Historical Naval Engravings

A collection of vintage lithographs depicting naval battles, warships, and maritime events from various historical periods, showcasing dramatic sea scenes.

Engraving depicting the engagement of British Warships with Taiping Rebels at Nanking

Lithographs Arrival of HMS Sehapis in Bombay Mumbai Harbor Maharashtra India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

THE GUN BOATS 'THISTLE ' AND 'WEASEL ' CUTTING OUT TRADING CRAFT, OFF CRONSTADT

Historical drawing, US-American history, 19th century, a naval battle during the American Civil War, the CSS Nashville, a steamer, destroying a merchant ship, 1863

The mortal remains of Frederik VII are brought to Copenhagen.

Aquatint of the Battle of Navarino. The Asia anchored alongside the Turkish ships. Print by Smart and Pyall. Dated 1827

Naval battle in Canton, 1858. Second Opium War, China, 19th century.

Commander Porter's Mortar Flotilla during the American Civil War, 1862

Engraving depicting the engagement of British Warships with Taiping Rebels at Nanking

OLTENITZA, FROM TURTUKAI, 1854

'The Battle of Actium', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

The Turkish Fleet in Bashika Bay, 1850. '...we must not fancy that the Turks have not much better means of destruction now than then. Any prudent man would march his small-arm men and marines with their field-pieces across from Bashika Bay, and decide the matter on shore: against such an attack there is scarcely any provision whatever. Once up through this channel, and the way to Constantinople is clear. The defences of the city for preventing a fleet reaching it from the Black Sea are very strong; and if the ships would only sail down, they would stand a chance of being sunk. But when Russia

France, Toulon. Fire of the ironclad warship "Richelieu". Scene represeting the ship's sinking at 4 a.m. on December 29, 1880. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

Battle between old English and French fleets, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Attack on Sidon by Commodore Charles Napier, September 1840.Engraved G. Greatbach after G.W. Terry. From England's Battles by Sea and Land by Lieut Col Williams, The London Printing and Publishing Company circa 1890s

The Confederate iron-clad boats score a hit against the wooden boats of the Unionists. Date: 1863

The Bombardment of Messina in September 1848. The town of Messina suffered greatly in September 1848 during the rise of Italy against Austria.

Spain, Burgos. Paseo del Espolón avenue. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

Malay (mollucan) pirates attack in formation; Dutch East Indies 18th Century

Taking Mardyck, vintage engraving. Taking Mardyck, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1867. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678234

Accident to Her Majesty's Steamer "Cuckoo", at Jersey, 1850. The beacon '...on the Oyster Rocks (Les Huitrieres) at the entrance to the small roads to St. Hellier...had been swept away by violent storms...The Cuckoo...was steaming towards Victoria Harbour...when her starboard bow suddenly struck upon the dangerous and unbeaconed rocks...Captain Dumaresq then got all the Cuckoo's steam up, ordered the troops en masse astern, to keep her bows as much as possible from the water, and happily succeeded in driving her, just beyond the harbour's entrance, into shallow water...All the troops

THE BRITISH FLEET LYING IN THE ROADSTEAD OF BEYROUT (BEIRUT)

THE SEIZURE BY CAPTAIN WILKS, OF THE UNITED STATES' WAR SHIP SAN JACINTO, OF MESSRS. SLIDELL AND MASON, CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS, ON BOARD THE BRITISH MAIL STEAMER TRENT

Cudillero, Asturias, Spain. Night work at the construction of the new quay, taking advantage of the low tide. Drawing from life by Tomas Campuzano (1857-1934). Engraving by Tomas Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). December 15, 1884.

Siege of La Rochelle, 1898. Artist: Hildirbrand

Journey of the King and Queen of Spain to Galicia (August 9, 1881). Galicia, La Corua province, Ferrol. The corvette "Tornado", leading to King Alfonso XII and Queen Maria Cristina, is greeted by the squadron at Cape Prior. From left to right: frigates "Sagunto", "Zaragoza", "Tornado" (corvette), "Carmen", "Concordia", "Pelicano" (gunboat), "Villa de Madrid" and "Almansa". Illustration by Riudavets, according to a natural sketch by Monlen. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Turkish army divers remove the Russian torpedoes from the Black Sea off the coast of Poti, 1877. Russo-Turkish War, Georgia, 19th century.

