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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.
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Naval Battle. James Gale Tyler (1855-1931). Oil on canvas. 76.2 x 106.7cm. The painting depicts the USS Olympia leading the US Asiatic squadron in the destruction of the Spanish Pacific squadron at Manila Bay on 1 May 1898 during the Spanish-American war.
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John Franklin (1786-1847), British Arctic explorer, when shipwrecked while on the Flinders voyage exploring the coast of Australia in 1804. Engraving, London, c1880.
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SPANISH AMERICAN WAR MERRIMAC EXPLODES A FAILED ATTEMPT TO BLOCK ENTRANCE TO SANTIAGO HARBOR JUNE 1898
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The great fire at Chicago, October 8th 1871
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US Civil War, Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, Feb. 6, 1862. Union gunboats bombard Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. The ironclad boats were commanded by Flag Officer, Admiral Andrew Foote (BSLOC_2018_7_16)
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HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits. HNLMS Steam Warship Medusa Forcing Passage through the Shimonoseki Strait. HMS 'Medusa' Forcing the Passage through Shimonoseki Strait between Kyushu and Honshu, September 1864. Dating: 1864. Measurements: h 68 cm × w 107 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: jonkheer Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest.
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Sinking of the British battle ship Victoria off Tripoli, Syria, June 22, 1893. Currier & Ives lithograph, hand-collared. c1893.
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The French fleet visiting Portsmouth, England. The ironclad Marengo, the French flagship. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 29 August 1891. France, Navy, Ship
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Julius Caesar's attempt to invade Britain is met with resistance by the native people who gather with horses and spears Date: 55 BC
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A Trawler in search of mines, World War I
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Memorial Day Souvenir Nostalgia Cards
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The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Patras, off western Greece. The Ottoman forces sailing westwards from their naval station in Lepanto (Turkish: Inebahti; Greek: apat or pat Naupaktos or Épahtos) met the Holy League forces, which had come from Messina. The Victory of the Holy League prevented the Mediterranean Sea from becoming an uncontested highway for Muslim forces, protected Italy from a major Ottoman invasion, and prevented the Ottomans from advancing further into the southern flank of Europe. Lepanto was the last major naval battle in the Mediterranean fought entirely between galleys, and has been assigned great symbolic importance.
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Battle of Cadiz, Dutch and English Ships Attack the Spanish Armada, Aert Anthonisz., 1608
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Naval combat below the confluence of the Aruwimi and Livingstone rivers, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Journey to unexplored Africa, the mysterious continent by Henry Morton Stanley. Old 19th century engraved illustration, El Mundo Ilustrado 1881
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Boston Tea Party. Boston Harbor. 1773.
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Bombardment of Bomarsund by Dolby, Edwin Thomas (active 1849-1865) Private Collection 1854 Lithograph 47x84 Great Britain Classicism History Graphic arts
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Military Illustrations - Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864 .
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Awful conflagration of the steam boat Lexington in Long Island Sound on January 13th 1840, which sank with over 100 dead
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Destruction of the rebel monster 'Merrimac' off Craney Island 11th May, 1862 by Currier and Ives. Hand coloured lithograph.
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German Cruiser Sinking
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The wreck of Captain Pelsart's ship the Batavia on the coast of New Holland, 1644. From the Dutch account of Pelsart's Voyages, 1647.
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Naval PT Boat landing on Beach.
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The Explosion of the Spanish Flagship during the Battle of Gibraltar, by Cornelis Van Wieringen, 1621, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. On April 25, 1607. Dutch ships took the Spanish fleet by surprise, winning the first major Dutch victory at sea (BSLOC_2016_6_274)
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Canadá. Chippewas, también conocidos como ojibwas, tribu nativa del norte de América, pescando con un tridente. Grabado de 1862.
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The town of Port Royal, Jamaica, is destroyed by a tidal wave caused by an earthquake. Date: 1692
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Engraving depicting the use of a floating crane to embark elephants for the army at Calcutta.
