sailing ships

Ondergang van de Spaanse Armada, 1588

Public domain image of Dutch print, maritime landscape, ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Willem van de Velde I - Dutch Ships on a Harbour

Willem van de Velde I (Dutch, Leiden 1611–1693 London) Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Reinier Nooms - Naval Battle, 16th century

Reinier Nooms, called Zeeman (Dutch, Amsterdam ca. 1623–1664 Amsterdam) Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oorlogschip 'De Biddende Petrus' ontworpen door Peter de Grote, 1700

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Jan Luyken - Overwintering op Nova Zembla, 1596-1597

Vier scènes uit de overwintering op Nova Zembla, 1596-1597. De bemanning aangevallen door ijsberen, het redden van goederen uit het schip, het schieten en slachten van een ijsbeer, het klaarmaken van de sloepen... More

Robert de Baudous - Wijdschip of lichter

Een wijdschip of lichter op het water. Prent nr. 12 in een serie prenten van Hollandse scheepstypen, 1627. .

Inname van Geertruidenberg, 1573

Inname van Geertruidenberg door de watergeuzen op 28 augustus 1573. Soldaten komen op de voorgrond aan land en bestormen de stad. In het water enkele kleine schepen met vlaggen. Met onderschrift van 4 regels in... More

Wenceslaus Hollar - Overwinning op het Slaak, 1631

De slag op het Slaak, 12-13 september 1631. Plaat met twee voorstellingen. Hoofdvoorstelling is een kaart van de waterwegen, kreken en ondergelopen land tussen Hulst, Antwerpen en Bergen op Zoom. Op de kaart zi... More

Zeeslag bij Lowestoft op 13 Juni 1665

Zeegevecht voor Lowestoft (Lestoffe) tussen de Engelsen onder de hertog van York en de Nederlanders onder Wassenaer van Obdam. Uitvoerige voorstelling op zes aaneensluitende bladen, blad 5.

Paul van Somer II - Portret van Abraham van der Hulst

Portret van admiraal Abraham van der Hulst. Op de achtergrond een zeeslag. Onder de afbeelding zijn naam en een lofdicht in het Nederlands.

The Cannon Shot, Willem van de Velde II

A Dutch warship in a calm, with its sails loosed, fires a cannon shot. Two sloops float to either side of the man-of-war, and another Dutch ship with lowered sails can be seen in the distance. The tranquillity ... More

Zeeslag bij Beachy Head, 1690

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Rough Sea with Ships, Ludolf Bakhuysen

Woelige zee met schepen. Op de voorgrond een vissersbootje, rechts een tjalk, daarachter een oorlogsschip. Pendant van SK-A-2316.

An exact prospect of Charlestown, the metropolis of the province of So...

Print shows a view of the waterfront at Charleston harbor, Charleston, South Carolina, with several ships and small boats in the harbor and men, some with fishing nets, standing on a bit of land in the lower le... More

Verovering van de Zilvervloot door Piet Hein, 1628

Verovering van de Zilvervloot in de Baai van Matanzas door een vloot van de WIC onder bevel van admiraal Piet Heyn, 8 september 1628.

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel - Oorlogsschip een schot lossend

Verschillende zeilschepen op zee, waarvan één een schot lost. Public domain scan of 18th-century etching print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pieter van der Meulen - Brand in Paramaribo, 1821

Gezicht op de grote brand in de stad Paramaribo op 21 januari 1821. Gezicht op de stad vanaf het water, voor de kusr liggen enkele zeilschepen voor anker.

Schetsblad met zeilschepen, brush drawing

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Deck of an American Line of battleship - Charleston, Boston Mass.

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Stern paddle-wheel steam tugboat towing British warship]

Illus. in: A description and draught of a new-invented machine for carrying vessels or ships out of, or into any harbour,.... [London : Reprinted for J. Sheepshanks, 1855 from 1737 edition]. Published in: The ... More

Boten in de haven van Barcelona, met op de achtergrond een vuurtoren

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Shipping, schooner Baltick of Salem, 1765, in the Peabody Museum

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Finish—First International Race for America's Cup, August 8, 1870

Samuel Colman (American, Portland, Maine 1832–1920 New York) Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ship at sea, under full sail, with five men in a rowboat under a parti...

