Historical Naval Vessels

Engravings and illustrations of various historic ships and war vessels, providing insights into maritime history and naval architecture.

Illustration of a Chinese Warship at the time of the Treaty of Tientsin. Dated 19th Century
Illustration of a Chinese Warship at the time of the Treaty of Tientsin. Dated 19th Century
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1. The Indian Government steamer May Frere, with the Prince of Wales on board, passing Aguada Fort, Goa. 2. The Island of JinjeeraHarbour of Rajpuri, fifty miles from Bombay. THE ROYAL VISIT TO INDIAFROM SKETCHES BY A NAVAL OFFICER, 1876
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The Nautilus, sail boat that crossed the Atlantic Ocean to arrive at the Universal Exhibition in Paris, France, illustration by Woodward and Baude from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1860, Volume LXXII, October 19, 1878.
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The Spitfire, The first gun boat built in the colony of N.S.Wales. December 11, 1933.
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Ice Yacht on Hudson River, USA, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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The Mayflower approaching land
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S.P. Langley (1834-1906), American astronomer and aeronautical pioneer. Langley's steam-powered model plane Aerodrome: préparation for the launch, from photograph by A.G. Bell. In 1896 Aerodrome 5 flew 3/4 mile. 1902
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Foreign cattle on board the Batavier, London and Rotterdam steamer, 1865. 'The importation of foreign bullocks and sheep for the immense consumption of London has lately been a subject of so much discussion, and the spread of the cattle disease has occasioned so much anxiety as to the condition in which they are brought to our market, that we have thought it opportune to give...Illustrations of the manner in which this trade is carried on in the Thames...the greater portion of the cattle imported for the London market are disembarked at three London wharves... Of the thirty London ships in the
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German emigrants to America, harbour, quay, steamer, many people, luggage, wheelbarrow, transport, sailing ships, New York, historical illustration from 1897
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The Quiver, lifeboat built in England, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867.
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Foriegn Cattle on board the Batavier, London and Rotterdam Steamer.
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Liverpool, people on a ferry, England, 1881, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th-century original, exact date unknown
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News. / 202. / Alexandre II, Making up your ships on wheels ... (registered title) | News (1855) (set of all)
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Engraving of Admiral McDonald's Patent Folding Boat, as exhibited at the Crystal Palace, London, November 1878. This lightweight, portable skiff can be seen employed as a liferaft (bottom right) or under sail and oar (centre). Date: 1878
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Engraving of a roller boat by Ernest Bazin. Dated 19th Century
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This 1843 illustration shows a Polynesian boat under sail, with one of crew blowing on a conch shell.
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The Universities Boat-Race: Cambridge winning, 1870. View of '...the annual race between the champion crews of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs...on the River Thames in London...The Illustration affords a good notion of the scene at the last moment on the river at Mortlake, when the Cambridge boat passed the winning point, one length and one third of a length in advance of the Oxford boat, while the close of the race was announced by the firing of a gun from one of the boats moored close to the Middlesex shore...A little book, bound in light and dark blue, has been published by
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Illustration depicting apparatus on board the American steam ship 'Arctic'. Dated 19th Century
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Anefo photo collection. Engraving "Arrival Willem I Scheveningen 1813". February 9, 1953. Scheveningen, South Holland
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Sailingboat. Sea yacht floats
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Engraving depicting a boat using Woodbridge Davis's Kite for shore ship rescue known as the 'Davis Star'. Dated 19th Century
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Shipyard near Wismar, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, shore, hull, wood, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe
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Bote-práctico a remolque de un vapor, en el río Congo. Grabado. El Congo y la Creación del Estado Independiente de este nombre. Historia de los Trabajos y Exploraciones Verificados, por Enrique M. Stanley. Editada en Barcelona, hacia 1890. España.
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Historic sailing ship sails caravel with raised engraving drawn as
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transport transportation navigation living and working on board of a ship sailor at the steering wheel of a sailing ship wood engraving 19th century,
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Illustration showing the 'Aldwych' Danish settlement, near London in the time of Canute, 11th century. This image shows a trading boat being unloaded onto the foreshore. Date: 21/10/1905
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Fishing boats or fishing barques on Lake Maggiore, Italy, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, original date unknown, Europe
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Titanic: steamship meets iceberg : the moment of impact, If the ship had been sailing less rapidly and more cautiously, the disaster could have been avoided. Date: 15 April 1912
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Engraving from the front cover of the ILN, showing the first attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock at North Woolwich, built by Messrs. Campbell, Johnson and Co. of Silvertown. Several floating docks had been constructed for use at colonial ports, to enable maintenance of ships' hulls, but the Bermuda floating dock was the biggest yet constructed. Date: September 12th 1868
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Engraving depicting an Indian train . Dated 19th century
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'Polynesian War Canoes', 1924. Artist: Unknown.
