Historic Naval Battles

Dramatic depictions of naval battles spanning various wars, featuring detailed ships, dynamic sea scenes, and a monochromatic color palette evoking historical significance.

Perry's Victory on Lake Erie Fought September 10th 1813 Nath. & James Currier & Ives (1857-1907 American) Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Perry's Victory on Lake Erie Fought September 10th 1813 Nath. & James Currier & Ives (1857-1907 American) Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Engraving depicts the surrender of the French fleet anchored in Cadiz, during the Peninsular War. Dated 1808

Spanish-American War, between Spain and the USA in 1898, due to the US intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. Cuba. The cruise ship Venadito and the gunboat Nueva Espan_a put in dispersion to the Yankee ships that blocked Havana. Engraving. " La Ilustracio_n Iberi_ca", 1898.".

Sea battle at Terheide, 10 August 1653 (right sheet). Draughtsman: Willem van de Velde (I). Draughtsman: Willem van de Velde (II). Dating: 1653. Place: Northern Netherlands. Measurements: h 421 mm × w 756 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Historia de España. Combate naval del cabo de San Vicente contra los ingleses en 1797. Grabado de 1880.

'HMS Mary in battle against Catalán', 19th century, Oil on canvas. Author: RAFAEL MONLEON. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN. ANTONIO SERRANO.

Battle of the Chesapeake and Shannon, June 1, 1813, during the War of 1812

Clash between British and Danish ships in the Strait of Gibraltar, 1803, by Conrad Christian Parnemann (1774-1823), watercolour. Gibraltar, 18th century.

Lord Howe's victory over the French, June 1, 1794. Engraved by J. Rogers drawn by A. Myer. From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1890s

Battle of Navarino: HMS 'Asia' engaging the ships of Capitan Bey and Moharram Bey, 1827 (c1890). Creator: William Heysham Overend.

Line engraving of the Battle of the Saints. Rodney in the Formidable close to Windward of the Ville de Paris. Engraved by P. Mazell. Dated 1782

Galeones y navíos españoles del siglo XVII. Grabado de 1890.

In the port of Bergen, Norway, Dutch merchant ships are attacked by the English, 1665

BATALLA NAVAL DE SAN VICENTE OCURRIDA EN 1797 - EL NAVIO PELAYO EN PRIMER TERMINO - SIGLO XIX. Author: ANTONIO BRUGADA (1804-1863). Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

US Civil War. Battle of Cherbourg. Combat between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama, on June 19, 1864, nine miles off Cherbourg, France. The infamous Confederate blockade runner and commerce raider, had taken 65 ships during her Civil War career (BSLOC_2018_8_57)

The War of 1812, the American ship Wasp in battle with the British ship Frolic, 1813

The Anglo-Dutch Fleet in the Bay of Algiers in Support of the Ultimatum for the Release of the White Slaves, 26 August 1816, Nicolaas Baur, 1818

The Brandenburger attack the spanish treasure fleet 1681, near St. Vincen, historical woodcut, France, Europe

GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1821-1830) The naval Battle of Navarino (October 20, 1827) in Navarino Bay (now Pylos), in the Peloponnese. A combined France, Russia and Great Britain naval force won the Turkish-Egyptian fleet of Sultan Ibrahim.

'The Battle of Trafalgar', 1805, (1896). Artist: Unknown.

Naval Battle between Dutch Warships and Spanish Galleons, Cornelis Bol, c. 1633 - c. 1650

British Men-O' War on the Open Sea John Thomas Serres (1759-1825/British)

Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, August 5th 1864 during the USA Civil War

Ships and Militia by a Rocky Shore English and Dutch Ships with Armed Men by a Rocky, Fortified Shore Signed and dated, lower left, under rock: "W.V.V.P ??" monogram, William van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611-1693, Dutch

Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, Illustration, Ridpath's History of the World, Volume III, by John Clark Ridpath, LL. D., Merrill & Baker Publishers, New York, 1897

John Christian Schetky, 1778-1874, British, The Battle of Trafalgar, ca. 1841. Oil on canvas.

Vincennes 1840, Wilkes, Lieutenant Charles, 1840.

