Wreck Collection

The Mary Rose, Tudor ship, built in 1510. In service for 34 years, it sank in 1545. Discovered in 1971 it was successfully raised from the sea bed in 1982 amid much publicity. Date: 1982

Mercy of the Sea
The famous Bad Eddie shipwreck on Magerclogher Strand, Bunbeg, Gweedore, Donegal, Ireland. This amazing wreck was stranded during the 70s rumour has it a husband grounded this boat in spite of a bad

Battle of Lake Erie, War of 1812
British and American ships engaged in the Battle of Lake Erie, 1813. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Old fishing boats rotting on beach, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK
MAB-199 Old fishing boats rotting on beach, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK Mark Boulton Please note that prints are personal display purposes only

The wreck of the collier Bessie, with all that remains of the wrecked Vulture in the surf beyond, Carbis Bay, Lelant
A view of the Bessie wrecked at Carbis Bay, broadside to the surf, with the machinery of the Vulture beyond. SS Bessie (ON 49984) was an iron three masted brigantine rigged steamer of 287 tons gross

Helvetia Wreck, Rhossili Bay, Gower, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Sinking of the Titanic
Titanics stern in the air as the ship sinks in the North Atlantic, 1912. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration from eyewitness reports

The ship, Bay of Panama, Falmouth, Cornwall. March 1891
Four masted ship, wrecked on Nare Point, Falmouth in the great blizzard of 10 March 1891. She was bound from Calcutta to Dundee with 13000 bales of jute

Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant - Blackpool, Lancashire
The decaying hulk of Horatio Nelsons Flagship Foudroyant wrecked on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire. On 16 June 1897 during a violent storm when under tow

Grace Darling, rowing with her father
Grace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, seen here rowing with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838

Loss of the HMS Birkenhead
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing the loss of the Birkenhead. The Birkenhead was an iron paddle steamer of 1400 tons, and was launched in December 1845

The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (oil on canvas)
XCR2069 The Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (oil on canvas) by Stanfield, Clarkson R.A. (1793-1867); 262x462 cm; The Crown Estate; English, out of copyright

Cargo ship Tresillian wrecked in storm, 1954
Cargo ship Tresillian of the Hain Steamship Co. (St Ives) lost on the night of 29th to 30th November 1954 in St Georges Channel near Ireland with heavy loss of life

Wreck of the SS Chusan, Ardrossan, 1874
Engraving showing the wreck of the paddle-steamer Chusan near the entrance to Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, 1874

Wreck Chart of the British Isles For 1868
Chart showing the positions of all 2131 vessels wrecked around the British Isles during 1868, compiled from the Board of Trade records

Fishing boat, Dungeness Beach N100298
DUNGENESS BEACH, Kent. Beached ruinous wooden fishing boat on the shingle

Fishing boat, Dungeness Beach N100297
DUNGENESS BEACH, Kent. Beached ruinous wooden fishing boat on the shingle

Harry Watts London Can Take It! (1940)

Wrecked fishing boats near Salen, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Shipwreck Cove, Zakinthos, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Erebus and Terror in the Pack Ice, from The Gallery of Geography
KW188565 Erebus and Terror in the Pack Ice, from The Gallery of Geography by Rev. Thomas Milner, published c.1880 (engraving) by English School

Wrecked fishing boat on shingle beach, Dungeness, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wreck of Helvetia, Worms Head, Rhossili Bay, Gower, West Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Shipwreck Cove, Zakinthos, Ionian Islands, Greece, Europe

Sinking of the Emden
The predatory German cruiser Emden is sunk upon coral reef by the Australians

Grace Darling, lighthouse keeper's daughter
Grace Horsley Darling (1815 - 1842), daughter of the lighthouse keeper, William Darling, on the Farne Islands, who rowed with her father to the sinking steamboat the SS Forfarshire in 1838

German Diver Goes Down
A German diver goes down to the wreck of an Allied vessel, hoping to salvage useful items and materials

Shipwreck on Duddon Sands EAW019741
A wreck on the Duddon Sands (possibly the Anastasi), Walney Island, Barrowe-in-Furness, Cumbria. Viewed from the north. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in October 1948

Bomb damage. The scene in a street in East Ham, East London, typical of so many after an air raid

