Historical Maritime Scenes

Vintage images depicting busy harbors with steamships and sailing boats, capturing the essence of early 20th-century maritime transport and activity.

Feluccas and Dhows of the River Nile, Egypt. Date: circa 1920s

An Ocean Liner, Outward Bound Postcard. 1902, An Ocean Liner, Outward Bound Postcard

Emergency Call. Coast Guard surfboat departing on emergency call.

Photograph of the Port View of the SS Claudio. Photograph Of Port View Date: - Aug. 30-18. Photograph Of S. S. Claudio. Nationality: - Spanish. Tonnage: - 2588. Captain: - O. Solaguien. Owners: - Hijos De Astigarraga. Where From: - Huelva, Spain. Destination: - Tampa, Fla. Where Photographed: - Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. Photographed By: - J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - August 20th., 1918.. 1918-08-20T00:00:00.

One of the few remaining old Mississippi River boats, Memphis, Tennessee. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

A place in Indonesia with distracted ships ...

The 'Moth' plane arrives., 1935-1936, Melbourne, by Alfred Saunders.

Description: St. John's dry dock. The steamer shown is one of the Reid Co.'s coastal boats. Location: Newfoundland, St John's, Canada Date: 1910 americas

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Bendoran. Photograph Of Fore Side Bride. Date: - Oct. 20 1918. Photograph Of S. S. Bendoran. Nationality: -British. Tonnage: -4074. Captain: -D. T. Cadley. Owners: -Wm. Thomson & Co. Leith, Scotland. Where From: - Huelva, Spain. Destination: Brunswick GA. & Liverpool, Eng. Where Photographed: Charleston S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom: J.B. Dearborn. Date: Sept. 5th. 1918. Where Camouflaged: Liverpool Eng. Date: Feb. 1918. By Whom: Wilson & Co. By Orders Of The British Goverment Government. Type Of Ship: Well Deck. Length 380ft. Beam 46 ft. Draft 23' 9". Port View Unobtainable. Color Characteristics: Greywhite, Black #1 Greypink & #3 Blue. Two Masts:- #1 Greypink. One Smokestack #1 Greypink & Black. One Four Inch B. L. Gun. Four Otters.. 1918-09-15T00:00:00.

Photo collection Government information service. Gunboat HR. Ms. "Brinio" was part of the IJsselmeerflottielje was damaged by a German plane on 12 May 1940 and was sinked by their own crew on May 14, ed.. 1940

Alabama - Mobile Bay. Mobile Depot, Alabama. Hurricane damage, July 5, 1916. Wrecked stemaboat on Mobile River Front wharf.

Tugboat 'Sunda' from the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. Ltd. in Singapore; Company's Tug Boat "Sunda". Part of photo album from the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. Ltd. in Singapore.

Freight vessels are waiting for grinders, at the State Railway Grinding Factory in Piteå.

Photo collection Government information service. Fishing, oyster culture. undated. Yerseke, Zeeland

Piscataqua River Bridge Area. N.Y. Portsmouth, N.H. Bridge - Portsmouth, N.H. General View N.E. from Portsmouth side showing site, Preliminary Work by Yard Labor: Allotment 0268-1-2-2 , July 1, 1920. Neg No 1.. 1920-07-01T00:00:00.

The caption on this 1903 image reads: Dahabieh descending the Nile. It appeared in the book History of Egypt by French Egyptologist Gaston Maspero. A dahabieh is a long light-draft houseboat used on the Nile that is lateen-rigged and is often propelled wholly or partly by engines.

Ferrol (A Coruña), 1906. The new "Queen Regent", the new war cruiser.

Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0291. 1956

Linnaeus Tripe, Quarterdeck of HMS Impregnable”, 1852 1854 Quarterdeck of HMS Impregnable”

Collotype - Dock, Sorel, QC, about 1910

New York - Harts Island. Harts Island, New York, South End. Steamer "Thames" ashore on the reefs.

