Baltic Collection (page 7)

Fly in amber

Quercus bract in baltic amber
A bract from the male flower of an oak tree in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Baltic amber

Moth preserved in Baltic amber
A moth preserved in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene period, about 40 million years old

Corydasialis inexpectatus

Arachnids in an amber pendant
Two arachnids (Phalaphium sp.) harvestman and (Oxyopes sp.) lynx spider trapped and preserved in amber. The amber has been made into a pendant for a necklace

Unfinished painting of a woman by David Wright
Unfinished painting of a woman, possibly the artists wife, Esme, by David Wright, Britains foremost pin-up artist of the wartime era. Date: c.1944

Scobia spinosa, fungus gnat in amber
A fungus gnat length 5.5mm, trapped and preserved in Baltic amber

Fungus gnat in amber
Fungus gnat, about 2mm in length, in Eocene Baltic amber about 40 million years old

Amber on a Norfolk beach
Amber is a fossilised form of tree resin. Baltic amber is occasionally washed up on the beaches of eastern Britain

Salona, Tusculum of the Baltic Administrator, Dalmatia, Austro-Hungary. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Schloss Postenden, Latvia
Schloss Postenden - a mansion built by ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea - at Courland, Latvia. Date: circa 1905

Polish Coastal Scene
Scene on the Baltic coast, near Palanga in Zmudzi, at this time accredited to Poland but (21st century) to Lithuania. Date: circa 1850

Russian battleship Tsarevich at Toulon, France
The Russian battleship HIRM Tsarevich (or Tsesarevich), named after the heir to the Russian throne. Built in France, launched 1900, commissioned 1901, seen here at Toulon

British fleet in Baltic on its way to Reval (Tallinn), WW1
The British fleet in the Baltic on its way to Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia) just after the end of the First World War. Date: December 1918

HMS Caradoc, British light cruiser, post-WW1
HMS Caradoc, British Caledon group C-class light cruiser, launched 1916, part of the Grand Fleet during the latter part of the First World War, also served in the Second World War

Memorial to victims of Russian Outrage
A memorial to George Henry Smith and Richard William Leggett of the ill-fated trawler Crane, who lost their lives as a cause of action by the Russian Baltic Fleet on October 22nd 1904

Capture of Rimskaya during Russian Civil War
Capture of Rimskaya, near Archangel in northern Russia, by the Syren Force Artillery during the British intervention in the Russian Civil War. Date: 3 August 1919

Croatia - Rijeka (Fiume) - Fishermen Date: 1906

Russian Ships Incanal
Warships of the Russian Baltic Fleet pass through the Canal on their way to Port Arthur, to take part in the war with Japan : soon, many of these ships will be under water. Date: December 1904

Banquet aboard H. M.s Wellington
Entertainment to Admiral Dundas, on board H.M.S Wellington of the Baltic Fleet

Kosovo - traditional national dance
Traditional National Dance of Kosovo - three dancers in full traditional costume perform the Kolo Dance

Activity on the waterfront at Gdansk, Poland
Activity on the waterfront at Gdansk (Danzig), Poland

Orient Line cruises to Norway & the Baltic
Poster advertising Orient Line cruises to Norway and the Baltic, with 20000 ton steamers

Panoramic view of Bergen, Norway
Bergen, Norway - in the county of Hordaland on the south-western coast. The city centre is situated among a group of mountains known as De syv fjell ( The Seven Mountains )

Gdansk, Poland - the Lighthouse - Nowy Port East Breakwater Light

Letter from Captain EJ Smith
A two-page letter from EJ Smith, future Captain of the ill-fated SS Titanic, to My dear Alvin Taylor. It is written on RMS Baltic White Star Line headed paper

Mirage in the Baltic
Mirage of the English fleet in the Baltic, observed from the steam-frigate The Archer

Danzig a Free City
The Baltic port of Danzig is made a free city to ensure access to the sea

Seamen Harangued
Russian Baltic seamen gather for the pleasure of being harangued by Soviet leader Zinoviev

Launch of HMS Windsor Castle, September 1852
Engraving of the re-launch of HMS Windsor Castle, 140 Gun First rate warship, on 14th September 1852 at Pembroke Dockyard

Bomarsund Bombarded - 2
HMS Bulldog bombards Bomarsund, a Russian fortress in the Baltic, softening it up before it is taken by a combined French and British force under sir Charles Napier

Lubeck as Trade Centre
Lubeck, strategically located on the Baltic coast, becomes a leading trading centre of the Hanseatic League, doing extensive business with Scandinavia

Kronstadt Birds Eye
The island, harbour and fortifications of this Important port on the Baltic, at the time of the Crimea War

POMMERN IN THE BALTIC
The German balloon Pommern comes down in the Baltic : the three passengers are all drowned

Bomarsund Bombarded - 1
Bomarsund, a Russian fortress in the Baltic, is bombarded by Hecla and other British warships before being taken by a combined French and British force under sir Charles Napier

Fighting in Latvia
2nd Baltic Front Soviet Gunners firing on German positions at the town of Ogre (Latvia)

Kiel Canal Opened
After eight years work, the Nord-Ostsee Kanal (also known as the Kiel Kanal, formerly the Kaiser Wilhelm Kanal) links the North and Baltic seas, near Kiel

Rj War / Suez Canal
The Russian Baltic Fleet passes eastwards through the Suez Canal, the shortest way to the scene of the fighting

Bridge of Kiel Canal
A bridge over the Kiel Canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic

Lock on Kiel Canal
Kiel Canal linking the North Sea and the Baltic : Hollenau Locks

Passengers Embarking
Travelers going aboard a ship bound for the Baltic. So this could be at Newcastle

North-Sea Canal
The Nord-Ostseekanal (or Kiel Kanal) links North Sea and Baltic, enabling Germany to move her warships from one sea to another. Its the worlds busiest artificial waterway

Oeresund Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Oeresund, Denmark, located where the North Sea touches the Baltic

Prehistoric Industry
Inhabitants of the Baltic island of Rugen engaged in making utensils of silex (flint)

Stralsund Besieged 1628
Wallenstein besieges STRALSUND, on the Baltic : a parley with the defenders

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