Shipwrecks Collection

Medusa Raft - 1
When French ship wrecks on the African coast, all take to boats, towing a raft; but the boats abandon the raft with 157 on it, who suffer terribly and fight, only 15 surviving. Date: July 1816

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

Titanic at Cherbourg
The SS Titanic seen at night whilst visiting Cherbourg on the evening of 10th April 1912. Date: 1912

RMS Titanic docked
The Titanic docked before her disastrous voyage Date: 1912

TITANIC SINKING SEQUENCE
A sequence of illustrations showing the sinking of the Titanic, sketched by survivor John B Thayer Jr. (known as Jack, the son of John B Thayer, second vice-president of the Pennylvannia Railroad)

Hurricane at Madras, India: wrecks on the beach Date: 1872

Ship figureheads on the Scilly Isles - Victorian period

Longstone Lighthouse Farne Islands Victorian period

Bell Rock Lighthouse Victorian period

Round Island Isles of Scilly Victorian period

New Brighton Lighthouse early 1900s

Aberdeen Beach Victorian period

HELENE MARCELLE WRECKED
A lifeboat pulls out from Le Havre to the sinking fishing boat, in time to save her crew from a cold wet death. Date: 1907

When this ship is destroyed in a storm the crew take to the boats and are rescued, but the hull travels 8000 km without them ! Date: 1895

EURYDICE SINKS
Royal Navy training frigate, returning from Bermuda, sinks in a storm off the Isle of Wight, losing some 300 lives : later she will be recovered, but the dead stay dead. Date: 24 March 1878

This derelict sailing vessel is found by the sealer Ariebis ; the captain, lashed to the helm, has frozen to death Date: 1905

The derelict of a whaling ship is caught up by an iceberg Date: 1905

The derelict is the most potent of all the dangers that threaten the seafarer Date: 1905

Wreck of HMS Wasp, British gun-boat, at Tory Island, Donegal, north coast of Ireland, 1884

The last of the Leviathan: the Titanic plunging beneath the waves. Mr Beesley, one of the survivors, described the final scene

Forfarshire Shipwreck
When this paddle steamer wrecks on the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, lighthouse keeper Darling and 18-year old daughter Grace row to the wreck and save nine. Date: 7 September 1838

Medusa Raft Abandoned
When French vessel wrecks on African coast, all take to boats or a raft, to be towed by the boats : but the raft is abandoned, the 157 on it suffer terribly, only 15 survive. Date: July 1816

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

Wreck diving in the Mediterranean. Date: 1974

Wreck diving off the coast of Malta. Date: 1974

Letter from the Consulate of Naples in Barcelona to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Naples with news about shipwrecks of neapolitans ships in the catalan coast

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

Message in Bottle
The captain of a fishing boat, disabled by a storm, puts an S.O.S. message in a bottle, hoping it will be found by someone who can (a) read and (b)initiate a rescue. Date: 1884

Victoria / Camperdown 1
Due to error and obstinacy on Admiral Tryons part, the battleships Victoria and Camperdown collide : the Victoria sinks, Camperdown damaged. The crew jump clear. Date: 22 June 1893

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

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

A derelict ship discovered, 1873
An abandoned ship, encountered by HMS Immortalite in 1873. The ship was the Margaret Pollock, and was later sunk. Date: 1873

A derelict ship discovered, 1856
An abandoned ship drifting across the sea, as discovered by the Reine Hortense near Greenland in 1856. Date: 1856

Preparing to launch a lifeboat, 1830s
Preparing to launch a lifeboat into a stormy sea, with the help of a horse and wagon, 1830s. Date: 1830s

The volunteer life brigade at work : life saving at sea
The late storm: the volunteer life brigade at work. Rocket life-saving apparatus kept ready for use whereby a rocket is fired to throw a line over the ship in trouble from the shore

International system of flag signalling - German postcard, including a section of storm signals (lower section). Date: circa 1910s

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