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

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

BURNING OF THE GOLIATH, THE REMAINS OF THE VESSEL, 1876

Illustration depicting the laying of track on the Pacific Railroad. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the launching of a lifeboat into the water. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting a Cornish fishing boat in heavy seas: this boat was used a Seine net. Dated 19th century

Illustration showing Irish passengers boarding an emigrant ship at Queenstown to travel to America, 1893. Ships from Liverpool bound for New York usually took on more passengers in Ireland, often at Queenstown. This image shows passengers boarding the ship from a small local steamer (on left). Date: 1893

Engraving of the end view of cigar shaped steamer, launched by Winans of Baltimore. Dated 19th Century

Aboard these fragile vessels that Indians are venturing., vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

The aerostat Le Torpilleur and its float full of water, dragging at sea - July 29, 1886. Crossing from Cherbourg to London. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

The 28-foot steel boat Advance, designed to be carried over land. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

ON BOARD THE INDUS EMIGRANT SHIP

Roman Corbita. Small merchant ship. Engraving, 19th century.

Detachable boat for exploration. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

The 28-foot steel boat Advance, designed to be carried over land. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

Engraving showing a small steam tender coming alongside a trans-Atlantic steamer with Irish emigrants, 1884. These emigrants were bound for Canada. Date: 1884

After Winslow Homer, Ship Building, Gloucester Harbor, published 1873 Ship-Building, Gloucester Harbor

Oder barges at the shipyard, Stettin or Szczecin, Poland, river, bank, shipbuilding, repair, workers, craft, wooden ships, sailing boat, historical illustration 1880, Europe

The Virginius Battleship, (1873), 1920s. Artist: Unknown

Salt Lake, Utah. Artist: Unknown

The Tay Bridge disaster, view of the broken bridge from the north end. 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 conditions the Tay Bridge collapse killing over 75 passengers and staff. Bad workmanship and incorrect materials were blamed for the disaster and Bouch's reputation was disgraced

NEW BOAT

Narrowboats on the canal at Brentford Date: circa 1900

Transporte por ferrocarril de abetos de los bosques de Turingia para las fiestas de Navidad. Grabado de 1886.

The Norman ship William the Conqueror Mora / Das Normannenschiff Wilhelm der Eroberer Mora, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Down the Rapids of the Sant Lorenz River by Steamer, ca 1880, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century photographic origin...

Breaking-up H.M.S. Queen at Rotherhithe on the Thames in London, 1871. 'The death of a ship...is not usually followed by a Christian burial, though a ceremonial in imitation of Christian baptism was performed at her birth...in ninety-nine of a hundred instances, when the mortal frame which has floated so long upon the ocean billows is enfeebled by old age, it is ruthlessly consigned to the "breaker-up," as an old horse is sold to the "knacker." The copper sheathing, the iron plating,...the timbers of teak and oak, are valuable for the materials of a new structure. The shi

Primitive Sailboat, Gulf of Tonkin, China, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Historical engraving, for connection with the mainland, light vessel becomes a station for homing pigeons, 1888

Ice Yacht on Hudson River, USA, Illustration, Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers, by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Packet boat leaving Dover, Kent, England, for France. Packet boats carried the mail. From Scenes in England by the Rev. Isaac Taylor, London, 1822. Hand-coloured engraving.

English warship. 13th century. Engraving.

Captain Webb just before reaching Calais, where he becomes the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 24 August 1875

A ship of Java and the China Seas in the 16th century. From Linschoten's navigation ac Itinerarium, 1598.

Haymaking by boat, The hay is brought home, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, 1870 / Heuernte mit dem Boot, Das Heu wird nach Hause gebracht, Baden Württemberg, Deutschland, 1870, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

transport transportation sledges sledge transport on the polar ice start of a North Pole expedition wood engraving after Edouard Riou late 19th century,

English State Barge of the Time of James I, England, 1603-1625, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Viking Ship, Oslo John Newcomb, Ink drawing, 1961

Fishing Boats, a Coast Scene, John Cousen, 1804-1880, British, after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851, British, 1859-1879, Steel engraving

Engraving depicting the Mount Washington cog railway. The railway was built and designed by Sylvester Marsh (1803-1884) an American engineer. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a wire rope ferry on the Snake River, United States. Dated 19th century

Historical drawing of a ship's hull, ship of an East Indian explorer, a ship of the Dutch East India Company, 16th century

Vector nautical illustration, historical adventure concept, t-shirt graphic design

Vessel carrying English King Edgar rowed by vassal kings. 10th century. Engraving.

