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HMS Wren - Admiralty modified W class destroyerHMS Wren (D88/I88) was an Admiralty modified W class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited under the 13th Order for Destroyers of
Leaving SS Ivernia, Boston HarbourSS Ivernia was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Launched in 1899 by the Cunard Line company to act as an intermediate ship catering for the vast immigration
HMS Glasgow in Great War Deeds, WW1HMS Glasgow, cruiser of the British Royal Navy, in the Battle of the Falkland Islands, during which the German ship Leipzig was set on fire and sunk
Captain Loxley of the Formidable, WW1 braveryClear Off - Submarines About: Captain Loxley of the Royal Navy, his terrier Bruce by his side, pictured giving his last order to another ship, warning of the danger of torpedoes
Germans showing guns on the Lusitania 1915The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on 7 May 1915 during the First World War, by a German U-boat, hitting the Lusitania twice with torpedoes, sinking within 18 minutes
HMS Majestic battle-ship torpedoed and sunk 1915On 27 May 1915, HMS Majestic battle-ship was torpedoed and sunk, off the Gallipoli Peninsula by a German submarine U-21. Nearly all the officers and men were saved. 27 May 1915
Battle of the Falkland Islands by G. H. DavisThe Battle of the Falkland Islands -- how Admiral von Spees squadron was sunk, the German cruiser Dresden alone escaping. Showing the action between the German cruiser Leipzig
Sinking of the Scharnhorst by G. H. DavisThe sinking of the Scharnhorst: how the British fleet outmanoeuvred Germanys 26, 000-ton battleship. Showing some vital phases of an action in which units of the home fleet, led by HMS Duke of York
HMS Poseidon submarine escape apparatusHMS Poseidon and the submarine escape apparatus. Poseidon was sunk on 9th June 1931 after colliding with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yuta
Sinking of the LusitaniaThe sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania on 7 May 1915, by torpedo off the south-west of Ireland, the German act which more than all else determined Americas entry into the First World
Sailors on board the British submarine, H42HMS H42 was a British H class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne. She was laid down in September 1917 and was commissioned on 1 May 1919
Titanic - sunrise on April 15th after the ship had sankOn the verge of the ice floe. A tranquil, yet eery impression of the area of the Atlantic ocean where the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic sank the morning after
SMS Wildfang, Austro-Hungarian destroyer, WW1SMS Wildfang, an Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat (Huszar class destroyer), at sea during the First World War. She was sunk on 4 June 1917 by an Italian mine. Date: 1915-1917
HMHS Gloucester Castle sinking, WW1HMHS Gloucester Castle, a Union Castle steamship used as a hospital ship during the First World War. Seen here sinking after being hit by a German torpedo off the Isle of Wight
HMS Audacious, British battleship, WW1HMS Audacious, British King George V-class battleship, launched 1912. She saw no action during the First World War, as she was sunk by a German mine off the northern coast of Donegal, Ireland
Lieutenant-Commander Gunther Prien (19081941) - one of the outstanding German U-boat aces of the first part of the Second World War
First Punic War, Catulus wins naval victory at AegusaPUNIC WARS : Gaius Lutatius Catulus wins a major naval victory, defeating Hanno the Greats Carthaginian fleet at the Battle of the Aegates Islands or Aegusa (the Aegadian Islands)
Bulldog rescued from sinking ship, First World WarWhen the King Edward is sunk by a mine during the First World War, the crew rescue Norah the bulldog, together with the monkeys and cats they had as pets
Illustration to St Jeromes Love, a poem by Thomas Moore - Wan and sunk with midnight prayer, Are the pale looks of her I love. From a publication entitled Sacred Songs (2 volumes, 1816-1824)
Kadir Rocks, Sri Lanka, 1871The Kadir Rocks at the entrance to Galle harbour, Sri Lanka, where the P&O mail steamship Rangoon was accidently sunk after running onto the rocks. Date: 1871
Dunkirk, France - tugs sunk in the port, WW2Dunkirk, France - tugs sunk in the port during WW2. Date: 1940-1945
Dunkirk, France - Trystram Lock, WW2Dunkirk, France - Trystram Lock, with a partially submerged vessel, following damage during WW2. Date: 1940-1945
Koenig scuppered, Dar es Salaam harbour, WW1The Koenig, German cargo ship, scuppered in Dar es Salaam harbour, East Africa (now Tanzania), during WW1. 1916
