Maritime Disasters

19th-century engravings illustrating scenes of nautical disasters at sea, depicting ships in turmoil and dramatic ocean conditions.

The fleet of Christopher Columbus, 1492, digitally optimized

Engraving depicting the loss of the 'Great Liverpool' Steamer, off Cape Finisterre. Dated 19th Century

A DISASTER AT SEA

Engraving of the SS Palmyra. Dated 19th Century

WRECK OF THE GREEK WAR-STEAMER BOUBOULINA, DESTROYED BY EXPLOSION, AT LIVERPOOL, UK, 1867

1860s JUNE 1864 UNION SHIP THE STEAMER KEARSARGE SINKS THE PIRATE ALABAMA OFF THE COAST OF CHERBOURG FRANCE

The rescue of the survivors of the "Northfleet" of Dungeness, England, January 1873, after being hit by the Spanish steamer "Murillo". Steamer "City o

Boarding the Ville de Gras and Ville de Marseille ships, France, illustration by Lebreton from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 457, Volume XVIII, November 27-December 4, 1851.

H.M.S DEVASTATION OFF BEREHAVEN, ENGRAVING 1873

The fleet of Christopher Columbus, 1492, digitally optimized

Whale attacking the whaleboat, circa 1859

Ship on fire at sea, Brazil, South America. Journey of the French painter Francois Auguste Biard in Brazil, 1858-1859

An engraving depicting the relieving a Trinity House lightship, the Galloper. Dated 19th century

Boat. 17th century. Engraving.

Boat. 17th century. Engraving.

THE RECENT GALE, WRECK OF THE STEAMER CHUSAN OFF ARDROSSAN HARBOUR, 1874 engraving

Tugboat in action on the North Sea, tall ship, steamship, strong wind, swell, spray, danger, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

New Caledonia, A double Pirogue getting on by several natural, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

New Zealand, Entry in the Bay Akaroa, vintage engraving. New Zealand, Entry in the Bay Akaroa, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1843. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660252

The Austrailian Royal Mail Steam Ship, "Sydney". Black and White Illustration from the London Illustrated News; 02 April 1853.

Wreck of the Duncan Dunbar, Australian passenger ship, on the coast of Brazil, 1865. After the ship was wrecked on the reef Las Roccas, '"it was impossible", said one of the passengers, "to describe the state of mind in which we passed the hours of that most awful and trying night. The vessel was rolling from side to side, and striking most violently at each roll, in a way which seemed to threaten her instant destruction, but fortunately the captain led the passengers to safety...on a landing-place on one of the two banks or islets of sand which rise about 7 ft. above ordinary

"Batum" (1880). Torpedo boat of the Imperial Russian Navy. Illustration by A. Cortellini. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Ángel Cortellini Sánchez (1858-1912). Spanish artist. Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

Ships of the fourteenth century From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

THE STEAM TUG 'RESOLUTE,' OF LIVERPOOL

View of the convict hulk, "The Warrior", docked at Woolwich in London and capable of holding 600 men. Date: 1846

The Vandalia Steam Powered Propeller Driven Ship on the Great Lakes of North America; circa 1889; Designed by John Ericsson Black and White Illustration;

The Tay Bridge disaster, the visit of the official steamer to the ruins on the night of the disaster. He gap shown in the engraving was occupied by the central raised girders of the bridge, half a mile in length all of which were carried away. The Engineer, Thomas Bouch advocated the need for a bridge crossing the Tay for a number of years before building began in 1873. The bridge was said to be unstable, especially during bad weather. On the 28th December 1879, during a treacherous weather cond

Pack ice obstructs shipping traffic in New York harbour in 1869, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). ""Lepanto"". Ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina, the second and last ship of the Italia class. It was designed by Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) and built at the ""Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando"" (Orlando Brothers Shipyard), in Livorno (Italy), laid down in November 1876, launched in March 1883, and completed in August 1887. Armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns. Drawing by A. de Caula. Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Illustration depicting the foundering of the 'Teuton'. Dated 19th Century

The Great South Wall pier with lighthouse, Dublin, Ireland, storm, high swell, sailships, steamers, transport, two-master, pier, fishermen, working, nets, boxes, round lighthouse with crane, seagulls, rain, dramatic sky, landmark, steel engraving, 19th century, historical illustration from 1845

Illustration depicting the steamer 'The Great Britain', the first screw steamer to cross the Atlantic, ashore in Dundrum Bay. Dated 19th Century

Engraving of a sailing barge match on the Thames, from the Illustrated London News, 23rd July 1864. This match was hosted by the Prince of Wales Yacht Club over a course from Erith to the Chapman Light and back, with 40 topsail and stumped-rigged barges taking part. Topsail barge, 'Matilda' won first prize of an 18 cup for her owner and 10 10s for her crew. Date: 1864

Life boat rowing to rescue of foundering sailing ship. From a print dated 1820 engraved by Milton after W. Anderson.

