Historical Naval Battles

Engravings depicting significant naval warfare scenes from the 19th century, illustrating ships in battle.

1800S 1861 The Trent Affair Crew Of San Jacinto American Warship Boards British Vessel And Takes Two Prisoners Mason And Slidell

Engraving depicting the 'HMS Agamemnon' after laying down the cable for the Atlantic Telegraph. Dated 19th Century

This English warship belonged to the class known as ship-of-the-line, a fighting tactic used at the time (1600s-mid1800s).

The War of 1812. Naval battle between two ships, the USS Constitution and the HMS Guerriere.

THE CRIMEAN WAR

Duel between the Guerriere and the Constitution; War of 1812; Black and White Illustration

Shipping, brig Grand Turk, William Austin, commander, saluting Marseilles, 1815 , Ships, Marine paintings, Grand Turk Ship. Frank Cousins Glass Plate Negatives Collection

1800S 1861 The Trent Affair Crew Of San Jacinto American Warship Boards British Vessel And Takes Two Prisoners Mason And Slidell

The supreme moment, on the evening of October 11, 1492. Columbus discovers America

A Ponton English, military prison, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846.

Mexican American War. Campaign to invade Central Mexico via Vera Cruz. The US Steam Frigate Mississippi, the Flagship of Commodore Mathew C. Perry, going out to the relief of the American Steamer Hunter, a captured French Bark, and an American Pilot Boat, wrecked on Green Island reef near Vera Cruz, March 21st, 1847 (BSLOC_2019_8_38)

The Brethren or Brethren of the Coast attacking three Spanish galleons. They were a coalition of pirates and privateers known as buccaneers and active in the17th and 18th centuries in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Engraving in "Historia de Espan_a", 19th century.

British gunners protecting the Suez Canal in 1882. Anglo-Egyptian War, Egypt, 19th century.

The naval battle of Curzola, between the Venetians and the Genoese, in which Marco Polo was taken prisoner Date: 7 September 1298

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet entering the Mississippi River. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 May 17, pp. 312-313. Warships, Louisiana, Mississippi River Delta, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union.

Illustration showing the Royal Navy ship 'Inflexible' a turret battleship 1876

GUERRA DE MELILLA O GUERRA DEL RIF 1890-1909. REGENCIA DE MARIA CRISTINA DE HABSBURGO. REINADO DE ALFONSO XIII. SUCESOS DE MELILLA. " MANIOBRAS NAVALES EN EL MEDITERRAÑEO DE LA FLOTA ESPAÑOLA , AÑO 1893 ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Engraving depicting a demonstration of Captain Jernigan's method of saving lives from shipwrecks by firing an anchor attached to a line from the shore. Dated 19th Century

Engraving showing the sailors of the Royal Navy ship, HMS 'Lynx', taking in the sails during a squall, somewhere off the west coast of Africa, c.1860. HMS 'Lynx' had been sent to the region to provide help for Dr. David Livingstone's expedition, but it also acted in anti-slavery actions and many of the figures on the deck are ex-slaves, freed from an Arab dhow. Date: 1860

Balaklava harbour, the cattle pier, Crimean War, 1853-1856, Roger Fenton historic war campaign photo

Engraving depicting St Elmo's fire appearing on the main mast of Columbus' ship during a thunderstorm

Aspecto del acorazado estadounidense "MAINE" tras la explosión acaecida el 15 de febrero de 1898 en el puerto de La Habana. El hecho, ocurrido durante la Guerra de Independencia cubana, sirvió de pretexto a los EE. UU. para declarar la guerra a España. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898.

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). SMS Grille. Prussian Navy warship built in France in 1856. It was the first screw propeller-driven steamship to be built for Prussia. Engagement of the "Grille" with warships of the French squadron. Engraving by Capuz. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume I. Published in Barcelona, 1870. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

The return of Captain Sir James Ross's Arctic expedition. He was sent with 'Enterprise' and 'Investigator' to find Franklin. Date: 1848 - 49

Disputed succession to the Portuguese throne leads to intervention by the great powers : a French fleet sails up the Tagus to promote French interests.

1800s 1860s ENGRAVING SHOWING A MONTIOR AND A BLOCKADE RUNNER DURING AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Middle Ages. Mediterranean trade control. Naval combat between Catalans and Genoese. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

'At sea; During boarding, a patrol cruiser turns on the visiting vessel which it encircles in its wake', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

'After the Battle of Trafalgar', c1806. Artist: Robert Dodd.