Print shows a Victorian trade card from a series of nautical scenes with space for text advertising a particular product or service. For an example of how these cards were used for advertising, see: LOT 14100, ... More

Mayflower

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Passenger steamship collection - Passagerarfartyg, Enköping. Hamnen

Enköping. Hamnen

Ocean liners: S.S. Venezuela

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Rathdown crew, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, 18...

Exact date unknown. Pictured: some of the officers, apprentices and crew of the British square-rigged ship, the Rathdown. This photo was taken in San Francisco in 1892 after the crew had completed a six-month v... More

Yampa

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U.S.S. Constitution [port broadside]

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[Flying Cloud]

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The 6-masted schooner George W. Wells,, Camden, Maine

The 6-masted schooner George W. Wells, built in 1900 at the Bean shipyard, was perhaps the most famous vessel to be constructed in Camden and the first 6-master built in the world. This vessel was launched Aug... More

Colored image with motifs of fishermen in the storm.

Kolorerad ljusbild med motiv a fiskare i storm. Public domain reproduction of colorized lantern slide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Replica of Santa Maria]

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Union Steam Ship Mararoa - Muir & Moodie

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Suffrage tug, Jersey City

Photograph shows suffragist Mina C. Van Winkle of Newark, New Jersey, holding a torch at front of tug boat. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

The dogs on deck

Photograph shows the sled dogs on the deck of the Terra Nova, during the British Antarctic Expedition. J195231 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14. Copyright 1914 August 14, by Herbert G. Ponting. Blind stamped in l... More

[Columbus' Flagship, the SANTA MARIA]

Halftone repro. of photo in the Mentor, vol. 1, no. 13, Serial No. 13. Copyrighted by the Mentor Association, Inc. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships Other... More

Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic faithful dogs being fed in th...

Photograph shows crew member feeding dog teams sheltered between ice chunks; the Endurance in the background stuck in ice. No. 212301.

U.S. Marines / J.C. Leyendecker.

Poster showing two Marines signaling from shore to ships at sea.

Fiskebåt på havet.Oljemålning 1850.Storlek 62 x 89 cm.

Fiskebåt på havet.Oljemålning 1850.Storlek 62 x 89 cm.

Nederlandse oorlogsschepen vergaan tussen 10-15 mei 1940, Flanders

Blad met negen Nederlandse oorlogsschepen die vergaan zijn tussen 10 en 15 mei 1940. Deels door Duitse aanvallen, deels door eigen bemanning tot zinken gebracht.. De marineschepen: Johan Maurits van Nassau, Z 3... More

Overdracht "Prins Hendrik" nieuwe reddingboot Den Helder

Overdracht "Prins Hendrik" nieuwe reddingboot Den Helder The post-war recovery of the Netherlands, 1952. The Netherlands experienced a period of economic depression and high unemployment in the immediate post-... More

Rainbow Warrior , schip van Greenpeace-organisatie,

Rainbow Warrior , schip van Greenpeace-organisatie, aangekomen in A'dam na ontsnappinig uit Spanje aan De Ruyterkade te A'dam

Preparations are made to lower a small boat over the side of the ammun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Philippine Sea Scene Camera Operator: Ph2 Soutar Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An overall view of various ships docked at piers. They are, front to b...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 D.E. Erickson Release Status: Rel... More

Coast Guard cadets reef the sails of the US Coast Guard training bark ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lynn Jenkins Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

An aerial view of the Sparrows Point Extension Yard of the Bethleham S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marty Goppert Release Status: Released to Public C... More

US Coast Guard (USCG) 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) (47268) breaks a wa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yaquina State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Sw) Eli J. Medellin Release Status: Released to Pu... More

US COAST GUARD River flooding

NATCHEZ, Miss. - Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp tours the Coast Guard Cutter Greenbrier, the Cutter Support Team at the Natchez Moorings and Sector New Orleans as crews respond to the historic Mississipp... More

The Ecuadorian navy sail training ship BAE Guayas (BE 21) sails past t...

