Cornelis Verbeeck (c.1590-c.1637) - An Engagement between the Spanish ...
Verbeeck, Cornelis; An Engagement between the Spanish and the Dutch, c.1630; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/an-engagement-between-the-spanish-and-the-dutch-c-1630-175920
'Erebus' and the 'Terror' in New Zealand, August 1841 by John Wilson C...
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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
Abraham de Verwer (c.1580-1650) - A Ship in a Calm Sea - BHC0734 - Roy...
de Verwer, Abraham; A Ship in a Calm Sea; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-ship-in-a-calm-sea-175926
Abraham Jansz. Storck (1644-1708) (follower of) - Shipping off Amsterd...
Storck, Abraham Jansz.; Shipping off Amsterdam; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/shipping-off-amsterdam-175694
Abraham Jansz. Storck (1644-1708) - A Dutch Ship Passing a Fort - BHC0...
Storck, Abraham Jansz.; A Dutch Ship Passing a Fort; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-dutch-ship-passing-a-fort-175688
Abraham Jansz. Storck (1644-1708) - Shipping off Amsterdam - BHC0924 -...
Storck, Abraham Jansz.; Shipping off Amsterdam; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/shipping-off-amsterdam-175689
Abraham Jansz. Storck (1644-1708) - Shipping off Amsterdam - BHC0925 -...
Storck, Abraham Jansz.; Shipping off Amsterdam; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/shipping-off-amsterdam-175690
Abraham Jansz. Storck (1644-1708) - Ships Passing a Windmill - BHC0933...
Storck, Abraham Jansz.; Ships Passing a Windmill; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/ships-passing-a-windmill-175692
Abraham Storck - Dutch Shipping in an Estuary
Dutch shipping in an astuary, Artist: Abraham Storck Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abraham Storck - Fishing Boats in a Storm off the Dutch Coast at Den H...
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Abraham Storck - Shipping off Amsterdam
Shipping off Amsterdam by Abraham Storck Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Abraham Willaerts (c.1603-1669) - A French Galley and Dutch Men-of-War...
Willaerts, Abraham; A French Galley and Dutch Men-of-War off a Port; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-french-galley-and-dutch-men-of-war-off-a-port-176133
Adam Silo - A Dutch Whaler and Other Vessels in the Ice
A Dutch Whaler and Other Vessels in the Ice.*oil on canvas .*44 x 61.8 cm .*circa 1757
Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805 R...
Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805 Vice-Admiral Calder’s squadron intercepted the Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve off north-western Spain, as it returned from it... More
Adriaen van Diest (c.1656-1704) - The Four Days' Battle, the Burning o...
van Diest, Adriaen; The Four Days' Battle: the Burning of HMS 'Royal Prince', 3 June 1666; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-four-days-battle-the-burning-of-hms-royal-prince-3-june-1666-173407
Andries van Eertvelt (1590-1652) - Dutch Ships Loading Timber in a Nor...
van Eertvelt, Andries; Dutch Ships Loading Timber in a Northern Port; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/dutch-ships-loading-timber-in-a-northern-port-173482
William Joy - Arrival of HMS Clyde
HMS 'Clyde' Arriving at Sheerness After the 'Nore' Mutiny, 30 May 1797. The 'Clyde' is shown arriving at sunrise in the Medway, off Sheerness Dockyard. She is in the left middle distance, in port-bow view, on ... More
Arthur Robertson (1850-1911) - The Pool of London in the Frost - BHC18...
Robertson, Arthur; The Pool of London in the Frost; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-pool-of-london-in-the-frost-175421
Bonaventura Peeters I (1614-1652) - Seascape with Sailors Sheltering f...
Peeters I, Bonaventura; Seascape with Sailors Sheltering from a Rain Storm; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/seascape-with-sailors-sheltering-from-a-rain-storm-175300
British (English) School - East India Company Ships at Deptford - BHC1...
East India Company Ships at Deptford. The large Indiaman being fitted out in the dock belongs to Thomas Grantham (bap. 1641 – 1718) it is the Charles the Second, 775 tons, launched in February 1683 by Johnson ... More
British School - A Frigate at Anchor, Thought to Be off Sandy Hook - B...