King Henry VIII of England embarking at Dover on way to meet King Francis I of France at The Field of the Cloth of Gold, June 1520. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

Confederate Rams from Charleston Harbor attacking the Federal blockading squadron, January 31, 1863. USA Civil War

Line engraving of the Bonhomme Richard capturing the Serapis. Engraved by Lerpiniere and Fittler. Dated 1779

Battle of Lagos, June 27, 1693

Naval watercolour drawings / by George Tobin 1790s. La Prevoyante, prize of the Thetis. Captain Cochrane making a signal of distress, after having carried away her tiller in a hard gale of wind - the Thetis bearing down to her assistance

The War of 1812, the American frigate Constitution defeats the British warship Guerriere, August 19, 1812

The Battle of Navarino, 1826 1846 Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900/Russian) Oil on Canvas Admiralty, St. Petersburg, Russia

Francia. Guerras revolucionarias francesas. Realistas franceses, Gran Bretaña y Reino de España se enfrentaron contra la Francia Revolucionaria (Convención Francesa). Sitio de Tolón. Evacuación de Tolón por la armada anglo-hispana en 1793. Dibujo por Miranda. Grabado. "Historia del Levantamiento, Guerra y Revolución de España", por el conde de Toreno. Madrid,1851.

War of 1812, Naval Battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana, Dec. 14, 1814. The British long boats attacked and captured five US Navy gunboats. The battle which lasted two hours, ended in a five minute burst of hand to hand combat, with a British victory. Lake Borgne became the landing zone for British forces preparing to attack New Orleans (BSLOC_2019_6_80)

The Bombardment of Palembang, Sumatra, 24 June 1821. The shelling of Palembang on Sumatra on June 24, 1821 by the Dutch fleet. The Dutch warships lie off the coast of Sumatra, between the ships sail a few sloops.

French hussars under General Pichegru capture the ships of the State fleet frozen in the ice near Den Helder, 24 January 1795, Capture of the fleet at Den Helder by the French, 1795 Conquete de la Hollande. Pichegru. 9 Janvier 1795 , print maker: Augustin Aimé Joseph Lejeune, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Aaron Martinet, (mentioned on object), France, 1795 - 1800, paper, etching, engraving, h 265 mm × w 413 mm

Greek War of Independence boarding of the Greek ship the Panayotti (1827) - Hippolyte Magloire Bisson - Navy officer attacks the ship

The Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798 - The morning after, was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean Sea coast off Egypt.

The Battle of Doggerbank, 5 August 1781. Thomas Luny (1759-1837). Oil on canvas. Dated 1834. 59 x 85cm.

'The Battle of the Nile', 1800. Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg

Battle of Navarino. 20 October 1827. Greek War of Independence (1821-32). Coast Peloponnese. Belligerents: Allied forces of British, French and Russian against Ottoman Empire. Allies' victory. Engraving. Colored.

The Atlantic Telegraph Cable Fleet Assembled at Berehaven (Southwest Coast of Ireland): Ships, the Great Eastern, H.M.S. Terrible, the Alby, the Medway and the William Cory. Artist: Robert Charles Dudley (British, 1826-1909). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 13/16 × 21 5/16 in. (32.6 × 54.2 cm). Date: 1866.One of the 19th century's great technological achievements was to lay a telegraphic cable beneath the Atlantic, allowing messages to speed back and forth between North America and Europe in minutes, rather than ten or twelve days by steamer. An initially successful attempt in 1858, led by Cyrus W. Field and financed by the Atlantic Telegraph Company, failed after three weeks. Two working cables were finally laid in July and September 1866, the result of repeated efforts by the indefatigable Field, a cadre of engineers, technicians, and sailors, two groups of financial backers, and significant help from the British and United States navies. Dudley documented the process in a series of watercolo

Portuguese Civil War (1828-1834). Naval Battle of Cape St. Vincent. Confrontation between the Liberal and Absolutist fleets on July 5, 1833. Painting by Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, 1842. Detalle. Maritime Museum. Lisbon, Portugal. Author: Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio (1810-1871). French painter.

The Battle of the Nile', 1800, Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg. The battle was fought at night in Abu Qir Bay, near Alexandria, Nelson found the French fleet at anchor and attacked.

Bringing in the wounded HMS Lion - World War I

The Battle of the Nile, 1800, Philip James de Loutherbourg, (1740-1812/French), Oil on canvas, Tate Gallery, London, England

Digitally restored vector photo of U.S. Naval Ships at The Brooklyn Navy Yard during the Civil War.

Walrus hunters in the 16th century. The picture depicts an incident during the voyage of Dutch explorer Willem Barentsz to Novaya Zemlya, or Nova Zembla, Russia, in 1596. After a work by Dutch illu

Historia de España. Llegada a Mesina en 1302 de las galeras catalanas al mando de Roger de Flor (1266-1305), capitán de los almogávares, en defensa de los dominios de Sicilia ante las pretensiones de la Caja de Anjou.

