War Ships Collection (page 2)

Two women in furs
Pencil sketch of two women, both wearing furs, set above two small doodles of navy warships. Drawings by Raymond Sheppard

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
British (rear) and French (foreground) warships in the harbour at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

How the Japanese Raid on Pearl Harbour and its Warships was carried out By English School

Eugenie at Toulon
When Eugenie visits Toulon, she is greeted by salvoes of welcoming guns from the warships congregated in the harbour

Kjobenhavn Bombarded
Copenhagen is bombarded by hostile warships - but we cannot trace who is doing the bombarding or why !

U-Boat Sinks Three
German U-boats sink three British warships during the first weeks of World War One, an ominous start to the war : U-9 was credited with sinking all three, but had help

Naval Battle Santiago
NAVAL BATTLE OF SANTIAGO Us warships Oregon and Iowa under heavy fire from the Spanish

Ruins of the Malakoff
Allied warships bombard the city, but it will be nearly a year before the Allies overcome the Russian resistance

Captain Footes Monitors
Captain Footes monitors take Island No. 10 on the Mississippi

Warship of Mars
The Martians are a warlike folk, so when they possessed oceans, it was inevitable that their ships would be built for fighting - massive warships of sophisticated design

Battle Scene 1854
Warships are frequently used against shore targets as their guns generally outclass any thing available on land : during the Crimea War H.M.S. Bulldog bombards Bomarsund

Catania Bombarded
Catania, Sicily, stronghold of the independence movement, is bombarded by the warships of the kingdom of Naples and Two Sicilies

China Warships 1897
German warships off the China coast : the flagship Kaiser signals that the artillery has been landed

German Naval Manoeuvres
The German battle fleet on manoeuvres, seen from the bridge of the commanding flagship

Japanese Sea Battle / Wwii
Japanese inflict serious damage on American warships off Solomon Islands, sinking four ships and only losing one Date: December 1942

Dutch Warships 1630S
Dutch warships

Prophecy for 1865
The British Lion - the emperor Napoleon - guns and warships - the papal crown - a coffin - Bismarck whispering to the German emperor - it looks like being an eventful year !

Battle of San Domingo
NAVAL BATTLE Engagement off San Domingo, in which the British defeat the French and take two of their warships

100 Years War / Naval
English and Spanish warships of the 100 Years War : the earl of Pembrokes expedition is attacked by the Spanish fleet

Goeben Photo
Admiral Souchons Goeben is one of the most powerful warships of its day, manned by over 1000 men and capable of firing at targets up to 233 km away : top speed 28 knots

Scene in Lemuria
Technological development in Lemuria was quite advanced, according to author Burtt : their warships and their architecture were not so very different from our own

Kings Bring Guns
What the Three Kings bring today - guns, warships, shells

Sveaborg Rebellion, Suomenlinna, Finland
Scene at the Sveaborg Rebellion, which began on 30 June 1906. It took place at the sea fortress Suomenlinna (Sveaborg in Swedish and Russian) as part of the Russian Revolution

Bomarsund Bombarded - 1
Bomarsund, a Russian fortress in the Baltic, is bombarded by Hecla and other British warships before being taken by a combined French and British force under sir Charles Napier

French Warship 1660
French warships at anchor

A Winter Gale at Scapa
Blustery winter conditions prevail at Scapa Flow; British warships ride the gale

Sebastopol Warships
Warships at Sebastopol: a British victory

Searchlight Practice
Warships of the Royal Navy engaged in searchlight practice off the Kent coast at Margate

Earl Pembroke attacked
English and Spanish warships of the 100 years war. The Earl of Pembrokes expedition is attacked by the Spanish Fleet

Dutch in Medway
A Dutch fleet commanded by De Ruyter sails up the Thames, and attacks Chatham, sinking or seizing the London and other warships anchored in the Medway

H. M. s. Lord Nelson
British sailors lowering a lifeboat from H.M.S. Lord Nelson, which was completed in 1908 and was active during World War One, including in the Dardanelles in 1915

U. S. S. PLYMOUTH (PG 57)
Built for Mrs Alva Vanderbilt in 1931 at the Krupp factory, Kiel, Germany, the Alva was given to the U.S. navy in 1941 and renamed U.S.S. Plymouth. Torpedoed by a U-boat in 1943

Ascension Island 1683
A birds eye view of a rocky island surrounded by shipping and big sea birds. There seems to be a bit of a set-to between three ships who are surrounded by cannon smoke

Battle of Kentish Knock
BATTLE OF THE KENTISH KNOCK 1st Anglo-Dutch War. Admiral Witte de With & the Dutch fleet engage the English, led by Blake but are beaten back with severe losses

North-Sea Canal
The Nord-Ostseekanal (or Kiel Kanal) links North Sea and Baltic, enabling Germany to move her warships from one sea to another. Its the worlds busiest artificial waterway

Port Royal Taken
Union warships bombard Port Royal, South Carolina, before taking the island from the Confederacy

Five Steam Warships
Removed from the effective list: The last cruise of the coast-defence monitors (left to right) Hydra, Glatton, Cyclops, Gorgon and Hecate

French Warships in Line
French warships sailing in line astern

Woolwich Dockyard 1770
WOOLWICH DOCKYARD seen across the river Thames, with four large sailing warships under construction

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