese War, China, 19th century.
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MORENO CARBONERO , JOSE. PINTOR ESPAÑOL . MALAGA 1860 - 1942. " DESEMBARCO DE ALHUCEMAS " , OLEO.. EN LA CUBIERTA MIGUEL PRIMO DE RIVERA Y JOSE SANJURJO. ACCION DE GUERRA DE LAS TROPAS ESPAÑOLAS EN MARUECOS EL 8 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1925, DURANTE . EL REINADO DE ALFONSO XIII.
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The Austrian naval team, with the Francesco Ferdinando, Radetzky, Zrinyi battleships and the Aspern cruiser, in the waters of Antivari, Montenegro, photograph by G Pfatisch, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XL, No 16, April 20, 1913.
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U-boat warfare 1939-1945: a survey of changing German submarines and tactics in a never-ceasing battle during the Second World War. Showing the early days of surface action, enemy crews remorselessly driven below the surface, first by day and then by night, and the introduction of the Schnorkel U-boat. Date: 1939-1945
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Flagship "Matsushima" in the midst of the battle. .
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January 1918. British Royal Naval Cruiser HMS Suffolk in harbour at Vladivostok, Russia. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic, the Provisional Priamurye Government, and the Allied intervention. The Allied (or 'Siberian') Intervention of 19181922 was the dispatch of troops of the Entente powers to the Russian Maritime Provinces as part of a larger effort by the western powers (and Jap
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Sea war by Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky, oil on canvas, 1870s, 1837-1898, Russia, Moscow, State History Museum
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The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse: phases in the dramatic air battle off Malaya during the Second World War, when British ships were attacked by Japanese planes. Date: 1941
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France: Depiction of the sinking of the 'Kowshing' and the rescue efforts of the French vessel 'Le Lion', from the French periodical 'Le Petit Journal', August 1894
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Flagship "Matsushima" in the midst of the battle, in or after 1894 - in or before 1895 photomechanical print Japan paper collotype ships (in general). battle
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Naval Battle by Adolf Fessler, oil on canvas, 1878, 1826-1885, Russia, Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, 35x51
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1800S 1860S November 1861 Confederate Commissioners Mason & Slidell Taken Onto Uss San Jacinto As Union Prisioners
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The East India Companys iron steamship Nemesis destroying Chinese War Junks, 1841. Foredoomed to failure by the pessimists, the Nemesis proved herself a formidable fighting vessel and was an unqualified success.
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Commodore Dewey at Manila Bay on the USS Olympia. Battle of Manilla 1898
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Illustration showing Royal Air Force attack on Kiel in World War two July 1940
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The German Naval convoys sunk by attack from the Russian Torpedo boats in the Barents Sea on 19 August 1944 by Sokolov, Alexei Konstantinovich (1922-2001) State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg 1953 Watercolour on paper 39x59,3 Russia Soviet Art
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A trail of bodies and debris traces the path of the 'Lusitania'
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Confederate Ironclad Ram Georgia lying off Fort Jackson, Savannah River, Georgia, December, 1862. USA Civil War
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Attack of the east, After, Ladislaus Tuszynski -, Water-Colourist
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A light cruiser of the U. S. Navy , Cruisers Warships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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U.S. Battleship 'Oregon,' showing 13-inch gun that destroyed the Spanish cruiser 'Vizcaya,' at the Battle of Santiago , Warships, Artillery Weaponry, Sightseers, Spanish-American War, 1898
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How to dispose of the remains of our navy , Ships, Ship captains, Icebergs, Polar bears, Boat & ship industry, United States. Navy
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The Martians are a warlike folk, so when they possessed oceans, it was inevitable that their ships would be built for fighting - massive warships of sophisticated design. Date: 1943
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The ordnance wharf, balaclava 1855, photographed by roger Fenton. Fenton was the pioneer in war photography who established his reputation during the Crimean war 1853-1855
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DINNER held by HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE at SS GRAF WALDERSEE (SS;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division
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Around Lisbon after the earthquake in 1775. The nineteenth century colored engraving.
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Construction of the Suez Canal near El Kantara, Egypt, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume LIV, March 20, 1869. Digitally colorized image.
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Artwork: "Appledore Ebb" Artist: Dwight C. Shepler #134. Country: Unknown
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1860s AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CONFEDERATE NAVAL IRONCLAD RAM THE TENNESSEE VARIOUS VIEWS
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United states coast guard taking place in new york, 1964
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Italian cruiser at sea, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLIV, 11 March, March 18, 1917.
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Colored photographs. Texas boarded after the battle.
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Artwork: "Flak at Night" Artist: Willfried Nagel U. S. Air Force Art Collection. Country: Unknown
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Guerra de Cuba (1896-1898). El crucero Colón rechaza la escuadra enemiga.
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Destruction of a Submarine, Silent Service - Submarines
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American Troops carried by ships of each nation - WWI Stats
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Arrived Safely - Thanks to British Convoys. Wartime flyer from World War Two showing civilian ships escorted safely across the sea by British planes and destroyers. Date: World War Two
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Guerra de Cuba (1896-1898). La batería de Socapa rechazando a los cruceros yankees.
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Italy, 20th century. Propaganda poster for the Lega Navale Italiana-Spezia (Italian Naval League).
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Sultan Mehmed V Reshad of Turkey (1844 - 1918) and the Turkish fleet in the Golden Horn. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1909 until his death in 1918, Mehmed - original name Mehmed Resad - spent much of his life in seclusion until the forced abdication of his brother Sultan Abdul Hamid II at the hands of the Young Turks in 1909. A kindly gentle man with an interest in Persian literature, Mehmed was effectively little more than a puppet Sultan whose actions were directed by leaders of the Commi
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Date: 1920