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Rowing Boat EightOar pattern: a study of a typical rowing eight a rowing boat team of eight men, seen from a bridge above
Rowing Boat OarsRowing boat oars. Date: 1930s
Poster advertising Aegean cruises around the Greek islands, including Skiathos, Delos, Skyros, Milos and Mykonos
Training Ship Mercury and boys racing crew, River HambleThe racing crew of the training ship Mercury with the ship itself in the background
Grace Darling, rowing with her fatherGrace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands
Queens College Cambridge rowing team on the River Cam, near Searles Boathouse and Winter Boat Builders. Date: early 20th century
Rowing in 1935A woman sits and rows a boat single-handedly on the Norfolk Broads during the 1930s
Bedroom boat-race practiceAn enthusiastic " Blue" leaves nothing to chance and recreates rowing conditions with the help of three tin baths, some wheels and a pair of oars in his bedroom
Miss Lucy Pocock, sculling championMiss Lucy Pocock, the winner of the Thamesside Water Womens sculling championship. She came from a family of boat builders and sculling champions
Boy in school uniform rowing a boat. Date: circa 1920s
National Nautical School, PortisheadBoys holding oars in a boat - possibly in the Schools swimming pool - at the National Nautical School, Portishead, near Bristol. Date: circa 1945
Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender) is helped to escape by boat from Scotland. 1746
Jolly Bathing girl on the beach at Giulianova, ItalyA jolly bathing girl standing atop a lightweight oared catamaran on the beach at Giulianova, a coastal town and commune in the province of Teramo of central Italy. Date: circa late 1930s
Randan SkiffA RANDAN SKIFF, used on the Thames. Remarkably, it has three oars, which you might think would result in one side of the boat moving faster than the other
Poster, Lugano, Switzerland. 20th century
The sacred trireme arrives at TyreArrival at Tyre of the Athenian ambassadors in the sacred trireme, Paralos. They travelled to pledge anew the loyalty of Athens to Alexander the Great. 331BC
Maidenhead 1950SA view of the silvery river Thames at Maidenhead, Berkshire, one of the best known and popular up-river resorts
Launching the LifeboatLaunching the lifeboat from a carriage into a rough sea whilst the crew climb aboard
Furnivall rowing eight on the River ThamesWomens Amateur Rowing Association - Furnivall rowing eight on the River Thames. 1907
City gent - rowing boat
Viking Ships (Liebig)A fleet of Viking ships using sail and oars
Comic postcard, Boy and girl in a rowing boat on the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Sea sickness in a rowing boat Date: early 20th century
People boating on a canal, with spectators above them, possibly in Oxfordshire Date: circa 1890
Pontifical galley equipped with large stays, sails, oars and heavy artillery. 19th-century version of an engraving by Frans Huys (ca. 1522-1562) in 1550 after a drawing by Brueghel the Elder (ca)
Frankish ship with naval ram, mast with sail and rigging, oarsFrankish ship with naval ram, mast with sail and rigging, rowers and oars, rudder, 9th century. Frankish vases below. Vaisseau Franc, Vases
Norman ship with carved figurehead, striped sail, oars, church-lNorman ship with carved animal figurehead on the bow, striped sail, oars, church-like forecastle on the deck, 11th century. Vaisseau Northman
Gondolas on the canals of Venice, 16th century. The boats are covered in black serge and have leather-covered seats. Two gondoliers with oars in livery. Woodblock engraving by A
Harold Godwinson at Bosham Church and boarding a Saxon vesselHarold Godwinson at Bosham Church, a Saxon feast, and Harold with hawk and hound boarding a ship for a voyage to Count Guy I of Ponthieu
Harold Godwinson, Anglo-Saxon king of England, on his ship to Ponthieu. Harold steers the rudder, sailors row with oars, climb the mast, pull on sail rigging, weigh anchor, etc
Tools and weapons of Nuku HIva, French PolynesiaTools and weapons of the people of Nuku HIva, French Polynesia
Russian Ambassador brought ashore to Nagasaki, Japan, 1804Russian Ambassador Nikolay Rezanov brought ashore to Nagasaki, Japan, from Captain Adam Johann von Krusenstern's ship Nadezhda, 1804
A stand-off between British sailors and Brazilian cavalry, 1807A sailor blows a defiant blast on a funnel like a trumpeter
Comic postcard, Plump woman and thin man in a rowing boat Date: 20th century
Man wearing a straw coolie hat sits on a stool, Hong KongA man wearing a straw coolie hat sits on a stool on small sampan wooden boat in Hong Kong. He is barefoot, holds the oars, wears a coolies hat and has a cigarette in his hand
The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces, 1 to 4 August 1704, part of the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Date: 1704
Comic postcard, Sea sickness in a rowing boat Date: 20th century
WW2 German Special Armed Forces Date: 1940s
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Men With oarsA photograph used for advertisement purposes, portraying a pair of young men smiling, as their hold their oars. Date: circa 1939
