Naval Battles and Warfare

Dramatic depictions of naval battles from the Spanish-American and Russo-Japanese Wars, featuring warships and combat scenes in a historical context.

Port Arthur, Bombardment and Naval Battle of Russo-Japanese War, 1904, colored print, Private collection
Port Arthur, Bombardment and Naval Battle of Russo-Japanese War, 1904, colored print, Private collection
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Suplement Litteraire illustre. Le Petit Parisien. 30 sep. 1900. epouvantable cyclone en amerique.
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Vigilant and Valkyre, Small Yacths
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Coral fishermen near the town of Scilla, Louis Ducros, 1778, Drawing from the album 'Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et à Malte', 1778., draughtsman: Louis Ducros, 1778, paper, brush, h 173 mm × w 521 mm
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U.S. Battleship Oregon in a storm
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Illustration depicting sailors trying to escape a sinking ship via the use of a lifeboat. Dated 19th Century
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WORLD WAR (1914-1918). Surrender of the German fleet (21 November 1918). The battleship Friedrich der Grosse. Drawing.
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Battle of New Orleans 1815 during the War of 1812
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US Civil War, Battle of Hampton Roads, on March 9, 1862, the first engagement between ironclad gunboats. USS Monitor and CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimac) are engaged in combat, with other ships nearby. At left is the USS Cumberland, sinking, an event that took place on March 8th, the day previous to the ironclad battle at center. The USS Minnesota at far right, was engaged in the ironclad battle of March 9th (BSLOC_2018_8_19)
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State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg 56x88 History
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'Guarding Britain's Food Supplies', 1915. From "The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume I. The First Phase", edited by J. A. Hammerton. The Amalgamated Press, Limited, London, 1915
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The 1906 caption reads: CZAR'S VISIT TO FRANCETHE FRENCH FLEET SALUTING AT DUNKIRK.The most important event of the brief reign of the present Russian Czar, Nicholas II, has perhaps been the alliance with France. In 1901, the Czar visited France, and was everywhere received with enthusiastic welcome. We see him here in company with President Loubet, returning the royal salute given him during the French naval display at Dunkirk.
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Naval ships - German Imperial Navy light cruiser SMS Graudenz, 1913. Color illustration
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Naval ships - Imperial Japanese Navy armored cruiser Kasuga, 1902. Color illustration
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Ship unloading sugar for use of the troop at No 1 Glebe loaded. April 3, 1940. (Photo by Barry Newberry/Fairfax Media).
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Beachhead on Engebi. This image depicts a Coast Guard beach party on Engebi Island during the invasion of Eniwetok Atoll, painted by Coast Guard Combat Artist Ken Riley.
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Soldier holding walkie-talkie, tank with shooting soldiers in the background, illustration
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HISTORIA DE CUBA (s. XIX). "DESEMBARCO DE LAS TROPAS DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN GUANTANAMO". A raiz de la participación de EE. UU. en la independencia de Cuba fue instalada una base militar, de acuerdo con el tratado de 1903. Ilustración de "Le Petit Parisien".
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U.S. steel harbor defense ram 'Katahdin' , Warships
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NEWS OF THE FALL OF SEBASTOPOL, SHOWER OF PARACHUTE ROCKETS AND BONFIRE, IN WOOLWICH MARSHES
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Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his flagship Hartford, during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864
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Bombardment of Gaeta, February 5, 1861.Unification era, Italy, 19th century.
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Naval ships - German Imperial Navy central battery ironclad, 1867. Color illustration
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Great fire of London, 1666. Engraving by Marcus Willemsz,1675. Color.
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The sinking of a German submarine, showing the action in four stages between HMS Birmingham and the German U-boat U15. Also shown: how long a cruiser can keep going with one supply of coal (middle), and (below) the danger of the submarine in rough weather -- the absence of the telltale streak. Date: 9 August 1914
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American army leaves for Cuba, (1898), 1920s. Artist: Unknown.
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Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns The first fight between iron clad ships of war, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862, in which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole " school" of Rebel steamers.. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6463, Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C, 2011. Monitor (Ironclad) , Merrimack (Frigate) , Naval warfare, Virginia, Hampton Roads, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations.
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Frigate Constitution is Launched at Boston by Charles C. J. Hoffbauer, (1875-1957)
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Ground wave in Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy. France. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887
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Photography.Photography after painting by J Hägg of the 60-Cannon Ship Adolf Fredrik outside Landskrona.E Target Hägg J.
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The Anglo-Dutch Fleet under Lord Exmouth and Vice Admiral Jonkheer Theodorus Frederik van Capellen putting out the Algerian Strongholds, 27 August 1816. Four Episodes during the Presence of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet in the Bay of Algiers, 26 to 27 August 1816 (series title). Dating: 1818. Measurements: h 54 cm × w 75 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Nicolaas Baur.
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Two Short Sunderlands rescuing crew, 1940.
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Artwork: "Prisoners by Rescue" Artist: Dwight C. Shepler Catalog Number: 17. Courtesy U.S. Navy Combat Air Center. Country: Unknown
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The Spanish Armada in a tempest, 1588 (late 19th or early 20th century()). Artist: Unknown
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A 13th century covered galley, equipped to drop barrels of 'Greek fire'.
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'The convoy must go through,' ordered the admiral -- and it did. Story of a thrilling Mediterranean feat during the Second World War. Enemy attacks on a British convoy off Malta, and the British response. Date: July 1941
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Ippolito Caffi. 1809-1866. Night bombing of Marghera 25 May 1849. 1849. oil on the table. 25 x 43.
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For France, Ships at War
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'A Service Station - Seaplanes', Second World War, (1944). British aircraft of the Royal Air Force at the coast. Painting in a private collection. From "Britain In The Air", by Nigel Tangye. Collins, London, 1944
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The Aurora Bf.387, J Bourne (active c. 1890 - 1914) 1906
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The Battle of Dogger Bank, Sasaya, 1792 lacquer panel Black lacquered metal plate in a black -painted wooden frame that is partially gilded. On the plate two fleets in neat line against each other on calm sea, in gold and gray. Japan metal. wood (plant material). lacquer (coating) lacquering battle (+ naval force) Doggersbank
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Lusitania torpedoed by a German submarine on her return journey from New York to Liverpool Date: 7 May 1915
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U.S. Navy - Help your country! Enlist in the Navy, U.S. Navy
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The British fired Congreve rockets against the United States in the War of 1812. As a result Francis Scott Key coined the phrase the rocket's red glare. Congreve had used a 16-foot guide stick to help stabilize his rocket. William Hale, another British inventor, invented the stickless rocket in 1846. The U.S. Army used the Hale rocket more than 100 years ago in the war with Mexico. Rockets were also used to a limited extent by both sides in the American Civil War.
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U.S. Navy: January Morning, U.S. Navy
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Painting of the Russo-Japanese War created in Prague on 8 August 1904, using book pressure and color techniques to depict military scenes.
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Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac., McLaughlins XXXX Coffee Trade Card, 1889
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Warned!, Silent Service - Submarines
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Imre Kiralfy's grand naval spectacle, U.S. Navy