NEW YORK (May. 23, 2012) The Ecuadorian navy sail training ship BAE Guayas (BE 21) sails past the Statue of Liberty to participate in Fleet Week New York 2012. Fleet Week New York 2012 marks the 25th year the c... More

Beset by the ice

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The May Flower, 1620

Title on jacket: The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor. Photograph of a painting signed "W.F. Halsall." Detroit Publishing Co. no. M 14152. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Painting of the historic USS Sea Cloud, the United

Painting of the historic USS Sea Cloud, the United States' first racially integrated sea service vessel, on display at the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in New London, Conn... More

The U.S. Brig Niagara, homeported in Erie, Penn., fires

The U.S. Brig Niagara, homeported in Erie, Penn., fires a salute following a wreath laying ceremony honoring those who fought and died in the Battle of Lake Erie on Lake Erie Sept. 10, 2013. The Niagara, a repr... More

Fishermen on the pier at Downings, Co. Donegal

We've had photographs of quite a few old sea dogs at this stage, but none quite so salty as this bearded chap sitting on the mooring bollard!..Date: Circa 1910 (but definitely between circa 1906 and 1914)..NLI ... More

Das sind die new gefunde mensche - Amerigo Vespucci (~1505)

Collection of posters and other poster-like images from various sources selected by BibliOdyssey.

Cupica (ship, 1888) - SLV H99.220-484

Original caption: "Three masted barque CUPICA, Liverpool. 1169 tons. Built at Londonderry 1888. Top layer of image worn off on left side."

M. M. R. Lewellin - Port Melbourne

A watercolour painting of the beach and ships at Port Melbourne, Victoria by Australian artist Madeline Mary Ravenna Lewellin

Manly steamer. Australian postcard

SS Manly (1896) on Sydney Harbour (1905) from postcard Public domain scan of the vintage Australian postcard, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

StateLibQld 1 133237 Anne de Bretagne (ship)

Anne de Bretagne (ship) Public domain photograph of steamship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

StateLibQld 1 169495 Tyburnia (ship)

Tyburnia (ship)

StateLibQld 1 236291 Sailing ship, Banffshire leaving the Brisbane wha...

Sailing ship, Banffshire leaving the Brisbane wharfs with wheat, ca. 1906

HMS Defender 1911. Warship photograph collection

British destroyer HMS Defender. Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HMS Pennywort, Flower Class Corvette. 16 January 1943, London River, T...

HMS Pennywort, Flower Class Corvette. 16 January 1943, London River, Tilbury. Starboard quarter view.

HMS Tuscarora FL20328. Warship photograph collection

HMS Tuscarora Underway. Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rfa Elmol FL24525. Warship photograph collection

Rfa Elmol Underway. Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Royal Marines. With the Royal Marines of the Home Fleet, October a...

The Royal Marines. With the Royal Marines of the Home Fleet, October and November, 1942. A Marine's kit is an elaborate affair, as he must be prepared for service in any climate, both ashore and afloat and on c... More

Fragata Sarmiento en Valparaíso - 1899

Español: Fotografía de la fragata argentina Sarmiento en Valparaíso el año 1899, durante su primer viaje.

The yacht Canada Photo A (HS85-10-8743)

The yacht "Canada". Photo A. Port beam view of the yacht 'Canada' under full sail.

‘Neptune’ and ‘Era,’ Fullerton Harbour

‘Neptune’ and ‘Era,’ Fullerton Harbour.

US Navy North Africa Campaign 80-G-19921 (16870955287)

80-G-19921: Damaged ships at Casablanca Harbor, Morocco, during the first days of the U.S. campaign in North Africa. French ship SS Porthos is shown damaged. (4/7/2015).

British Navy in WWII - 80-G-700862 (23738459410)

80-G-700862: USS Missouri (BB-63). Close up view of her bow, with Mount Fujiyama framed by her stem and anchor chain, in Sagami Wan or Tokyo Bay, Japan, circa 30 August 1945. This photograph was released for... More

LC-DIG-PPMSCA-38066 (17072937714)

LC-DIG-PPMSCA-38066: US Navy sloop of War, USS Richmond, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1863. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (5/15/2015).

United States Navy during American Civil War Lot-6922-16 (35679674040)

Lot-6922-16: Civil War: Trent Affair. Engraving from Le Monde Illustre, 1861. Confederate Commissioners Mason and Slidell being removed from British Mail Steamer “Trent” by Captain Wilkes of USS San Jacinto ... More

Astrakhan, Boats in harbor

Astrakhan is a city on the Volga River in southern Russia. It's known for the Astrakhan Kremlin, an expansive fortress built in the 1500s. Its values are home to several Russian Orthodox churches, including the... More

Before the Wind (NBY 428866)

Postcard view of a sailboat on a lake.