Enlarged details of Theodore Roosevelt (waving hat) and young Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. They are on the ferry boat, Androscoggin, in NYC Harbor, June 18, 1910 during Theodore's welcome home after 9 months abroad in Africa and Europe (BSLOC_2017_8_21)

The electric ship of the French Navy at the maritime exhibition in Le Havre, France. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

U.S. Coast Guard, Boston, Mass. , Vessels, United States. Coast Guard. Coast Guard Heritage Museum General Collection

Tripoli. Landing place and harbor 1900, Lebanon, Tripoli

Warship in the harbor of Theodo. .

Lumber wharfs, St. John's River, Jacksonville, Fla, Lumber industry, Piers & wharves, Rivers, Ships, United States, Florida, Saint John's River, United States, Florida, Jacksonville, 1890

R.M.S. Ionic on fire, Wellington Wharf, 20 May 1908 photographic postcards, gelatin silver prints

Excursion Steamers, Detroit, Mich. still image. Postcards. 1907 - 1908. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ferries, Detroit (Mich.), Side wheelers

Three Ships at Sea, 1890-1910, Smoa, by Thomas Andrew.

Mexico - Tampico, Aerial Photograph.

Nile Boat, Egypt. Artist: Attributed to Leavitt Hunt (American, active 1850s). Dimensions: Image: 17.8 × 23.2 cm (7 × 9 1/8 in.). Date: 1851. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

HMS Frobisher (D81), British Hawkins-class heavy cruiser, seen here in dry dock. Date: circa 1940s

Vulkanwerft, Hamburg, Germany, postcard with text, view around ca 1910, historical, digital reproduction of a historical postcard, public domain, from that time, exact date unknown, Europe

Transports, Tennessee River 1864 Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady American. Transports, Tennessee River 268234

A photograph of a sailing ship in the port of Hamburg taken by Johann Heinrich Strumper (Strumper & Co.) in 1890, printed using light printing and stored in an underground box.

San Sebastián, 1906. Guests at the farewell tea held on the Chilean cruise ship "General Baquedano".

Childe Hassam, The French Cruiser, 1918 The French Cruiser

Colonel, Henry Jacob, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Tugboat Colonel. Photo stuck on cardboard with technical information about the ship in German, French, Spanish and English. Part of the folder with 44 photos of dredgers of the company A. Bos & J.P. Heijblom in Dordrecht. Dordrecht photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print dredge, dredging machine. tug, pusher tug (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by steam). machine driven by steam. steamship, motorship (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by steam)

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Rayo. Photograph Of Dore Fore Side Of Bridge. Date June 17 1918. Photograph of S. S. Rayo. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 3633. Captain: - F. Sandberg. Owners: - Std. oil Co. Where from: - Beaumont, texas., Destination: - New York, N. Y. Where photographed: - Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By whom photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date photograped: - June 8th., 1918.. 1918-06-08T00:00:00.

The hill on the ship "HC Örsted". From album: Cable expedition Gotland - Dalarö in 1898.

Rijkswaterstaat Photo Collection. Bridge over the Oude Maas at Spijkenisse. Oil pier under construction. undated. Spijkenisse, Spijkenisse, South Holland

Steamboat turned troopship, Sultana on the Mississippi River before her boilers exploded, the ship burned, and she sank on April 27, 1865. The passengers included about 1,880 Union soldiers heading home at the end of the Civil War. Deaths were estimated between 969 - 1238. Most of the military passengers were Union soldiers recovering from maltreatment at Confederate POW camps. More than 1,100 of these men died in the disaster. Photo taken by Thomas W. Banks at Helena, Arkansas the day before the disaster (BSLOC_2019_2_168)

Coal ship 'Werfa' next to an ocean steamer, presumably in the port of Sydney, Anonymous, c. 1890 - c. 1910 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Sydney. Sydney cardboard. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print freight vessel Sydney

Barge on London river waters, 1930s, London, by Eric Lee-Johnson.