1850 Franklin Search Expedition led by Captain Austin, meeting their first icebergs on 3 June, 1850.

State of the Russian ships, the day after the capture of Sevastopol by the French army. The Crimean War, 1855. Engraving

A detachment of United States Sailors from the Gunboats Albatross and Gemsbok burning the contraband vessel York, mouth of Rogue's Inlet near Beaufort, NC, January 23, 1862. USA Civil War

Battle of Trafalgar. The Spanish ship "Principe de Asturias", bearing the insignia of the head of the Spanish Squadron, Admiral Federico Gravina, fighting against five English ships (October 21, 1805). Composition and illustration by Angel Cortellini. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, 1881.

Occupation of Egypt by the British Army, 1882. The Suez Canal, occupied by the English. Station "El Kantarah" (the bridge of the treasure). Drawing by A. de Caula. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Eugenio Vela (d. 1895). Spanish engraver.

Merope in action with a U-Boat

An engraving depicting Denis Papin's steamboat (1707) being wrecked by boatmen on the Weser, who saw it as a threat to their jobs. Denis Papin (1647-1713) a French physicist, mathematician and inventor. Dated 19th century

The battle at Eckernförde on April 5, 1849, a battle in the Schleswig-Holstein War, shooting of the fion, Germany, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated 1f-4898386

Turkish Galley at the Battle of Lepanto

Occupation of Egypt by the British Army, 1882. The Suez Canal, occupied by the English. Station 'El Kantarah' (the bridge of the treasure). Drawing by A. de Caula. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

THE TUNNY FISHERY

Battle of Trafalgar (October 21, 1805). Naval combat that confronted Spain and France against Great Britain, under the command of Lieutenant General Gravina (Spain), Admiral Villeneuve (France) and Vice Admiral Nelson (Great Britain). Anglo-Spanish War (1804-1809). Third Coalition. Illustration by Vallejo. Engraving by Laporta. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1898.

Siege of Fort Sumter by a Confederate batteries on April 13, 1861. Confederate soldiers fire cannons from an artillery battery, bombarding Sumter in the distance. Smoke is seen in distance from other Confederate batteries attacking the fort (BSLOC_2018_6_104)

1860s MAY 1862 CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS FEDERAL FLEET PASSING MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORTS UNION NAVAL VICTORY

The British fleet attacking the island of Chu-san, July 5, 1840, print. First Opium War, China, 19th century.

The Battle of Dogger Bank, 1781, occurred on 5 August 1781 in the North Sea during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch Naval War, digitally restored reproduction o...

The Battle of Dogger Bank, 1781, occurred on 5 August 1781 in the North Sea during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch Naval War, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown

Strange Spoils of the Sea. The Diver and His Work. British Divers, circa 1909

Shipping Artillery Horses at Calais, for the French Expeditionary Force to the Baltic Crimean War, 1854. '...shipping of the horses belonging to the French artillery on board the Lamorien, French corvette...Great care was taken by the men in putting the horses on board; but, with all their precautions, they had nearly lost one of the finest of them. Whilst in the slings, the horse became frightened, and the struggles having caused the slings to slip forward, the animal became suspended by the head. It seemed a case of hanging or drowning; the horse appeared to prefer the latter. After two or

Conquest of Majorca by King James I (1208-1276). On 5 September 1229, the Aragonese squadron sailed from Tarragona, Salou and Cambrils with an imposing fleet of more than 150 ships to conquer Majorca. The Catalan-Aragonese squadron in Salou. Engraving by Serra Pausas. "Glorias Españolas" (Glories of Spain). Volume II. Published in Barcelona, 1890. Author: Joan Serra Pausas (active 1861-1902).

