Galley Collection

Sutton Hoo treasure
A double-page spread relating to the Anglo-Saxon ship burial ground discovered at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. it was filled with many priceless treasures, a few of which are shown here

Venetian Galley 1570
A Venetian Galley (Galleas) at the time of the Battle of Lepanto (1571)

The Quest, 1921
Sectional diagram of the Quest, the ship of the Shackleton-Rowett Oceanographical and Antarctic Expedition of 1921-22. Surrounding the image of the main ship are a number of interior views

A flying hotel: passenger quarters in airship R101
A flying " hotel" : the remarkable passenger quarters in Britains new giant airship, R101. The worlds largest airship

On board the Indus emigrant ship
The cover of The Graphic, 29 June 1872, including five illustrations of life on board the Indus emigrant ship, one of the London Line of Queensland Packets, which set sail from Gravesend

Passengers on the deck of an Emigrant Ship, 1849
Engraving showing emigrants on the deck of their ship, at sea, 1849. A group of children are being taught their lessons by a school master whilst a small crowd gathers around the ships galley

Roman Galley (W / Sails)
A Roman Galley (trireme) under sail

Julius Caesars invasion of Britain
This picture shows the British forces trying to prevent Roman soldiers from landing on the shores of Kent. The Romans, following the standard bearer, wade from their ship toward the shore. Date: 54 BC

George V inspecting Roman galley unearthed in London 1912
George V and Queen Mary inspecting the only Roman boat to be found in Britain during a visit to the London Museum. The galley was unearthed in London on the site of the new County Hall

Deal Galley rowing boat

A Deal Galley, early 1900s

Galley Hill, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Later colouration
14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020

The Riva degli Schiavoni in Venice by Leandro Bassano
Leandro Bassano (1557-1622). Italian mannerist painter. The Riva degli Schiavoni in Venice. Detail. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Egyptian and Phoenician vessels.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages. 1798

An ancient Liburni or Galley with a single tier of rows

Plans and sections of a Maltese Galley. Date: late 17th century

Plan diagrams of a Maltese Galley. Date: 17th Century

Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon
View of the Temple of Bacchus within the Heliopolis, or Temple of Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Elevazione del Tempio di Balbec

Ancient Greek ships - Galleys. Date: BCE

Norman warfare and seacraft: soldiers storming a tower with ladders 253, battle at sea on boats 254, Norman ship with sail, battle galley, ferry with oar and boat 255-258

Galley. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Christiane Henriette Dorothea Westermayr from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

The abandonment of Ariadne on Naxos island by Theseus on a galley. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789

West Indian Pearl Fishers
A group of West Indian pearl fishers in boats dive for pearl amidst larger galley ships. West Indians and Westerners group on the land behind to trade for the pearls. Date: 1494

INVASION OF BRITAIN The English expected that Napoleons army would cross the Channel in huge, flat- bottomed boats, oared like a galley but with sails as well Date: 1803

Capture of the Algerian corsair xebec L Uccello by the Genoese galleys Taggia and San Giorgio on August 11, 1788 near San Remo. Engraving. ITALY. LIGURIA. Genoa. Pegli. Navy Museum

In the well-equipped galley of the Short Sunderland, one of the crew prepares a cup of tea

The galley. Illustration shows the interior of a galley where rows of children are manning the oars; the overseer, a large man, is labeled Greed

In the galley of the Emigrant Ship Indus, 1872
Engraving showing the ships cook hard at work in the galley of the emigrant ship Indus, during the passage from Britain to Australia, 1872

A turkish galley in an encounter with two british warships
Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633-1707). Dutch painter. A turkish galley in an encounter with two british warships, 1672. National Museum of Art. Copenhagen. Denmark

Tacuinum Sanitatis. Boats at sea
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Boats at sea. Folio 88r

C17 Maltese Galley
A Maltese galley running before the wind Date: end of 17th century

Wolverhampton Wanderers FC football team 1936. Back row: Cullis, Morris, Galley, Scott, Weare, Waring, Clayton, Gardiner. Middle row: Davies (Trainer), Smalley, Thompson, Laking, Jones, Iverson

Royal Navy C-Class Light Cruiser HMS Ceres, . Showing Galley Crew - Cup Winner of Sailing Race 1920. Date: 1920

Royal Marines at Deal, Kent - The Commandants Galley Date: circa 1906

DAVILLIER, Jean Charles (1823 - 1883); Dore, Paul Gustave (1832-1883). L Espagne. 1874. Interior of a galley. Engraving. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

BRUGADA VILA, Antonio (1804-1863). Battle of Lepanto. ca. 1850. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Barcelona. Barcelona Maritime Museum

Galley. Detail of the decoration of a ceiling roof, probably by an Aragonese author. Romanesque art. Tempera. SPAIN. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia

Attic black-figured cup. Depiction of a galley. Classical Greek art. Ceramics

C16 Sailing Galley
A Galley Le Sphinx involved in the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571. Date: 16th century

Pennygown Celtic Cross
The Celtic Cross at Pennygown, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland. One one side is a circular design, ending in the tail of a crouching griffin, with a galley underneath it. Date: 1930s

Greek fire ship
A 13th century covered galley, equipped to drop barrels of Greek fire

Ancient Egyptian Galley
A sailing galley, protected from its enemies not only by the courage of her crew but also by the magic eye of Horus and a figurehead representing Anubis. Date: BC

Galley under Sail
Galley under sail Date: circa 1730

Galley Crew 1914
The galleys crew of HMS Nottingham which will be sunk during the battle of Jutland two years from now. Date: 1914

Galley kitchen on an LNWR restaurant car, UK
View inside a galley kitchen on an LNWR (London and North Western Railway) restaurant car, with a chef at work and two uniformed waiters waiting to serve food to their customers

Titanic blueprint (part)
Part of the blueprint of the SS Titanic, showing first, second and third class passenger areas, crew rooms and boiler rooms

Vesuvius Circa 78
A Roman galley sails past Vesuvius, depicted before the catastrophic eruption of 79, which destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

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