'The Battle of Camperdown', 1799. Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg

Battle between the Dutch and Swedish Fleets, in the Sound, 8 November 1658. Dating: 1665. Measurements: h 106 cm × w 155 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Willem van de Velde (I).

Van Tromp leads the Dutch in the defeat of the English, led by Blake in the Dover Roads Date: 29 November 1652

The Brethren or Brethren of the Coast attacking three Spanish galleons. They were a coalition of pirates and privateers known as buccaneers and active in the17th and 18th centuries in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Engraving in "Historia de España", 19th century. Colored.

Attack made on Tripoli on August 3, 1804, by the American squadron under Commodore Edward Preble. Ships noted in lower margin: 1. USS Constitution Frigate, 2. Sirion ( Syren) 3. Arges (Argus), 4. Enterprise, 5. Notlas (Nautilus), and 6. Vixon (Vixen) (BSLOC_2019_6_177)

España. Siglo XVI. Batalla naval de las Islas Terceras (Azores). Derrota de la escuadra francesa por Don Alvaro de Bazán (Granada, 1526-Lisboa, 1588) en el año 1582. Grabado de 1888.

On 30 June 1513, King Henry VIII of England prepares to invade France

Sea battle at Rhodes, 1541, with the Ottoman fleet, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

events 1st Punic War 264 - 241 BC battle of the Aegates Islands 10.3.241 BC engraving 19th century,

Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Warships SMS Ariadne (steam corvette) and SMS Bismarck (Bismarck-class corvette) destined for the east coast of Africa. Engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Action off the Cape of Good Hope, Samuel Scott, ca. 1702-1772, British

The Battle of the Zuider Zee, 1573. The sea battle on the Zuiderzee for the Reason of Hoorn against Bossu in 1573. The fleet led by Maximilian de Hennin, Lord of Bossu, will be reported by the fleet under the command of Cornelis on 11 October 1573 Dirckszoon. Pictured is the moment when the flagship of Bossu, the 'Inquisition' is operated. The list contains trophies, city weapons and all kinds of attributes of shipping and war at sea.

Engraving showing HMS 'Alert' towing HMS 'Discovery' through icebergs, with Disco Island in the background, as seen from HMS 'Valorous' (left foreground) during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876. In the summer of 1875 the British Admiralty sent Captain George Nares with two ships, HMS 'Alert' and HMS 'Discovery', to make an attempt to reach the North Pole via Smith Sound. Although the attempt was unsuccessful, a new 'furthest North' record was set, the coasts of Greenland and El

A Hungarian fleet squadron in the late 14th century. Engraving by Hildibrand. "Los Héroes y las Grandezas de la Tierra" (The Heroes and the Grandeurs of the Earth). Volume VI. 1856.

Destruction of the French Fleet at Toulon 18th December 1793 - Thomas Whitcombe, 1816

Painting titled "The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805" by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793-1867) an English marine painter. Dated 19th Century

Sea Battle of La Hougue, Battle of the War of the Palatinate Succession between the allied fleets of the Kingdom of England and the United Netherlands on the one hand and France on the other, 1692, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time, Sea Battle of La Hougue, Battle of the Palatinate Succession War between the allied fleets of the Kingdom of England and the United Netherlands on the one hand and France on the other, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time

Photographic copy of the painting The Battle of La Hogue, 23 May 1692 by Benjamin West, published by Weber Bros. of Erie, Pennsylvania. Additional, Weber's City Views., 1850 - 1930 ., Erie, Pennsylvania. Naval warfare. Albumen prints

The Death of Nelson at Battle of Trafalgar,

Wreck of the Troop-ship "Charlotte" - Attempt of the Life-Boat, 1854. British soldiers lost at sea off the coast of South Africa, during the Crimean War. '"Never was there known such a melancholy occurrence here before, there being such protracted misery on board during the time the ship was breaking up; while, of the thousands who were looking on, none could help." The Sketch shows the ship "at the time the life boat attempted to reach her; but, at this time, all on board were clinging to her for life or death; every sea breaking over her, and making her roll so frigh

Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611-1693, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1672), Ships and Militia by a Rocky Shore, ca. 1680. Pen and ink on prepared canvas.

The North Sea blockade, French armored fleet off Heligoland, Germany, 11th August 1870, historical illustration, Illustrierte Kriegschronik 1870 - 1871 illustrated chronicle of war, German-French campaign, Europe

The Storming of San Sebastian, 31st August 1813. Engraved by D.J.Pound after G.W.Terry.From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1890s

The Battle of New Orleans during the USA Civil War April 25 - May 1, 1862

Explosion of the Dutch damper ship De brave patriot in battle with the English ship Kameleon, August 14, 1781..

