Historic Ships and Vessels

A collection of historic ships including the Vasa warship, replicas of notable explorers' vessels, and models, showcasing maritime heritage in museums.

Massachusetts, New Bedford, New Bedford Whaling Museum, half scale replica of the whaling bark, Lagoda

Vasa Ship in Vasamuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Old Faroese rowing boats, Faroese Historical Museum Foroya Forminnissavn, Hoyvik, Torshavn, Streymoy, Faroe Islands Faroes, Denmark, Europe

Replica of Bartolomue Dias' caraval. Maritime Museum. Mossel Bay. Western Cape. South Africa

Polar ship, research vessel Fram, Frammuseum, Oslo, Norway, Frammuseet, Europe

Massachusetts, New Bedford, New Bedford Whaling Museum, half scale replica of the whaling bark, Lagoda

Warship Vasa. Built at 1626-1628 on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus. Gunport, deadeyes, chainplate and shrouds. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Kon Tiki Museum Oslo

Age of Discovery. Caravel ship. Used by oceanic exploration voyages during the 15th and 16th centuries. Model. Norwegian Maritime Museum. Oslo. Norway.

Warship Vasa. Built at 1626-1628 on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus. Detail. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Square rigged caravel, also known as "fleet caravel". Larger in size due to the need for more accommodation and cargo capacity, it was used as a support and warship, developing at the beginning of the 16th century. Model. Maritime Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Jesus Boat, Kibbutz Ginosar, The Galilee museum, Yigal Allon museum at the Sea of Galilee, Galilee, Israel

Model boat building, Bequia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines.

Italy, Brescia Province, Gardone Riviera. MAS 96 torpedo boat, Il Giardini del Vittoriale, Italian National Monument to WW1-era writer and adventurer Gabriele D' Annunzio.

A replica Viking ship in the Viking Museum in Njardvik, near Keflavik, southwest Iceland, Polar Regions

Model of Cap Roig. Small ship of Tansporting coal. Scale: 1:30. Maritime Museum of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

BARCO S XVII. Location: MUSEE HISTORIQUE. Bilbao. Biscay. SPAIN.

Model Boats from the Tomb of Tutankhamen. ; Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (ruled c. 13321323 BC). Now on display in the Cairo Museum

war ship Detail war ship the sant Felipe from Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 6621917

Sweden, Stockholm, island of Djurgarden. Vasa Maritime museum. Fully intact, restored, 17th century ship. (Editorial Use Only)

Sweden, Stockholm, Djurgarden, Vasamuseet, museum containing a 17th century ship, The Vasa, that sank in Stockholm harbor and that was raised in the 1960's

VASA - GALEON SUECO DEL SIGLO XVII. Author: HYBERTSSON HENRIK O HUBERTSEN HENDRIK. Location: MUSEO VASA. STOCKHOLM.

Old and modern submarines at the Cite de la Mer, maritime museum in Cherbourg, Normandy, France, Europe

Pharaoh's Boat (Solar Barque) found buried in a pit at the foot of the Great Pyramid in 1954 by Egyptian archaeologist Kamal el-Mallakh. Boat is considered the oldest planked vessel in the world. (Editorial Usage Only)

Royal Brigantine. Built in 1778 by order of Queen Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816), by the Royal Naval Shipyard (Real Arsenal da Marinha) in Lisbon, for the betrothal of Prince John (Joao), the future King John VI (Joao VI). After that it passed to the official service of the Royal Household. The construction and design was the work of Torquato José Clavina, foreman ship's carpenter at the Naval Arsenal. The gilded wood was crafted by the artist Manuel Vieira. Its last service was the transfer of Queen Elizabeth II of United Kingdom across the Tagus River, on the occasion of her official visit to Portugal in 1957. View from the stern. Maritime Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Riddarholm Ship. Built in the 1520s in oak. Found in the Riddarholm Canal. Medieval Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

New York, Clayton. Antique Boat Museum.16 foot vintage Peterborough 'all wood' canoe with wicker seat and cedar wood bottom strip. (Large format sizes available).

