Willem van de Velde the Younger - English Warships Heeling in the Bree...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Dutch art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
HMS 'Ganges', 8 August 1826, leaving Spithead RMG PU6126
HMS 'Ganges', 8 August 1826, leaving Spithead This watercolour shows the HMS 'Ganges' leaving Spithead, Portsmouth. She is not fully underway as only her upper sails are set. The artist seems to have taken libe... More
HMS Rochefort PU7786 - Drawing. Public domain image.
H.M. Ship Rochfort (80), frigate H.M.S. Revolutionaire, brig Racehorse Authors title: 50. H.M. Ship Rochfort 80 Guns During the internment of Sir Thos. Freemantle 22nd. Decr. 1819, at Baia Bay Naples. H.M.S. ... More
The Apollo frigate, of 44 guns, going before the wind RMG PW7983
The Apollo frigate, of 44 guns, going before the wind The inscription on this print lists 'Apollo' as a frigate of 44 guns. However, she is listed, and apparently shown in the picture, as a 5th rate of 38 guns.... More
Antonio de Simone - A English Battleship
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
John Ward of Hull - Corvette, 28 guns
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
Thomas Buttersworth - A ship-of-the-line off Cadiz
A ship-of-the-line off Cadiz, probably the flagship of the Blockading Fleet, with an armed cutter off her port beam
Thomas Whitcombe - H.M.S. 'Pique', 40 guns, Captain C.H.B. Ross captur...
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.
English men of war in the Downs PAG9686
English men of war in the Downs, signed and dated by artist.
HM Frigates 'Seahorse' and 'Cerebus', off Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey ...
HM Frigates Seahorse and Cerebus, off Mont Orgueil Castle, Jersey, by John Thomas Serres Signed J T Serres 1802
Polish ship Our Lady of Rosario attacked and conquered by British ship...
Polish ship Our Lady of Rosario attacked and conquered by British ships, 11 May 1809, by Nicolas Cammillieri ITA DAG 1089927X Watercolour Original title cropped off (missing) Collectionː Museo Navale di Pegli ... More
Beginning of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 RMG BHC0373
Beginning of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 When Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles was cruising in search of a Spanish treasure fleet off Havana in 1748, he heard of a squadron of seven Spanish men of w... More
Cornelis Bouwmeester (c.1652-1733) - English Men-of-War in a Strong Br...
Bouwmeester, Cornelis; English Men-of-War in a Strong Breeze; National Maritime Museum; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/english-men-of-war-in-a-strong-breeze-172659
End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748 RMG BHC0374
When Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles was cruising in search of a Spanish treasure fleet off Havana in 1748, he heard of a squadron of seven Spanish men of war nearby. He met them on 1 October and a brisk action e... More
End of Knowles' action off Havana, 1 October 1748
When Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles was cruising in search of a Spanish treasure fleet off Havana in 1748, he heard of a squadron of seven Spanish men of war nearby. He met them on 1 October and a brisk action e... More
English warships at anchor in a calm, drying sails RMG BHC1009
English warships at anchor in a calm, drying sails Oil painting, hitherto (to July 2014) entitled 'An English ship becalmed', attributed to Peter Monamy, but which is more accurately described as showing them ... More
HMS St Andrew at sea in a moderate breeze
The ship was rebuilt and renamed HMS Royal Anne in 1703
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
Dominic Serres - PenobscotExpeditionBySerres
This is a depiction of naval action in the American Revolutionary War's 1779 Penobscot Expedition. painting shows the bay viewed from the south. In the left background is the ‘Raisonable’ with a white ensign a... More
The Charles Galley-Willem van de Velde the Younger-2
Panel painting of the Charles Galley in a light breeze, towing an admiral's barge with several men in it. The Charles Galley was one of the two so-called galley frigates built in 1676 to serve in the Mediterra... More
The Charles Galley-Willem van de Velde the Younger
Panel painting of the Charles Galley in a light breeze, towing an admiral's barge with several men in it. The Charles Galley was one of the two so-called galley frigates built in 1676 to serve in the Mediterra... More
Warship diagram orig. Warship photograph collection
Diagram of a warship "A SHIP of War, of the third Rate" and "Section of a SHIP of War, of first Rate" Türkçe: Bir ve üç kademeli savaş gemisi, İngiltere, 1728 Cyclopaedia.