Captain Bligh's boat abandoned by the 'Bounty', 1789 (1886).Artist: JR Ashton

Sailing Vessel and Smaller Row Boat, Gulf of Corinth, near Patras, Greece, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Viewed from the sea Date: 1844

THE INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE, THE CORINNE AND ENCHANTRESS STRUCK BY A SQUALL, AUGUST 8, 1874, 1874 engraving

Ice landing in India, vintage engraving. Ice landing in India, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656661

WRECK OF AN EGYPTIAN VESSEL OF WAR BETWEEN CONSTANTINOPLE (ISTANBUL) AND VARNA, 1854

ARAB DHOWS ON THE RED SEA. Dhow is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region.

Launch of the screw line-of-battle ship 'Anson' at Woolwich.

FIRST CLASS CUTTER MATCH OF THE ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB

Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). "Lepanto". Ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina, the second and last ship of the Italia class. It was designed by Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) and built at the "Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando" (Orlando Brothers Shipyard), in Livorno (Italy), laid down in November 1876, launched in March 1883, and completed in August 1887. Armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns. Drawing by A. de Caula. Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884. Author: Antonio de Caula (1847-ca. 1904). Spanish artist. Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

Return from fishing, jetty on the Tagus, Lisbon, shore, fishing boats, sailing boats, fishermen, trade, sale, baskets, food, Portugal, historical illustration c. 1898, Europe

Italy. Port of Naples. Drawing by Jose Maria Garcia (1862-1936). La Ilustracion Artistica, 1884. Colored.

Engraving depicting the H.M.S. 'Lynx', sent for the relief of an expedition. Dated 1860

15th century warship. From The National and Domestic History of England by William Aubrey published London circa 1890

A fishing boat and sailing vessels at the entrance to Portsmouth harbour, Hampshire Date: circa 1850

Disembarking at Saint Denis, Bourbon Island (modern day Reunion Island), 19th Century.

Ancident Time. Mediterranean Sea. Old ship sailing on the Island of Cyprus. Engraving, 19th century.

Sketch showing the steamship 'Lillian', running the blockade into Wilmington Harbour, during the American Civil War. Date: 1864

Illustration of the dry docks at the Victoria Docks. Dated 19th Century

Catastrophe at a Ship-Launch, at Hull, 1854. 'Messrs. Earle, the eminent iron ship builders...had arranged to launch from their yard...a very fine iron barque, named the Dowthorpe, which they had built for Messrs. John Beadle and Co...Men were stationed at all points to prevent the people from getting on board the vessel, but without avail. At the time of launching, there were between 300 and 400 persons on board; and of these, as many as could conveniently stand had stationed themselves on the roof of the poop-houses, where there was not a scrap of rope, or an inch of bulwark, to hold on by..

ILLUSTRATION OF COLASSAL SEA MONSTER SQUID ATTACKING A VESSEL SHIP IN THE INDIAN SEA GAFF RIGGED CHINESE JUNK 1800s 1860s

THE PROPOSED CHANNEL FERRY

Illustration depicting the burning of the screw steamer 'Solway' on her way from Belfast to Swansea. Dated 19th Century

Lifeboat designed by Gabriel Bray of Charmouth, Dorset, England. Engraving 1818.

1800s 1870s THE TORPEDO VESSEL DESTROYER INVENTED BY CAPTAIN JOHN ERICSSON

'WRECK OF AN INDIAMAN.' FROM A PICTURE BY MR. DANIEL

Yarmouth coastal village in England. A cart carries a catch of fish across a beach. 1837

transport transportation navigation disaster stranded steamship ""Union"" at the Scottish East coast wood engraving 1870,

'Thubare, A Small Harbour on the Arabian Coast, Upper Part of the Red Sea', 1834. From "Views in India, China and on the Shores of the Red Sea, Vol. I". Fisher, Son & Co., London, 1835

Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). ""Lepanto"". Ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina, the second and last ship of the Italia class. It was designed by Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) and built at the ""Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando"" (Orlando Brothers Shipyard), in Livorno (Italy). Lepanto was under construction for nearly eleven years. It was laid down on 4 November 1876, but its construction still took almost six and a half years to complete, being launched on 17 March 1883, two and a half years after its twin ""Italia"". Lepanto was not finally completed until four and a half years later, being completed on 16 August 1887. Armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns. It had capacity to transport a full infantry division. The illustration shows Lepanto with six funnels, although in reality it always had four. Probably it is due to a confusion of the author, inspired by original plans of the battleships of the Italia class. Drawing by Cortellini Sanchez. Engr

Engraving depicting the Sunderland lifeboat. Dated 19th Century

Ice sailing on the Hudson River, USA, 1871. Artist: Unknown

Engraving of the Berthon Folding Boat designed by The Rev. E. L. Berthon. Dated 19th Century

Explosion of the Steamer Sultana April 28, 1865

The ship that went farthest North: 'Fram' - the polar expedition ship of Dr. Nansen. Engraving by Flyugel., 1893

