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Events / GreeceAt SALAMIS, the Greek fleet of 370 vessels defeats the Persian fleet of 1000+, thus forcing Xerxes to cancel his plan to invade Greece
Vessels of the Spanish Armada wrecked on the rocky Irish west coast after being driven there by storms, September 1588. Date: 1588
Cartoon, Honourable RatioHonourable Ratio: or, Naval Conversationsin London. Ratio 5:5:3, between Great Britain, United States of America and Japan. Date: 1934
Poster for Union Castle / Safmarine boat services Date: circa 1970s
DUTCH MERCHANT VESSELSDutch West Indies Merchant Vessels. Date: early 17th century
Valletta, Malta - View of Grand Harbour from Barrakka liftValletta, Malta - View of the Grand Harbour from the Barrakka lift (which links the Grand Harbour to the Upper Barrakka Gardens and Valletta city centre)
Reconstructed Warships back in Service. Date: 1939
Harbour at Ostend, Belgium - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard
Caesar disembarked in Britain (54 BC), placing his ships on dry ground within his camp. Engraving. Commentaires de Cesar, avec des notes historiques
Africa. Congo. The fleet of the international expeditionHistory of Africa. 19th century. The fleet of the international expedition at Banana Point, near the Dutch factory. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Africa. Loanda. San Pablo de Loanda. Panorama of the portHistory of Africa. 19th century. Loanda. St. Paul of Loanda. Panorama of the port. Engraving. El Congo y la Creacion del Estado Independiente de este nombre
Blakeney, NorfolkAn oil painting of the coastal village of Blakeney, in the county of Norfolk, England. Some large vessels are docked by the platform, where some figures can be seen, waiting. Date: circa 1920
In MemoriamAn etching which acts as a tribute to the lives lost during World War 1, elements include a memorial stone, which reads 1914-1915, 1916-1917 indicating those that have died during this period
Industrial DockThis painting shows a man with some rope, with some boats at a dock surrounded by industrial buildings. Stacks of timber are contained in one of the vessels. Date: circa 1915
RMS Titanic - shipping chart of North Atlantic for the month of April 1912, Sheet 133, Meteorological Office, London. The chart is in colour and displays wind, sea current, sea temperature
Cunard liners Mauretania and Lusitania, Canada DockCunard liners Mauretania and Lusitania, William Affleck Anderson Archive. An extremely rare postcard of the Cunard sister ships Lusitania and Mauretania together
RMS Titanic - items from Erik Jaer ArchiveRMS Titanic - items from the Erik Jaer Archive. Mr Jaer was a Norwegian man working in the United States in 1912. The archive comprises letters and photographs of Mr Jaer, and newspaper cuttings
RMS Titanic - RMS Virginian Christmas cardRMS Titanic - unusual RMS Virginian Christmas card for December 1912. The Virginian was one of the vessels that took Titanic's distress calls
Queen Victoria's departure from Kingstown Harbour, Dublin, 10 August 1849 Date: 1849
Journey of the King and Queen of Spain to Galicia (August 9, 1881). Galicia, La Coruna province, Ferrol. The corvette Tornado, leading to King Alfonso XII and Queen Maria Cristina
British, French, American and German battleships - British (HMS Kent), French (Leon Gambetta), American (USS Washington) and German (Prince Adalbert). Date: circa 1903
Battle of Cape Ecnomus, First Punic WarBattle of Cape Ecnomus (Eknomos), a naval battle fought off southern Sicily in 256 BCE between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic during the First Punic War. 1. Carthaginian fleet, 2
The Salvage YardThis pencil drawing shows a large salvage yard for ships and vessels. Date: circa 1921
The Red Sail, VeniceWatercolour painting of a boat close by in Venice, Italy. In the background, there floats many other sailing vessels. Date: circa 1930
HMS Swiftsure - Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleshipRoyal Navy - HMS Swiftsure, the lead ship of the Swiftsure-class pre-dreadnought battleship, moored up. Originally known as Constitucion, ordered by the Chilean Navy
Queen Victoria naming the ship Royal Albert at Woolwich Dockyard in London. Date: 1854
Biggest experimental airship built at the time, designed by Dr. Barton and F. L. Rawson flying over Alexandra Palace, London. Date: 22nd July 1905
The Naval programme announced by Alexandra, First of the Admiralty, giving details of reductions in the budget of 1929-30. Date: 1930
Battle of the Wasp and FrolicThe capture of brig HMS Frolic of twenty guns by the sloop of American ship USS Wasp. Date: 1812
British Naval Manoeuvres off Moda, Turkey - Vessels involved were The HMS Iron Duke, The HMS Benbow, the HMS Marlborough, HMS Emperor of India, HMS Ajax and HMS Centurion - July 30, 1923. Date: 1923
Maitos, Chanakkale - Turkey - Panorama with Royal Navy Ships (from left): HMS Emperor of India, HMS Centurion and HMS Benbow Date: 1923
The English fleet before Cadiz, Spain, 30 June 1596, prior to an attack on the harbour, followed by the storming and capture of Cadiz, part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604). Date: 1596
A Great name in British Naval History - The Nine Royal Navy vessels to bear the name Vanguard (1586-1946). Date: 1946
Lieutenant Edward Nicolls boarding a French privateer cutter, the Albion, off Monte Cristi, Santo Domingo, West Indies, 5 November 1803. Date: 1803
Fishermen unloading their catch during the herring harvest, October and November. Date: November 1910
French enemy ships stranded off the Point of Grao (or Grau, the port of Valencia, Spain), during the Peninsular War (1807-1814). Date: 1811-1812
Porter filling water containers, India, c. 1880 sPorters filling water containers, India, c.1880 s
WW2 - Corvette of the Wild Waterbird class which transported the ILN special artist C E Turner around various UK ports accompanying a merchant fleet. 1941
WW2 - Corvette versus Submarine - Corvette winsWW2 - Corvette versus submarine and the corvette wins: A dramatic incident in The Battle of the Atlantic Date: 1941
WW2 - Corvette on guard - The Battle of the AtlanticWW2 - Corvette on guard during The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941
WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacksWW2 - A corvette screening a convoy of Merchantmen, bringing them safely home protected from enemy attacks. 1941
Sinking of HMS Courageous, September 1939Photograph of aircraft carrier HMS Courageous as it sinks, having been torpedoed by a German submarine, 17 September 1939
Americans queuing to try and leave Britain, September 1939American nationals queuing outside the United States Lines offices in a n attempt to return home, following the outbreak of war in September 1939
Three children, survivors of the Athenia, September 1939Three young girls; Margot from London, Theodora from Toronto and Virginia from Detroit, photographed after being rescued from the transatlantic passenger liner, the Athenia
H. M. destroyer rescues passengers of the Athenia, Sept 1939Sailors on a British destroyer are shown holding onto former passengers of the Athenia in a lifeboat, 1939. The Sphere comments on the swell which made the rescue operation more difficult
Lifeboats watching the Athenia as it sinks, Sept 1939Illustration of overcrowded lifeboats as they watch the transatlantic ocean liner, the Athenia, sink. The ships are shown lighting flares
Explosion of a hatch on the Athenia, September 1939Illustration of the explosion as a torpedo from a German submarine hit the port side No. 5 hatch of the Athenia, a British transatlantic passenger liner
Spanish Armada setting sail for England on 18 May 1588 - about 130 vessels with 24, 000 soldiers and sailors on board. Date: 1588