British School; A Frigate at Anchor, Thought to be off Sandy Hook; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-frigate-at-anchor-thought-to-be-off-sandy-hook-172775
British School - A Hulk with Paddle-Steamers and Other Vessels in a Mo...
British School; A Hulk with Paddle-Steamers and Other Vessels in a Mountainous Bay; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-hulk-with-paddle-steamers-and-other-vessels-in-a-mountainous-bay-172793
British School - A Paddle Steamer and Fishing Vessels near a Coast - B...
British School; A Paddle Steamer and Fishing Vessels near a Coast; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-paddle-steamer-and-fishing-vessels-near-a-coast-172806
British School - A Royal Yacht at Greenwich - BHC1819 - Royal Museums ...
British School; A Royal Yacht at Greenwich; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-royal-yacht-at-greenwich-172715
British School - Guardship in the Medway - BHC0953 - Royal Museums Gre...
British School; Guardship in the Medway; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/guardship-in-the-medway-172720
British School - Moonlight, A Ship Becalmed Near the Shore - BHC0998 -...
British School; Moonlight: A Ship Becalmed Near the Shore; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/moonlight-a-ship-becalmed-near-the-shore-175201
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
C. W. - Dutch Men-of-War and Fishing Boats in Harbour - BHC0817 - Roya...
W., C.; Dutch Men-of-War and Fishing Boats in Harbour; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/dutch-men-of-war-and-fishing-boats-in-harbour-173160
Capture des flutes Alcide et Lys en 1755 pres de Louisbourg
The Capture of the 'Alcide' and 'Lys', 8 June 1755 On the belief that the French were preparing to build up their military presence in America, in April 1755 an English naval squadron was despatched to America... More
Charles Brooking (1723-1759) - A Dutch Beach Scene with a Man-of-War i...
Brooking, Charles; A Dutch Beach Scene with a Man-of-War in the Distance; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-dutch-beach-scene-with-a-man-of-war-in-the-distance-173105
Charles Deane (1794-1874) - Fletcher's Yard, Limehouse - BHC1876 - Roy...
Deane, Charles; Fletcher's Yard, Limehouse; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/fletchers-yard-limehouse-173400
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
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Charles Martin Powell - Shipping in a calm
Powell, Charles Martin; Shipping in a Calm; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/shipping-in-a-calm-175363
Charles William Wyllie (1853-1923) - A Regatta off HMS ‘Worcester’ - B...
Wyllie, Charles William; A Regatta off HMS 'Worcester'; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-regatta-off-hms-worcester-176187
Charles William Wyllie (1853-1923) - Home from the Brazils, Refitting ...
Wyllie, Charles William; Home from the Brazils: Refitting; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/home-from-the-brazils-refitting-176188
Destruction du Soleil Royal à la bataille de La Hougue 1692
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Dominic Serres (1722-1793) - Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758 - BHC03...
Serres, Dominic; Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/attack-on-goree-29-december-1758-175579
Dominic Serres (1722-1793) - Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758 - BHC03...
Serres, Dominic; Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/attack-on-goree-29-december-1758-175583
Dominic Serres (1722-1793) - Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758, Ships ...
Serres, Dominic; Attack on Goree, 29 December 1758: Ships at Anchor after the Action; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/attack-on-goree-29-december-1758-ships-at-anchor-after-the-action-175581
Dominic Serres (1722-1793) - Ships off the Gun Wharf at Portsmouth, 17...
Serres, Dominic; Ships off the Gun Wharf at Portsmouth, 1770; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/ships-off-the-gun-wharf-at-portsmouth-1770-175560
Dominic Serres - Dominic Serres - Barrington's action at St Lucia 1778...
This shows Admiral Samuel Barrington's squadron at anchor across the Grand Cul de Sac on the west side of St Lucia, covering his invasion transports within it, on the day following his successful defence of the... More
Dominic Serres the Elder - The Captured Spanish Fleet at Havana, Augus...
A depiction of an episode from the last major operation of the Seven Years War, 1756–63. It was part of England's offensive against Spain when she entered the war in support of France late in 1761. The British... More
Edmund Aubrey Hunt (1855-1922) - Limehouse Reach - BHC4248 - Royal Mus...