Jordans Hostel, Buckinghamshire - Sunk GardenThe Sunk Garden at Jordans Hostel in the Buckinghamshire village of Jordans, once a notable centre for Quakerism. The Sunk Garden was given to the Hostel by the Lynn family in memory of Elizabeth
Wreck diving in the Mediterranean. Date: 1974
Wreck diving off the coast of Malta. Date: 1974
Royal Edward torpedoed August 1915The first British transport ships to be sunk in the First World War, Royal Edward owned by the Canadian Northern Steamship Company
The Pacific War. Battle of Iquique. The Chilean corvette Esmeralda is sunk by the Peruvian ironclad Huascar on May 21, 1879. Colored engraving
Memnonium / Thebes / 1848Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert...near them..half sunk a shattered visage lies.. nothing beside remains.. and level sands stretch far away Date: 1848
Metro ConstructionConstruction : building the great caisson which will then be sunk to carry trains beneath the Seine at the Place Saint- Michel, in the centre of the city Date: 1906
EMDEN POSTCARDThis German light cruiser was very successful during the first months of the war under her captain Muller, but she was sunk by HMS Sydney in November 1914 1914
Ww1 Shipbuilding YardScene in a British shipyard during World War One, when ships were being built as rapidly as possible to replace those sunk by the German U-boats Date: 1914-1918
U-Boat - the U-8The U-8, which may have sunk HMS Pathfinder during the early months of World War One Date: 1914
Diving Suit 1922Diving suit designed for work on the Lusitania, sunk during World War One and lying at a depth of 80 metres Date: 1922
Shop window with model of German blockade, WWIA shop window of Messrs Bassett-Lowke, a model-makers in High Holborn showing a diorama of the results from Germanys blockade policy
WW1 - Battle of Falkland - Heroic German on S. M. S. LeipzigWW1 - Battle of Falkland - A heroic German waves a flag on top of the S.M.S. Leizpig as it sinks. SMS Leipzig (" His Majestys Ship Leipzig" )
Captain Loxley of battleship Formidable & his dog BrucePortrait of Captain Loxley, in command of the battleship Formidable which was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915. Also included is a picture of his terrier dog Bruce who reportedly stayed with his
Elegant Edwardian couple with child outside houseA photograph of James Johnson Battersby and his wife Nancy (nee Nidd) on the steps of their house Dunluce in the Davenport area of Stockport. The child is James Larratt Battersby, their son
WWI Poster, Remember the LusitaniaRemember the Lusitania! Enlist Today. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee poster in letterpress, using emotive anti-German propaganda. Date: 1916
Spanish ship Santma Trinidad with 4 gundecksSpanish ship Sant ma Trinidad with 4 gundecks and 136 cannons, launched in 1797 and sunk in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Illustration after watercolor by Alejo Berlinguero (1750-1810)
Sea fight between the Alabama and the KearsageSlide showing a picture of two ships in battle. In the foreground is the CSS Alabama, a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy
Australian submarine AE1, WW1The Royal Australian Navys first submarine, the AE1, which sank with all 35 hands on 15 September 1914 off the Duke of York Islands, Papua New Guinea. Date: 1914
Crew on board the Marion Josiah (later Tijuca)Crew on board the Marion Josiah sailing vessel (later renamed the Tijuca), a four-mast barque built in Glasgow. The ship was sunk by a German torpedo in 1917. early 20th century
The Lusitania struck by a torpedoA page from the Illustrated London News showing three sketches of a series of five by Oliver Bernard, a scenic artist at the Covent Garden Opera, who was on board the Lusitania, and survived
British soldiers in water during rest break, WW1British soldiers in water during a rest break on the Western Front in France during World War One. Their improvised boat has just sunk. Date: circa 1916
Sinking of German ship, Konigin Luise, by G. H. DavisThe sinking of the German mine layer, Konigin Luise, off Harwich in the early stages of the First World War. Showing the position of the Lance when firing the three fatal shots. Date: August 1914
Sinking of a German submarine by G. H. DavisThe sinking of a German submarine, showing the action in four stages between HMS Birmingham and the German U-boat U15. Also shown: how long a cruiser can keep going with one supply of coal (middle)
Submarine incident in North Sea by G. H. DavisA submarine incident in the North Sea. How the sinking of the German cruiser Hela was accomplished (top). Two other illustrations relate to