Vessels Collection (page 2)

Events / Greece
At SALAMIS, the Greek fleet of 370 vessels defeats the Persian fleet of 1000+, thus forcing Xerxes to cancel his plan to invade Greece

Vessels of the Spanish Armada wrecked on the rocky Irish west coast after being driven there by storms, September 1588. Date: 1588

Cartoon, Honourable Ratio
Honourable Ratio: or, Naval Conversationsin London. Ratio 5:5:3, between Great Britain, United States of America and Japan. Date: 1934

Poster for Union Castle / Safmarine boat services Date: circa 1970s

DUTCH MERCHANT VESSELS
Dutch West Indies Merchant Vessels. Date: early 17th century

Valletta, Malta - View of Grand Harbour from Barrakka lift
Valletta, Malta - View of the Grand Harbour from the Barrakka lift (which links the Grand Harbour to the Upper Barrakka Gardens and Valletta city centre)

Reconstructed Warships back in Service. Date: 1939

Harbour at Ostend, Belgium - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Caesar disembarked in Britain (54 BC), placing his ships on dry ground within his camp. Engraving. Commentaires de Cesar, avec des notes historiques

Africa. Congo. The fleet of the international expedition
History of Africa. 19th century. The fleet of the international expedition at Banana Point, near the Dutch factory. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Africa. Loanda. San Pablo de Loanda. Panorama of the port
History of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Panorama of the port. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre

Blakeney, Norfolk
An oil painting of the coastal village of Blakeney, in the county of Norfolk, England. Some large vessels are docked by the platform, where some figures can be seen, waiting. Date: circa 1920

In Memoriam
An etching which acts as a tribute to the lives lost during World War 1, elements include a memorial stone, which reads 1914-1915, 1916-1917 indicating those that have died during this period

Industrial Dock
This painting shows a man with some rope, with some boats at a dock surrounded by industrial buildings. Stacks of timber are contained in one of the vessels. Date: circa 1915

RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature

Cunard liners Mauretania and Lusitania, Canada Dock
Cunard liners Mauretania and Lusitania, William Affleck Anderson Archive. An extremely rare postcard of the Cunard sister ships Lusitania and Mauretania together

RMS Titanic - items from Erik Jaer Archive
RMS Titanic - items from the Erik Jaer Archive. Mr Jaer was a Norwegian man working in the United States in 1912. The archive comprises letters and photographs of Mr Jaer, and newspaper cuttings

RMS Titanic - RMS Virginian Christmas card
RMS Titanic - unusual RMS Virginian Christmas card for December 1912. The Virginian was one of the vessels that took Titanic's distress calls

Queen Victoria's departure from Kingstown Harbour, Dublin, 10 August 1849 Date: 1849

Journey of the King and Queen of Spain to Galicia (August 9, 1881). Galicia, La Coruna province, Ferrol. The corvette Tornado, leading to King Alfonso XII and Queen Maria Cristina

British, French, American and German battleships - British (HMS Kent), French (Leon Gambetta), American (USS Washington) and German (Prince Adalbert). Date: circa 1903

Battle of Cape Ecnomus, First Punic War
Battle of Cape Ecnomus (Eknomos), a naval battle fought off southern Sicily in 256 BCE between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War. 1. Carthaginian fleet, 2

The Salvage Yard
This pencil drawing shows a large salvage yard for ships and vessels. Date: circa 1921

The Red Sail, Venice
Watercolour painting of a boat close by in Venice, Italy. In the background, there floats many other sailing vessels. Date: circa 1930

HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Royal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy

Queen Victoria naming the ship Royal Albert at Woolwich Dockyard in London. Date: 1854

Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L. Rawson flying over Alexandra Palace, London. Date: 22nd July 1905

The Naval programme announced by Alexandra, First of the Admiralty, giving details of reductions in the budget of 1929-30. Date: 1930

Battle of the Wasp and Frolic
The capture of brig HMS Frolic of twenty guns by the sloop of American ship USS Wasp. Date: 1812

British Naval Manoeuvres off Moda, Turkey - Vessels involved were The HMS Iron Duke, The HMS Benbow, the HMS Marlborough, HMS Emperor of India, HMS Ajax and HMS Centurion - July 30, 1923. Date: 1923

Maitos, Chanakkale - Turkey - Panorama with Royal Navy Ships (from left): HMS Emperor of India, HMS Centurion and HMS Benbow Date: 1923

The English fleet before Cadiz, Spain, 30 June 1596, prior to an attack on the harbour, followed by the storming and capture of Cadiz, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1596

A Great name in British Naval History - The Nine Royal Navy vessels to bear the name Vanguard (1586-1946). Date: 1946

Lieutenant Edward Nicolls boarding a French privateer cutter, the Albion, off Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo, West Indies, 5 November 1803. Date: 1803

Fishermen unloading their catch during the herring harvest, October and November. Date: November 1910

French enemy ships stranded off the Point of Grao (or Grau, the port of Valencia, Spain), during the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1811-1812

Porter filling water containers, India, c. 1880 s
Porters filling water containers, India, c.1880 s

WW2 - Corvette of the Wild Waterbird class which transported the ILN special artist C E Turner around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941

WW2 - Corvette versus Submarine - Corvette wins
WW2 - Corvette versus submarine and the corvette wins: A dramatic incident in The Battle of the Atlantic Date: 1941

WW2 - Corvette on guard - The Battle of the Atlantic
WW2 - Corvette on guard during The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacks
WW2 - A corvette screening a convoy of Merchantmen, bringing them safely home protected from enemy attacks. 1941

Sinking of HMS Courageous, September 1939
Photograph of aircraft carrier HMS Courageous as it sinks, having been torpedoed by a German submarine, 17 September 1939

Americans queuing to try and leave Britain, September 1939
American nationals queuing outside the United States Lines offices in a n attempt to return home, following the outbreak of war in September 1939

Three children, survivors of the Athenia, September 1939
Three young girls; Margot from London, Theodora from Toronto and Virginia from Detroit, photographed after being rescued from the transatlantic passenger liner, the Athenia

H. M. destroyer rescues passengers of the Athenia, Sept 1939
Sailors on a British destroyer are shown holding onto former passengers of the Athenia in a lifeboat, 1939. The Sphere comments on the swell which made the rescue operation more difficult

Lifeboats watching the Athenia as it sinks, Sept 1939
Illustration of overcrowded lifeboats as they watch the transatlantic ocean liner, the Athenia, sink. The ships are shown lighting flares

Explosion of a hatch on the Athenia, September 1939
Illustration of the explosion as a torpedo from a German submarine hit the port side No. 5 hatch of the Athenia, a British transatlantic passenger liner

Spanish Armada setting sail for England on 18 May 1588 - about 130 vessels with 24, 000 soldiers and sailors on board. Date: 1588

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