HMS Liverpool (1860), British Navy ship
Photograph of British frigate HMS Liverpool Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Concorde and HMS Minerva
Battle between the french frigate Concorde and the English frigate Minerve 22 Aug 1778
Flying Fish Baltimore clipper - Public domain architectural drawing
Architectural drawing of the Flying Fish, a ship used by the Royal Navy. Architectural drawing of the clipper Flying Fish shows a mixture of square and gaff rigs. Bermuda sloops were used by the navy in combat... More
Great Michael ship. Black and white photo.
A model of en:Great Michael (a en:carrack of the en:Royal Scottish Navy) in the en:Royal Scottish Museum.From The Story of Leith by John Russell, published 1922. Downloaded from [1]
HMS Hermes (1811) and Mouche
Destruction of La Mouche French Privateer of Boulogne.... by H.M. Ship Hermes Septr 14th 1811 off Beachy Head in a heavy Gale.
HMS Sirius vs Furie, 1798-b - Public domain engraving
Engraving of a painting of HMS Sirius capturing the Dutch ships Furie and Waakzaamheid, 24 October 1798, created 1 October 1816.
HMS Sirius vs Furie, 1798 - Public domain engraving
Engraving of a painting of HMS Sirius capturing the Dutch ships Furie and Waakzaamheid, 24 October 1798, created 1 October 1816.
Hms-inconstant-1868. Warship photograph collection
Image of HMS Inconstant. Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rattlesnake2, British naval battle painting
prob. a b&w photo of the painting HMS Rattlesnake off Sydney Heads by Oswald Brierly, the ship's artist.
A becalmed man o'war firing a salute, by Thomas Whitcombe
A becalmed man o'war firing a salute oil on canvas 46.9 x 41.9 cm. signed b.l: THW - 1797
Dominic Serres - An English frigate passing a Dutch merchantman
An English frigate passing a Dutch merchantman in congested waters Public domain photograph of 18th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Dominic Serres - An English frigate running into Portsmouth harbour
Vistas of Portsmouth Harbour from the open sea, showing warships entering or leaving port, have been a common theme for generations of British marine artists, whereas views from inside the harbour looking out a... More
Dominic Serres - An English man-o'war shortening sail entering Portsmo...
An English man-o'war shortening sail entering Portsmouth harbour, with Fort Blockhouse off her port quarter
Englische Marine 17 Jh - A painting of a fleet of ships in the ocean
Deutsch: Anonym, 17. Jh.: Auslaufende, englische Kriegsmarine. Öl auf Leinwand, 55 x 75 cm English: Anonymous, 17th century: Royal Navy (showing St. George and Red Ensign flags). Oil on canvas, 55 x 75 cm.
Ethalion with Thetis, 19th century painting
HMS Ethalion in action with the Spanish frigate Thetis off Cape Finisterre, 16 October 1799
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
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
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
Opyt and Salsette, British naval battle painting
Battle between the Russian ship Opyt and a British frigate, off the coast of Nargen Island, 11th July 1808
Samuel Scott - A first-rate shortening sail
A flagship, on the right, is shown either letting fly her sheets to reduce speed or, perhaps in contradiction to the modern title, shaking out sail to proceed. There is some doubt about the identity of this shi... More
Ship Argo with russian ship 1799, Gibraltar
The 44-gun ship Argo with russian ship 1799 at GribraltarDeutsch: Das 44-Kanonen Schiff Argo mit einem russischen Schiff vor Gibraltar 1799
Thomas Whitcombe - Naval ships off Cape Town
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Whitcombe - View of Cape Town, Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope
Public domain reproduction of artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hms glasgow 1861, British naval battle painting
HMS Glasgow (launched 1861) painted by W. Fred Mitchell in 1903 cropped picture
Departure of the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, from Plymouth - ILN...
"The Ingermanland," 74, with His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine on Board, saluting the Admiral at Plymouth. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 22 November 1845. Departure of the Grand ... More
Eurotas and Clorinde, British navy ship
Capture of La Clorinde, Thomas Whitcombe, 1 Mar 1817, in the collection of the National Maritime Museum. Picture with caption Object ID: PAD5846
George Chambers (1803-40) - The Capture of Bagur - RCIN 401529 - Royal...
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
Jan Karel Donatus van Beecq - English Warships at Sea in a Fresh Breez...
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
John Wilson Carmichael - H.M.S. Charlotte, and other shipping
HMS Charlotte, Superb, Impregnable, 'Minden, Albion, Granicus, Hebrus, Leander, and other shipping Commissioned by Captain Hotham, R.N. signed l.r.: JW Carmichael Considering the list of vessels it is likely t... More
Rose Champion de Crespigny - H.M.S. Victory with the body of Lord Nels...