The 'Campania.'. .

Vessels are waiting at the State Railway Grinding Factory at Lövholmen.

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. Am. S.S.D.N. Luckenbach, discharging at Pier A, South by East, 60'.

Face over a canal, the Netherlands, with a sailing ship.

The icebreaker Thor.

The Statue of Liberty from the Battery, New York City, circa 1891

Nile Boat, Egypt 1851 Attributed to Leavitt Hunt. Nile Boat, Egypt. Attributed to Leavitt Hunt (American, active 1850s). 1851. Salted paper print from paper negative. Photographs

De Ruyter and the Gelderland in the Schottegat.The Warsships De Ruyter and Gelderland Sail Through The Schottegat in Willemstad in Curaçap, 1909. During The Tensions with Neighboring Venezuela. Part of the Photo Album of the Boom-Gonggrijm family in Suriname and Curaçao.

Photograph of the Starboard View of the SS Merrimack. Starboard View. Date: - July 20, 1918. Photograph Of S. S. Merrimack. Nationality: - American. Tonnage: - 4500. Captain: - T. S. Herbert. Owners: - M. & M. T. Co. Where From: - Baltimore, Md. Destination: - Baltimore, Md. Where Photographed: - Jacksonville, Fla. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: - J. B. Dearborn. Date Photographed: - July 8th., 1918.. 1918-07-08T00:00:00.

Evert Ingemansson - submarine images..

Wooden sloop (boat), United States. Part of photo album with 53 cyanotypes of children, horses, houses, boats and beach scenes in the United States.

Dredging, Dorp, 1894 photograph Dredging ship 'Aberak No 3' of the Batavian port works 1894. Inscription. Rail side: (note in pencil). Rotterdam cardboard Netherlands. India

Misc - Unidentified. Unidentified Lighthouse Images.

Gunboat on the Mississippi. Title from item, Part of the Brady-Handy Collection. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Mississippi River.

Sailing ships during enclosing in a lock. Part of family album including photos of Wijnhandel Kraaij & Co. Bordeaux-Amsterdam.

11/30/1912. Maritime aviation in Villefranche. Hydroplane that daily performs flights in the roadstead and whose shed is installed on board the warship that is also seen in the engraving.

SS. Olga

Harbor View from St. George, Staten Island, N.Y. sailing yacht, Statue of Liberty in background. Postcards. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Charles Frederick William Mielatz, Chelsea Docks, Loading the Ship, 1907 Chelsea Docks, Loading the Ship

Various sailing ships in the water with buildings in the background, James Adamson, c. 1880 - c. 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. photographic support albumen print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). civic architecture; edifices; dwellings

The "Kortenaer" before Paramaribo, 1903 - 1910 photograph The armored ship De Kortenaer lying in front of the Rede of Paramaribo. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 1), about the life of the Doijer family in and around the MA retreat plantation in Suriname in the years 1903-1910. Suriname photographic support cyanotype Suriname. Paramaribo

Launch of the Spanish Navy armored cruiser Infanta María Teresa in Nervion shipyard, Bilbao on August 30, 1890. It was the flagship of Admiral Cervera's squad during the Cub War, sunk in Santiago de Cuba in 1898 during the naval battle of Santiago de Cuba, Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1890

Second explosion of the Cabo Machichaco steamship in the port of Santander, March 21, 1894, Cantabria. Spain. Old XIX century engraved illustration from La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1894

Haven Van Dieppe; The pre-Port Dieppe 29..

Havana (Cuba), January 1896. The ocean liner Maria Cristina at the mouth of the port of Havana.

On the bow the mythic double-headed serpent rolled its eyes and darted forth its tongue. Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868 - 1952)

Florida - Key West Depot. Key West Depot, Florida. Naval vessel on North side L.H. pier and projecting 40' beyond face. 150', 124 degrees true.