Helgolanders salvage goods from the sea, beach pirates, Germany, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

THE STORM IN THE CRIMEA

The Constitution and Guerriere-Fought August 19th, 1812-The The Guerriere had 15 men killed and 63 wounded-The Constitution had 7 men killed and 7 wounded. Dimensions: Image: 8 1/2 × 13 3/16 in. (21.6 × 33.5 cm)Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 1/16 in. (25.3 × 35.7 cm). Publisher: Lithographed and published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 1813-1888 New York); Copyright, Sarony & Major (New York, NY). Date: 1848. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Painting depicting a scene from the Battle of Manila Bay by Willy Stöwer (1864-1931) a German artist, illustrator and author during the Imperial Period. Dated 19th Century

AMERICAN SLAVER CAPTURED BY H.M.S. 'ANTELOPE'

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.

Engraving titled 'The Murderous Naval Battle of Navarino on October 1827'. Dated 19th Century

The French ship Phlegeton crossing a frozen sea, Crimean war, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 675, Volume XXVII, February 2, 1856.

HMS Bellerophon, the ship which carried Napoleon to England after the Battle of Waterloo; Black and White Illustration;

Hansa warship in the 17th century, Hanseatic League, heavy seas, storm, three-master, flag, coat of arms, sails set, historical illustration 1880

War of the Pacific (1879-1883). Western South America with Bolivia and Peru in front of Chile as a belligerants. Chilean corvette "Esmeralda" Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracio_n Espan_ola y Americana, 1879.

Bellerophon, Napoleon embarkation for England, July 5, 1815, vintage engraving. Bellerophon, Napoleon embarkation for England, July 5, 1815, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1846. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10673325

Sardinian volunteers leave Genova to fight in the Crimea, thus ensuring their country will have a place at the conference table and so be recognised as a nation. Date: 1855

At the White House, and breaking up the comissariat depot on the Pamunky River - departure of the Union flotilla for the James River. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 July 26, p. 285. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union, Military depots, Virginia, 1860-1870, Boats, Virginia, Pamunkey River, 1860-1870.

events American Revolutionary War 1775 - 1783 Naval Battle of Grenada 6.7.1779 wood engraving by Foulquier France 19th century,

The loss of the Monitor, 1862

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Gun-Boats attacking Southsea Castle - sketched by E. Weedon, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a mock naval battle off the coast of Hampshire. 'The head of the White Division having anchored abreast of Fort Monckton, the remaining ships of that denomination formed an imposing front of attack against the gun-boats and floating batteries moored parallel to them. These, lolling like porpoises in the water as it was lashed into waves by the screws of their opponents, seemed silently and somewhat contemptuously to look on the preparations made against

Napoleon surrendering to board the Bellerophon, vintage engraving. Napoleon surrendering to board the Bellerophon, vintage engraved illustration. History of France 1885. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656470

Engraving depicts a range party and a change over of watchmen. Dated 1870

Commencement of the Thames Embankment: driving the first pile in front of the Duke of Buccleuch's mansion, London, 1862. An '...important work was very nearly spoiled, and for some time interrupted, not by the Sovereign, but by a Duke, who had possessed himself of some Government leases, and the battle of the "Thames Embankment," memorable for the mistakes of a Secretary of State and the imperturbable good humour and pluck of the Prime Minister, was fought out with considerable skill and much acerbity. The popular side gained; and the Duke of Buccleuch, if he should ever inhabit hi

Explosion of the admiralty yacht in Rotterdam, 1790; Enjoy the jumping of Admiralities JAGT on the Maas in Rotterdam on the 20 October 1790. Explosion of the admiralty yacht on the Maas in Rotterdam, during the festivities in honor of the arrival of the Stad Holder family to Rotterdam, 20 March 1790. Links Admiralty building on the maze.