The Golden Barge. Built in 1790, by order of Queen Maria I of Portugal (1734-1816), for the use of Princess Carlota Joaquina (1775-1830), wife of Prince John (Joao), the future King John VI (Joao VI). General view from the prow. Maritime Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Europe, The Netherlands, Holland, Amsterdam. Het Scheepvaartmuseum. National Maritime Museum. Ship models.

Norman boat from 1217. Ship widely used on the commercial and military route of the so-called "Cinque Ports", during the Middle Ages. Model. Deutsches Technikmuseum. Berlin. Germany. Europe.

Sur Dhow Factory and Museum, Sur, Oman.

MODELO A ESCALA DEL NAVIO S JUAN MEPOMUCEMO DE 74 CAÑONES - 1766/1805 - CASCO. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo in Norway.

"Madre de Deus (Mother of God). Portuguese carrack used for trade with India. It was built and launched in 1589. This ship made two round voyages to the East Indies. In 1592, during its return from the second voyage, loaded with jewels and spices, it was captured by English ships off the Flores Island, in the Azores archipelago. After its capture and plunder, it was taken to Dartmouth (England), where it remained on display to the admiration and amazement of the public. Model. Maritime Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Kon-Tiki boat. original built in Egypt by Thor Heyerdahl. Oslo. Norway..

Shipyards in the Gulf of Riga. Model made by A. Ferler (1837-1904). Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia.

The Ra II reed ship in Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo

Warship Vasa. Built at 1626-1628 on the orders of the King of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus. Deadeyes, chainplate and shrouds. Gunport. Vasa Museum. Stockholm. Sweden.

Vikingaheimar (Viking World), museum in Keflavik displaying a seaworthy replica of a magnificent Viking Ship called Islendingur. (Large format sizes available)

The vasa, a Viking ship in the Wasa Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

Brigantine schooner Barbarossa, 1990, disegno. Italy, 20th century.

model of the ship Santa Ana in the battle of Trafalgar, 1784, Military Museum of Menorca, old barracks of Cala Corb, central square of Es Castell, built by the British in 1771, Menorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Model of a 15th century Xebec ship used to defend the Spanish coast against North African pirates

Model of the Santa Maria caravel. Madrid, Naval Museum. Location: MUSEO NAVAL / MINISTERIO DE MARINA. MADRID. SPAIN.

Sweden, Stockholm, Djurgarden, Vasamuseet, museum containing a 17th century ship, The Vasa, that sank in Stockholm harbor and that was raised in the 1960's

Model or a longboat.Polychromed pant model on a standard. Glad-edged double germs Barkas, round trip with almost flat seam and flat mirror, disk in the vent; A prior to, eight docks and seven tracks, and an open cabin with satofits and extra loose doft. Easy stir with a curved brass helper to be able to go around the drip mount. Scale 1:10 (derived).

light offshore coastal 'Clinker' type fishing boat; Catalan; Spain 1950

Museo "Barca de Keops", construido en 1985. Egipto. Barco de Keops.

The Oseberg ship . A Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. Dating from around 800 AD, the ship was excavated by Norwegian archaeologist Haakon Shetelig and Swedish archaeologist Gabriel Gustafson in 1904-1905. The ship is displayed at the Viking Ship Museum, in Bygdøy.

Finland, Region of Finland Proper, Western Finland, Turku, Naantali, Model of Sailing Ship in Window

The Mary Rose is a carrack-type warship of the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. After serving for 33 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany and after being substantially rebuilt in 1536, she saw her last action on 19 July 1545

Historic two-mast gaff-rigged schooner, exhibit at the port of the resort town of Zingst, Fischland-Darss-Zingst, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Sweden, Stockholm, Djurgarden, Vasamuseet, museum containing a 17th century ship, The Vasa, that sank in Stockholm harbor and that was raised in the 1960's

Egypt, Cairo, Giza, the solar boat of Cheops, in museum

Model of the schooner Banka. Schooners were built for speed and used for all kinds of purposes by the navy, from conveying messages to scouting and the pursuit of smugglers and pirates. They developed in the 18th century in North America as light merchant vessels that could rapidly transport goods and passengers. This speed made schooners suitable vessels for naval tasks and, from the 19th century, even for races.

