Naval History Scenes

Historical images of naval activities including military arrivals, submarine operations, and warship gatherings from various conflicts.

Four German submarines which surrendered to DE's off Portland , Submarines, Naval yards & naval stations. Photographs of the First Naval District

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

American troops in Fiume, Hungary: Three Yankee "Submarine Chasers" docked in the harbor of Fiume. Spectators on the waterfront are attracted to the presence of these military vessels. This photograph was taken on February 1, 1919, by the Signal Corps of the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F.).

Soldiers in the port of Port Saïd for the opening of the Suez Canal, Egypt, Ferrier Père-Fils et Soulier & Léon et Lévy, 1869 Port Said glass slide troop movements, transportation. harbour Port Said

07/31/1913. From the trip of the Kings to Santander. The "Giralda" Firing the 21-gun salute when the banner of Castile was raised in the Magdalena palace. Photo: Duomarco.

A vessel of the British Royal Naval motor boat reserve (foreground) in action at sea during the First World War. Date: 1915

12-mm cannons used during military exercises in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, photograph, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, No 41, October 11, 1908.

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (July 18, 2022) File photo captioned, Ships of the Sixth Task Fleet anchored in Souda Bay, 16 April 1947, photographed from USS Leyte (CV-32). Ships present are (from left to right); USS Providence (CL-82); USS Dayton (CL-105); and USS Purdy (DD-734) only stern is visible. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., Allied, and Partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.

The Germans trying to break the ice on the Angerap River, Russian-German operations on the Masurian Lakes, Eastern Prussia, Poland, World War I, L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 2, January 10, 1915.

Inauguration of the Suez Canal. Boarding the troops in Port-Said (instantanee) ..

Roosevelt's crew: 1st Mate Gushie, Chief Eng. Wardwill & the men

Austrian prisoners of the Rats (Ratti) Fortress bathing on Marinetta Beach, treating Austrian prisoners in Italy, World War I, drawing by Gennaro d'Amato (1857-1947), from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 34, August 22, 1915.

French colonial forces mobilise at Algiers, Algeria, North Africa to support France at the outbreak of World War One, 19140101

The port of Salamis during the military revolt in Greece, 1909, photo by Argus, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVI, No 45, November 7, 1909.

Joseph Mallord William Turner and William Say, Marine Dabblers, published 1811 Marine Dabblers

Captured German mine-layer

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

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection German East African Campaign. One of the Monitors sent out against the KONIGSBERG in Dar-es-Salaam.

Korean War: Thousands of North Korean crossing a partly destroyed bridge on the Taedong River, fleeing Communist troops. The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea from 1950 to 1953

Unloading supplies, February 18, 1943.

Photo collection First World War. Soldiers rowing sloops in a port. 1914-1918}

The Japanese military and naval officers celebrating their victory at the dockyard. .

HMS Sarnia landing troops in Suvla Bay, Dardanelles Campaign, 1915

Pasajes (Guipúzcoa), September 1919. Royal visit to the Giralda. His Majesty the King (1) with the Minister of Marine Affairs (2), aboard the Marine Guard training ship. Photo: Julio Duque. ARCHDC.

They Find A Sailor's Grave. Two enlisted men of the ill-fated U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Liscome Bay, torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Gilbert Islands area, are buried at sea from the desk of a Coast Guard manned assault transport. A Navy and an Army chaplain participated in the service for these men who made the supreme sacrifice. Other survivors of the Liscome Bay, in the foreground, and Coast Guardsmen witnessed the service.

On the Fo'castle of the H.M.S. Terrible. Hong Kong, China , Warships, Sailors, Military personnel, Decks Ships

Confederate ironclad Stonewall at Ferrol, Spain, March, 1865. No. 5359, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Spain, Ferrol.

04/30/1915. The revolution in Portugal. A group of crew members of the cruise ship "vasco Da Gama" who took an active part in the fight with the government forces.

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front in France. The River Hospital. 1914-1918}. France

Anefo photo collection. 41st Kaagweek started. July 16, 1961

On the Suez Canal. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, circa 1915, Suways, Qanat as-, by Major John Rose.

On the Fo'castle of the H.M.S. Terrible. Hong Kong, China , Warships, Sailors, Military personnel, Decks Ships

Yolo Buggy at S.E. Base at close of second measurement / The 35 feet brick pier removed put the protecting tower left, partly dismantled. 6996 bars in 37 working days Base: 17486 metres. 1881. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Yolo County (Calif.), Geodesy,Observations

Water shorts disaster 1953.Sele Dukw's (amphibious vehicle) and a jeep from the United States Army ready before departure to the area affected by the disaster.

Photograph of American troops embarking aboard a British ship. Under the hot Algerian sun, carrying full packs, the men shuffle along in double file waiting to be checked off at the foot of the gangway and to climb the steep plank onto the ship. Dated 1942

View from the parapet of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, during the raising of the old flag, April 14th, 1865. Civil War Photograph Collection . Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Spectators, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Parapets, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, South Carolina, Charleston.

Ma'uke gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Repairing a breach on the starboard side of the Stella Polare, Teplitz bay, October 1899, Duke of the Abruzzi's expedition to the North Pole, photograph, Rudolf Island, Russia.

Watching Nelson Description: A Tyneside crowd watches the launch of HMS Nelson, the new flagship of the Home Fleet. Date: 3rd September 1925 newcastle, ship, nelson, tyne, battleship, tyneside, 1925, admiralty, rn, royalnavy, armstrongwhitworth, hmsnelson, homefleet, nelsonclass, hmsnelson28

Staying and performance of the 8th (4th) Battalion Regiment Shock troops on Morotai (Moluccas). Transport with a former Japanese troop ship from Morotai to Halmehera.

