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Silhouettes of wartime scenes with soldiersSilhouettes of wartime scenes, showing soldiers in various situations. From the top: every dog has his day, the last straw, empty vessels cause the most sound, and a couple is not always a pair
Villefrance-sur-Mer toward Cap FerratVillefrance-sur-Mer, France, looking past the moored French fleet toward Cap Ferrat Date: circa 1920s
Card Series 5He equips a fleet of three vessels at the port of Palos, and sets sail for the New World despite the doubts and fears of his crew. Date: 1446 - 1506
Dogali - Italian naval vessels in dockDogali, Italy - Italian naval vessels in dock Date: circa 1910s
Exeter QuaySailing vessels at the quay : Exeter was formerly a port of some importance, despite being a few miles from the sea. Date: circa 1910
Teignmouth QuayA glimpse of Teignmouth, Devonshire, England, seen from the deck of one of the fishing vessels moored in the Old Quay. Date: early 1960s
Stormy CoastA storm drives sailing vessels onto the shore. Date: 1901
A Sea Battle - New Guinea
Sardine boats - Southern FranceSardine boats - Saint Jean de Luz, Southern France. View of the quay and (back left) the Maison de l Infante (House of the Infanta)
Copenhagen HarbourSteamers and sailing vessels moored at the quays at Kvaesthusbroen, in Kjobenhavn harbour. Date: 1888
Monitor / Merrimac / BeilchThe Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship. Date: 8-9 March 1862
Attacking Channel ShipsGerman JU-87 Stukas and Messerschmitt 110s operating from French bases attack shipping in the Thames estuary, sinking many allied vessels Date: December 1940
Monitor & MerrimacThe Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship. Date: 8-9 March 1862
Italians Attack ShipsItalian warships fire on suspicious-looking vessels in the Aegean Date: November 1940
Events / Britain 1510Scottish hero Sir Andrew Wood defeats English insurgents in his ships " The Yellow Carvel" and " The Flower". The English vessels were in the Firth of Forth to raid the area
Boat Invention / LincolnAn improved system for buoying vessels, patented by Abraham Lincoln, future President of the United States. A model of the invention and facsimile drawings are shown here Date: 1849
Ships of the Conquest696 vessels of this type, similar to Viking boats, are used by duke William to bring his forces to England. Each carries about 100 men. In the foreground is the Commander s. Date: 1066
Docks, fishing vessels and smoke houses, Hull, YorkshireView of the docks in Hull (Kingston upon Hull), Yorkshire, with fishing vessels and smoke houses, where the fish was smoked
Trading vessels at Solva, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA view of trading vessels, with a group of people on the shore, at Solva, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
The Terra Nova mourns for her CommanderThe ensign flying at half-mast on the Scott Polar expeditions vessel in February 1913, as it neared Lyttelton in New Zealand following the relief partys discovery of Captain Scott
Dockside facility for loading bananasA dockside facility for loading bananas, with various vessels nearby
Georgia - Tbilisi - TinsmithsTinsmiths at work in their shop at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis. Located strategically at the crossroads between Europe and Asia
Croatia - Opatija (Abbazia) - HarbourThe Boat harbour at Opatija (Abbazia), Croatia
Metal worker at Matiari, West Bengal, IndiaA metal worker makes a brass pot by traditional methods at Matiari, a village in West Bengal, India. Date: 2007
South American ceramicsItems of material culture from South America. Distinctive ceramic bowls and drinking vessels, sporting fierce mask faces and anthropomorphic forms. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard
The Admiralty and naval vessels - AlgiersThe Admiralty and elements of the Algerian Navy. The lighthouse can be seen in rear
Boatmen on the Golden Horn, Constantinople, Turkey
Senegal RiverSailing vessels in the mouth of the Senegal River
Great Snowstorm 1881Various ships and vessels including the Lucknow and Havelock on Ryde Pier are battered by the great snow storm & gales of 18th January 1881
Portland Harbour - Croatian Mother ShipA Croatian Mother Ship with two Croatian (Yugoslavian as was at this time) submarines moored at the Naval Base at Portland, Dorset
Royal Navy at PortlandRoyal Navy vessels moored at Portland Harbour, Dorset
Island of Samos - Turkish Troops evacuatingIsland of Samos - Turkish troops called to evacuate island after the Revolution of September 1912 - the infantry is seen boarding Samos sailing vessels
Crimea War ShipsBritish naval vessels in the harbour at Balaklava, with tarpaulins stretched over the decks against the cold
Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, 1874Bombardment of Fort Masnaah, Gulf of Oman, by two vessels of the Royal Navy, H.M.S. Rifleman and H.M.S. Philomel and the Hugh Rose, a vessel from the Bombay Marine service
Fishing Boats on the Sea of Marmara, Istanbul
Burin, Newfoundland. Aerial view of the harbour and part of the town with anchored sailing vessels
Laundry on an Italian Submarine; Second World War, 1943Photograph showing the crew of an Italian submarine airing their blankets and bedding on arrival at Malta in 1943. When Italy fell that year
Norway North CapeFishing vessels off the Cape
Charlemagne & NorsemenAs if the Saracens aren t problem enough, Charlemagne also has to deal with the Norsemen : he watches with apprehension the approach of their vessels
Trading VesselsTrading vessels in an Italian sea-port
PERU / LIMA / 1591Spanish vessels of the Conquistadors in the harbour at Lima
Women of the Pimo Tribe, 1858Illustration showing a group of native American Indian women of the Pimo tribe carrying baskets and water vessels on their heads, wearing full wrap around skirts and heavy jewellery
Below Decks on an Emigrant Ship, 1849Engraving showing a family of emigrants, below decks, poring over a large map, working out the position of the ship on its long voyage to Australia
Sacred Jewish VesselsJEWISH CEREMONIAL VESSELS despite its modern appearance, this fine print is from a 15th century Spanish manuscript
Tunis, Circa 1760View from the sea looking towards the town and the country beyond, with galleys large and small and sailing ships in the outer harbour, smaller vessels in the inner
Federal Ironclad Keokuk off Charleston Harbor, 1863Engraving showing the Federal ironclad Keokuk and other battered vessels after their attack on the Confederate held Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbour
Ship of JupiterOn the planet Jupiter, electrical power propels the ocean-going vessels through the sea of sticky heavy oil which would clog the propellors used on Earth
Ship of CallistoOn Callisto, one of Jupiter;s moons, they have trees which grow beneath the water, and from the bark of these they construct their vessels which are rowed like Earth galleys