Dam Dam in Lower Mississippi. Illustration originally published in Hesse-Warteggs Nord Amerika, swedish edition published in 1880. The image is currently in public domain by the virtue of age. Copyright: xZoonar.com/J.xSandvikx 2119189

Collision between the steamers Niagara and Postboy, on the Mississippi River, November 24, 1865

Arab slave ship in the Red Sea, in the mid-19th century. The crew show consternation at the approach of a British man-of-war. After an engraving by Horace Harral published in The Graphic, 25 April 1

View of Arica, Peru, 1865. 'As the seaport town of Arica, near the southern extremity of Peru, was lately the head-quarters and base of operations of the revolutionary faction in that distracted Republic, we give a view of the place, from a sketch by Mr. F. E. Wilmot...of H.M.S. Shearwater, when lying in that harbour of the Pacific coast. It shows...the port, with its fortifications on the top of the cliff named the Morro Arica, and with a couple of the rebel ships and the British man-of-war in the port at anchor - namely, the Tombez gun-boat on the right, the Shearwater on the left, and t

Back of a warship, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1847.

Sketch of the SMS Gneisenau was an armoured cruiser of the German navy, part of the two-ship Scharnhorst class. Dated 1914

St Helena: British shipping off St Helena, the island to which Napoleon was banished after his surrender following defeat at Waterloo in 1814. Engraving. London 1817.

American Civil War 1861-1865: Destruction of the Confederate (Southern) flotilla by Unionist armoured gunboats at Memphis, Tennessee, July 1862. Wood engraving

The Tonkin Campaign (French: Campagne du Tonkin) was an armed conflict fought between June 1883 and April 1886 by the French against, variously, the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army and the Chinese Guangxi and Yunnan armies to occupy Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and entrench a French protectorate there. The campaign, complicated in August 1884 by the outbreak of the Sino-French War and in July 1885 by the Can Vuong nationalist uprising in Annam, which required the diversion of large numbers of French troops, was conducted by the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps, supported by the gunboats of the Tonkin Flotilla. The campaign officially ended in April 1886, when the expeditionary corps was reduced in size to a division of occupation, but Tonkin was not effectively pacified until 1896.

US Civil War, Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, Feb. 6, 1862. Union gunboats bombarding Fort Henry (left background) on the Tennessee River during the US Civil War, Feb. 6, 1862. On the far right, one boat, the USS Essex, has been damaged by Confederate fire from the fort (BSLOC_2018_7_15)

Cherbourg, 1858. 'Between the French port and the English coast roll sixty or seventy good miles of ocean; and, when you have inspected Cherbourg, you will not wish the channel one league less in breadth. The town itself, it need scarcely he said, is not the place-it is the least important part of it; the real Cherbourg consists of the harbour, the military port, the breakwater, and the fortifications. Cherbourg would be nearly all it is if the town did not exist. The immense works are not intended for its defence only; its little export and coasting trade does not require those moles, piers,

The USS Hartford on Fire, prior to the Battle of New Orleans, USA Civil War 1862

1860s BATTLE OF IRONCLADS BETWEEN CONFEDERATE MERRIMACK THE VIRGINIA AND UNION MONITOR CIVIL WAR SHIPS SUNDAY MARCH 9th 1862

US Civil War, Battle of Fort Henry, Tennessee, Feb. 6, 1862. Union gunboats bombarding Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, receive return fire from the Confederate garrison (BSLOC_2018_7_18)

Fuzhou, Fujian province, China. Pagoda Anchorage in Mawei harbour, on the outskirts of the city of Fuzhou. The Battle of Fuzhou or the Battle of the Pagoda Anchorage took place at this place on 23 August 1884. The French squadron under Admiral Courbet destroyed almost the whole of the Fujian Fleet. This battle signified the beginning of the Sino-French War or Tonkin War (August 1884-April 1885). Engraving. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Engraving depicting a mirage observed off the coast of Greenland in 1822. Dated 19th century

THE INDIAN RELIEF TROOPING SEASON, PASSING THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL

US Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten, on the Mississippi River, Feb. 28-April 8, 1862. Also called the Battle of New Madrid, Union bombardment began Saturday afternoon, March 15, and continued until midnight of April 7th (BSLOC_2018_7_32)

History of Spain. Island of San Simon, in the Vigo estuary. Pontevedra province, Galicia, Spain. General view of the lazaretto and the islands of San Simon and San Antonio, from the bay. The San Simon lazaretto became operational on 15 August 1842, and ceased to be used in 1927. Drawing by Rafael Monleon. Engraving by Rico. Detail. The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana). August 8, 1884.