1920s STEAMER CASCA EN ROUTE TO DAWSON YUKON TERRITORY CANADA THE CASCA BURNED DURING RENOVATION IN 1974

US Civil War. USS Lafayette, a gunboat of the Mississippi River Fleet. She was a side wheel steamer, converted into an ironclad ram. She was part of the Union Mississippi fleet that ran by the Vicksburg battery on April 16, 1863 (BSLOC_2018_8_69)

U.S. Naval Transport Geo. Washington, used as a mode of transportation for President Wilson during the Peace Conference in World War I. This photograph is an official government document filed in Drawer No. 3, Corridor Cabinet, No. 5, and is for official use only.

Mackerel schooner just arrived from cruise; crew dressing and salting the fish. By T.W. Smillie

Tornehamn the boat "Lajla".

State Railways, SJ UA, SJ MAS. The ore loading quay

The former USS Merrimack in a Confederate dry dock during her conversion to the CSS Virginia. She became an ironclad gunboat with ramming capacity in early 1862, during the US Civil War (BSLOC_2018_8_25)

Product image from Ludwigsbergs Werkstad. Boat, possibly four boat. From Album: Ludwigsbergs Werkstad's limited liability company, Stockholm, Sweden.

The "Delphic" and the "Tongariro" loading butter and wool at Timaru photographic prints

Virginia - Norfolk, Aerial Photograph.

Robert Wallis, 1794-1878, British, Cowes, Isle of Wight, 1827-1838. Open etching.

Description: S.S. "Fitzroy", Port San Carlos. Location: Port San Carlos, Falkland Islands Date: 1950-1959

Description: The B.T.C Coaster "Khuzistan" used for Packed Oil Trade in the Gulf, etc. Description: "British Chancellor" being turned by the tug ""St. Athan"" in the river opposite the Refinery.

Corinth, the canal , Canals, Ships. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Wreck of Cyrena, Castlecliff. From the album: Skerman family album, 1925, Whanganui River, by Thomas Whetton.

Luleå Malmkajen and Gråjälören.

The American cargo ship Severn comes out of the Gatun lock, followed by an American submarine, in the Panama Channel, photograph by E Hallen from the magazine L'Illustration, year 72, no 3716, May 16, 1914.

Start Of An Epochal Great Lakes Passage. This image depicts three seagoing freighters maneuvering with laboring tugs to start a voyage through the ice-locked Great Lakes to Chicago. The Coast Guard ice breaker Woodrush broke ice 20 inches thick to start the convoy on its way.

Photo collection Government information service. Paul Kruger, President of the Republic of Transvaal, arrives in Marseille. 1900. France, Marseille, Transvaal, South Africa

Unloading Aluminum Ore at Stuyvesant Docks, New Orleans. Original caption: Unloading aluminum ore at Stuyvesant Docks, New Orleans - This scene showing shipside-railroad facilities tells an effective story of the close coordination between rail and water carriers which has made New Orleans the Nation's second Port - Photograph from New Orleans Association of Commerce. State: Louisana Place: New Orleans.

MI - Rock of Ages. Rock of Ages Light Station, Michigan. Lighter being ferried from rock to steam barge with empty concrete bucket.

Rader boat on the Nile. Part of travel album from a Dutch family with sights in Europe, Egypt and New York.

Alabama - Mobile Bay. Mobile Bay Ship Channel Beacons, Alabama.

The Spanish steamship San Francisco embarking troops in the port of Santander to be sent to the island of Cuba. From La Ilustracion Española y Americana 1895

Fylgia (depicted name).Fylgia (depicted name)

The Great Dry Dock (Shipyard), Newport News, Va. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Boat & ship industry , Virginia , Newport News

Transparency - Vancouver harbour from C. P. R. Station, Vancouver, BC, about 1910

View of the Kingfisher at the New England Fish Company dock at Vancouver ca. 1912 .

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