Hogarth, Gin Lane. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin (which later became the Gin Act)
Newcastle Bridge - OldThe bridge over the Tyne at Newcastle, with buildings on it, destroyed by flood in 1771
The Sinking of the BismarckThe sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck. In response to sinking the HMS Hood, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to " Sink the Bismarck"
Alexandria LibraryScholars examine the scrolls of the library of Alexandria, the greatest collection of the ancient world, burnt in 47 and finally destroyed by Moslem general Amrou 22 December 640
Scene near Mametz Wood, Western Front, WW1German ammunition wagons destroyed by British artillery fire near Mametz Wood on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
The King of Ashantis Palace at Kumasi, 1874The King of Ashantis palace at Kumasi, the Ashanti capital, viewed from the east in 1874 towards the end of the second Ashanti War (1873-74)
The War of the WorldsTHE WAR OF THE WORLDS A Martian fighting-machine is destroyed by a hit from a shell
Damage to Canterbury Cathedral Library, WW2 - Baedeker Blitz" Canterbury under fire" - Damage sustained to the Cathedal LIbrary examined by Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury, by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2
The Eddystone Lighthouse of 1698Engraving of the Eddystone lighthouse, built by Henry Winstanley in 1698, which was destroyed in a storm in 1703. Winstanley, a London merchant
CUTTY SARK CLIPPERChina clipper, though she only made 8 voyages to China before steamships destroyed the clipper business : she then became a wool carrier, then a training ship
LFB at 25 pump fire, warehouse in FulhamLFB firefighters in action at a fire in Fulham, where 100 tons of paraffin wax ignited in a riverside warehouse. The major blaze required 25 pumps
Captain Charles UphamPortrait of double VC winner, Captain Charles Upham (). Born in New Zealand, Upham was a sheep farmer who distinguished himself during World War Two on two occasions
Fante Soldiers serving with the British against the AshantiSoldiers from the Fante tribe who served under the British in their war against the Ashanti empire on the Gold Coast. In 1873
The High Altar of St. Pauls Cathedral; Second World War, 19Photograph showing the High Altar of St. Pauls Cathedral, London, after a German bomb had exploded on the choir roof and destroyed a large section of roof, 1940
Your Britain - Fight for it NOW - World War 2 public information Poster designed by Abram Games for the War Office - first published in 1942. Date: 1942
Indian Ocean MauritiusBird s-eye view of the harbour of Port Louis before a third of the town was destroyed this year by a hurricane
Lytham Lighthouse, Lancashire, 1863Engraving of the Lytham lighthouse, Lancashire, which was built circa. 1848 and was destroyed by heavy gales in 1863
Cardigan Castle / WalesCardigan Castle, in the town of Cardigan, Ceredigion. The castle was finally destroyed (in part) by Cromwell in the Civil War
Punic War, Cato & SenatePUNIC WARS Cato insists to the Senate that Carthage is a threat to Rome and must be destroyed
Horstead Watermill, on the River Bure, Norfolk, was one of the most beautiful weatherboarded wooden mills in England. Tragically destroyed by fire on 23 January 1963
Battle of Cluys / FroissarAt the battle of SLUYS, the English fleet of 200 totally defeats the French fleet of 70, capturing or destroying virtually every vessel
The Fall of the German airship L-21 by Fortunino Matania, WW1The destruction of the German Zeppelin L-21 over Cuffley, Hertfordshire after being shot down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2nd/3rd September 1916
Boeing SM-80 Minuteman ICBM is launched on a test flight from Cape Canaveral on 19 May 1961. The rocket had to be destroyed after it veered off course following second stage ignition
LCC-LFB Aftermath of a major school fire, HackneyA major fire destroyed over 50% of the school roof and a quarter of the first floor classrooms at the Hackney Downs School in East London
Old Coventry CathedralThe altar and east end of the cathedral of Saint Michael. Building began in 1373, on the site of an earlier cathedral. Mostly destroyed during the Blitz on 14 November 1940
WW1 - White Chateau, Hollebeke in ruinscirca 1910s
USA - Holyrood, Conception Bay (Newfoundland) - Holyrood, Conception Bay (Newfoundland). Holyrood is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No
Charles VRUBENS, Peter Paul (1577-1640). The Emperor Charles V and the Empress Isabella. 1628. Copy of the original portrait by Titian destroyed in the fire at the Alcạ r of Madrid in 1734
Clerkenwell Prison explosionEffects of the explosion at the house of detention, Clerkenwell, seen from within the prison yard: police officers and firemen searching the ruins
Equipment left at Dunkirk WWIIEquipment left at Dunkirk including this destroyed British flak gun during World War II
THE ACROPOLIS, MYCENAEA general view of the Acropolis at Mycenae. The primary remains at the site are the walls and tombs. The Palace has been almost totally destroyed over time
Monitor / Merrimac / CardThe Battle of Hampton Roads. The Confederates armoured frigate Merrimac destroyed many Federal vessels, but retreated following action with Monitor, a turret ship
Buildings / Seven WondersBuilt by the Greeks, almost entirely in marble, in Ephesus, now part of Turkey. Destroyed by Herostratus in 356 BC in an attempt to immortalise his name
Great Fire of ChicagoMore than half of the city is destroyed by a fire
Herculaneum RuinsThe ruins of the town of Herculaneum, Italy, less famous than Pompeii, but destroyed in the same series of eruptions of Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Date: 1930s
The Burning of the Alexandra Palace, 1873Engraving showing the view inside the Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill, as the Grand Organ and orchestra was destroyed by fire, June 1873
Panorama of Richmond, Virginia after capture by FederalsPanorama of the city of Richmond, Virginia (the top engraving joins with the lower one, end to end) in April 1865 when it was entered by Federal troops after the Confederacy had evacuated the city
Bomb damage in PlymouthThe morning after the raid - Plymouth. Mr Widdicombe walks through the bombed streets to salvage what he can of his belongings
Scene of the Fatal Explosion at BirminghamScene following an explosion that took place on the premises of Messrs. Pursall and Phillips, percussion-cap manufacturers, in Whittall Street, St. Marys Square, Birmingham
Bremen LaunchedIn her heyday this fine German liner wins the Atlantic record, but in WW2 she becomes a naval accommodation ship, destroyed by fire in 1941
Twist / Evidence DestroyedThe evidence destroyed
Emden Shells MadrasThe German cruiser Emden bombards the oil tanks in the harbour of Madras, India, and causes substantial damage to shipping. But she, too, will be destroyed
Royal Exchange (OriginalInspired by the bourse at Antwerp, Thomas Gresham built the first Royal Exchange at Cornhill, City of London; it was destroyed in the Fire of London, 1666
WW1 - Chateau Caulaincourt destroyed - Passage over SommeWW1 - Chateau Caulaincourt destroyed (by dynamite by the retreating German forces) - Passage over Somme cleared by British Army. Date: 1917
Etna destroyed by volcano eruption, probably early 1900s
WW1 - Battle of Ypres - The canal at Boezinge showing destroyed bridge - 6th August 1917
Hillson Praga G-AEUT (msn HA.35), licence-built Praga E.114B, by F. Hills & Sons Ltd of Manchester. (destroyed at Sinalunga, Siena, Tuscany on 19 June 1957. Date: circa 1955
Tugan LJW. 7A Gannet VH-UXETugan LJW7 Gannet VH-UXE (msn TA.56), also known later as the Wackett Gannet after its designer Lawrence Wackett, was a small twin-engined airliner built by Tugan Aircraft in Australia in the 1930s