Adam Silo - Dutch Shipping off the Low Countries - Google Art Project

Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

"Join the Fighting Men of The U.S. Merchant Marine" - NARA - 514735

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Crew of the Russian frigate Osliaba docked at Alexandria, Virginia, 18...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Ship models made by Issei...

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Gunboat "Mendota" on James River - NARA - 524597

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Mayflower (PY1). Converted yacht. Port bow, 08-02-1905 - NARA - 512927

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

PADDLE WHEEL STEAMBOATS, DOCKED AT THE NEW LOUISVILLE WATERFRONT ON TH...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Philadelphia, 10-31-1803 - NARA - 512995

Scope and content: The Philadelphia, a 38-gun frigate, commissioned in 1800. Stranding and capture on Oct. 31, 1803.

St. Paul Island supply vessel Penguin II unloading supplies - NARA - 2...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Kolorowane tablice pogladowe do nauki o rzeczach. 1 1889-1890 (398798)

Polski: Adres wydawniczy: Warszawa : A. J. Wiśniakowski, [1889-1890] ([Warszawa : Stanisław Niemiera])Opis fizyczny: 24 k., 24 k. tabl. ; 30 cm

Krenkel ship - postal stamp, Soviet Union

Soviet postage stamp of 4 kopecks from 1979. Ship "Ernst Krenkel", with portrait of Ernst Teodorovich Krenkel (1903-1971). Русский: Почтовая марка СССР. Корабль "Эрнст Кренкель", портрет Э.Т. Кренкеля (1903-197... More

Retour d Isabelle de France en Angleterre

Français : Retour d'Isabelle de France en Angleterre. Grandes Chroniques de France, enluminées par Jean Fouquet, Tours, vers 1455-1460 Paris, BnF, département des Manuscrits, Français 6465, fol. 338v. (Livre de... More

Drawing, Schooner with Three Dories, 1880 (CH 18173717)

Horiztonal view of a schooner with three dories. Public domain scan - drawing of sailing ship, sea, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Drawing, A Dutch Barge, August 20, 1887 (CH 18569893-2)

A moored barge, shown obliquely from the stern. The Dutch colors are flying.

Part of Caernarvon Castle, N. W, Wales

Officers of the 'Terra Nova by Herbert George Ponting

"Officers of the Terra Nova" by Herbert George Ponting. From left to right: James R. Dennistoun, Alfred Buchanan Cheetham, Henry E. De P. Rennick, Francis R.H. Drake, William Williams, Henry Lewin Lee Pennell, ... More

Heinrich Andreas Sophus Petersen - Barque WHITE SEA of Boston

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Santiago de Cuba - A view of the town from the bay (Boston Public Libr...

File name: 07_11_000852 Title: Santiago de Cuba - A view of the town from the bay Creator/Contributor: Perkins, Granville, 1830-1895 (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher) Date issued: 1861-1897 (approximate) Cop... More

'Agamemnon' at sea, a cutter in the foreground RMG PT2475

'Agamemnon' at sea, a cutter in the foreground Watercolour entitled 'Agamemnon at sea, a cutter in the foreground'. The cutter may be a pilot and on the right a second ship in stern view flies the post-1843 Gre... More

'Antinoe' (41) RMG PU9095

'Antinoe' (41) The page is covered with studies of various Egyptian craft, including dahabeeyahs, gyassis and nuggers. Each vessel is portrayed individually on a stretch of calm, reflecting water with some brig... More

'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' breaking out of winter quarters,1854 RMG PW...

'Assistance' and 'Pioneer' breaking out of winter quarters,1854 Inscribed "H.M.S. Assistance and Pioneer breaking out of winter quarters, 1854." 'Assistance' is shown in the centre foreground and 'Pioneer' behi... More

'Félicitié' driven ashore at Scheveningen by the 'Richmond', 24 Januar...

'Félicitié' driven ashore at Scheveningen by the 'Richmond', 24 January 1761 This was a minor Anglo-French action during the Seven Years War. It involved the 'Félicité' which had just left Cherbourg on her way ... More

'Nelson Boarding the 'San Nicolas' in the Victory off Cape St Vincent ...

'Nelson Boarding the 'San Nicolas' in the Victory off Cape St Vincent... 14th February 1797....' This is at present a slightly mysterious image of Nelson boarding the 'San Nicolas' at the Battle of Cape St Vinc... More