Henry Moses - London Docks RMG PU7907
London Docks Print from part two of Moses' 'Sketches of Shipping', entitled 'London Docks'. Signed, inscribed and dated by the artist. The baulks on the wharf may be timber, though very large. The darkly dresse... More
Nelson's Funeral Procession on the Thames, 9 January 1806 BHC0569
Nelson's Funeral Procession on the Thames, 8 January 1806, by Daniel Turner Medium oil on canvas Measurements H 58.4 x W 106.6 cm Accession number BHC0569
The East India Ship 'Duke of Buccleuch', (Captn Alexr Henning) in a Hu...
A recorded sketchbook of Reinagle's, subsequently owned by Clarkson Stanfield RA, shows that he made pencil studies of the 'Duke of Buccleuch' in the Thames in 1833, presumably for this lithograph which first ... More
Calshot Lightship off Southampton Water (5953655745)
Reproduction ID: H3118 Maker: Unknown Date: 1906-10
Lighters tied up at the small wharves of Limehouse (4702558487)
Reproduction ID: H1837 Maker: Thacker Date: 1884-85 Thacker Collection Public domain photograph of ship docs, shipyard, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More
Limehouse Reach (5764999394)
Reproduction ID: N16419 Maker: Unknown Date: 1948-58
Mr Jim Byes Trafalgar Company and Mr Flanagans No. 9 Company at the Ro...
Reproduction ID: H1275 Maker: Unknown Date: about 1905 Public domain photograph of procession, parade in London, England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schoolboys and teacher in class (5546362449)
Reproduction ID: H1328 Maker: Unknown Date: about 1850 Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stumpy Barge of London off Greenwich
DATE 30_04_2003..PRODUCER.Electronic Imaging Officer.Andrew Holt..CAPTUER DEVICE.Creo (Scitex) Exersmart Supreme Scanner..CAPTURE SOFTWARE DETAILS.Software:.oXYgen v1.2.1..Scanner Setup:.MODE: B&W.TYPE: REF.MED... More
The destroyer USS Wainwright DD419 refuelling from the cruiser HMS Nor...
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Wainwright (DD-419) refuelling from the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Norfolk. Wainwright was part of the covering force for the ill-fated Convoy PQ 17, making the run from Iceland to Archa... More
Two survivors from the 'Elingamite' onboard HMS 'Penguin'
Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Volunteers using a crane to discharge a ship during the General Strike...
Reproduction ID: H3858 Maker: Unknown Date: May 1926
A Danish Timber Bark Getting Under Way RMG BHC1040
A Danish Timber Bark Getting Under Way A ship-rigged cat-bark is shown on the right, with her anchors raised and making sail in very calm conditions. She is a Danish trading vessel flying their flag from the s... More
A Dutch Whaler and Other Vessels in the Ice RMG BHC1016
A Dutch Whaler and Other Vessels in the Ice Several types of Dutch shipping are shown trapped in the ice. In the foreground to the right a fluyt sits in the ice, stern view to port. The name of the ship is imp... More
A First-Rate RMG BHC0983, British naval battle painting
A First-Rate An unfinished composition closely relating to a painting of the 'Royal Sovereign' by Willem van de Velde the Younger (BHC3614), which is thought to commemorate an event at Spithead on 4 June 1702 ... More
Abraham Storck - Peter the Great inspecting a ship at Amsterdam
Peter the Great inspecting a ship at Amsterdam .*oil on canvas .*83.8 x 109.2 cm .*ca 1700
Earl st vincent in old age - Public domain old map
A full-length portrait to left in admiral's full-dress uniform, 1795-1812, wearing the ribbon and Star of the Bath and the St Vincent medal.
Gaspare Vanvitelli (1653-1736) (follower of) - Shipping off Malta - BH...
Vanvitelli, Gaspare; Shipping off Malta; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/shipping-off-malta-175821
George Knapton (1698-1778) - The Reverend Nicholas Tindal - BHC2316 - ...
Knapton, George; The Reverend Nicholas Tindal; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-reverend-nicholas-tindal-174880
1906 - Public domain image of steamship
Mears, George; The Paddle Steamer 'Albert Victor'; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-paddle-steamer-albert-victor-175083
The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798 RMG BHC0512
The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798 An important naval engagement during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802. On 19 May 1798, Napoleon sailed from Toulon on his hazardous adventure to Egypt, capturing Ma... More
Willem Schellinks - Dutch Ships in the Medway, June 1667
Schellinks, Willem; Dutch Ships in the Medway, June 1667; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/dutch-ships-in-the-medway-june-1667-175497
Capture of Modeste - A drawing of a naval scene with ships in the wate...