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Transportation of the obelisk down the Thames, at Westminister Bridge. The cylinder ship had to be abandoned in the Bay of Biscay due to the stormy conditions of the initial leg of the journey. It was rescued the following year and completed its trip in 1 Date: 16th Feb 1878
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British transport ship leaving England for the Cape during Second Boer War. From the book South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswicke, published 1900
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Phoenician ship sailing. 900 BC (10th. Century). Draving of a typical Phoenician boat. Classical antiquity. One row of oars. Later colouration.
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The Jules Davoust, aluminum boat intended for the hydrographic mission of Niger. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893
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Launching of a Warship, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century artwork
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An Elizabethan ship of 1588. Gallion. Modern period. England. Europe. Engraving, 19th century.
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Illustration of a lightship on a stormy night, from 'The Sphere', 24th November 1913. Date: 1913
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Illustration depicting a locomotive snowplough being used to clear a snow drift in Canada. Dated 19th century
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Ship with Large Sails Requiring a Counterpoise, China, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895
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Pedal motor boat with screw propeller / Tretmotorboot mit Schraubenpropeller, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, North Sea, emblem, symbol, navy, flag, sailor, sailing ship, cannon, anchor, steering wheel, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe
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HOW OUR FLEET AT BESIKA BAY SPENT CHRISTMAS, 1877 engraving
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An illustration depicting the moment that the Titanic first came into contact with the iceberg. Date: 27th April 1912
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The noblest way for a man to die is when he dies for man, Titanic sinking
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Naval ships - War galley 'galeazza', 16th century
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THE HMS Endurance stuck in the pack ice during The Shackleton Expedition
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Stepan Osipovich Makarov (1848-1904) Russian admiral in command of the Pacific fleet at beginning of Russo-Japanese War (1904-5). Killed when his flagship 'Petropavlosk' struck a mine and sank in third month of the war. Pictured here at Constantinople on the Bosphorus in a rowing boat flying the flag of the Imperial Russian Navy. circa 1903
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Austrian customs police following a suspicious boat on Lake Garda, Illustration from yearbook Modern Art in Master Woodcuts, 1900
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British colonialism. Journey of the Prince of Wales (1841-1910) to India. Later he would become the King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. The prince crossing the mountains of Ghaut (Bhore Ghaut) in a locomotive. Engraving. La ilustracion Espaola y Americana, January 22, 1876.
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View of wreck from the head. May 28, 1938.
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Traditional fishing boats on a river. Tonkin, French Indochina. Vietnam, Asia. Thirty months in Tonkin 1885 by Doctor Charles Edouard Hocquard (1853 - 1911) Le Tour du Monde 1890
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SS Titanic colliding with an iceberg 14 April 1912. From 'Le Petit Journal' Paris 28 April 1912
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Water bicycle with paddle motor / Wasserfahrrad mit Schaufelmotor, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.
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SURIKOV, Vasily Ivanovich (1848-1916). Stenka Razin Sailing in the Caspian Sea. 1906. Oil on canvas. RUSSIA. SAINT PETERSBURG. Saint Petersburg. State Russian Museum.
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Fully occupied excursion boat on the Kiel Fjord, pleasure, leisure, steamboat, old town, sailing boat, wooden barrel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe
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Eight Bells: The Boy at the Helm, from "Illustrated London News" January 1, 1876 After Hamilton Macallum Macallum moved to London from Glasgow, after training in a merchant's office for what his father hoped would be a commercial career in India. Instead, the young man escaped to London in 1864 to study at the Royal Academy Schools. This print suggests that he had achieved a solid reputation by 1876. An accomplished sailor, the artist used a small yacht to sketch subjects in western of Scotland and Devon. Eight bells is the nautical term for twelve o'clock and we here see a youth left to tend the tiller at noon, presumably as his shipmates eat lunch. The slack line indicates a light breeze and little danger.. Eight Bells: The Boy at the Helm, from "Illustrated London News". After Hamilton Macallum (British, Kames, Scotland 1841-1896 Deer, Devon). January 1, 1876. Wood engraving. Prints
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Businessman at the helm of ship in stormy ocean
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Drama of the wreck of the transatlantic liner La Russie. Passengers being lowered into a lifeboat. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 27 January 1901.
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Launch of H.M.S Agamemnon, the first steam ship to attempt to lay the Trans-atlantic telegraph cable. Date: May 29th 1852
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The rescue , Boats, Rowing, Seas. Louis Prang & Company Collection