Corvette Collection (page 2)

WW2 - Corvette versus Submarine - Corvette wins
WW2 - Corvette versus submarine and the corvette wins: A dramatic incident in The Battle of the Atlantic Date: 1941

WW2 - Corvette on guard - The Battle of the Atlantic
WW2 - Corvette on guard during The Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941

WW2 - Corvette Screening Merchantmen from Enemy attacks
WW2 - A corvette screening a convoy of Merchantmen, bringing them safely home protected from enemy attacks. 1941

WW2 - Surfaced Enemy Submarine sees a Corvette on her track
WW2 - The Terror of the u-boat: by the white glare of a star shell and tracer bullets firing through a dark night, a surfaced enemy submarine sees a Corvette on her track 1942

Maritime scenes (coloured engraving)
5998841 Maritime scenes (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Maritime scenes)

HMS Jonquil, British flower class corvette, WW2
HMS Jonquil (K68), British flower class corvette. Date: circa 1943-1944

Modern warships (chromolitho)
2788800 Modern warships (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Modern warships: battleship, corvette and topredo boat)

The Cutting-Out of the French Corvette La Chevrette, 1802 (oil on canvas)
2829660 The Cutting-Out of the French Corvette La Chevrette, 1802 (oil on canvas) by Loutherbourg, Philip James (Jacques) de (1740-1812); Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Plan of the Destruction of the Turkish Squadron, at Sinope (engraving)
1618678 Plan of the Destruction of the Turkish Squadron, at Sinope (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the Destruction of the Turkish Squadron)

Insurrection in Haiti
The bridge of the Corvette, on 22nd December, in observation off the Cape. Sailors are grouped about the bridge, talking and resting, as the ship sails around Cap-Haitien. Date: 1865

Aerial view of the Arsenal, Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
Aerial view of the Arsenal at Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, with the corvette Nautilus and the San Julian Dock. Date: circa 1908

HMS Calliope, 3rd class cruiser (colour litho)
2775625 HMS Calliope, 3rd class cruiser (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: HMS Calliope, 3rd class cruiser)

HM steam corvette Racoon (coloured engraving)
728644 HM steam corvette Racoon (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: HM steam corvette Racoon, 22 guns)

Seasickness on an English Corvette, 1857 (oil on canvas)
1072578 Seasickness on an English Corvette, 1857 (oil on canvas) by Biard, Francois Auguste (1798-1882); 98.1x130.9 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, USA; gift of J.E.R

The Greek Squadron entering the Bay of Salamis (engraving)
1623284 The Greek Squadron entering the Bay of Salamis (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Greek Squadron entering the Bay of Salamis)

Warships of different kinds (coloured engraving)
998259 Warships of different kinds (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: From A Bilderbuch fAor KinderA (Picture Book for Children) 1790-1830

US classic car 1957 corvette
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The corvette H. M. S. Aconite. Circa 1942
The corvette H.M.S. Aconite. Circa 1942

Smoke belching from the conning tower of German Uboat U744 after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges and forced to the surface by HMS Icarus

H Nor MS Rose a Norwegian Flower Class Corvette seen here on convoy escort duties. 7th January 1943

The Flower class corvette HMS Hibiscus (K24) escorting a convoy on the North Atlantic. September 1941

HMS Calliope (1884), third-class cruiser warship of Victorian Royal Navy
Vintage illustration of HMS Calliope (1884) a Calypso-class corvette (later classified as a third-class cruiser) of the Royal Navy

British Royal Navy Warship HMS Pallas (1865)
Vintage engraving of British Royal Navy Warship HMS Pallas (1865) a purpose-built wooden-hulled ironclad of the Royal Navy, designed as a private venture by Sir Edward Reed

British Royal Navy Warship HMS Wolverine (1863)
Vintage engraving of British Royal Navy Warship HMS Wolverine (1863) a Jason-class three-masted wooden screw corvette, of the Royal Navy. Later she became flagship of the Australia Station

H.M.S. Challenger, commissioned for her... cruise on Deep Sea Exploration, 1872, (1901)
H.M.S. Challenger, commissioned for her four years cruise on Deep Sea Exploration, 1872, (1901). Challenger, a steam-assisted warship of the Royal Navy

The French corvette The Sphinx, from Les Merveilles de la Science, pub. 1870
3588284 The French corvette The Sphinx, from Les Merveilles de la Science, pub.1870. by French School, (19th century); (add.info.: The French corvette The Sphinx)

War Chile - Bolivia, naval battle of Iquique, between the Chilean corvette Esmeralda and the Monitor Huascar, the May 23, 1879

The Battle of Sinop on 30 November 1853, 1860. Found in the Collection of State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg

Snuff box with Portrait of Alexander Ivanovich Kazarsky (1797-1833), First quarter of 19th cen. Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Henri Comte de Rigny (1782-1835). Private Collection

Plan of the Battle of Sinope, 1853. Private Collection

Henri Comte de Rigny (1782-1835), 1830s. Private Collection

Portrait of the Admiral Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov (1745?1817). Found in the Collection of State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The frigate Svetlana, 1892. Private Collection

The Naval Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827, 1828. Artist: Reinagle, George Philip (1802-1835)
The Naval Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827, 1828. Private Collection

Brig Mercury. Artist: Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900)
Brig Mercury. Private Collection

The naval Battle of Athos. Artist: Bogolyubov, Alexei Petrovich (1824-1896)
The naval Battle of Athos. Found in the collection of State Central Navy Museum, St. Petersburg

Brig Mercury fighting two Turkish ships on May 14th, 1829, 1829. Artist: Anonymous
Brig Mercury fighting two Turkish ships on May 14th, 1829, 1829. From a private collection

The brig Mercury encounter after defeating two Turkish ships of the Russian squadron, 1848. Found in the collection of State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The Battle of Sinop on 30 November 1853, Mid of the 19th cen Artist: Anonymous
The Battle of Sinop on 30 November 1853, Mid of the 19th cen.. From a private collection

Corvette in the Mist, 1886. Artist: Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900)
Corvette in the Mist, 1886. Found in the collection of the Regional I. Kramskoi Art Museum, Voronezh

Royal Navy Makes Invasion Possible, 1943-44. The corvette Widgeon about to go into action with her A.A. guns. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton

The Ambuscade and the Bayonnaise, c1799. Artist: Pierre Ozanne
The Ambuscade and the Bayonnaise, c1799. The capture of the British frigate HMS Ambuscade by the smaller French corvette Bayonnaise off the Gironde on 5 December 1798

The Russian Ship of the Line Azov and a Frigate at Anchor in the Roads of Elsinore, 1828. Found in the collection of the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

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