HMS St Georges and Arethusa-Edward Snell
The St George and the Arethusa on the Hamoaze near Bull Point, signed l.r.: Edwd Snell/ The St George, and Arethusa/ on the Hamoaze near Bull Point. Jan 1860, with paddle tug Fairy oil on canvas 44.5 by 59.5 c... More
Peter Monamy - The Princessa in action
In action at Cape Finisterre in April 8, 1740 during the War of the Austrian Succession.
Søsætning af orlogsskibet SUFFOLK, 70 kanoner
Tegning af Van de Velde d.æ. 1680. Søsætning af orlogsskibet SUFFOLK, 70 kanoner. Ill. fra M.S. Robinson: Van de Velde Drawings in the Nat. Maritime Museum (Cambridge 1958) pt. 134, s.98.
H.M.S. Mars and the French '74 Hercule off Brest, 21st April 1798
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Commdre Nelson boarding the San Nicholas of 80 and the San Josef of 11...
Commdre Nelson boarding the San Nicholas of 80 and the San Josef of 112 14th Febry 1797. Captain at the battle of St Vincent (PAG8949) An original drawing by Captain Ralph Willett Miller of HMS Captain Waterco... More
Princesa Vs 3 Brits Angel Cortellini Sanchez 1858 1912 Museonavaldemad...
The 70-gun Spanish ship of the line Princesa in battle with HMS Lenox, Kent and Oxford, 8 April 1740. The 64- cannon Princesa ship , commanded by Pablo Agustín de Aguirre, on April 19, 1740, held a stubborn co... More
The Ajax, a Man of War, sailing into Portsmouth Harbour, with a View o...
No. 11 of Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. The Ajax, a Man of War, sailing into Portsmouth Harbour, with a View of South Sea Castle. Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at ... More
The Ajax, a Man of War, sailing into Portsmouth Harbour, with a View o...
No. 11 of Twelve Views of His Majesty's Ships, &c. in Different Situations. The Ajax, a Man of War, sailing into Portsmouth Harbour, with a View of South Sea Castle. Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at ... More
The Fleet (Offshore) WAR COMP 27
The Fleet (Offshore) at Plymouth, included HMS Victory and HMS Kent (far right) British (English) School; The Fleet (Offshore) Compton Verney Medium oil on panel Measurements H 45 x W 168 cm (E) Accession num... More
HMS St Lawrence 001
HMS St Lawrence
A First-Rate Shortening Sail RMG BHC1039
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 sh... More
HMS Melville and Graham Island, British naval battle painting
HMS Melville off the volcanic Graham Island, 1831. Italiano: Emersione dell'Isola Ferdinandea; vulcano sottomarino.
The 'Captain' capturing the 'San Nicolas' and the 'San José' at the Ba...
The 'Captain' capturing the 'San Nicolas' and the 'San José' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 An incident during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802. At the beginning of 1797, the Britis... More
The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 RMG BHC0491
The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797 This depiction of the Battle of Cape St Vincent is compositionally very close to Nicholas Pocock's 1808 version (BHC0487) that he completed for reproduction in C... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Crescent French ship La Reunion Cotentin Peni...
Capture of French frigate La Reunion by Royal Navy Flora-class frigate HMS Crescent off the Normandy Cotentin Peninsula (Cherbourg Peninsula), in 1793, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Ep... More
Charles Edward Dixon Duguay Trouin 1789 HMS Implacable Battle of Cape ...
The taking of the Duguay-Trouin (later HMS Implacable) after Trafalgar at the Battle of Cape Ortegal, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Fame 1759 in foul weather
HMS Fame (1759) in foul weather, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Hermione 1799 Puerto Cabello Santa Cecilia HM...
The cutting out of the Hermione by HMS Surprise from Puerto Cabello harbour, Venezuela, in 1799, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Prince George 1701 Battle of Malaga HMS Duke ...
HMS Prince George at the 1704 Battle of Malaga, the largest naval battle in the War of the Spanish Succession, as flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir John Leake. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using a... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Majestic Battle of the Nile
HMS Majestic at the 1798 Battle of the Nile, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St George 1662 Battle of Santa Cruz de Teneri...
HMS St George under Admiral Robert Blake at the 1657 Battle of Santa Cruz during the 1654–60 Anglo-Spanish War. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Arethusa 1759 Saucy Arethusa Belle Poule Figh...
The 1778 action between the frigates HMS Arethusa (aka Saucy Arethusa) and Belle Poule, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Arethusa 1759 Saucy Arethusa Belle Poule Figh...