DESTRUCTION OF THE FRENCH SHIPS IN THE BAY OF LA HOGUE, AFTER THE BATTLE OF BARFLEUR, MAY 23rd, 1692

The naval battle in the harbour of Syracuse during the Sicilian Expedition, part of the Peloponnesian War, 415-413 BC. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

Spanish-American War (1898). Spanish Navy. From left to right: Vitoria, Colon and Pelayo. Illustration by A. de Caula. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

Intrepid behaviour of Captain Charles Napier in H.M. 18 gun Brig ""Recruit"" for which he was appointed to the D'Haupoult. The 74 now pouring a broadside into her. 15th April 1809. From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1890s

Depiction from the French periodical Le Petit Journal (August 1894) of the sinking of the Kowshing and the rescue efforts of the French vessel Le Lion.

THE BURNING OF THE TRAINING SHIP "WARSPITE" OFF WOOLWICH, UK, 1876: SKETCHED ON THE DAY OF THE DISASTER

Naval Battle Between Dutch Men-of-War and Spanish GALLEYS.Sealage between Dutch warships and Spanish galestones (for the Flemish coast on October 3, 1602).

1800S 1860S Confederate Ironclad Gunboat Attack On Union Blockade Squadron Off Charleston South Carolina 1863

Painting depicting the Battle of Terheide. Painted by Willem van de Velde I (1611-1693). Dated 17th Century

Launch of the screw line-of-battle ship "Anson" at Woolwich, 1860. Royal Navy ship launched '...in the presence of at least 5000 spectators...The band of the Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry was stationed in an orchestra near the stern of the ship ; and not the least imposing part of the scene was the Fisgard flag-ship, the Hebe, Salsette, and other vessels in harbour with crowded decks, and covered with bunting from fore to aft...The armament, to be furnished from the Royal Arsenal, will consist of ninety-one guns...Her machinery 800 horse-power engines has been ma

Battle of Cesme at Night by Ivan Aivazovsky. Dated 1848 oil on canvas. The naval Battle of Cesme or Chesma took place on 57 July 1770 near and in Çe?me Bay, near the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios. It was a part of the Orlov Revolt of 1769, a precursor to the later Greek War of Independence (182129)

Battle between the USS Constitution and the HMS Guerriere during the War of 1812

The massacre and burning of two villages at Madagascar, c16th century. Artist: Unknown

1800S 1860S July 1862 Union Gunboats Covering The Retreat Of Union Soldiers From The Battle Of Malvern Hill

Middle Ages. Commercial control of the Mediterranean. Island of Sardinia. Naval battle in front of Alghero between Catalans, Venetians, Genoese and Sardinians. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Espanolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890.

Dykes being breached in the Netherlands during storms in 1430.

Sponge fishing on the coast of Syria, 19th century. Freediving, the men, usually naked, carried a heavy skandalopetra, a rounded stone tied on a rope to the boat, to take them down to the bottom of t

US Civil War, Siege of Port Hudson on the Mississippi River, May 8-July 9, 1863. US Civil War, Siege of Port Hudson on the Mississippi River, 1863. Admiral Farragut's fleet bombarded by the Confederate batteries on the bluff of Port Hudson. The Union steam powered warships, USS Hartford, Richmond, Albatross, Monongahela, and Kineo are traveling north to blockade Port Hudson's trade in the Confederate southwestern states. March, 14 1863. On fire is the disabled steam frigate, USS Mississippi, whose crew is in lifeboats (BSLOC_2018_8_151)

Battle between USS Enterprise and HMS Boxer off coast of Maine, September 5, 1813. Battle between USS Enterprise and HMS Boxer off coast of Maine, September 5, 1813.

Breaking of the Dikes, Holland, circa 1574

The harbour fire in Hamburg, Germany, in May 1842, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Dutch Levanters in a Rough Sea - Lorenzo Castro, circa 1686

The crossing of the chain in the Medway, 1667, Jacobus Buys, 1788, The crossing of the chain in the Medway by Captain Jan van Brakel with his ship the Vreede and the burners Suzanna and Pro Patria, June 22, 1667. Episode from the Voyage to Chatham and the destruction of the English fleet on 20-23 June 1667 by the Staatse fleet under De Ruyter., draughtsman: Jacobus Buys, Northern Netherlands, 1788, paper, pen, brush, h 150 mm × w 89 mm

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