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Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, HampshireThe Training Ship Mercury was established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare. The ship, a barque previously named Illova, was originally moored at Binstead on the Isle of Wight
The Cromdale wrecked at Bass Point, The Lizard, CornwallThe Cromdale, a fully rigged iron sailing barque, wrecked in heavy fog at Bass Point, The Lizard, Cornwall, on 23 May 1913. Date: 1913
Parma was a four-masted steel-hulled barque which was built in 1902 as Arrow for the Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London. In 1912 she was sold to F. Laeisz, Hamburg, Germany
Herzogin Cecilie nearing Falmouth, CornwallThe Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), nearing Falmouth, Cornwall
Sailing barque near Montreux
Sailing barge near Montreux Switzerland in the 1880s
Hardy Sugar barque, Cork, Ireland
Cork Harbour - Hardy Sugar Barque - early 1900s
A Barque on Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), SwitzerlandA Barque on Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), looking toward the Dents du Midi, a three-kilometre-long mountain range in the Chablais Alps in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
A Barque on Lac Leman, SwitzerlandA Barque on Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s
Gallant Affair of the Hecla and Arrogant, 20 May 1854 - cutting out a Russian barque from under the batteries of Eckness. The Arrogant, anchoring off the batteries, kept up a furious cannonade
Painted wooden stela of Neswy. EgyptPainted wooden stela of Neswy with his Ba at the top. The scenes shown arranged in horizontal bands, from top to bottom, the winged solar disk flanked by the goddesses Nekhbet
Wreck of the ship Cromdale at the LizardThe British built iron sailing barque Cromdale ran into the Lizard rocks in thick fog on May 23 1913. She was carrying a cargo of nitrates from Chile and was a total wreck Date: 1913
Naval architecture of the Berbers: barque 1, stambecco warship 2, polacca 3, and pink or pinque mechant ship 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Paolo Socroaldi from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient
Lady Elizabeth ? Stanley Harbour?Lady Elizabeth?, an iron barque of 1, 155 tons built by Robert Thompson Jr. of Southwick, Sunderland and launched on 4 June 1879
Humorous Postcard by Cynicus - Seaside SketchesHumorous Postcard : A smack at the buoy, Anchoring after a swell, A barque at a little cove and Treasures of the Deep. Date: 1908
Egypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. Horus in battle with god SethEgypt. Edfu. Temple of Horus. 3rd century B.C. Relief depicting the god Horus standing on a boat and avenging his fathers murder in a battle with his Uncle, the god Seth
Evert Taube statue, Goteborg, SwedenStatue of Evert Axel Taube, Swedish author, artist, composer and singer (1890-1976) with the four-mast barque Viking in the background, in Goteborg (Gothenburg), Vastergotland, Sweden
Egypt. Dendera. Temple complex. Roman Birth House of Mammisi. Emperor Trajan, depicted as a pharaoh wearing the red crown, offers the Sokar-Hennu sacred boat. Relief. Third Intercolumnar wall
Egyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Horus boatEgyptian Art. Dendera. Hathor Temple. Relief depicting the Horus boat
Matchbox holder with AIF cap badge, WW1Matchbox holder - made in Birmingham - with the Australian Imperial Force cap badge impressed upon it. On reverse, commemorating the Battle Honours of the 4th Battalion AIF
Thomas Henty, PioneerTHOMAS HENTY Sussex banker and landowner inspired by news of the Swan River Settlement chartered a barque and emigrated to Australia as pioneer settler. Date: 1775 - 1839
Herzogin Cecilie wrecked off Starhole Bay, DevonThe Herzogin Cecilie, a German four mast barque (Windjammer), named after German Crown Princess Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886-1954), on the rocks off Starhole (Starehole) Bay
Sailing ship Queen MargaretSailing ship (barque) Queen Margaret, launched in 1893. She later became stranded at Lizard Point, Cornwall, where her cargo of wheat swelled, causing the vessel to break up
Head of an ibex. Dynasty 21. EgyptHead of an ibex of a sacred barque. Dynasty 21. Third Intermediate Period. 1070-946 BC. Bronze with gold. Neues Museum. Berlin. Germany
Ptolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Sacred solar boat. EgypPtolemaic temple of Hathor and Maat. Polychrome reliefs that decorate the interior. Sacred solar boat. Deir el-Medina. Egypt
Temple of Ramses III. Sacred solar boat procession. Relief. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt
Temple of Ramses III. Sacred solar boat carried by priests. Relief. New Kingdom. (1550-1069 b.C). Twentieth dynasty. Thebes. Medinet-Habou. Egypt
Sacred solar boat carried by priests. Relief. Ramesseum. EgyRamesseum. Relief depicting the sacred solar boat carried by priests. 13th century B.C. Nineteenth Dynasty. New Kingdom. Necropolis of Thebes. Valley of the Kings. Egypt
Norway / Stavanger 1909Stavanger: timber barque off the coast Date: 1909
C19 BARQUEA BARQUE heels over in a heavy sea Date: circa 1840
Shipwreck of the Norwegian Barque Fornjot, Lowestoft, SuffolShipwreck of the Norwegian Barque Fornjot, Lowestoft, near Great Yarmouth, Suffolk, England. Date: 1907
Crew on board the Marion Josiah (later Tijuca)Crew on board the Marion Josiah sailing vessel (later renamed the Tijuca), a four-mast barque built in Glasgow. The ship was sunk by a German torpedo in 1917. early 20th century
Ruined house at Le Barque, Western Front, WW1A ruined house at Le Barque, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917
Ruined brickwork in Le Barque, Western Front, WW1A close-up of ruined brickwork in Le Barque, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917
Ships that pass by G. H. DavisShips that pass -- some notes for our readers who are spending their holidays by the sea shore. The ships are: cargo steamer, liner, coasting steamer, seagoing tug, oil carrier, racing yawl
View of Indianola. Taken from the bay, on the Royal Yard, on
Sea Scouts receiving training on sailing rigsSea Scouts receiving training on different styles of sailing rig. circa 1950
Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (5 / 7)Lake Garda (Italian - Lago di Garda or Benaco) - the largest lake in Italy. A two-masted sailing barge (barque) moored up at a harbour at Riva to receive a cargo of sacks of grain. Date: circa 1910s
Course de Cote de la Barque - 19th July 1931 Date: 1931
Italian Lakes - Commercial Craft (4 / 7)The distinctive two-masted sailing barge (barque) on the still waters of Lake (Lago) Leman in Northern Italy Date: circa 1910s
Boatmen of Jaffa in their barque, Israel (then under Ottoman control) - the boatmen used to ferry visitors from larger ships into the port in these craft. Date: circa 1903
Fishing boat on a calm sea - off the coast of Belgium Date: circa 1910s
Switzerland - Lac Leman (Lake Geneva), featuring Chillon Castle and a traditional barque boat Date: 1898
Switzerland - Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) - BarqueSwitzerland - Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) in the moonlight, featuring a traditional barque boat sailing off the shore close to Montreux (visible in the background). Date: circa 1898
CALIFORNIA BARQUEFour-masted barque of the White Star Line. Date: 1890
The Terra Nova, 1903Photograph of the three-masted barque, Terra Nova, taken in 1903 when she was setting out for the Antarctic to try to find and help the Discovery expedition
The Barque Berean off Tilbury, 1910Photograph showing the Swedish barque Berean aground off Tilbury, Thames estuary, 1910. The Berean had collided with a German steamer off Gravesend and had begun to take on water