Massacre de l'equipage de la Modeste dans le Port de Genes, par les Anglais le 5 Octobre 1793, ou 13 Vendemiaire An 2 de la Republique
Bonaventura Peeters (I) - Seascape with Sailors Sheltering from a Rain...
TA group of sailors huddle, in a cave, beneath a rugged cliff. Torrential rain falls diagonally from the thick black clouds which hover menacingly above. A smooth, flat sea is rendered in silvery-grey tones. W... More
Daniël Schellinks - HMS Tiger attacked by eight Dutch privateers, 26 A...
Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
National Maritime Museum in Greenwich seen from the Meridian Courtyard
National Maritime Museum in Greenwich seen from the Meridian Courtyard
Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Grass Valley, near Nevada City, California, Se...
'Grass Valley, near Nevada City, California, Septr. 18th 1851'. Public domain photograph of 19th-century British painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sir George Walton - Public domain scenic painting
Portrait of George Walton (1664/65 - 1739) "While commanding the ‘Carcass’, 1701–02, Walton went to the West Indies with a squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow, who in March 1702 appointed him to the ‘Ruby’... More
The Fort of Chuenpee - Drawing. Public domain image.
The Fort of Chuenpee Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View near Greenwich RMG PU2244 - Drawing. Public domain image.
View near Greenwich A view of Millwall on the west side of the Isle of Dogs with Greenwich seen in the distance on the right, from Tombleson's 'Thames' series. View near Greenwich
A paddle steamer at Greenwich (5375139648)
Reproduction ID: H0953 Maker: Unknown Date: 1858 Public domain photograph of ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A view of shops with anti-British and pro-Independence signs, possibly...
Reproduction ID: P97877 Maker: Marine Photo Service Date: circa 1960-1964 Materials: Cellulose acetate negative This photograph is featured in Waterline, a new photographic exhib... More
Monas Queen and the Queen of the North at the quayside, Douglas, Isle ...
Reproduction ID: P00039 Maker: Unknown Date: Unknown Materials: Gelatine dry plate Henley Collection
Sevenstones Light Vessel (5954213760)
Reproduction ID: H3123 Maker: Unknown Date: circa 1950
The Queen in the Queens House (7118141277)
Reproduction ID: H0897 Maker: National Maritime Museum Date: 1990
A Dutch Naval Captain, circa 1690-1704
Public domain image of portrait painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bataille-Cardinaux, British naval battle painting
The French Soleil Royal and Héros are in flames on the right, in the foreground HMS Resolution lies wrecked on her starboard side. In front of her is HMS Essex, with other members of the British fleet at anchor... More
George Romney (1734-1802) - Captain William Bentinck (1764–1813) - BHC...
Romney, George; Captain William Bentinck (1764-1813); National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/captain-william-bentinck-17641813-175432
Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) - John Sheffield (1648–1721), 1st Duke of ...
Kneller, Godfrey; John Sheffield (1648-1721), 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/john-sheffield-16481721-1st-duke-of-buckingham-and-normanby-174897
Nelson at the Battle of the Nile
Public domain image of painting, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The English Ship 'Royal Sovereign' With a Royal Yacht in a Light Air
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
The Reverend Edmund Nelson, 1722-1802 RMG BHC2881
Portrait of the Reverend Edmund Nelson (1722-1802), father of Horatio Nelson A half-length portrait facing right, wearing clerical bands and a plain black coat. The sitter was Rector of Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk... More
William Orpen Herbert Barnard John Everett
Public domain photograph of 20th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Cleveley the Elder, The Royal George at Deptford Showing the Laun...
A fictitious combination of two events set in Deptford Dockyard in southeast London, England, UK: the launch of the H.M.S. Cambridge (left) in Deptford on 21 October 1755, and the H.M.S. Royal George (right) wh... More
The Landing at Tana one of the New Hebrides, by William Hodges
The Landing at Tana one of the New Hebrides. Oil on panel, by William Hodges.l The present day Tanna island, in the nation of Vanuatu.
