Experiment takes Telemaque, British naval battle painting
Serres, Dominic; HMS 'Experiment' Taking the 'Telemaque', 19 July 1757; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/hms-experiment-taking-the-telemaque-19-july-1757-175549
HMS Dauntless (1847) in a following wind
HMS Dauntless in a following wind, Nov 17 1850, by Captain Cowper Phipps Coles RN, in the collection of the National Maritime Museum. This image has been uploaded to illustrate the article on HMS Dauntless.
William Lionel Wyllie Arran
Painting : Arran.
William Lionel Wyllie Arran 3
Painting : "Arran".
The Capture of the 'Marquise d'Antin' and 'Louis Erasme' by the Englis...
The Capture of the 'Marquise d'Antin' and 'Louis Erasme' by the English Privateers 'Duke' and 'Prince Frederick', 10 July 1745 A painting testifying to one of the most successful ventures involving two English... More
The barque Pathfinder in the China Seas
A ship’s portrait of the three-masted barque 'Pathfinder' shown in full sail and broadside-on. There were several barques of this name during the 19th century. This is one of a pair of paintings of the ‘Pathfi... More
Thomas Buttersworth (1768-1842) - Attack on HMS 'Aurora' by Pirates, 1...
Buttersworth, Thomas; Attack on HMS 'Aurora' by Pirates, 1812: Beginning of the Action; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/attack-on-hms-aurora-by-pirates-1812-beginning-of-the-action-173150
Cornelis Verbeeck (c.1590-c.1637) - A Ship in a Rough Sea - BHC0725 - ...
Verbeeck, Cornelis; A Ship in a Rough Sea; National Maritime Museum;
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
Cornelis Verbeeck (c.1590-c.1637) - Dutch Ships in a Rough Sea - BHC07...
Verbeeck, Cornelis; Dutch Ships in a Rough Sea; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/dutch-ships-in-a-rough-sea-175919
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
Charles Brooking (1723-1759) - The Capture of the 'Marquise d'Antin' a...
Brooking, Charles; The Capture of the 'Marquise d'Antin' and 'Louis Erasme' by the English Privateers 'Duke' and 'Prince Frederick', 10 July 1745; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/the-cap... More
GreenwichHospitalCanaletto1752, Italy
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Knowles Action - Public domain map engraving
Knowles's Action off Havana (Revised April 2013) In February 1748 Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles left Port Royal, Jamaica, with eight ships of the line, to make an attack on Santiago de Cuba. Delayed by contrary... More
Knowles's Action off Havana RMG BHC0375
Knowles's Action off Havana (Revised April 2013) In February 1748 Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles left Port Royal, Jamaica, with eight ships of the line, to make an attack on Santiago de Cuba. Delayed by contrary... More
Willem van de Velde (II) - The Battle at Texel - WGA24522
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Cornelis Bouwmeester - A Dutch Ship Arriving at Naples
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Hendrick Staets - A Dutch Ship Foundering off a Rocky Coast
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Hydra and Furet, British naval battle painting
oil on canvas on board; 460 x 600 mm In the right foreground is the Hydra, in port-bow view, sailing close-hauled on the starboard tack. In the left middle distance is the Furet, also port-bow view, firing a g... More
Jacob Feyt de Vries - A Dutch Whaling Fleet
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H.M.S. Queen, 110 Guns Captn Sir Henry John Leeke
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Robert Woodcock - A Battle Between English and Dutch Ships
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Saint Vincent-P7120050 - Public domain scan / engraving
Engraving depicting the Battle of Saint Vincent in 1797, engraved by J. Baily after an oil painting by Robert Clevely (The Victory Raking the Spanish Salvador del Mundo at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797)
Sinking Cap Trafalgar - A painting of a large ship in the ocean
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Thomas-Whitcombe-Battle-of-Camperdown
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Simon de Vlieger - A Dutch Ferry Boat Before a Breeze
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A View of Greenwich and the Queen's House from the South-East by Hendr...
This view of Greenwich from the south-east was painted in about 1675. The old Woolwich Road is shown passing through the Queen's House, the large building furthest to the left in the middle foreground. In the ... More
Admiral Clark Gayton (1712 - ca 1785), by John Singleton Copley
Admiral Clark Gayton (1712 - ca. 1785) A three-quarter-length portrait to left in flag officer's full-dress uniform, 1767-83, of blue coat with gold braid, white waistcoat decorated in gold trim, and a white ... More
Adriaen van Stalbemt - Greenwich Palace from the North-East, with a Ma...
