Sailing Ship Collection (page 5)

View of fortified city, 1493. A cog, a type of sailing vessel, can be seen in the foreground. A watergate gives access to the city at bottom right

Map of India and Indian Ocean, from Miller Atlas by Pedro and Jorge Reinel, Lopo Homen
Cartography, 16th century. Map of India and Indian Ocean, from Miller Atlas, by Pedro and Jorge Reinel, Lopo Homen (cartographers) and Antonio de Holanda (miniaturist), 1519

CLIPPER SHIP, 1853. The Gauntlet. Wood engraving, English, 1853

Children learning to sail Toppers, Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK, Europe
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Sail Ship, South Street Seaport Museum, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

Lord Nelsons Flag ship HMS Victory which lead in the battle of Trafalgar. Circa 1975

Bay Beside Glandore Village In West Cork In Munster Region; Glandore, County Cork, Ireland

Lightship Amrumbank in the Ratsdelft at blue hour, Emden, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

Three unidentified expedition members
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Leader: William Speirs Bruce. Three men, two wearing aprons and cooks hats, stand on the deck of a ship

Ross on ski
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Leader: William Speirs Bruce. Ross stands on skis, holding one ski pole. Sailing ship Scotia lies against the ice in the background

Unidentified seaman
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Leader: William Speirs Bruce. An expedition member stands on the deck of the sail and steam powered ship Scotia

Captain shooting the sun
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Leader: William Speirs Bruce. Robertson stands on the ice by steps leading down from the side of the sail

Scotia in winter quarters
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition 1902-04. Leader: William Speirs Bruce. Sail and steam powered ship Scotia lies beset in the ice

Nelson's inshore blockading squadron at Cadiz, July 1797, c.1800 (oil on canvas)
7337682 Nelson's inshore blockading squadron at Cadiz, July 1797, c.1800 (oil on canvas) by Buttersworth, Thomas (1768-1842); 63x99 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

The Battle of Lowestoft, 3 June 1665, Showing HMS 'Royal Charles' and the 'Eendracht'
7337616 The Battle of Lowestoft, 3 June 1665, Showing HMS 'Royal Charles' and the 'Eendracht', mid-17th century (oil on wood) by Minderhout

The Argonauts Leaving Colchis, 1480. Creator: Ercole de' Roberti
The Argonauts Leaving Colchis, 1480. This small panel was part of the decoration of a cassone or wedding chest. According to an old description

Frigates, c1850-55. Creator: Johan Barthold Jongkind
Frigates, c1850-55.

Harbour with a large tower, c.1641. Creator: Claude Lorrain
Harbour with a large tower, c.1641.

The Fram, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
The Fram, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the sailing ship Fram, which Amundsen took to the Arctic in 1910-1911. The light-color coat of paint may indicate that the photo was taken during an earlier

Fleet of Chinese junks, with H.M.S. Opossum, preparing to attack pirates at How-Chow, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Fleet of Chinese junks, with H.M.S. Opossum, preparing to attack pirates at How-Chow, 1865. 'It was lately mentioned in our Journal that the pirates who infest the China seas have during the past

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French Minister receiving Admiral Seymour, 1865. '...the Duke of Somerset and the members of the Board of Admiralty

The Dundee screw steamship Hibernia, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The Dundee screw steamship Hibernia, 1865. 'The screw-steamer Hibernia is the last vessel that the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company have added to their fleet

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: reception of the French Minister of Marine..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: reception of the French Minister of Marine in board the Victory, 1865. M. de Chasseloup-Laubat visits '...Nelson's celebrated flagship at

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth:...the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: arrival of the French fleet - the Solferino saluting the English flag, 1865

The International Naval Festival at Cherbourg: the British Admiral's flagship..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Cherbourg: the British Admiral's flagship, fleet of yachts, etc., dressed in honour of the Emperor's Fete Day - from a sketch by our special artist, 1865

The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The British Channel Squadron entering Cherbourg Harbour, [northern France], 1865. View '...from a sketch by our special artist...The first to round the point was the Royal yacht Osborne, while

The British Channel Squadron in Portland Roads, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The British Channel Squadron in Portland Roads, [Dorset], 1865. View '...from a sketch by our special artist...of the squadron lying at anchor in Portland Roads, on the Sunday

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the Reine Hortense leaving Portsmouth Harbour, 1865. On the return of the '...French Minister of Marine

View of Arica, Peru, 1865. Creator: Unknown
View of Arica, Peru, 1865. 'As the seaport town of Arica, near the southern extremity of Peru, was lately the head-quarters

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French fleet leaving Spithead, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the French fleet leaving Spithead, 1865. 'The ships composing the French squadron...[included] the Solferino and Magenta, two-deckers, ironclads