Captain John Reynolds Jeremiah Theus
"Captain John Reynolds" Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Admiral Augustus Keppel 1725-86 by Sir Joshua Reynolds 1765
"Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1725-86," oil on canvas, by the British artist Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dated 1765. 942 mm x 618 mm x 80 mm. Courtesy of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Admiral the Honourable Samuel Barrington 1729-1800 by Sir Joshua Reyno...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Admiral Sir Francis Geary top - Public domain portrait painting
Geary was a rear-admiral under Hawke in 1759, but was not present at the Quiberon Bay action that November. In May 1780 Sandwich appointed him, then 70-years-old, to the command of the Channel fleet on the dea... More
Admiral George Keith Elphinstone 1st Viscount Keith by George Sanders
Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
John Cleveley the Younger, The Resolution and Discovery off Hawaii
The Resolution and Discovery off Hawaii. Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portuguese Carracks off a Rocky Coast (cropped)
Portuguese carracks off a rocky coast. Public domain photograph of 16th-century painting, renaissance or mannerist, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of Greenwich in 1877 Showing the Training Ship HMS Warspite
'Warspite' (a former two-decker reduced to a frigate) was a training ship for the Marine Society from 1862 but, until lost to a fire in 1876, was moored off Woolwich not Greenwich: so was its successor of the ... More
John Thomas Serres - The Thames at Shillingford
A landscape showing Keen Edge, Shillingford, in Oxfordshire, with Dorchester Abbey visible in the distance. The River Thames is in the foreground and the artist has included examples of the types of boat that ... More
The Grand Naval Review, 1814 RMG PW4791
Text in English below imageː The Grand Naval Review. This Grand Review of the British Navy took place at Portsmouth on June 24th and 25th 1814 in the presence of the Prince Regent and his Royal Visitors
John Downman - Harry Harmwood captain
Harry Harmwood was Captain of HMS Princess Royal before being appointed to the lead in Gibraltar and being the first occupant of The Mount. These small drawings were in the National Maritime Museum and suppose... More
Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Church and Belfry at Hogland, Augt 24th 1855 (...
'Church and Belfry at Hogland, Augt 24th 1855' [Finland]. Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picry... More
Nicholas Pocock - Woolwich Dockyard
Woolwich Dockyard was an English naval dockyard. The dockyard was built in 1514 by Henry VIII for the construction of his famous ship 'Harry Grace a Dieu'. Royal Navy vessels were built at the yard until its c... More
Captain the Honourable George Edgcumbe 1720-95 by Sir Joshua Reynolds
Public domain image of portrait painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Willem van de Velde the Younger - A Dutch Ship Scudding Before a Storm
Public domain scan of 17th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Nicholas Pocock, The Day after Trafalgar – The 'Victory' Trying to Cle...
A depiction of the events of 22 October 1805, the day following the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, off Cape Trafalgar, Province of Cádiz, Spain. Admiral Lord Nelson's ship H.M.S. Victory is heading to... More
A Thames sailing barge drifting at Wapping (4322191056)
Reproduction ID: H1038 Maker: Thacker Date: circa 1884 Thacker collection
Dining Hall of the Royal Hospital School (5566952747)
Reproduction ID: H1454 Maker: Sharp of Greenwich Date: 1928 Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of hospit... More
First Class Smoking Room of the RMS Aquitania
First Class Smoking Room of the RMS Aquitania
Passenger steamer Vesta off Cubitt Town (5475649731)
Reproduction ID: H1100 Maker: Thacker Date: circa 1884-85 Thacker Collection
Staff at R. & H. Green and Silley Weir Ltds Blackwall establishment (6...
Reproduction ID: H4435 Maker: Unknown Date: circa 1930s
The life raft from 'Elingamite' on the upper deck of HMS 'Penguin'
Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The SS Wandle passing Blackfriars Bridge (5618864982)
Reproduction ID: H1824 Maker: Unknown Date: 30 October 1932 Public domain photograph of port, ship docks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Andries van Eertvelt (1590-1652) - A Dutch Ship at Anchor off Genoa - ...
van Eertvelt, Andries; A Dutch Ship at Anchor off Genoa; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-dutch-ship-at-anchor-off-genoa-173494
Captain William Bentinck, 1764-1813, by George Romney
Captain William Bentinck, 1764-1813 Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
East India Company ships at Deptford RMG BHC1873
East India Company ships at Deptford (Updated, February 2015) The ships used by the East Company were initially purchased privately as required. Losses from wear, tear and wreck took their toll and large ships... More
Frederick Calvert (c.1785-c.1845) - View of Greenwich - BHC1813 - Roya...