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An Algerian ship off a barbary port (C17)
Eertvelt was one of the earliest Flemish marine painters and one of several artists whom collector Eric Palmer was concerned to rediscover and reinstate in the history of the subject. He was very highly regarde... More
Andries van Eertvelt - Embarkation of Spanish Troops (1630s)
Embarkation of Spanish Troops Public domain photograph of 17th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Arthur Gilbert12 - A painting of two people in a boat on a body of wat...
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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 Frigate Bay, British Navy ship
Hood's anchored fleet repels De Grasse at the Battle of Frigate Bay off St Kitts January 26, 1782
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
Richard Brydges Beechey1
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Blackwall Yard from the Thames, British naval battle painting
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Samuel Bough - Shipyard at Dumbarton (1855)
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HMS Britannia Chambers mg 0529, British naval battle painting
HMS Britannia entering Portsmouth (detail) Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cape Passaro 1718, British Navy ship
The Battle of Cape Passaro, 11 August 1718. A painting showing an action during the war with Spain, 1718-20. The Spanish flagship ‘Real San Felipe’ in the centre, flanked on either side by probably British ‘Su... More
Charles Brooking - A Beach Scene near Scheveningen
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Charles John De Lacy - HMS 'Vindictive' at Zeebrugge, 23 April 1918
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William Clark - The Helen Denny (1866)
The „Helen Denny“ was built in 1866 by Robert Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow for Albion Shipping Co. Patrick Henderson. 1874 reduced to a barque.
John Cleveley the Elder - The 'Royal Caroline'
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John Cleveley the Younger, HMS Resolution and Discovery in Tahiti
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Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen - A Dutch Admiralty Yacht off Flushing
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Cornelis Vroom Spanish Men of War Engaging Barbary Corsairs
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Daniel-Orme-Duncan-receiving-Surrender-at-Camperdown-jpg
Duncan Receiving the Surrender of de Winter at the Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 .*oil on canvas .*152 x 201 cm .*1797
Daniël Schellinks - HM Ship Tiger Taking the Schakerloo in the Harbour...
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Daniël Schellinks - HMS Tiger attacked by eight Dutch privateers, 26 A...
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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
East Indiaman Asia - A painting of a sailing ship in rough water
The ship was built in 1811 and is shown off Hong Kong between 1831 and 1832, towards the end of her career. The artist has depicted her in starboard broadside, flying the red ensign and distinguishing flags. Ch... More
HMS Endymion (1865), British navy ship
The frigate HMS 'Endymion', launched in Deptford in 1865. She served in the Mediterranean, and visited Australia in 1869-70 as part of the famous Flying Squadron. In 1881 she was transferred to the Metropolitan... More
Escadre de Richard Howe en vue de Gibraltar 1782
In the centre of this depiction, a group of men-of-war, in starboard-quarter view, are running towards the Straits of Gibraltar. They are all of Lord Howe's division and wear blue ensigns. The central ship is ... More
Dominic Serres - Forcing a Passage of the Hudson
HMS Phoenix, Roebuck and Tartar, accompanied by three smaller vessels, forcing their way through a cheval-de-frise on the Hudson River with the Forts Washington and Lee and several batteries on both sides. The... More
Four Days battle mg 0501, British naval battle painting
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Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships (5 October 1804) by Fra...
Four Spanish frigates with a rich shipment from Montevideo headed for Cadiz. The cargo was ultimately destined for France and therefore potentially for use against the British. Four British frigates lay in wai... More
Francis Holman - Launch of the 'Venerable', 1784
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George Chambers - A Brig Leaving Dover
This painting shows a view of Dover from the sea with a brig sailing out towards the viewer. A fishing boat is making its way back in the opposite direction towards the harbour walls across the glassy, animated... More
Gonzales Coques - Charles II Dancing at The Hague, May 1660 (?)
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Gustavus Hamilton, 1710-46, 2nd Viscount Boyne, and Friends in a Ship'...
A copy of a conversation piece by Nazari featuring Gustavus Hamilton, Lord Boyne, and a group of his friends in the cabin of their ship, while sailing from Venice to Lisbon. Boyne was making the Grand Tour dur... More
Heerman Witmont - Action between Dutch and English Ships - WGA25795
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Hendrik Rietschoof - A Dutch Flagship and other Vessels off a Rocky Co...
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Hermionecuttingout, British naval battle painting
HMS Hermione being cut out of Puerto Cabello by boats from HMS Surprise
HMS Erebus and Terror in the Antarctic by John Wilson Carmichael
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HMS Speedy, 19th century painting
"HMS Speedy falling in with the wreck of Queen Charlotte March 21 1800 at Leghorn".