Hunt, Edmund Aubrey; Limehouse Reach; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/limehouse-reach-174832
Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) - A Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats ...
Cooke, Edward William; A Harbour Scene with Fishing Boats; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-harbour-scene-with-fishing-boats-173331
Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) - Dutch Barges near a Beach - BHC1251...
Cooke, Edward William; Dutch Barges near a Beach; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/dutch-barges-near-a-beach-173327
Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) - Port Scene - BHC2368 - Royal Museums Green...
Isabey, Eugene; Port Scene; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/port-scene-174842
Francis Holman (1729-1784) - Blackwall Yard from the Thames - BHC1866 ...
Holman, Francis; Blackwall Yard from the Thames; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/blackwall-yard-from-the-thames-174763
Francis Swaine (1730-1782) - An Indiaman Becalmed - BHC1054 - Royal Mu...
Swaine, Francis; An Indiaman Becalmed; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/an-indiaman-becalmed-175718
Francis Swaine (1730-1782) - Shipping by Moonlight - BHC1049 - Royal M...
Swaine, Francis; Shipping by Moonlight; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/shipping-by-moonlight-175716
Francis Swaine (1730-1782) - The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 20 November 1...
Swaine, Francis; The Battle of Quiberon Bay, 20 November 1759; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-battle-of-quiberon-bay-20-november-1759-175715
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
George Chambers Snr - 'Britannia' Entering Portsmouth
HMS Britannia entering Portsmouth. The 'Britannia', 120 guns, is shown here entering Portsmouth on 4 February 1835, under the command of Captain Peter Rainier, after spending five-and-a-half years in the Med... More
George Webster (1797-1864) - A Two-Decker Leaving Portsmouth - BHC1922...
Webster, George; A Two-Decker Leaving Portsmouth; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-two-decker-leaving-portsmouth-176001
Gerrit Battem (c.1636-1684) - A Fishing Pink Running Past a Jetty - BH...
Battem, Gerrit; A Fishing Pink Running Past a Jetty; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-fishing-pink-running-past-a-jetty-172567
Hans Goderis (1622-1643) - A Fishing Boat with Sail Lowered Near the S...
Goderis, Hans; A Fishing Boat with Sail Lowered Near the Shore; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/a-fishing-boat-with-sail-lowered-near-the-shore-174669
Jacob Knyff English and dutch ships taking on stores at a port
Public domain image of a harbor, sailing ship, boat, city building, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Jan Baptist Bonnecroy - A Middelburg Ship Lying off Middelburg
Public domain image of painting, 17th-18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
John Cleveley the Elder - Launch of a Fourth-Rate on the River Orwell
Launch of a Fourth-Rate on the River Orwell Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Joseph Walter - Shipping off Bristol
A painting showing West Indiamen alongside Bristol docks on the Avon. The ship in the foreground on the left is being unloaded with timber from America. Some of the unloaded timber floats on the water. A man ca... More
Dominic Serres - Moonlight battle Aftermath
A painting showing a scene after the Moonlight battle 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, during the War of American Independence. ... More
Samuel Scott - 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 stern. Such ships were immensely strong ... More
St Albans Deptford - Public domain drawing
The painting shows the 'St Albans', 60 guns man-of-war built at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1747. It is depicted being floated out of her building dock, flying the Admiralty flag, the Royal Standard, Union ... More
Studio of Ludolf Bakhuizen - A Dutch Yacht Before the Wind in a Harbou...
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 training ship 'Fisgard' (?) off the Royal Naval College, Greenwich...
The training ship 'Fisgard' (?) off the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1877 This small painting by Claude T. Stanfield Moore (1853-1901) was previously called ' A view of Greenwich in 1877 with the trainin... 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
William Anderson (1757-1837) - Admiral Sir Robert Calder's Action off ...
