Sails Collection

The Mary Rose, Tudor ship, built in 1510. In service for 34 years, it sank in 1545. Discovered in 1971 it was successfully raised from the sea bed in 1982 amid much publicity. Date: 1982

Furling the Sails Victorian period

SOROLLA, Joaqu�(1863-1923). Launching the Boat
SOROLLA, Joaqu� (1863-1923). Launching the Boat

STS Malcolm Miller under full sail
STS (Sail Training Ship) Malcolm Miller under full sail. circa 1970s

Erebus and Terror, Franklins last trip
The Erebus and Terror leave England on the Franklin polar expedition, never to return

CUTTY SARK AT SEA
The Cutty Sark in mid-ocean, with all sails set

Sailing Ships Date: 1927

Yachting at Cowes
In the foaming wake of a racing cutter Date: 1914

Golden Hind / Fred Law
The ship of sir Francis Drake, formerly named Pelican

Fishing trawler and crew, Resplendent, Scotland. Date: 1960s

The Battle of the Balloons. A fanciful image depicting four balloons with flags and sails, their passengers in close aerial combat. The opponents appear to be British and French. circa 18th century

Jersey Airways Poster
Poster, I d prefer Jersey Airways. A cartoon of animals powering and piloting a flying machine above a rough sea, with a Jersey Airways biplane high above them

Bayeux Tapestry (1 of 8)
A black and white depiction of the Bayeux Tapestry. In this section, Harold Godwinson meets with King Edward the Confessor and sails to France

Hiawatha / Longfellow
Hiawathas departure: Hiawatha sails Westward into the sunset

Norfolk Broads - River Thurne
A sign by the windmill points the way to the Lion Hotel on the River Thurne, Norfolk. The sailing boat on the broad certainly seems keen to get home for supper! Date: circa 1930s

The Brigantine " Steadfast" - a companion vessel to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Training Ship " Exmouth"

Henri Grace a Dieu
Deptford-built warship in the carrack style : she is the largest warship of her day, with golden sails - square on fore and main masts, lateen on the two mizzen masts

The windmill, Turville, Buckinghamshire. Used in the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1968. Date: 1980s

Nelson on Shore
HORATIO, LORD NELSON standing on a rocky shore, while a line of warships sails past behind him

Spanish Armada Defeated
THE SPANISH ARMADA Drake tows the captured Capitana into Torbay

Holidaymakers watching the Brixham Regatta, 1936
Photograph showing a group of holidaymakers watching the Brixham Regatta, from a vantage point on a West Country cliff, 1936

Cornish Fishing Fleet leaving the harbour Date: 1904

Stationery, Charles Ware & Sons, Sails, Tents and Blinds, High Street, Hull, Yorkshire. 1939

Scene with ships during the Spanish Armada, when the expedition sent by King Philip II of Spain was met by the Royal Navy and out-manoeuvred. The surviving Spanish ships were badly damaged in storms

Fisting the Mainsail by Arthur Briscoe
Sailing clinging on to a ships mast to fix the mainsail. Date: 1931

American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff
The American schooner Westward - built by Herrehoff in 1910 and later owned by Mr Thomas Benjamin Davis - a magnificent schooner of 323 tonnes. In 1910 she sailed in eleven races and won them all

Ark Royal - Elizabethan Naval ship
Built by Raleigh, and named the Ark Raleigh, purchased by Elizabeth and renamed Ark Royal (and subsequently Anne Royal Date: 1587

Training Ship Warspite, Greenhithe, Kent
The Training Ship Warspite at anchor on the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. The Warspite, established by the Marine Society in 1876, was originally moored at Woolwich

Sailing Ships
with all sails set

Breezing Up by Winslow Homer (1836-1910). Date: 1876

Fishermen with boats, Southwold, Suffolk
Fishermen Rogers, Craigie, Craigie and Jed Palmer, on the beach with boats, Southwold, Suffolk, September 1907. 1907

Brixham fishing trawler, Provident, at sea. Date: circa 1980s

Yacht at rest with National 12 dinghies in twilight -- one of a great series of studies of sailing off the Devon and Cornwall coasts. The National 12 is a two-person, two-sail racing dinghy. 1952

Treasure Island, Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies, with yacht and cove. Date: circa 1930

Mirror dinghies at Newquay, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Australian packet ship, the Ben Nevis
Australian White Star Line packet ship, the Ben Nevis. Date: 1852

Chinese junk Date: 1930s

Design for Frieze (Wallpaper) with sailing ships. Charcoal and Pencil on copy paper with one portion in coloured Crayon. Silver Studio. circa 1900

Windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Windmill (known as Archers Mill) at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured here after it had ceased working. It was a post mill working two pairs of stones and was demolished in 1921. circa 1915

AMUNDSEN / THE FRAM
Roald Amundsen, the first to reach the South Pole, did so on 14 December 1911 and returned home safely. The Fram

Seascape on a sail-shaped Christmas card
Seascape with sailing boat on a sail-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Baron Munchhausen sails to the moon
The Baron sails to the Moon. Date: First published: 1785

Chinese Junk in Hong Kong Bay. Date: circa 1910s

Schooner C & F Nurse in Poole Harbour
Schooner C & F Nurse (right), a coast hopper, in Poole Harbour, Dorset. Date: circa 1930s

Boats on the water at Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Israel
Sailing boats on the water at Tiberias, Sea of Galilee, Israel. Date: circa 1905

Multi-masted Chinese Junk. Date: circa 1920s

Boats in Susans Bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

Sailing luggers off the Norfolk Coast near Great Yarmouth
Sailing luggers (Herring fleet) off the Norfolk Coast near Great Yarmouth. Date: circa 1904

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