Calvert, Frederick; View of Greenwich; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/view-of-greenwich-173170
Sir Godfrey Kneller - John Norris coat of arms
Portrait of John Norris Public domain photograph of 18th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Death of Lord Nelson in the Cockpit of the Ship 'Victory' by Benja...
"The Death of Lord Nelson in the Cockpit of the Ship 'Victory'"
Thomas Luny (1759-1837) - A Cutter Passing Astern of a Frigate - BHC11...
Luny, Thomas; A Cutter Passing Astern of a Frigate; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-cutter-passing-astern-of-a-frigate-175044
Admiral Augustus Keppel 1725-86 by Joshua Reynolds 1779
Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Captain Thomas Baillie of the Royal Navy by Nathaniel Hone the Elder 1...
A three-quarter-length seated portrait very slightly to right, showing Baillie wearing captain's full-dress uniform, 1774–87 and a grey tie wig. His sword hangs above his head in the top left of the painting.
Lemuel Francis Abbott - Sir peter parker NMM
He wears an Admiral's full-dress uniform of 1795-1812, although the cuffs have not been correctly portrayed since they lack the fourth ring necessary for full dress.
Blackwall Yard from the Thames, British naval battle painting
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Castro Battle of Actium
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Heerman Witmont - Action between Dutch and English Ships - WGA25795
Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Reinier Nooms - Dutch Ships off Tripoli
The painting showing Dutch ships off the coast of Tripoli. Viewed from above, though not quite an aerial perspective, the port and shipping in the bay are all very carefully detailed.
Fall of Nelson - A painting of a large group of people on a ship
The Fall of Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805. Public domain photograph of 19th-century British painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
De Velde, Battle Of Solebay, British naval battle painting
Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Edward Gennys Fanshawe, The Leader valley at Cowdenknowes House, Berwi...
The Leader valley at Cowdenknowes House, Berwickshire, 1843 [Scotland]. Public domain photograph of 19th-century British painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The barque of Rajah of Sarawak
The barque of Rajah of Sarawak. Public domain photograph of 19th-century British painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Yacht Xarifa - A drawing of a sailing ship in the ocean
lithograph by T.G. Dutton after a skech of Nicholas Matthews Condy
Captain John Cooke - National Maritime Museum BHC2629
From the museum's website A half-length portrait of Captain John Cooke wearing a captain's full-dress uniform (over three years), 1795-1812; sea and sky form the background. He was captain of the 'Nymphe' when... More
Admiral Edward Thornborough (1754-1834), by Samuel Lane
Admiral Edward Thornbrough (1754-1834) Public domain photograph of 19th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Edward Gennys Fanshawe, The Puntinha, Madeira, Jany 1st 1849. Taking a...
'The Puntinha, Madeira, Jany 1st 1849. Taking a look at one's ship'.
Lalla Rookh (ship, 1876) - NMM P4272
Original caption: "The Finnish iron barque 'Lalla Rookh' (1876) in the Stave Dock, part of the Surrey Commercial Docks, c. 1900. Launched at Liverpool, she served on various routes, including the South Pacific... More
C. Pocock - Landing of William III at Carrickfergus, 14 June 1690 - BH...
British (English) School; Landing of William III at Carrickfergus, 14 June 1690; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/landing-of-william-iii-at-carrickfergus-14-june-1690-172699
Daniel Mytens (c.1590-1647) - Charles Howard (1536–1624), 1st Earl of ...
Mytens, Daniel; Charles Howard (1536-1624), 1st Earl of Nottingham; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/charles-howard-15361624-1st-earl-of-nottingham-175180
The Immortality of Nelson by Benjamin West 1807
"The Immortality of Nelson" Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fiennes de Clinton - Public domain portrait painting
Public domain photo of portrait art painting, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
HughPalliser - Public domain portrait painting
Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Admiral of the Fleet Howe 1726-99 1st Earl Howe by John Singleton Copl...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of portrait art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, Baron Nelson of the Nile BHC28...
Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) Noteː Key differences with BHC2896; BHC2895 is the original version, the artist signed it, it's a smaller size, Nelson wears one gold medal (St Vincent) instead of two (... More
Daniël Schellinks - HM Ship Tiger Taking the Schakerloo in the Harbour...
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Hermionecuttingout, British naval battle painting
HMS Hermione being cut out of Puerto Cabello by boats from HMS Surprise