Norway, Oslo, The Viking Ship Museum. The Gokstad Ship, oak Viking ship about 900AD. (Large format sizes available)

MAQUETA DEL TORPEDERO SUBMARINO ISAAC PERAL. Author: ISAAC PERAL (1851-1895). Location: EXPO-92. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Sildarminjasafn Islands, the Herring Era Museum in Siglufjordur. Northern Iceland (Editorial Use Only)

England, Hampshire, Southampton, Seacity Museum, Model of Queen Mary

in oman old boat in the sidewalk near the sea

Located in the Viking Ship Museum is the Oseberg, built in 950 as a royal pleasure craft.

Rowing boats moored

Paddle boat. Study by Leonardo da Vinci for a paddle propulsion boat. Windsor, Royal Library, sheet 12650, about 1490. Model by Louis Tursini, 1952. The Science and Technology Museum Leonardo da Vinci. Milan. Italy.

light inshore 'Papet' type fishing boat; Catalan; Spain 1907

Marine transportation - English galleon Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind (Hinde), 17th century. Color illustration

BARCA DE VELA EN FORMA DE BALSA - FOTO AÑOS 70. Location: ATARAZANAS / MUSEO MARITIMO. Barcelona. SPAIN.

United Arab Emirates, Sharjah, Sharjah Town. Dhow Harbor / Port Khalid

Model of an Oared Gunboat.Hollowed block model on a standard, one roe belt is stored. Glad-coring double germs sloop, flat bottom with almost flat seam, folding hole with curved presumption and straight falling stern. Easy stir with a tiller that fits over the rhetime. Priorly, six dulles on either side with row pins on the dolior, behind an open cabin with satofits. From prior to stern, an underlying is carried out in which mast tracks in three places.

Reconstruction of a type B ship (patrol vessel), Museum of Ancient Seafaring (Museum fuer Antike Schiffahrt), Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Roman civilization, 4th century AD.

Pendennis Shipyard, Falmouth TR11 4NR, United Kingdom. Architect: na, 2014. Overall interior view.

The Viking Ship Museum in Oslo in Norway.

Big whale skeleton in Coimbra university science museum, Portugal, Europe

Lifeboat Helen Blake in Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England

Egyptian art. Old Kingdom. IV Dynasty. The Khufu ship. It was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC. Built of cedar wood in order to transport the pharaoh to the afterlife. The Khufu Boat Museum. Giza.

Gokstad ship, 9th century burial vessel, Viking Ship Museum, Vikingskipshuset, Bygdoy, Oslo, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Model or a Three-Masted Ship. Splitting model from an exceptional three-dimension ship with rudimentary rig. The skin is only applied to port. The hull shape and construction are the most striking. The hull is an angular S-skin with broken kiel, which is very thick from the front and narrows backwards. The fore ship is wide and the hull is getting narrower in a straight line; The stern is on a high mud wall. The seam is completely flat, the model has one bark wood. The sides go in above the barkwood. The ship is not built according to the usual skin-on-span method: the ship's wall consists of beams stacked in length, which are beveled on the outside for the skin; Only four single trusses keep together. The wide, flat fore ship has no galleon and an almost vertical defense. Flat mirror, hollow wulf and small fence to finish the stern. The helm is straight but has a round stirring king, running in a hollowed backwards; Round, closed Hennegat; The tiller is lined on the back deck. In addi