Engraving depicting the 'HMS Agamemnon' after laying down the cable for the Atlantic Telegraph. Dated 19th Century

sailors at sea during a terrific storm

French conquest of Tunisia. The Algerian conflict. The bridge of the frigate "Surveillante" at the time of departure from the French port of Toulon (April 13, 1881). This same warship was the one that bombarded twelve days later the fort of Tabarka Island, whose Tunisian garrison left the position without putting up any resistance. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA

Coast Guard on operation off of New York during the Spanish American War, 1898

The War of 1812, naval battle between the U.S. frigate Constitution and the British warship Guerriere, August 19, 1812

American battleship "Maine" after the explosion that took place on February 15, 1898 in the port of Havana. The event, which occurred during the Cuban war of Independence, served as a pretext for the United States to declare war on Spain. Illustration by A. de Caula. Photoengraving by Laporta. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1898. Author: Antonio de Caula (1847-c. 1904). Spanish artist. Francisco Laporta (1850-1914). Spanish engraver.

The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore Perry transporting his flag from the Lawrence to the Niagara, September 10, 1813

Admiral David Dixon Porter's fleet running the rebel blockade on the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863, engraving, American Civil War, engraving, United States of America, 19th century.

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, the USS Hartford, a sailing ship and flagship of David Glasgow Farragut, 1801 - 1870, an American naval officer during the American Civil War

Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable ca. 1866 Robert Charles Dudley British. Making the Splice between the Shore End and the Ocean Cable 436228

The Spanish Armada Lord Howard of Effingham on board the Ark Royal, engaging the ship of Don Alonzo da Leyva Date: July 1588

'Tombe a la Mer; L'equipage du zeppelin L-15, atteint d'un obus a l'arriere, au cours d'un raid sur l'Est de l'Angleterre et tombe dans l'estuaire de la Tamise', 1916. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Japanese warship 'Hatsuse' foundering, the mainmast falling across one of ship's boats.

Sinking Of The Battleship Victoria Off Tripoli, Syria, June 22, 1893 Currier & Ives (1834-1907 American) Color Lithograph Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., USA

BATTLE OF LA HOGUE / BARFLEUR The British/Dutch fleet under Russel and Almonde defeats the French fleet under de Tourville ; Rooke destroys 15 French vessels Date: 20 May 1692

Illustration depicting the 'SS Germanic' picking up members of the crew of the stricken ship. Dated 19th Century

Ciro Ferri illustrated multiple ships in a fortified city port, with a knight issuing commands, using chalk and feather with gray wash and white highlights on blue paper.

Arrival in Marseille de Napoleon and his family, fleeing Corsica, 1793 (TF)

Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Explosion of the Russian boat Petropavlosk on April 13th 1904. 600 sailors and admiral Stepan Makarov died. Illustration from 'Le Petit Journal', 24th April 1904. Engraving.

Malta events French conquest 1798 landing of French troops 10.6.1798 copper engraving by Louis Francois Couch_,

Battle of a group of pirates on a ship, they have already boarded the ship and the captain shoots a pistol at one of the pirates, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, exact date of depiction unknown, historical

This 1899 illustration shows: Battle of Manila Bay. The Battle of Manila Bay, in the Philippines, took place on May 1, 1898, during the Spanish American War. The American Asiatic squadron was under the command of Commodore George Dewey, and it destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasaron.

Slave ship fleeing cruisers and throwing his slaves to the sea, vintage engraving. Slave ship fleeing cruisers and throwing his slaves to the sea, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1844. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10660676

''The Visit of the French Fleet: The Review at Spithead by HM The Queen; The Men of HMS "Immortalite" Cheering Her Majesty as she passed between the French and English Fleets', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian vessel 'Variag' sinking at Chemulp, 9 February 1904. The French cruiser 'Pascal' rescuing survivors.

June 1667, The Dutch fleet Sheerness fire in the Thames, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

1890s USS MAINE SUNK BY MYSTERY EXPLOSION HAVANA CUBA FEBRUARY 1898 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR REMEMBER THE MAINE

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian cruiser foundering at the Battle of Cehmulpo, 9 February 1904.

Nelson in an open boat in the Baltic going to join the fleet

Primera guerra mundial (1914-1918). Bombardeo de Kakaburon por la escuadra rusa. Author: Francisco Navarrete Sierra.

German JU-87 'Stukas' dive- bomb an Allied convoy

With The Fleet Air Arm - No 2 A 1940 cartoon offering a very stereotypical (of the day) suggestion of how the Fleet Air Arm might entice Italian submarines to break surface, namely by calling out "waiter, waiter" to the submarine captains. Date: August 1940

War of the Pacific (1879-1883). Western South america with Bolivia and Peru in front of Chile as a belligerants. Peruvian navy. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana, 1879. Colored.