The 1778 action between the frigates HMS Arethusa (aka Saucy Arethusa) and Belle Poule, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Lion 1509, captured 1511 Royal Scottish Navy
The Lion, built c.1505, was a ship fitted out for warfare which was used as a privateer sanctioned by James IV and his Royal Scottish Navy. It plundered Portuguese ships from French port bases, and was detain... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St Vincent 1815 Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Vincent, the 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched 11 March 1815, in Portsmouth Harbour. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St George 1662 Battle of Santa Cruz de Teneri...
HMS St George under Admiral Robert Blake at the 1657 Battle of Santa Cruz during the 1654–60 Anglo-Spanish War. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Swallow 1885 HMS Thrush 1890
The Royal Navy Nymphe-class sloop HMS Swallow (launched Sheerness Dockyard1885), and the Redbreast-class composite gunboat HMS Thrush (launched Greenock, 1889). Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image us... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory Portsmouth Harbour
HMS Victory in Portsmouth Harbour, painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS St Vincent 1815 Portsmouth Harbour captioned
HMS Vincent, the 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched 11 March 1815, in Portsmouth Harbour. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Queen 1839 first rate ship of the line battle...
HMS Queen, at the 1845 Spithead Review, being the last purely sailing-built battleship to be ordered; subsequent ones were ordered with both sails and steam engines. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned im... More
Charles Edward Dixon HMS Victory bomb ketches Horatio Nelson 1805
Bomb ketches saluting HMS Victory in December 1805, after Nelson's victory at Trafalgar on 20 October. Painted by Charles Edward Dixon.Scanned image using an Epson Perfection V800.
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
Neptune class plan - Drawing. Public domain image.
Plan of a 98-gun ship of the line. The three ships built to this design include 'Dreadnought' (1801); 'Neptune' (1797); 'Temeraire' (1798)
HMS Crescent, capturing the French frigate Réunion off Cherbourg, 20th...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of French art painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
HMS Ajax 1767 Portsmouth Harbour
The Ajax a Man of War sailing into Portsmouth Harbour with a view of South Sea Castle. This printing is the wrong way round so the Ajax is passing the castle out of the harbour, as opposed to going in.
Milford (1809)
Plan showing the inboard profile, and miship section for 'Milford' (1809), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Milford Haven by Mr Jacobs.
H.M.S. Crescent, under the command of Captain James Saumarez, capturin...
HMS Crescent, under the command of Captain James Saumarez, capturing the French frigate Réunion off Cherbourg, 20th October, 1793
William Elliot - The battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, Nelson's HMS Cap...
The battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797, Nelson's HMS Captain taking the Spanish three-decker San Nicolas Commodore Nelson leading the boarding party up H.M.S. ‘Captain’s’ bowsprit to take the Spanish three-decke... More
William Elliot - The battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, the British atta...
The Windward Fleet’: the opening salvoes of the day at the battle of Cape St. Vincent, 14th February 1797, with H.M.S. ‘Culloden’ astern of the enemy line’ The battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, the British atta... More
William Elliot - The battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, Nelson's HMS Cap...
The battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797, Nelson's HMS Captain taking the Spanish three-decker San Nicolas, detail showing Commodore Nelson leading the boarding party up HMS Captain’s bowsprit to take the Spanish ... More
William Elliot - The battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, the flagship HMS...
The battle of Cape St. Vincent, 1797, the flagship HMS Victory Sir John Jervis’s flagship H.M.S. ‘Victory’ raking the stern of the Spanish three-decker, the 112-gun Salvador del Mundo painting attributed to Li... More
HMS Canada 05071811 - Public domain drawing
Drawing of prison ship HMS Canada, drawn by one of the prisoners housed aboard.
Achille (1798); Superb (1798) - Drawing. Public domain image.
Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal ahlf-breadth for 'Achille' (1798) and 'Superb' (1798), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers as built, based on the 'Pompee' (1793), a captured French Third Rate.
Albion Fortitude Irresistible Grafton Alcide
The body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Albion (1763) a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. The plan was later used for building Grafton (1771), Alcide (1779), Fortitude (1780), and Irresistable (1782).
Atlas (1782) Glory (1788) - Public domain vintage map
The body plan, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half breadth proposed for Atlas (1782), a 90-gun Second Rate, three-decker. The plan includes pencil alterations dated 1802 for cuttin... More
Berwick BombayCastle Powerful Defiance
Plan showing the body plan with sternboard decoration and name on the counter, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Berwick (1775), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, ... More
British Men-o'-war Sailing Into Cork Harbour in choppy seas, attribute...