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: Review on Southsea Common, 1865. Illustration of a parade of troops. '...the line was formed...in full view of the combined fleets anchored at

The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship...salute..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship returning the salute of the French fleet, 1865

Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Encampment and review of the Suffolk Volunteer Corps at Lowestoft, [Suffolk], 1865. 'It is the practice of the volunteer corps of Norfolk and Suffolk to camp out...in the summer

The Royal Yacht Osborne passing through...English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865. Creator: Smyth
The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Plymouth: the Royal Yacht Osborne passing through the French and English squadrons of ironclads in Plymouth Sound, 1865

The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by James Bryant of the Royal Western Yacht Club

Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable...Valencia, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable: landing the shore end of the cable from the Caroline at Foilhommerum, Valencia, 1865

Effects of the late storm in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Effects of the late storm in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, 1865. '...the mail-steamer Athens, belonging to the Union Steam Navigation Company...was destroyed by the great storm in Table Bay

The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at St. Michael's Mount, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Prince and Princess of Wales landing at St. Michael's Mount, [Cornwall], 1865. '...outside Marazion is the singular conical rock, or rather series of rocks, known as St

Sombrero, one of the Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Sombrero, one of the Leeward Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, 1865. Source of '...the richest natural deposit of phosphate of lime at present known...a report was made to the British Government

The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg...home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The screw steam-ship Royal Standard in collision with an iceberg on the home voyage from Melbourne, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Captain G. H

The Ocean Yacht Match from Gravesend to Harwich...the Volante winning the Cutters' Prize, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Ocean Yacht Match from Gravesend to Harwich on Saturday, June 4: the Volante winning the Cutters' Prize, 1864. The Volante, a cutter of 60 tons belonging to H. C

The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The new iron-clad fleet: Her Majesty's sloop-of-war Enterprise, 1864. 'She is the smallest vessel plated with 4½-inch armour that has yet been set afloat

The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Denmark: the Austro-Prussian Squadron at Cuxhaven after its defeat off Heligoland, 1864. '...a view of the Austro-Prussian squadron lying off Cuxhaven, at the mouth of the Elbe

Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Shipping wild animals in the London Docks, 1864. 'Amidst the diverse commodities brought into the port of London by so many vessels from every region of the globe

The King of Denmark visiting the North-Sea Squadron on its return to Copenhagen, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The King of Denmark visiting the North-Sea Squadron on its return to Copenhagen, 1864. Engraving from a sketch 'by Mr. Simonsen, our Danish Artist

The French Transatlantic Company's steam-packet Washington, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The French Transatlantic Company's steam-packet Washington, 1864. 'This large and beautiful paddle-wheel steamer, the first of a line of mail-packets

The clipper-ship The Royal Edward, built for the Red Cross Australian Line, 1864. Creators: Edwin Weedon, Smyth
The clipper-ship The Royal Edward, built for the Red Cross Australian Line, 1864. 'We this week give an Engraving of the new iron sailing-ship Royal Edward, of 3500 tons burden

H.M.S. Himalaya among icebergs in the South Pacific, 1864. Creator: Unknown
H.M.S. Himalaya among icebergs in the South Pacific, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by 'Lieut. H. Stratton Bates, of the 65th Regiment

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"Sailing Ship: A Timeless Journey through History's Seas" Embarking on a voyage, a sailing ship braves the elements with unwavering endurance in the pack ice, resembling a billowy sea. Just like the Bayeux Tapestry portraying the Norman Conquest, this vessel carries stories of conquest and exploration. In 1620, the Mayflower sailed across treacherous waters as Pilgrims sought new beginnings. Witnessing their arrival at Plymouth, we glimpse hope and resilience etched into history's pages. Centuries earlier, Marco Polo left Venice in the 1300s aboard his ship to embark on an extraordinary adventure that would shape our understanding of distant lands. JMW Turner captures Whitby's picturesque scene in 1824; his brushstrokes immortalize a sailing ship gracefully gliding upon shimmering waves. The bow of Sir Ernest Shackleton's exploratory vessel SS Endurance stands tall against icy challenges—an emblem of bravery amidst adversity. The Battle of Trafalgar comes alive on canvas—a majestic spectacle where mighty ships engage in fierce combat for supremacy over vast seas. HMS Terror sets sail during an Arctic expedition in 1836-37—its crew venturing into uncharted territories with courage and determination as their guiding stars. Silhouetted against a breathtaking sunset, a Viking ship emerges from ancient tales—its sails billowing proudly as it navigates mythical realms and legendary adventures. At sea once more, another Viking ship cuts through crashing waves—a testament to their seafaring prowess and indomitable spirit that echoes throughout time. Under moonlit skies at Portsmouth Dockyard lies HMS Victory—the embodiment of naval might and historical significance—an enduring symbol of Britain's maritime heritage.