Long-boat at viking Museum Haithabu, near Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Model of A Lifeboat, Rijkswerf Rotterdam, 1819 ship model. demonstration model Spans model of a lifeboat with round wood, on a standard. It is an overnight pointed hole, the Zeeg to both ends ascending. The pre -stem is copied; Bent steven rudder. The boat has a front and back plans, four row rods, two side rods over the entire length and a shelf in the middle under the roeids; The Voortse Doft is the Mastdoft. Under the side rods, the front and back pile, the longitudinal shelf under the dids and under the floor have floating boxes arranged; The skin has two square holes in the middle on either side of the keel with stopping. The boat has a single mast and a bowsprit, which is being donated to the mast; The model is equipped with four rowing and a boat hook. Rotterdam wood (plant material). brass (alloy)

Votive ship, Seemannskirche, Baltic resort Prerow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Model or a lifeboat. Span-model of a lifeboat with roundwood, on a standard. It is an over-sized pointedgatter, the seam towards both ends ascending. The vent is copied; Curved steven rider. In the boat, a front and rear plane is applied, four seventance descriptions, two sides over the entire length and a shelf in the middle under the sowed effects; The Ford is the Mastdoft. Under the sides, the front and rear, the longitudinal shelf covered by the docks and the floating boxes are fitted; The skin has two square holes with plugs in the middle on either side of the keel. The boat has a single mast and a bowsprit, which is db at the mast; The model is equipped with four oars and a boot hook.

Rear side view of replica of the British ship Lyra at Maryong port in Seocheon. South Korea

Model of an Oared Gunboat, anonymous, 1795 - 1858 ship model. demonstration model Excited block model on a standard, one rowing belt has been stored. Smooth bodder double string sloop, flat bottom with almost flat seam, pointed hole with curved pre -stem and straight falling stern. Easy stir with a tie that fits over the roson king. Voorstecht, six dids on either side with rowing pins on the dolboard, behind an open cabin with side rods. A destroyer runs from front to stern, in which mast tracks in three places. Netherlands wood (plant material). brass (alloy)

Northern Ireland, Belfast. Model Of The Titanic.

Solar Funeral boat, thought to be at least 4000 years old, in its purpose built museum near the Pyramids, Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Afric...

Wooden boat, shopping centre, old town, Doha, Qatar, Asia

Ship of Tune. Vessel of karve type, dated in the 900 AD. Oak wood. Found in Ostfold, Norway. Viking Ship Museum. Oslo. Norway.

Sailing boat

A replica of the Santa Maria sailing ship at 15th-century Franciscan Monasterio de Santa María de la Rábida, Palos de la Frontera, a Heritage of Mankind Site in the Huelva Provence of Andalucia and Southern Spain, the seaside spot where Christopher Columbus planned and departed from the Old World to the New World in August 3 of 1492

Massachusetts, New Bedford, New Bedford Whaling Museum, whale skeleton

Anefo photo collection. Tomorrow Princess Margriet will open the Rijksmuseum "Dutch Shipping Museum" in S Lands Zeemagazijn in Amsterdam. 3 June 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

On the occasion of the silver wedding party in 1962 from HM Koningin Juliana and ZKH Prince Bernhard, in Amsterdam was held a sailing reception on the King's sloop (1818-1981). The royal sloop on the yard.

sailboat isolated on a white background

DET - VASA - GALEON SUECO DEL SIGLO XVII. Author: HENRIK HYBERTSSON o HENDRIK HUBERTSEN (-1627). Location: MUSEO VASA. STOCKHOLM.

Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Isolated collection of boat

isolated classic boat on white background

An old Viking ship is on display at the Viking Ship Museum, or Vikingskipshuset, in Oslo, Norway.

Votive ship, Seemannskirche, Baltic resort Prerow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Here in this photo you see Skuldelev 5, a Viking warship. It was built with wood from Denmark - oak, ash, and pine. In size, it

Historic polar research vessel Fram, Fram Museum, Fram Museum (Museum for Polar Expeditions), Museum Island Bygdoy, Oslo, Norway, Europe

Close-up of a white sailing ship with beige and red details in the harbour, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany, Europe

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