British Men-o'-war Sailing Into Cork Harbour in choppy seas, attributed to George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson
Cape St Vincent1797 300
Knell, William Adolphus; Battle off Cape St Vincent, 1797; Parliamentary Art Collection; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/battle-off-cape-st-vincent-1797-213978
Capture of Alliance. Warship photograph collection
Capture of the Alliance by the Flag Captain the Hon J S Yorke, 22 Aug 1795; graphite & wash. Dutch frigate Alliantie (1788), the Royal Navy captured her in 1795 and the British Royal Navy took her into service... More
Combined Channel and Med Squadron
The Combined Channel and Mediterranean Squadron Under the Command of the Lords of the Admiralty, Cruising in the Atlantic, August 1869; engraving, coloured; ships represented are HMS Minotaur (1842), HMS Lord ... More
Courageux (1751) - Public domain sheet music scan
Plan showing the body plan with stern board decoration and name in a cartouche on the counter, the sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and the longitudinal half-breadth for 'Courageux' (1761), a ca... More
Culloden Man of War - Public domain drawing
Culloden man of war; drawing with graphite; pen & ink & wash, grey. As the annotation to original explains, the details of the stern balcony suggest the Culloden of 1783 is portrayed.
Essex (1760), Africa (1761) - Architectural drawing, public domain ima...
Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for 'Africa' (1761), 'Asia' (1764), and 'Essex' (1760), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Ganges(1782) Culloden (1783) - Public domain architectural plan drawin...
Plan showing the inboard profile for Ganges (1782) and Culloden (1783), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers, built at Rotherhithe by Messrs Randall, Grey and Brent (Randall & Co). The plan states that they wer... More
George III reviewing the Fleet at Spithead 22 June 1773
George III reviewing the Fleet at Spithead, 22 June 1773, depicting HMS 'Royal Oak'; watercolour, signed and dated 1773. Royal barge can be seen in the centre foreground beyond which is the stern of the 'Royal... More
HMS Africa (1781), British navy ship
Body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Africa (1781), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker at Deptford by Messrs Adams, Barnard & Co. The plan may also relate to Inflexible (1780) and Sc... More
HMS Agamemnon cuts out French, British naval battle painting
Agamemnon cut out French ships from Bays of Atassie and Laiguegha; watercolour
HMS Canada (1765) - Public domain architectural plan drawing
Technical drawing; 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with sternboard outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Canada' (1765), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Woo... More
HMS Aboukir (1807) - A black and white drawing of a ship in the ocean
HMS Aboukir (1807) Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Captain capturing the San Nicolas and the San Josef
The 'Captain' capturing the 'San Nicolas' and the 'San José' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797
HMS Chatham (1758)
Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Chatham (1758), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. Signed by Joshua Allin (Surveyor of the Navy, 1716-1755).
HMS Culloden (1776)
Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth, proposed (and approved) for Culloden (1776), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by Thomas Slade [Surve... More
HMS Defiance (1744) - A painting of a ship in the middle of a large bo...
Portrait of the English ship Defiance 60 guns; grey wash, pen and ink.
HMS Dolphin (1814) - Drawing. Public domain image.
Plan showing the inboard profile, spar deck, upper deck, lower deck, and orlop deck of the Dolphin (1814), a 50-gun Fifth Rate, as converted to a Storeship. Signed by William Stone [Master Shipwright, Deptford... More
HMS Duke. Warship photograph collection
The English ship Duke 90 Guns ca.1750 (sic!) Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Dolphin, William Lionel Wyllie
A ship in harbor service (HMS Dolphin?); watercolour Public domain image of a sailing ship, British warship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Expedition (1747)
Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for a new 44-gun Ship. The plan was later used for Expedition (1747), a 1745 Establishmen... More
HMS Intrepid (1770) - A wooden model of a ship on display
Intrepid, starboard stern quarter detail Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Ganges (1782) - Drawing. Public domain image.
The body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Ganges (1782), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker as built at Rotherhithe by Messrs Randall & Co. The shi... More
Valentine Green - HMS Hector and HMS Bristol in a Hurricane 1780
To Sir Peter Parker... This Representation of the distressed situation of his Majesty's Ships Hector and Bristol when dismasted in the Great Hurricane, Octr 6th, 1780... by... Willm Elliott; mezzotint
HMS Elizabeth 1769 - A drawing of a ship in rough water
The Elizabeth, Page 218 Public domain image of a British navy warship, a man of war, 18th-century sailing ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Prince (1670) - Public domain engraving
Gloria Brittaniae, or the Royal Prince Built by Sir Phin: Pett at Chatham; engraving
HMS Portland (1770)
Body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for Portland (1770), a 50-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. The plan includes a table of the mast and yard dimensions. Signed by John Wi... More
HMS Princesa (1780)
Body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Princessa' (1780), a captured Spanish Third Rate, prior to fitting as a 70-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Signed by George White [Mas... More
HMS Romulus vs Eveille Gentille and Surveillante
Français : Prise du Romulus dans la Baye de Chesapeak. Par Mr. Le Cardeur de Tilly English: Taking of the Romulus in Chesapeake Bay; pen and wash, by Mr. Le Cardeur de Tilly. As the name suggests, the artist ... More
HMS Royal William (1719) - Drawing. Public domain image.
