Destroys Collection

Battle of Gibraltar
The battle of Gibraltar : a Dutch fleet finds the Spanish fleet in the bay of Gibraltar, and completely destroys it

Samson & Temple / Dore
Samson destroys the temple

Tanks Near Tobruk
North Africa : a German tank destroys a British tank in Marmarica, during the fiercely contested battle for Tobruk, Libya

Samson Destroys Temple
Samson destroys the temple

Belgian Air Force 2
Willy Coppens de Houthuist (born 1892) fights in World War One, specialising in shooting down German observation balloons, of which he destroys 35 ! Date: 1916+

WW2 - British Fighter Plane Destroys Enemy Raider
An illustration showing some British WW2 fighter planes intercepting and destroying enemy raiders attempting to cross our coast. Date: circa 1940s

Kabuki actor as Kiyohime, Japanese traditional story
Kabuki actor as Kiyohime, in a Japanese traditional story involving the beautiful daughter of a village magistrate who falls in love with a young priest

Sennacherib Plague Religion Bible Events Old
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BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE Perry, with a much larger fleet, destroys an English flotilla of 6 schooners, forcing the English to surrender Date: 10 September 1813

Cortes, having landed on mainland, destroys his fleet
Hernan Cortes, having reached Mexico and discovering already a mutiny, decided to sink the ships to stop any more arising. Men in longboats surround ships, either sunk or sinking. Date: 1519

NAVAL BATTLE OF MANILA The American fleet under Dewey totally destroys the Spanish fleet, with no loss Date: 1 May 1898

SACRED OAK DESTROYED
Charlemagne destroys the sacred oak of the Saxons, a symbolic act to show the populace that henceforth they are subject to the Holy Roman Empire Date: circa 785

Air Wonder Stories scifi magazine cover, Destroyimg Waterspout
THE FLIGHT OF THE EASTERN STAR (Ed Earl Repp) - the powerful aircraft destroys a dangerous waterspout by flying through it

Publius Valerius Publicola destroys his own house
Publius Valerius Publicola, a Roman Consul, to dissipate suspicion of his ambitions, destroys his own splendid house on top of the Velian Hill - an instance of Roman high-mindedness and self-sacrifice

Fantastic Adventures - The black Arrow
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, June 1948, featuring the story The black Arrow by Jamieson Wood. Huge black snake struggles in the water and destroys boats of American Indian. Date: 1948

Sennacherib (Barlow)
Assyrian ruler Sennacherib comes down on the Jews like a wolf on the fold, but the Angel of the Lord (in the form of bubonic plague) destroys 185, 000 of them... Date: circa 701 BC

LA Hogue / B West
BATTLE OF LA HOGUE / BARFLEUR The British/Dutch fleet under Russel and Almonde defeats the French fleet under de Tourville; Rooke destroys 15 French vessels Date: 20 May 1692

WW1 - German aircraft views the English Navy - North Sea
WW1 - A German illustration of a battle in the North Sea showing a German aircraft beating-off the English Navy. Three enemy merchant-vessels are being destroyed

WW1 - Belgians destroy railways to hamper German advance
WW1 - Belgians destroy the railway between Landen and St. Trond to hamper German advance Date: 1914

Advert for Sanitas - family antiseptic for wounds 1937
Just a small wound but.... I never run the risk of blood poisoning. As soon as any member of my family gets a scratch or cut, let alone a more serious wound, I instantly apply Sanitas

These photographs from the Woomera range in Australia show how an Armstrong Whitworth Seaslug ship-to-air missile destroys its target

Belgian Air Force 6
Remy van Lierde escapes to England May 1940, joins RAF and has many successes, notably shooting down V1 rockets, of which he destroys 38 flying a Hawker Tempest. Date: 1916+

Wonder Stories Scifi Magazine Cover, Red April
Red April, 1965 - A ray from a spinning ball, created by three enemy ships, destroys an American spaceship. Date: 1932

Sanitas - destroys all disease germs
An advertisement for Sanitas brand disinfectant fluid, as recommended by medical journal The Lancet. Hygiea, Greek goddess of health

Temmincks Pangolin
Manis temmincki - Temmincks pangolin is partial to termite ants, whose nests it destroys enthusiastically before eating their inhabitants

Payta Bombarded
Anson, in the course of his round-the-world voyage, bombards and nearly destroys the town of Payta in northern Peru

Naval Battle LA Hogue
BATTLE OF LA HOGUE / BARFLEUR The British/Dutch fleet under Russel and Almonde defeats the French fleet under de Tourville; Rooke destroys 15 French vessels

Naval Combat 1812
Naval combat : the American warship Constitution destroys the British Java

Magic Sword, Japan
Yamato-Dake destroys his enemies with his magic sword which also protects him from fire

Lysander Destroys Athens
Lysander destroys the walls of Athens

Pilot Destroys Truck
A British pilot destroys fourteen ammunition trucks with a single bomb

Sydney Destroys Emden
Australian cruiser Sydney destroys the German raider Emden off North Keeling Island

Warneford Downs Zeppelin
Flight Sub-Lieutenant R.A.J. Warneford destroys the first Zeppelin, over Ghent, earning the Victoria Cross. He died in a plane crash in Paris just ten days later

Crinoline Destroys Love
Frustrated at every turn poor Adolphus, defeated by the crinoline, decides to leave the fashion conscious Kitty. Whale bone and metal triumph over love

Naval Combat (Fiction)
The British navy destroys a German destroyer - illustration to a fiction story based on real-life naval events

Quiberon Bay (Ford)
BATTLE OF QUIBERON BAY Hawke drives a French fleet under Conflans into Quiberon Bay on the French coast, then sails in and takes or destroys most of his ships

Destroying Documents
Before the house search - Warned of an imminent visit from the police, a Russian subversive destroys incriminating letters and documents

Boniface in Germany
Devon-born saint BONIFACE is sent by pope Gregorius II to evangelise the German pagans. He destroys the oak of Thor, founds monasteries, but is murdered by pagans. Date: 675? - 754?

Chicago Riots 1894 - 2
RAILWAY STRIKE AT CHICAGO The rioting mob destroys the Panhandle Freight Yards

Destruction of Grand Taboo
The British HM Penelope destroys the town of Grand Taboo in Ghana

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