Schooner Collection

Stevenson / Yacht Casco
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Scottish writer sailing to the South Seas on the schooner yacht Casco

Sailing vessel Nellie Bywater, a two-masted schooner. Date: circa 1920s

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

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

Ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain
Vintage 19th century photograph - ships tied up along the river, Seville, Spain

John Brown and Co. sink British Revenue Cutter Gaspee
The Burning of the " Gaspee". HMS Gaspee a British customs schooner ran aground after being boarded by a group of men led by Abraham Whipple and John Brown, who attacked, boarded

Map of Bergen in 16th c. Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

The Schooner yacht magic of the N. Y. Yacht Club: Franklin Os
The Schooner yacht magic of the N.Y. Yacht Club: Franklin Osgood Esq. owner and commander. Date c1870

19th century brass and wood ship's wheel, made in Belfast
MARITIME: A good 19th century brass and hard wood ship's wheel with the legend NORTHUMBRIAN MAID. BELFAST. 1843 in the brass central boss, on display stand

Il Leone di Caprera. Sailing schooner of 9 meters of length that crewed by three Italians wanted to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a sextant as the only guide

Junks, ships in a Japanese harbour
Vintage 19th century photograph - ships in a Japanese harbour including a traditional junk

Jessica Borthwick on Red Cross schooner, WW1
Jessica Borthwick, owner of the Red Cross schooner Grace Darling, who was fired at from the pier at Ostend, Belgium, during the First World War. 1914

Picture of The Dream Pleasure Yacht. 1839. By Robert Salmo
Robert Salmon (1775-1845). English painter. Picture of The Dream Pleasure Yacht. 1839. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid. Spain

Gathering headsail on board Hamburg at Cowes, IOW
Gathering a headsail on board the yacht Hamburg during the Regatta at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Formerly known as the Westward, this American schooner belonged to a syndicate of German yachtsmen

Model of sailing vessel Lady Mary. Date: circa 1920s

Flying Clipper, a Swedish schooner, formerly Sunbeam II, a British-built ship. Date: circa 1930s

Sailing vessel Cap Nord at Hull
Sailing vessel Cap Nord, an auxiliary five-masted schooner, seen here berthed at Albert Dock, Hull. Date: circa 1930s

Sailing vessel Mount Shasta, aka Vaterland
Sailing vessel Mount Shasta, a four-masted auxiliary schooner, aka Vaterland, owned by Count Felix von Luckner. Date: circa 1920s

Victorian scrap - Schooner. late 19th century

Label design, Schooner Lemons
Label design, Schooner Santa Barbara County Lemons. early 20th century

San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico, North Atlantic Ocean, with a US Navy Chester class cruiser, a five-mast schooner and other vessels. circa 1922

The Fram - the Steam Schooner of explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) leaving Bergen on 2nd July 1893, bound for the Arctic Ocean

The opium clipper Wild Dayrell
Illustration showing the schooner constructed by John and Robert White, of the Medina Docks, Cowes, for the firm Dent and Co. of Hong Kong. Date: 1855

Street Scene, Alnmouth, Northumberland
Street Scene, Alnmouth, Alnwick, near Lesbury, Northumberland, England. Showing The Schooner Hotel Date: 1902

The Village, Alnmouth, Northumberland
The Village, Alnmouth, Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Showing the Schooner Hotel Date: 1902

Captain Ferguson, USS Matchless
Captain Ferguson on board the USS Matchless, a patrol vessel built in 1859. Date: circa 1915

Ships that pass by G. H. Davis
Ships that pass -- some notes for our readers who are spending their holidays by the sea shore. The ships are: cargo steamer, liner, coasting steamer, seagoing tug, oil carrier, racing yawl

Prairie Schooner ready to start. Transportation on the American Prairies

Schooner loading wool at North Arm, Falkland Islands Date: circa 1920

James River, Virginia. US monitor CANONICUS taking on coal from a schooner. Date between 1861 and 1869

Royal London Yacht Club racing, Cowes, Isle of Wight
The Royal London Yacht Club racing at Cowes, Isle of Wight. The first race in 1911 saw White Heather out for the first time in the season

American schooner, Jefferson Borden
The American schooner, Jefferson Borden, on board which an attempted mutiny took place during April 1875, in the course of a trip from New Orleans to London

Izmir, Turkey - The Harbour
A view of the harbour at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey with boats moored up against the quay

Port Madryn, Nuevo Gulf, Patagonia, 1887
Engraving of the coast-line of Port Madryn, with a schooner in the foreground and a steam train in the background, a remote area of South America (now Argentina)

The Dutch Arctic Expedition at Zeeuwsche Uitkyk, North Spitz
Engraving showing members of the Dutch Arctic Expedition ashore at Zeeuwsche Uitkyk, North Spitzbergen during 1878. The expeditions schooner Willem Barents can be seen in the background

American Indians. Native Canoe on the coast of British Colum
Fierce looking Indians, men, women and children, paddling canoe with a schooner in the background

The Dutch Arctic Exploration Ship Willem Barents, 1878
Engraving of the schooner Willem Barents in the drift ice, during the Dutch Arctic Expedition of 1878. This expedition, commanded by Lieutenant de Bruyne, explored Jan Mayen Island, Spitzbergen

Battle of Blood River
Cast iron prairie schooners of the Boer Voortrekker Laager on the site of the Battle of Blood River. The Zulus lost nearly 3000 men and the Ncome river became red with their blood

Gipsy Caravan 1940S
A corner of a gipsy encampment in the English Home Counties

Gipsy Caravans 1940S
Preparing for a camp, a gipsy scene in the English Home Counties

The Rotor Ship Buckau, 1924
Photograph of the experimental Rotor ship Buckau, on sea trials, 1924. Anton Flettner equipped the 680 ton schooner, Buckau, with two rotating cylindrical towers to test his Flettner rudder

Covered Wagon USA 1934
I don t want a train to go home in, You keep your west- bound mail, Just set me on an old Prairie Schooner, singin down the old home trail

3-Masted Schooner
A three-masted schooner

The Gaspee Burnt
THE GASPEE INCIDENT - The citizens of Rhode Island, angered by British tax demands, board the grounded revenue schooner Gaspee and burn her

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