Floating dock for torpedo boats in the port of Kronstadt, Kotlin, Russia, historical illustration, circa 1886, Europe

HM Torpedo Gun Boat 'Rattlesnake', 1887. Artist: Unknown

Engraving of the Berthon Folding Boat designed by The Rev. E. L. Berthon. Dated 19th Century

(formerly ka Fernando Poo : possession of Equatorial Guinea) Bay of Santa Isabela Date: circa 1875

Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, The Winans ocean liner from 1858, American steamship, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an original from the 19th century, The Winans ocean liner from 1858, American steamship.

transport transportation aviation balloons tests with a moored balloon on sea German training ship SMS ""Mars"" Wilhelmshaven wood engraving 1890,

Woodcut of bridge voltage over the main nose case in the Göta River

Engraving showing a number of barges on the River Thames, on the day of the Lord Mayor of London's Show, 1845. The Stationer's Company's barge may be seen at left, being rowed, with Lambeth Palace in the background. In the foreground two working barges, one of them a sailing barge, drift around watching events. Date: 15 November 1845

Diana whaling ship in ice. In 1866, while on a whaling expedition in Baffin Bay, Diana became frozen in the ice, where it was trapped for over six months. The ships captain, 64 year old John Gravill, and many of the crew died. The diary of the deeply devout ships doctor, Charles Edward Smith, was published in the book From the Deep of the Sea. Engraving from a magazine printed in 1867

Freight Boat, Burma, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

'Long-line fishing in the North Sea, Hauling the lines', 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Boats and boatmen on the Ganges in 1880, India, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, Asia

'Abandonment of Cleopatra's Needle in the Bay of Biscay, ...'

Fulton blows La Dorothee boat with his infernal machine in the harbor of Brest on October 15, 1805. France, Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE 'GREAT BRITAIN' STEAM-SHIP, ON TUESDAY LAST

Wooden harbour in Luebeck, Trave, raft, raftsman, wooded bank, tree trunks, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Phoenician merchant ship, historical illustration, circa 1886

Engraving of a Chinese Junk, an ancient Chinese sailing ship design, with a sternpost rudder. Dated 19th Century

Galicia, Spain. Collision and shipwreck, at dusk on 21 July 1884, of the steamers "Gijón" (Spanish) and "Lexham" (English), off the Sisargas Islands, between the latter and Cape Vilan. Drawing by A. de Caula. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana). July 30, 1884. Author: Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). Spanish painter and engraver.

The Princess Alice paddle steamer worked on the Thames as a pleasure steamer, transporting day trippers from London Bridge. On the 3rd September 1878 whilst the Prince Alice was making its final journey of the day it collided with a coal ship, The Bywell Castle. The collision occurred when the two pilots both assumed that the other ship would give way. Over 600 lives were lost with only 69 people rescued. Date: 14th Sept 1878

transport transportation navigation life and work at sea fixing a leak at high sea wood engraving after drawing by Carl Schmidt 1887,

A typical Dutch Vessel of 1642. November 02, 1936.

Men landing a boat in Bjorkholmen, Sweden. Travel in the Scandinavian states, 1856, Sweden and Lapland. Text and drawings by Saint Blaise. Le Tour du Monde 1862

transport transportation ancient world Greece warship trireme 6th - 3rd cenury AD reconstruction drawing 19th century,

This sailing vessel strikes an iceberg in the South Pacific. Date: 1 April 1859

Collision and sinking of Spanish steamer Leon and English steamer Harelda off Cabo da Roca, Portugal in January 1881. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881

Whit Sunday Island, whitsunday island, sailing ship, horizon, waves, coral reef, Thomas Cook, explorer, travel, historical illustration 1885, Queensland, Australia, Oceania

Engraving showing the crew of HMS 'Alexandra' taking beef aboard ship from a small supply boat, off Tuzla, in the Sea of Marmora. The supply ship has also brought fish, barrels and the washing. At this time 'Alexandra'; launched in 1877 and sold off at Chatham in 1903; was proceeding to Constantinople to protect British Interests during the outbreak of hostilities between Russia and Turkey. Date: 1878

Dutch Boats in a Gale. Date/Period: 1801. Painting. Oil on canvas. Height: 162.5 cm (63.9 in); Width: 222 cm (87.4 in). Author: J. M. W. Turner.

Engraving showing a dead polar bear on the deck of the yacht 'Fox', 1859. The 'Fox', commanded by Captain F.L. McClintock, went to the Arctic region in search of Sir John Franklin's ill-fated Arctic expedition of 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS 'Erebus' and HMS 'Terror', to look for the Northwest passage round the northern coast of Canada. The expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, disappeared from view late in 1845 and none of the men were

An engraving depicting Ferrymen on the Niger River, Niger. Dated 19th century

Engraving showing oyster boats (on right, with masts) and lighters, in the River Thames, outside Billingsgate Fish Market, London, 1877. Date: 26 May 1877

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