Engraving of the small rope ferry at Kantara, crossing the Suez Canal with several passengers, two camels and a donkey. The ferry was operated by means of an underwater rope, in a similar style to modern day chain-ferries. Date: 1875

An engraving depicting a water velocipede with two wheels, designed by A. Due Buisson. Dated 19th century

Our good ship "National Credit" in danger from a silver-spout - 1885 USA political cartoon

Illustration showing Fridtjof Nansen's ship the 'Fram' as it was released from the Arctic ice pack, by detonating an explosive charge in the ice underneath the vessel, 1896. Nansen embarked with 12 crew in 1893 for a three-year expedition, right across the Arctic pack ice from the New Siberian Islands to the Greenland Sea. Date: 1897

Painting 'Men and Gear', 1936. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes.

Wreck of a rowing boat lies on the shore, three children have discovered it as a playground and are rowing on dry land, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Illustration showing a cross-section representative of the Cunard Liners 'Mauretania' and 'Lusitania' against a backdrop of New York City. This picture shows the scale of the boilers and turbines needed to propel the ship across the Atlantic, taking up nearly as much room as passenger accommodation. 1907

An engraving depicting a Japanese whaling boat. Dated 19th century

Bridge of boats over the Indus at Khushalgarh, Pakistan, 1895. Artist: Unknown

An engraving depicting foreign cattle being shipped into London on the London/Rotterdam Steamer "Batavier". Dated 19th century

Cartoon - The Red Liner and Its Jolly Crew Arthur George Racey (1870-1941)

Christening of the armoured frigate Grosser Kurfuerst, Bremerhaven, Lower Saxony, North Sea, name, shipyard, harbour, Imperial Navy, warship, three-master, flags, crowd, Germany, historical illustration 1880, Europe

Caravan of the Fair through a series of narrow past, vintage engraved illustration. Jules Verne Cesar Cascabel, 1890.

the burning of the ocean monarch 1848. Ocean Monarch was an emigration barque which in 1848 caught fire at sea and sank with the loss of 178 lives. The barque was owned by the White Diamond Line and was registered in Boston

Brooklyn Suspension Bridge, New York, designed and built by John Augustus Roebling and his son Washington Augustus Roebling. Cable anchorage on the Brooklyn shore., Engraving, 1883

Joseph CHAMBERLAIN 1836-1914, President of Board of Trade in Gladstone's second administration. 1887.

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- Before the advent of GWR turbine steamers on the Fishguard-Rosslare route to Ireland. Date: 1935

Taking in cargo at Singapore in 1873

Engraving of a Galliot, a type of French flat-bottom river boat or barge. Dated 19th Century

'Le Plongeur' submarine constructed by Bourgeois and Brun Date: 1860 - 1863

Canoe - known as kayak - used by Eskimo hunters and fishermen Date: circa 1880

The 46,328 tons RMS Titanic of the White Star Line sinking around 2:20 AM Monday morning April 15 after hitting iceberg in North Atlantic from drawing by Henry Reuterdahl prepared from material supplied by survivors of the wreck

Engraving of a sectional boat, used by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) during his 1874 expedition to central Africa, being carried by a number of local porters. During this expedition Stanley charted Lake Tanganika, passed down the Lualaba to Nyangwe and traced the Congo to the sea. Sectional boats, such as the one depicted, were useful in this kind of exploration as, when a waterway became impassable, the boat could be easily dismantled and carried to the next part of navigable waterwa

Little boats must keep near shore, Big ships may venture more - A vintage illustration of an old proverb

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