Federal flotilla at anchor, off Fort Pillow. The storm occurred on the night of May 20th 1862, when lightning just missed hitting the amunition boat with 25,000 pounds of gun powder on board. Date: 1862

US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April-August, 1862. The departure of the Union flotilla from White House Landing to Harrison Landing on the James River, June 26, 1862. They set fire to the stores that could not carry. The White House, recently the residence of Gen. Robert E. Lee's wife, Mary Custis Lee, was destroyed by fire (BSLOC_2018_7_114)

This iconic 1846 lithograph by Nathaniel Currier was entitled 'The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbour', the phrase 'Boston Tea Party' had not yet become standard. When peaceful means failed to break the East India Company's monopoly colonists resorted to direct action. Disguised as Indians, they boarded the ships, broke the chests and threw tea cargoes overboard.

THE NEW STEEL ARMOUR-PLATED TURRET-SHIP, H.M.S. "CONQUEROR", 1883: Torpedo Port, Breakwater across Deck, Nordenfeldt, Hatchway Galley, Conning Tower

Historic drawing, 19th century, the large fire on Tooley Street, 1861, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ship of War and Galley of the 15th Century, Illustration from the Book, "John Cassels Illustrated History of England, Volume II", text by William Howitt, Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, London, 1858

Experiments with the Armstrong 600-pounder against the Warrior floating target, 1864. 'The sight presented by the target when struck was very grand. The shell, from its enormous size, was distinctly seen throughout its flight of 1000 yards from the gun to the target, and as the shell exploded an immense volume of smoke and flame instantly enveloped the target. Above the smoke pieces of plank were seen flying in the air, announcing the demolition of the box in the rear...On taking the target to pieces the shattering effect was found to have extended far beyond the limits of the hole...The whole

Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905: Russian cruiser 'Varyag' steaming out of harbour to engage with the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Chemulpo, at which she was sunk, 9 February 1904

Japanese War Ships belching smoke - Turn of the (20th) Century Print

Dr. Livingstone's station at the mouth of the Kongone River, on the Zambesi delta.

Bombing of Antwerp, 1830, 1830 - 1831 print The bombing of Antwerp by the Dutch warships under the command of General Chassé, from the Scheldt, 27 October 1830. Centrally between the ships the gunboat of Van Speijk, on the right the burning Entrepôt. The print includes a loose print with the title and the names of the ships. print maker: Netherlandspublisher: Rotterdam paper etching bombardment Antwerp. Scales

'Sebastopol; The deck of the "Ville De Paris" at the moment when the Poop was struck by a Russian shell', 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854".

Historia. Intento de invasión de las islas Baleares por los cartagineses hacia el año 200 a. C. Grabado de 1871.

The First Anglo-Chinese War (1839-42), known popularly as the First Opium War or simply the Opium War, was fought between the United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty of China over their conflicting viewpoints on diplomatic relations, trade, and the administration of justice. Chinese officials wished to stop what was perceived as an outflow of silver and to control the spread of opium, and confiscated supplies of opium from British traders. The British government, although not officially denying China's right to control imports, objected to this seizure and used its newly developed military power to enforce violent redress. In 1842, the Treaty of Nanking-the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties-granted an indemnity to Britain, the opening of five treaty ports, and the cession of Hong Kong Island, thereby ending the trade monopoly of the Canton System. The failure of the treaty to satisfy British goals of improved trade and diplomatic relations led to the Second Opium

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