Starboard profile, decoration detail, and figurehead for the Royal William (1719), a 100-gun First Rate, three-decker. Representation of an Admiralty Model of the Royal William, with the underwater area left u... More
HMS Union and Neptune - Public domain dedication image
Body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for Neptune (1756) and Union (1756), both 90-gun Second Rate, three-deckers. The plan indicates proposed alterations dated 1754 during their construction. ... More
HMS Vengeance (1774) (cropped) - Public domain engraving
The Vengeance of 74 Guns sailing from Martinique with a fresh breeze; engraving, coloured
HMS Vengeance (1774) - Public domain engraving
The Vengeance of 74 Guns sailing from Martinique with a fresh breeze; engraving, coloured
Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781)
Plan showing the inboard profile for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa (1781), Dictator (1783), and Sceptre (1781), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Inflexible Africa Dictator Sceptre
Plan showing the orlop deck with fore & aft platforms for Inflexible (1780), a 64-gun Third Rate, two-decker. Inflexible’s inboard profile records that the plans were used for the other ships in the class: Afr... More
Juste vs HMS Invincible, British navy ship
Ushant 1st June 1794 le Juste and Invincible; watercolour Public domain image of a British navy ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lancaster (1797), Monmouth (1797)
Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for fitting the Lancaster (1796) and Monmouth (1796), East India Company ships, as 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Mars (1794), Centaur (1797), ship plan, Royal museums Greenwich
Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building 'Mars' (1794) and 'Centaur' (1797), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
Monarch Mars Sybil Panther 4 Feb 1781
Nederlands: Gezigt der Manmoedige verdediging van het oorlogschip Mars tegens 3 Engelsche Oorlogschepen door den schout by Nagt Willem Krul op den 4 February 1781 English: Stout defence of warship Mars agains... More
Neslon Cape St Vincent1797
Nelson Boarding the 'San Josef' at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797
Plantagenet (1801) - Architectural drawing, public domain image
Plans showing the inboard profile for 'Plantagenet' (1801), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, building at Woolwich Dockyard.
Prudent (1768) Europa (1765) Trident (1768) plans
Plan showing the body plan with stern decoration, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth for Prudent (1768), Europa [also spelt Europe] (1765), and Trident (1768). From Tyne &... More
Sandwich (1759), Blenheim (1761)
Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved) for Sandwich (1759) and Blenheim (1761), both 90-gun Second Rate, three-deckers.
Ships at Spithead 1797, British naval battle painting
Ships at Spithead 1797. Sceptre. King George, Hudson's Bay Company. Rodney, East Indiaman. Ganges. Perseverance. General Goddard, East Indiaman; watercolour. Notes: Seahorse (1782), King George (1781), Rodne... More
Spencer (1800) - Architectural drawing, public domain image
Plan showing the inboard profile for building 'Spencer' (1800), a 74-gun Third Rate, two-decker, at Bucklers Hard by Messrs Adams.
St Albans Director Augusta - Architectural drawing, public domain imag...
Plan showing the inboard profile proposed (and approved with alterations) for Saint Albans (1764) and Augusta (1763), and later for Director (1784), all 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers
Swiftsure (1804), Victorious (1808)
Plan showing the inboard profile for 'Swiftsure' (1804), and later 'Victorious' (1808), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers, to be built at Bucklers Hard by Messrs B & E Adams.
Thunderer in a Storm off Crookhaven
HMS Thunderer in a storm off Crookhaven; Vignette from the Naval Chronicle, 1812.
Tremendous Adamant vs Preneuse
Français : Combat et destruction de la Fregate la Preneuse, dans la Baye du Tombeau a l' Ile de France, 11 Dec 1799 English: Battle and destruction of the French frigate la Preneuse (by HMS Tremendous and HMS... More
Warspite (1807), Colossus (1803)
Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, longitudinal half-breadth for HM Ships Warspite (1807) and Colossus (1803), both 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.
ZAZ2206 HMS Dolphin (1781)
Plan showing the body plans with stern board decoration, sheer lines with inboard detail and figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dolphin (1781), a 44-gun Fifth Rate, two-decker, as built at Chatham D... More
Класс линейных кораблей London - Public domain dedication image
Чертёж корпуса линейного корабля London, первого в своем классе. Зелеными чернилами отмечены изменения, сделанные в более поздних кораблях класса, в частности добавлены по 4 орудийных порта на шканцах.
Cadiz June 1797. The inshore blockading squadron coming to an anchor
Work by Thomas Whitcombe showing the British blockading squadron off Cadiz in June 1797. Pictured from left to right are HMS Bellerophon, HMS Orion, HMS Theseus, HMS Colossus and HMS Irresistible