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Battle of Chesma by Jacob Philipp Hackert, gouache on paper, 1737-1807, 18th century, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Central Navy Museum, 28x40
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Woodcut illustration shows Japanese soldiers destroying an iron bridge at Pu-Lan during the Russo-Japanese war. Dated 1904
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Burning of the Sidewheeler Henry Clay ca. 1854-60 American. Burning of the Sidewheeler Henry Clay 12866
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Coast Guard cutter approaches a mariner at sea. US Coast Guard Art Program 2003 Collection, Ob ID # 200314, "Paratus Gerere," Tom Austin, gouache, 14 x18
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Fight between the Hollandsche Fegatten Castor, captain Pieter Melvill and Briel, captain Gerard Oorthuis and the English frigates, Sasaya, 1792 lacquer panel Black lacquered metal plate in black painted and partially gilded frame. Pictures in gold and gray on black background. Both left and front left are two heavily damaged sailing ships with each other in a fight on a quiet sea. Some ship parts are driving in the forefront. Inscription: L.O.: Engaging between the Hollandshe frigates ..., occurring the / 30 and May 1781. Aware of Cape St. Marie. r.o.: text in French. Dated: M.O.: AO. 1792. Japan metal. wood (plant material). lacquer (coating) lacquering battle (+ naval force) Cádiz
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Destruction of Fort Ocracoke on Beacon Island entrance to Pamplico sic Sound by an expedition under command of Lieut Eastman of the Pawnee, Sept. 17th. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Published in: New York Illustrated News, 7 October 1861, p. 361, as: Destruction of Fort Ocracoke, on Beacon Island, at the Entrance of Pamplico Sound, Sept. 17, 1861, by an Expedition under Command of Lieut. Eastman, of the Pawnee. From a sketch by Lieut. Le Rony. Eastman, Lieutenant, Military service, Pawnee (Screw sloop), 1860-1870, Fanny (Tugboat), 1860-1870, Tugboats, 1860-1870, Ships, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, North Carolina, Beacon Island , United States, North Carolina, Fort Ocracoke , United States, North Carolina, Portsmouth , United States, North Carolina, Pamlico Sound
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US Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads, on March 9, 1862, the first engagement between ironclad gunboats. USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac) are engaged in a 3 hour gunfight, which ended in a draw, with neither suffering serious damage (BSLOC_2018_8_21)
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Preparing to start sledge journey
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Title: A hard pull Creator(s): Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist 1884 Illustration shows James G. Blaine dressed as a knight, the plumes of his helmet labelled 'Dodger, Speakership Record, and Mulligan Letters', he holds papers labelled 'Aggressive Cash Campaign' and has his other hand in a bag of money labelled 'Vote Persuader'; he is riding in a wagon labelled 'J.G. Blaine, Unlicensed Vendor, Stocks, Political Influence, etc.', the seat of which is labelled 'Compressed Magnetism'.
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HMS Victory, flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758_1805, at Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, bow detail, Portsmouth Historical Dockyard, Portsmouth, Ha...
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Launching Another Victory Ship, Merchant Marine
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Fishermen wait in the evening for the last boat to return, Men at night illuminate boats in a stormy sea with a lantern, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated
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US Civil War. The USS Monitor, the Union ironclad gunboat, in rough water off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, Dec. 30, 1862. While under tow by the USS Rhode Island, the ironclad became unstable, and after tremendous effort, was abandoned by the crew to the safety of the USS Rhode Island. 47 men were rescued, but 16 men were lost (BSLOC_2018_8_36)
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Navy notes of the week: the deadly torpedo, and a device to increase its deadliness. The device causes the torpedo to circle under certain circumstances before resuming its course. Date: 1912
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Provide the Sinews of War, Buy LibertyBonds. Artist: Joseph Pennell, American, 1857-1926
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Tahitian War Galleys in Matavai Bay, Tahiti Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite, Tahiti Signed and dated, lower left: "Hodges 1776", William Hodges, 1744-1797, British
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The bombproof barracks in Vlissingen. Dating: 1850 - 1870. Measurements: h 33.2 cm × w 51.4 cm × t 1.0 cm; d 7.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Johan Conrad Greive.
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Front cover of the first issue of the Illustrated War News, produced within a week of the outbreak of the First World War and dedicated to covering all aspects of the conflict. Cover shows a British battleship flanked by the British and French flags. Date: 1914
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USSR - CIRCA 1974: A stamp printed in USSR shows a painting of the Battle of Chesma, a Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire, by Ivan Aivazovski, circa 1974.
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The 'Oregon' in harbor of Manila. Philippine Islands , Warships, Spanish-American War, 1898
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Washington Crossing the Delaware, Emanuel Leutze, 1851, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, USA, North America
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The Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack, March 8, 1862, trade card for McLaughlin's coffee published 1889
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Admiral Francesco Caracciolo seeking a Christian burial, 1799, 1889 work by Ettore Cercone (1850-1896), oil on canvas, 108x212 cm. Neapolitan Republic, Italy, 18th century.
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The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 - 5 September 1905) was the first great war of the 20th century which grew out of the rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea. The major theatres of operations were Southern Manchuria, specifically the area around the Liaodong Peninsula and Mukden, the seas around Korea, Japan, and the Yellow Sea. The resulting campaigns, in which the Japanese military attained victory over the Russian forces arrayed against them, were unexpected by world observers. As time transpired, these victories would transform the balance of power in East Asia, resulting in a reassessment of Japan's recent entry onto the world stage. The embarrassing string of defeats inflamed the Russian people's dissatisfaction with their inefficient and corrupt Tsarist government, and proved a major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1905.