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Shipwrecked Collection

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant - Blackpool, Lancashire

Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant - Blackpool, Lancashire
The decaying hulk of Horatio Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant wrecked on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire. On 16 June 1897 during a violent storm when under tow

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: PERUVIAN FIGUREHEAD

PERUVIAN FIGUREHEAD
The figurehead of the ship Peruvian, wrecked off Seaford, Sussex, England, in February 1899. Sparks flew as the ship was battered against the sea wall. Date: shipwrecked 1899

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Medals Awarded for Gallantry or Life-Saving at Sea

Medals Awarded for Gallantry or Life-Saving at Sea - top row (L-R) Stanhope gold medal awarded by the Royal Humane Society for the bravest life-saving deed of the year

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Men rescued by the Newquay Lifeboat, Victorian period

Men rescued by the Newquay Lifeboat, Victorian period

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: The Wreck Hanoverian, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland

The Wreck Hanoverian, Portugal Cove, Newfoundland
View of the wrecked ship Hanoverian in Portugal Cove, Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland. The ship was headed from Glasgow, Scotland, to Halifax, Nova Scotia

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Disembarkation in Asilah

Pastrana Tapestries, 1471 c Disembarkation in Asilah
The Pastrana tapestries: Disembarkation in Asilah. ca. 1471 - 1475. Cloth number 1 of the series on the conquest of Asilah and Tangier in 1471 by Alfonso V of Portugal

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Cartoon, The pantomime is coming

Cartoon, The pantomime is coming
Cartoon, " The World" is withdrawn, but the pantomime is coming. Possibly a reference to an unsuccessful production coming to an end, just before the pantomime season begins

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Statue of Alexander Selkirk - Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland

Statue of Alexander Selkirk - Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland
Crusoe statue at Lower Largo (or Seatown of Largo) a village in Fife, Scotland. The village has gained fame as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Shipwreck of Paul the Apostle on Melita (Malta)

Shipwreck of Paul the Apostle on Melita (Malta)
The Bible book of Acts recounts that on the way to Rome for his appeal as a Roman citizen to Caesar, Paul the Apostle was shipwrecked on " Melita" (Malta). circa late 19th century

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Tresco - The Valhalla - Figureheads from Shipwrecks

Tresco - The Valhalla - Figureheads from Shipwrecks
Tresco, The Isles of Scilly - The unique Valhalla collection, situated within Tresco Abbey Garden, containing some 30 figureheads

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Shipwreck off a rocky coast, c. 1815

Shipwreck off a rocky coast, c. 1815
A ship is wrecked in a stormy sea off a rocky coast. People on shore try to rescue half-drowned survivors. A broken rowing boat has been washed up or dragged to shore

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: HUGE CRABS

HUGE CRABS
Sailors, shipwrecked on their way to India, catch and eat huge crabs Date: circa 1600

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Shipwrecked Crew

Shipwrecked Crew
Crew and passengers from a shipwrecked vessel, in a dangerously over-full lifeboat Date: early 19th century

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Resue of the crew of the Benvenue 1891

Resue of the crew of the Benvenue 1891
Sandgate life-boatmens plucky resue of the crew of the ship Benvenue in heavy seas. Date: 11 November 1891

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: SCOTT, Georges Bertin, called Scott de Pagnolles

SCOTT, Georges Bertin, called Scott de Pagnolles (1873-1943). After the shipwreck. 1898. Illustration published in L Illustration on January 28, 1899. Engraving

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Hundred Years War. Battle of La Rochelle of June

Hundred Years War. Battle of La Rochelle of June 22, 1372. Defeat of the English fleet against the castilian, ally of Charles V of France

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Ferrer Calatayud, Pedro

Ferrer Calatayud, Pedro
FERRER CALATAYUD, Pedro (1870-1944). Rescuing a shipwrecked. 1895. Realism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Valencia. San Pio V Fine Arts Museum

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Miss Susan Bligh as Calypso, by Madame Yevonde

Miss Susan Bligh as Calypso, by Madame Yevonde. Calypso played hostess to Ulysses when he was shipwrecked on her island. Susan Rachel Bligh (1916-1983)

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Life saving guide for seamen by G. H. Davis

Life saving guide for seamen by G. H. Davis
For those in peril on the sea: a Government guide designed to save the lives of shipwrecked seamen during the Second World War

Background imageShipwrecked Collection: Mouron De Rety

Mouron De Rety
CONSTANT MOURON DE RETY Frenchman who not only saved the lives of 14 shipwrecked persons, but won the favour of Louis XVIII by his devotion to the Bourbon family. Date: 1761 - ?


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