Lifeboat to the rescue in a rough sea Date: 1920
Lifesavers by Stettman. Date: circa 1908
Polish and English OarswomenMembers of the Warsaw Women's Rowing Club compete with their counterparts in the Isleworth Club and Furnivall Club at Putney. Date: 1931
Making Rowing OarsMathematical principles are brought to bear on the construction of new oars for the Oxford University rowing team. Date: circa 1925
14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Later colouration14th century galley. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2020
Middle Ages. Ship of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Roman trireme. Engraving. Later colourationRoman Trireme. Engraving by Serra. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019
Viking ship, longboat, original artwork
Advert for Whitbread's Pale AleAn advert for Whitbread's Pale Ale, featuring rowers and referencing the Henley Regatta, which would have been held in the week this issue was published
The Old Savoy Palace in the time of Henry VIII, now the site of the Savoy Hotel, London Date: 1911
Night before the University Boat RaceThe night before the University Boat Race, polishing up the boat. Date: 1880
A TRIREME (three banks of oars) The larger oar at the stern is for steering ; note also the lantern, and the hooked prow for ramming an enemy vessel
A bireme from Bafius (Basius?) with a single tier of oars visible
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
The Battle of Dover (Battle of Sandwich), 24 August 1217, part of the First Barons War (1215-1217). An English fleet led by Hubert de Burgh attacked a French armada, forcing them to return to Calais
Embarcation of King George IV at GreenwichThe embarcation of King George IV on board the Royal George Yacht off Greenwich, SE London, to visit his Scottish dominions, 10 August 1822 Date: 1822
London University Womens Rowing Eight Team by the River Thames, 21 January 1956 Date: 1956
Comic postcard, Children in a rowing boat on the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple in a rowing boat on the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Conversation in a rowing boat Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Plump woman in a rowing boat Date: 20th century
Sailor in rowing boat, Dieppe, FranceA sailor pulls on the oars of a rowing boat at Dieppe, France. Date: circa 1930s
Comic postcard, Two children at the seaside in a boat Date: 20th century
Cartoon, The Coming Struggle (Disraeli versus Gladstone)Cartoon, The Coming Struggle -- using the Boat Race as an analogy for politics, Disraeli and Gladstone are depicted as rowers in competing boats
Native American village with totem poles, AlaskaNative American Indian village with totem poles in Alaska. 1908
Native American canoe travel, NW CanadaNative American canoe travel in north west Canada. 1908
Ancient Greek ships - Galleys. Date: BCE
Stuart Houses in the Foliated StyleStuart Houses from the reign of King Charles I in the Foliated Style on the west side of Little Moorfields, 1810. Oak timber house with plaster foliage
Roman bireme and boatRoman bireme with two decks of oars found on Trajans Column 2, and boat with wolf and swan prow from a medal of Augustus 1
Roman trireme and boatTrireme warship with three decks of oars, battering ram with swords, from the Trajan Column 2, and boat with battering ram from an ancient basrelief 1. Both with eyes on the stern
Roman war bireme and transport boatRoman war bireme with two decks of oars from Trajans Column 1, and a transport boat for military supplies from the same column 2
Doge and Dogaressa of Venice, and state barge, 16th centuryDoge and Dogaressa of Venice, and the state barge or bucentaur, 16th century
Corocoro boat from the island of Guebe, MalukuCorocoro boat with sails and oars from the island of Guebe, Maluku Islands, Indonesia, 19th century. The Guebe chief or king sits on deck, while a drummer beats time for the oarsmen
Chinese pleasure junk, Qing Dynasty. Pleasure boat with latticed windows and large cabins, usually rowed or pulled
Waterman on his rowboat ferry on the River Thames, London. His coat and silver badge identify him as a skilled rower registed at Watermans Hall
Evesham Rowing Club, Evesham, WorcestershireScene at Evesham Rowing Club, Evesham, Worcestershire, with rowers and spectators. Date: circa 1920
Cartoon, A Waterman and a Lighterman. circa 1833
Life on the river, Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1930s
Wine boat on the River Douro, Porto, northern PortugalRebello boat for transporting wine, on the River Douro in Porto, northern Portugal. circa 1908
Disembarkation pier, St Vincent Island, Cape Verde IslandsDisembarkation pier, St Vincent (Sao Vicente) Island, Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean. Date: circa 1908
New Bridge, Regents Park, London, with people boating on the water. Date: circa 1900s
The Kings of Britain with King Edgar row on the River DeeEdgar (circaÔÇë943975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable - King of England from 959 until his death. Edgars coronation did not happen until 973
Viking LongshipA Viking Longship heading across the sea to plunder and conquer... Date: circa 12th century