Vessel Collection (page 43)

Sargasso Sea (Anon)
Sailors row from their vessel caught in the floating vegetation of the SARGASSO SEA, a tract of still water in the North Atlantic

Cliffa at Etretat
The cliffs et Etretat, on the Channel, are magnificently picturesque, but a menace to shipping - here a sailing vessel has been driven onto the shore

Thunderbolt Misses Ship
A French sailing vessel has a narrow escape from a thunderbolt during a storm at sea

ARGO 1681
ARGO named after the vessel which carried Jason and the Argonauts to steal the Golden Fleece

Italian Sub Interior
Enemy in sight ! The commander of an Italian submarine in World War Two spots a British vessel and prepares to sink her

LOSS OF INDIAN QUEEN
This sailing vessel strikes an iceberg in the South Pacific

Red Cross of the Sea
A lifeboat saves passengers from a sailing vessel : note the insignia, The Red Cross of the Sea which we have not seen elsewhere

Egyptian Creation Myth
An Egyptian depiction of the CREATION; sustained by the Earth, receiving life from the Skies, warmed by the Sun, the vessel of Life sails down the Nile

SHIP HALF MOON
the vessel used by Henry Hudson in his explorations

Elisha and the Oil
The prophet Elisha causes the widows oil to multiply so that every vessel in her house is full, which she sells to pay her debts so that her sons are not taken away as bondmen

Tidal Wave, Japan
A Japanese sailing vessel is hit by a tidal wave following an earthquake

The Old Shipyard - a carpenter shapes the timbers of a sailing vessel

Cog (Liebig )
A cog (from the Dutch kogge) a sailing vessel of the North Sea region

Rescue Breeches Buoy
The crew of a sailing ship which has wrecked on a rocky shore are carried to dry land by a breeches buoy slung between the vessel and the beach where rescuers wait

Pyne - Life Boat
THE LIFE BOAT Mr Greatheads life boat rows out to a vessel in distress

Defence of Le Havre
Le Havre is being bombarded by the English, when PIERRE BASTE, commander of a small gunboat, attacks the attackers. When his vessel is sunk he takes another

Kew Bridge Aquatint
Kew Bridge seen from Strand- on-the-green, with a variety of boats including a state barge and a sailing vessel

Japanese Children Play
Japanese children play in a stream, one with a toy boat, two with baskets to catch fish while one drives the fish toward them, and holding a vessel in which to keep them

Bayeux Boats - 1
Vessel in which Harold returned to England after visiting William in Normandy

Phoenician Ship
A Phoenician trading vessel arrives at Pharos

First Drinking Vessel
The First Drinking Vessel

End of Atlantis
The end of Atlantis - a single vessel escapes the catastrophe

The Mayflower
The vessel which carried the Pilgrim Fathers in 63 days to America, reaching New England in December 1620

Chinese Vessel Circa 600
Emperor Yang-Ti in a ceremonial vessel

Witch Raising a Storm
Dancing on the cliff-edge near her cauldron, a witch raises a storm which will, hopefully, drive a vessel onto the rocks

Mary Celeste /
The cabin of the abandoned vessel as it was allegedly found by the boarding party from the Dei Gratia

Battle of Sluys
At the battle of SLUYS, the English fleet of 200 totally defeats the French fleet of 70, capturing or destroying virtually every vessel

Events / Cuba 1540
Spanish persuade the natives of Cubagua to defend the island against an attacking French vessel

A variety of 18th century Chinese vessels

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