HMS Victory with the body of Lord Nelson on Board, in the Downs, Dec. 1805; Sir Sidney Smith's Fleet saluting on the left; merchant ships on the right Auction Trafalgar - Nelson and the Napoleonic Wars, incl... More
The fleet off Hango - Public domain drawing
The Fleet off Hango (shows French ship Austerlitz and HMS Princess Royal etc) The English and French fleets in the Baltic, off Hango coast. The lithograph shows French ship ‘Austerlitz’ (on the left) and the B... More
Willem van de Velde the Younger - An English Warship Firing a Salute -...
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wenceslas Hollar - An English warship
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
Battle of Pulau Aur, 1804 RCIN 735111.b
A printed key to the view of the Battle of Pulo Aura, in the Strait of Malacca, on 15 February 1804, which resulted in the defeat of the French fleet, commanded by Rear-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand, c... More
C.A. Ludder - HMS Rattlesnake passing the island of Porto Santo
HMS Rattlesnake passing the island of Porto Santo Signed and dated 1834 lower right Lot number: Live Auction au0717 lot 103 Sale 2007
Nicholas Pocock - Gibraltar, 1782 RCIN 734075
A view of an ordnance store ship of eighteen guns, commanded by Lieutenant Heighington, from Lisbon with a cargo of fruit for the sick of the garrison of Gibraltar, 20 February 1782. American War of Independen... More
HMS Euryalus blockading Cronstad
HMS Euryalus blockading Cronstad signed, titled, dated 1858 and inscribed Captain G Ramsay CB, Mr. Isaac Lush, gunner, done on board off Cronstad Auction the-estate-of-katharine-hepburn-n08004 lot 639 Sale 2... More
The Apollo frigate, of 44 guns, going before the wind RMG PW7983
The Apollo frigate, of 44 guns, going before the wind The inscription on this print lists 'Apollo' as a frigate of 44 guns. However, she is listed, and apparently shown in the picture, as a 5th rate of 38 guns... More
Thomas Elliot - Vice-Admiral Sir Allen Gardner, Vice-Admiral of the Wh...
Vice-Admiral Sir Allen Gardner, Vice-Admiral of the White, in a Three-Decker at Spithead British Warships at Spithead by Captain Thomas Elliott Lot number: London, Sotheby’s. Lot 4, 8/11/95
Thomas Elliott - A 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy departing from ...
A 74-gun third rate of the Royal Navy departing from Portsmouth, the harbour crowded with vessels, large and small, including an anchored flagship flying the Royal Standard Lot number: Live Auction 7109 lot ... More
Thomas Elliott - HMS 'Victory' Leaving Portsmouth Harbour 45.67
HMS 'Victory', and other shipping in Portsmouth Harbour signed T.Elliott Public domain image of a sailing ship, British warship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Elliott - Men-o’-War in Portsmouth Harbour 709
Men-o’-War_in_Portsmouth_Harbour Lot number: Chorley’s Country House 30-31 January 2018, from a country house near Tetbury
Thomas Elliott - The Glorious First of June, 1794
The Glorious First of June, 1794 Public domain photograph of 19th-century painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thomas Elliott - The Fleet at Portsmouth
The Fleet at Portsmouth by Captain Thomas Elliott Lot number: London, Sotheby’s. Lot 9, 13/7/94
Thomas Yates - A Royal Navy Two-Decker And Other Shipping Off Gibralta...
A Royal Navy Two-Decker And Other Shipping Off Gibraltar REF374761
HMS Telegraph (1813) and Flibustier
Destruction of the Flibustier Octr 13th 1813. From a sketch by Captn Scriven
HMS Active 1780 - A black and white drawing of a ship in the ocean
Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. The Active Frigate in Stays, in a Light Breeze, off the back of the Isle of Wight; etching
Gibraltar - HMS Alarm (1758), British navy ship
His Majesty's Ship the Alarm, a fifth Rate... conducting a Spanish Prize into Gibraltar; etching
Batimens de transport anglais - Public domain engraving
Français : Batimens de transports anglais embarquant des effets militaires. Pl. 32 de Collection de Toutes les Especes de Batimens... 3eme Livraison English: English Transport Loading Military Stores. Plate 3... More
HMS Dolphin 1751 - A picture of a ship in the water
HMS Dolphin 1751 Deutsch: HMS Dolphin 1751 Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
English brig with captured American vessels
A scene during the American Revolutionary War. An English brig in broadside view is shown preparing to hoist its sails. There is a large amount of activity on board and the artist has shown some figures in the... More
Foudroyant Pegas Entering Portsmouth Harbour
Foudroyant and Pégase entering Portsmouth Harbour, 1782 Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Coronation - A black and white drawing of a ship in the water
HMS Corontation, sunken in 1691 Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Success vs Santa Catalina
Engagement between His Majesty's Ship Success... and the Santa Catalina a Large Spanish frigate... off Cape Spartel, on the 16th March 1782. Plate 3rd. Captn Pole... being becalmed... setting her (Santa Catali... More
Junon-DSC06957 - Public domain engraving
Engraving of the French frigate Junon capturing HMS Fox. Dimensions 13,5 x 9,5cm.