Anderson, William; Admiral Sir Robert Calder's Action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/admiral-sir-robert-calders-action-off-cape-finisterre-23-july-1805-172517
HMS Buckingham British naval battle painting
HMS Buckingham (1751) on the stocks. Public domain image of 17th-18th-century architecture, palace, castle, historical city building, 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
An English Ship Becalmed
Oil painting, entitled 'An English ship becalmed' attributed to Peter Monamy, as signature not seen on the canvas. Overall: 827 mm x 1133 mm x 60 mm; Painting: 772 mm x 1078 mm x 26 mm
Battle of Cape Finisterre, British Navy ship
'Admiral Sir Robert Calder's action off Cape Finisterre, 23 July 1805'. Vice-Admiral Calder’s squadron intercepted the Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve off north-western Spain, as it returned from... More
Battle of Lepanto 1571. Painting, 16th century.
The Battle of Lepanto from 7 October 1571, a naval engagement between allied Christian forces and the Ottoman Turks. The painting is near-contemporary, but it shows an "imaginative interpretation" of the battl... More
Battle of Lepanto. Painting, 16th century.
Svenska: En målning av slaget vid Lepanto 1571. Olja på duk. English: The Battle of Lepanto from 7 October 1571, a naval engagement between allied Christian forces and the Ottoman Turks. Nederlands: Slag bij... More
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.
Deptford Yard - A painting of boats in a harbor with a castle in the b...
The East India Company's Yard and buildings near Deptford Creek. 17th Century, English school. BHC1873
Francis Holman - Launch of the 'Venerable', 1784
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Lieve Pieterszoon Verschuier - A Dutch States Yacht
Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
LindsayCambridge, British naval battle painting
Left to right: HMS Marlborough, HMS Dragon, HMS Cambridge. Public domain image of a British navy warship, a man of war, 18th-century sailing ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Matthieu van Plattenberg - A Ship and a Galley Wrecked on a Rocky Coas...
A storm scene, painted soon after the artist moved to Italy. A ship is shown already wrecked on a rocky coast, which stretches diagonally towards the right, with another ship in difficulty and a galley in the ... More
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.
Reinier Nooms - Ships being repaired
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
East Indiaman Warley (adjusted)
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East Indiaman Warley - A painting of ships in a body of water
Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Shipping on the Thames off Deptford
A frigate is visible in the foreground, either drying its sails or preparing to come alongside in a light breeze. More ships can be seen alongside. To the right is Deptford, with a timber store in the foregrou... More
Storck, Four Days Battle. 17th century painting
Four day battle in the Second Anglo-Dutch war Public domain image of a sailing ship, British warship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Vroom Hendrick Cornelisz A Dutch Ship and Fishing Boat in a Fresh Bree...
Under a tall pale blue sky, with light shimmering through white clouds, a number of ships can be seen sailing in a fresh breeze. A small whale or dolphin is spouting water, in the foreground, amid the choppy w... More
William Anderson - Limehouse Reach, London
Coastal craft can be seen on the river. The two in the foreground are at anchor and are probably drying their sails. A frigate is to the right of the picture, with a boat in full sail beyond. Behind the frigate... More
William Lionel Wyllie - Diving Boys around a Passenger Liner, William ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions
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
Claude Thomas Stanfield Moore - The training ship Fisgard off the Roya...
'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
A view into the Bocca Tigris
A view looking north-west into the Bocca Tigris or Bogue. The Anunghoy forts are on the right or eastern shore, that of South Wangtong Island on the left: North Wangtong, also with a fort, is invisible behind t... More
Edward Gennys Fanshawe, Woody Point, Vancouver's Island, July 8th 1851...
'Woody Point, Vancouver's Island, July 8th 1851' [Canada]. Public domain photograph of 19th-century British painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Chuenpee 1858 - A painting of a group of people in a boat
Cutting the junk masts sunk off Fort Chuenpee, from HMS Tribune, 1858.
Joseph Cartwright - Town, Citadel, and Harbour of Corfu, from the Isla...
Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of painting, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Willem van de Velde (the Younger) - The Captured HMS Royal Prince brou...
Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Bastia 1794 - A painting of a sailboat in a body of water
A Southern View of Bastia in the Island of Corsica from on board His Majesty's ship Victory during the Siege of that Town in May 1794. Watercolour by en:Ralph Willett Miller
Nicholas Pocock - A cutter off Calshot Castle
A view of cutters and other small boats in the Solent, looking towards Southampton water, with Calshot Castle (at the end of Calshot Spit) in the background. Signed and dated, 1797, by the artist, lower left. P... More