A thousand boys in blue on S.S. Rio de Janeiro bound for Manila , Troop movements, Soldiers, Ships, Military mobilizations, Spanish-American War, 1898

Navy Yard, Boston, MA June 1940 , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.. Photographs of the First Naval District

The pier at ANZAC. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1915, Gelibolu Yarimadasi, by Major John Rose.

New arrivals at Tampa - enroute to Santiago, Cuba , Military life, Soldiers, Spanish-American War, 1898

La Coruña, November 1895. Cuban War. Embarkation of troops on the ship Isabel II, heading to Cuba.

British Warships Shell Stricken Greece: Rescue Work in Earthquake Zone. The Homeless watching the arrival on shore of British marines from the resolution and Resource seen in background, which shelled the Stricken areas.Bluejackets from the Battleships Resolution and Resource of the Mediterranean fleet were highly praised for their rescue work in the earthquake zone of the Chalcidice Peninsula where four villages were completely destroyed and Sundreds left homeless, by A succession of shocks. The Battleships were obliged to shell the stricken are as to aid the rescue parties by slowing up the tottering buildings. November 14, 1932. (Photo by Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.).

The Union Jack flag is hoisted in Basra, Mesopotamia, after its capture by Anglo-Indian forces on November 21, 1915. Date: 2 January 1915

US Civil War. Petersburg Campaign, June 9, 1864 to March 25, 1865. Union wharf for landing supplies on the James River, in late 1864-1865 (BSLOC_2018_9_133)

Ships And Harbor Installations At Civitavecchia Harbor Near Rome, Italy, Were Completely Demolished During Bombing Raids By The 12Th And 15Th Air Forces.

Artillery captured from the rebels, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Naval Stores - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Revenue Cutter Manning, Cruises in Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Photographs of Revenue Cutter Service Cadets, Ships and Activities. Department of the Treasury

The "Matsushima" bringing in captured Chinese warships. .

2. Königlich Sächsisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 22, Pontoon bridges in Germany, 1907 postcards, 1907, Kriegsmäßiger Brückenschlag

Semaphone practice - American Navy, circa 1915

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Charging cod, Archangel, Kola Peninsula, Russia, c. 1890, Historic, digitally enhanced reproduction of a photochrome print of the period, Europe

The Ordnance Wharf, Balaklava. Roger Fenton; English, 1819-1869. Date: 1855. Dimensions: 20.8 × 24.8 cm (image/paper); 41.7 × 53 cm (mount). Salted paper print, from the album "Photographic Pictures of the Seat of War in the Crimea" (1856). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

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W.J. Reilly

American soldiers on a ship deck, the arrival of the first American forces in France, First World War, photograph by Jean Clair-Guyot from the magazine L'Illustration, year 75, no 3879, July 7, 1917.

The Royal Visit to Canada - Quebec.The first port of call.A close-up view of the old guns on the citadel walls with the old chateau fontenac showing behind on the left.The citadel, perched on the heights of Abraham above the city of Quebec, still speaks of the days when Canada was the scene of constant fighting between British and French Colonising forces. Now there is no more peaceful dominion, thanks to the close and quite-taken-for-granted understanding with the United States. January 1, 1939. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Dutch warships that perished in 1940-1942, c. 1945 - c. 1960 print Leaf with eight Dutch warships that perished in the years 1940-1942, including in the fight against Japan. Eight naval ships are shown: Hr.Ms. O13, Hr.Ms. O22, Hr.Ms. Nautilus, Hr.Ms. Van Meerlant, Hr.Ms. Trawler Carolina, Hr.Ms. Gruno, Hr.Ms. Isaac Sweers and Hr.Ms. K14. Under the ships depicted, a three -faced verse and a text that states when and how the ship perished. Three of the ships depicted are submarines. Part of a group of three plates. Netherlands paper. watercolor (paint) printing

Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. Federal transports with cargoes of artillery on the James. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

British and Russian warships, in the Suez canal, during the Russo-Japanese War. Illustration from French newspaper Le Petit journal. January 1904

German soldiers on a conquered bridge. Three German soldiers are walking across a bridge in Rotterdam who has just been conquered. On the left on the bridge are two dead Dutch soldiers, which is more in front a few boots.

2nd Royal Saxon Pioneer Battalion No. 22 - Ponton BridgeRiesa. 2. K.S. Pioneer bat. No. 22 - Ponton bridge

SHELL ON THE RHINE--An artillery shell from American side of the Rhine drops near a target on the German held east bank.

Photo collection Print Anefo Roussel. Series Print Anefo RDW Own Without Caption. Collection of photo collection prints Anefo Rousel, photo number 157-0067. 1956

Fresh water from the sea: a simple distiller for lifeboats. The K.M. Distiller, producing fresh water and hot drinks, and other life-saving devices for castaways, in use during the Second World War. Date: 1943

'War'. Natives at work on the railways, Egypt 1914-15. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints

2. Royal Saxon Pioneer Battalion No. 22 Flying FerryII. K. S. Pioneer Battalion No. 22. Flying ferry

'In the good old summertime': New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1918, Hornchurch, by Major John Rose.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Photograph of the Revenue Cutter Mohawk. Photographs of Revenue Cutter Service Cadets, Ships and Activities. Department of the Treasury

2. Royal Saxon Pioneer Battalion No. 22 Flying FerryII. K. S. Pioneer Battalion No. 22. Flying ferry

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U. S. Naval Training Station, drill field, U. S. S. Constellation at Wharf, Newport, R.I. , Military facilities, Ships, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Advance parties off to Cairo. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1914, Egypt, by Major John Rose.

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