King's Brig - A drawing of a tall ship in the ocean
A King's-Brig in Chase of a Privateer; aquatint Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Pearl vs Esperance - Public domain engraving
The Pearl Capt Montague taking L'Esperance 30 Sep 1780; engraving Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Prise d'un Lougre Anglais par les Canots et chaloupe des Fregates Fran...
Français : Prise d'un Lougre Anglais par les Canots et chaloupe des Fregates Francaise et Espagnole l' Athalante et La Sta Catharina. Le 15 Aout 1779. Voyez la Gazette de France No 69 English: Taking of an En... More
Alceste at Bogue - A painting of a ship in the water with other ships ...
The engagement of Captain Sir Murray Maxwell in HMS Alceste, 1816, with the Chinese fortresses on the Bocca Tigris, both of which he immediately silenced. Image extracted from a Narrative of a Voyage, in His... More
Belle-Poule-10 lbp1, British naval battle painting
Deutsch: Seegefecht zwischen der französischen Fregatte Belle Poule und der britischen Fregatte Arethuse am 17. Juni 1778 (Gemälde von Rossel) Français : "Bataille entre la frégate française BELLE POULE et la... More
Flora and Crescent vs Castor and Briel
Battle between the Dutch frigates Castor and Brill and English frigates Flora and Crescent, the 30 May 1781 at the Hoogale of Cape St. Mary's. Nederlands: "De Schlagt tussen de Hollandse Fregatte Castor en De... More
Francis Sartorius - His Majesty's frigate Clyde capturing the French f...
His Majesty's frigate ‚Clyde‘ capturing the French frigate ‚Vestale‘, whilst the French corvette ‚Sagesse‘ engages at long range, 20th August 1799
George Webster - A '74' shortening sail as she passes through the entr...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship in the sea, harbor, maritime, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
HMS Pelorus - A painting of a sailing ship in the ocean
HMS Pelorus Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Prince (1854), British naval battle painting
The Wreckage of the Black Prince (although named in the title as Black Prince, the ship depicted is HMS Prince, which was wrecked off Balaclava on 14 November 1854). Fragment
Samuel Atkins - A squadron of the royal navy running down
Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Willem van de Velde de Jonge - Een Britse man-o'war voorbereiden op de...
Public domain image of painting, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - 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
Egyptienne frigate - A drawing of a tall ship in rough water
The Egyptienne frigate (Captain The Hon. C. Paget) in pursuit of Spanish schooner, 1806.
A Ship of War, Cyclopaedia, 1728, Vol 2 edit
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
A Ship of War, Cyclopaedia, 1728, Vol 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
Belle-Poule-10 lbp2 - Two ships in the water with smoke coming out of ...
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
Bonne Citoyenne and Furieuse, British navy ship
Capture of La Furieuse Augt 6th 1809. From a plan by Captn Mounsey
Chase of Belvidera 1812 - Public domain engraving
עברית: Chase of Belvidera - המרדף אחר אה"מ "בלווידרה". Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
English Frigate ca1790 - An old picture of a ship in the ocean
An English Frigate - anonymous watercolor Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Clyde escapes, British navy ship
Escape of HMS 'Clyde' from the Nore mutiny, 30 May 1797 The 'Clyde', in starboard-broadside view, is sailing on the starboard tack and occupying the right-hand side of the picture. Beyond her stern and to the ... More
HMS Raleigh (1873) and Serapis(1866)
HMS Raleigh (1873) and Serapis (1866). Although not stated in the text, pages around the picture describe the visit of the Prince of wales to Bombay in 1875. The prince travelled in Serapis, accompanied by Ral... More
HMS Sandwich 1759
His Majesty's Ship the Sandwich of 90 Guns Admiral Parker Commander on her Passage home from the West Indies with Compte de Grasse a prisoner of war on board; pen & wash, brown & watercolour Русский: Корабль ... More