GUERRA DEL 14-BOTE SALVAVIDAS DE CALAIS AL SOCORRO DEL BARCO DE PESCA INGLES NAUFRAGADO. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Torpedo lapping, January, 1871, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Torpedo lapping, January, 1871, illustrated war history, German, French war 1870-1871, Germany, France, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Marvo battle Vigo Bay. November 26, 1952

Japanese torpedo boats making surprise attack, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. Artist: Unknown

Turkish (ottoman) Navy in battle formation. Circa 1915

Second Class Cruisers #2, U.S. Navy - Werner

Reception of Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson, at Hull, 1856. Event to welcome the return of '...two of the heroic defenders of the city of Kars Crimean War. These two officers, since October last, had been prisoners in the hands of the Russians, having been removed from Armenia to St. Petersburg, on the surrender of the famished fortress to General Mouravieff...The Burlington, firing as she came along, slackened speed opposite the Victoria Dock...two six- pounders threw out their blustering welcome, and simultaneously a loud and hearty burst of cheering went up from the ten thousand throat

The Attack on the French warship Ville de Paris, Battle of Saintes, April 1782; Illustration from Cassell's History of England, King's Edition Part 34

'THE WAR OF THE WORLDS' The torpedo-boat's brave attack on the Martians Date: First published: 1898

Captain Cook's discoveries in the South Seas. Captain James Cook's three voyages took him to New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific Islands and Hawaii.

Our Steamers passing sunken trees in the Pomonkeysic River, going up May 17th. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings, Published in: NYIN, 14 June 1862, p. 93, as: Reconnaissance of the Pamunkey River; Gun-boats Currituck and Seth Low passing sunken trees, May 17, Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Currituck (Steamship), 1860-1870, Sethlow (Steamship), 1860-1870, Ships, Union, 1860-1870, United States, Virginia, Pamunkey River

The British capturing the forts at Bocca Tigris. First Opium War, China, 19th century.

Life on board. The bridge of a ship of war, vintage engraving. Life on board. The bridge of a ship of war, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656641

Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Siege of Paris (19 September 1870 to 28 January 1871). Paris mail balloon. Engraving. "Historia de la Guerra de Francia y Prusia" (History of the War between France and Prussia). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1871.

Torpedoing of the German cruiser, 1915, Baltic Sea

Shooting postion on the main-mast, French naval maneuvers in the Mediterranean, illustration from L'Illustration, No 2367, July 7, 1888.

Illustration showing divers who helped search for survivors of the collapse of the Tay Bridge, destroyed in the storm of 28 December 1879.

Two fishermen are out in their boat, one is rowing and the other is looking at a lobster caught in the creel. Wood engraving by E. Bure after J.C. Hook.

nationalist Spanish naval cruiser in action off Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War

Captain Cook is the first European to set foot in New Zealand. Date: 1769

British military occupation of Egypt, 1882. England. London. July 30th, 1882. Boarding of the Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and the 1st Battalion of Scots Guards, on the "Orient" bound for Egypt. Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.

Engraving depicting a Russian circular ironclad the Vice-Admiral Popoff in the Nicolaieff Depositing Floating Dock. Dated 19th Century

The Russo-japanese War, 1904 - 1905 Artistic impression of the Pre-Dreadnought battleship PETROPAVLOVSK sinking after hitting a Japanese mine during a series of attacks on the Imperial Russian Navy's Pacific squadron at Port Arthur on 31 March 1904.

The 1869 caption reads: "Steady there!" The illustration shows two males in a small boat, one paddling, the other with a gun firing at some animal. The location is the Adirondacks.

The Confederate war-steamer 'Alabama' :- Captain Semmes' secretary (left) and Mr Bullock, Master, standing on deck. 1863-64

Rescue crew with a lifeboat fighting their way through the surf to a ship in distress, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original

Ida Lewis - Idawalley Zoradia Lewis was an American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism in rescuing people from the seas.

The Batavian Fleet off Veere, 1800. Dating: 1800 - 1809. Place: Middelburg. Measurements: h 31 cm × w 45 cm; d 4.5 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Author: Engel Hoogerheyden.

Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama during the USA Civil War. August 5, 1864

Joseph Pennell, Building Submarine Chasers, 1917 Building Submarine Chasers

'La flotte Francaise en orient; Repechage de torpilles apres un exercice de lancement', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805 during Napoleon Wars. British fleet defeated Franco-Spanish fleet. Artist's impression of Nelson on the deck of 'HMS Victory'.

Pelayo was a battleship of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1888 to 1925. She was the first battleship and the most powerful unit of the Spanish Navy at the time, built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at La Seyne in France. Old illustration from La Nature 1887

During a future war between England and France, a duel in the air between French and English aircraft ends in mutual destruction . Date: 1902

France, 1870 1910. Vinkhuijzen, Hendrik Jacobus. still image. Illustrations. General Research Division. Military uniforms , History, France

Expedición en barca en busca del doctor David Livingstone en el África central. Grabado de 1867.

Capture of the U.S. steamer Harriet Lane ..... Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909. 1861 - 1864. Sketches, Drawings, Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

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