HMS Victory sinking - Public domain painting
Peter Monamy was one of the first English artists to establish a native school of marine painting. His work is often alleged to "show an overwhelming influence of the Dutch style", but the authentic works crea... More
Hodges dusky-bay - A painting of a man standing in front of a waterfal...
Cascade Cove, Dusky Bay Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hodges easter-island - A painting of three pillars on a rocky cliff
A View of the Monuments of Easter Island, Rapanui Public domain images of ruins, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hodges Tahiti Revisited
A view taken in the Bay of Otaheite Peha (Vaitepiha) Public domain photograph of 18th-century British painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Howe's relief of gibraltar, British naval battle painting
A contemporary interpretation of the Relief of Gibraltar by Earl Howe on 11 October 1782
James Clarke Hook - Catching a Mermaid
Two boys and a girl are portrayed on rocks at the water's edge. The narrative indicates that they have discovered a wrecked ship's figurehead and, armed with ropes and a boat-hook, attempt to haul it ashore. T... More
Jan Bruegel - A Busy River Scene with Dutch Vessels and a Ferry
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Jan Claesz Rietschoof - A Dutch Whaler Close-Hauled in a Breeze
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Jan Porcellis Dutch Ships in a Gale
Dutch Ships in a Gale
Johannes Beerstraaten - A Dutch Flagship and a Fluyt Running into a Me...
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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
John Lynn - The 'Vernon' and other vessels
The painting showing the steam auxiliary 'Blackwall frigate' East Indiaman 'Vernon', 996 tons, broadside in the centre on her maiden voyage. She passing HM ships 'Edinburgh' and 'Blenheim' as they beat down Ch... More
John Thomas Baines - Action between HMS 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', 5 J...
This painting, by English artist John Thomas Baines (1820–75), refers to an incident between the British frigate ‘Blanche’ and the French vessel ‘Pique’ off Guadeloupe in the early hours of 5 January 1795. In t... More
Julius Caesar Ibbetson - A Beached Collier Unloading into Carts
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KnowlesHavana1748 - Public domain drawing
Drawing, inscribed at top, apparently by the artist 'The Burning of the Affrica Reggio's ship of 74 guns about 10 or 12 leagues to windward of the Havana by the Cornwall and Strafford. Oct 1748.' It shows th... More
Lieve Pieterszoon Verschuier - A Dutch States Yacht
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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
Loutherbourg-Spanish Armada
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Matthieu van Plattenberg - A Dutch Ship in a Storm
A storm scene painted soon after the artist moved to Italy. In the centre, in stern view, a Dutch ship with an ornately carved stern and flying the Dutch flag, is depicted close-hauled on the port tack. She fl... More
Matthieu van Plattenberg - A Dutch Ship Running on to a Rocky Coast
A Dutch trading ship, flying the Dutch flag, is being carried by bleak and tenebrous waters which force it towards dark, foreboding cliffs. Foamy waves, composed diagonally across the surface of the painting, ... More
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
Matthieu van Plattenberg - Shipping in a River Estuary
An early painting by this artist, whose speciality was storm scenes at sea. A merchant ship with an ornately carved stern, is at anchor on the right, flying the Dutch flag. A fort can be seen in the distance t... More
Nicholas Hilliard - Portrait of George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland - ...
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Peter Monamy - 1745 Capture Of Louisbourg
The British fleet advances on the Fortress of Louisbourg en route to victory in the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg.
Pieter Cornelisz van Soest - A Dutch Ship Engaged with Two Spanish Shi...
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Pieter Mulier (I) - Ships in a Heavy Sea Running Before a Storm - WGA1...
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Pieter Mulier the Elder - A Dutch Ship in a Breeze off a Rocky Coast
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Portuguese Carracks off a Rocky Coast (cropped) (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
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
Prince of Wales Blackwall Frigate
The Prince of Wales was a large vessel specially fitted-out for the conveyance of the East India Company's troops. She was built by Green's of Blackwall in 1842 to a design known as that of the "Blackwall Frig... More
Reinier Nooms - A Battle of the First Dutch War
A depiction of an unidentified action from the First Dutch War, 1652-1654. The increasing conflict of trade interests between England and the Netherlands in the first half of the 17th century made armed confli... More
Reinier Nooms - Before the Battle of the Downs - c.1639
Before the Battle of the Downs, 21 October 1639, Showing Tromp's Flagship 'Amelia'