World War II France and Britain commemorate D-Day
Vintage World War II photograph - France and Britain commemorate the first anniversay of the D-Day landings on the beach at Arromanches, Normandy

Children play on the wreck of a dumped car at Kirkby, Liverpool. 18th March 1965

The Hayle lifeboat New Oriental Bank (later renamed E. F. Harrison) with the wreck of the SS Escurial in
SS Escurial, an iron built schooner-rigged screw steamer built by Alex Stephens of Lighthouse, Govan, for Raeburn and Verel of Glasgow in 1879, was outward bound from Cardiff, laden with 1

Ireland, Co. Donegal, Bunbeg, wrecked boat on coastline
Ireland, Co.Donegal, Bunbeg, wrecked boat on coastline

Old rusty car. Outback Australia
Old rusty car with bullet holes in the fender. Outback Australia

Rescue with the breeches buoy
Antique illustration of a Rescue with the breeches buoy

A lone Star Fighter pilot looks around the alien landscape after a crash landing
A lone Star Fighter pilot looks around the alien landscape, in which he was forced to make an emergency crash landing after his ship developed technical problems

Wreck at Fidlers Reach EAW143996
River Thames, London November 1964. The capsized German Cargo Vessel " Magdeburg" laden with buses bound for Cuba. A collision with the " Yamashiro Maru" caused the wreck

Shipwreck at St Merryn EAW200562
The wreck of the tanker " Hemsley I" at Fox Cove, St Merryn, Cornwall. September 1969. The vessel went ashore here on 12th May 1969 en route from Liverpool to Antwerp. Aerofilms Collection

Picture No. 10768000
Snorkeller - Valerie Taylor on the anchor on the wreck of the Sirius off Norfolk Island, Australia Date:

Union gunboats sunk in Galveston Bay, 1863
Rebel attack on Union gunboats at Galveston, Texas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wrecks, Elmley Ferry N100303
ELMLEY FERRY, Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent. View of two beached ship wrecks

Shipwreck of the Gallant Lady on the coast of North Bimini, Bahamas

Shipwreck at Saltwick Bay K020590
SALTWICK BAY, North Yorkshire. View of a shipwreck and Black Nab Rock on the sea shore. The wreck is of the Admiral van Tromp, a fishing vessel wrecked in 1976

Struggle between a deep sea diver and a giant octopus (colour litho)
2779476 Struggle between a deep sea diver and a giant octopus (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Struggle between a deep sea diver and a giant octopus)

The three-masted French ship Socoa in Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall. 1906
View of the starboard side of the three-masted French steel ship Socoa in Falmouth Harbour with tugs alongside. Note the remains of a wooden warship being broken up in the right foreground

USS Maine, 1911. The USS Maine, a pre-dreadnought battleship, exploded and sank in Havana harbour, Cuba, on 15 February 1898, with the loss of 274 of her crew

Naval Battle (oil on canvas)
XIR243455 Naval Battle (oil on canvas) by Velde, Willem van de, the Younger (1633-1707); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Orleans, France; Dutch, out of copyright

Shipwreck, Bere Haven Harbour, Dunboy near Castletownbere, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Ireland, British Isles, Europe

RMS Republic, SS Florida and wireless-telegraphy room
RMS Republic sank on 24rd January 1909, near Nantucket, Massachusetts, after collision with SS Florida had occurred the day before

EVNT2A-00086
USS frigate " Chesapeake" engaging the British ship " Shannon, " War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Battle of Mobile Bay, Civil War, 1864
Farraguts flagship USS " Hartford" colliding with the ironclad CSS " Tennessee" to secure Mobile Bay, 1864. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Brig Drifting Ashore off Bamborough, Northumberland (Bamborough Castle, Northumberland with a Wreck)
Artist: Hayes, Edwin - Title: Brig Drifting Ashore off Bamborough, Northumberland (Bamborough Castle, Northumberland with a Wreck) - Date: 1875 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 76.8 x 127.3

Wrecked fishing boats in gathering storm, Salen, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Wreck of the MV RMS Mulheim (German cargo ship wrecked in 2003), Pedn-men-du, Lands End, Cornwall, England, UK

Requiem for a Lost Marque
Francis Keogh

The wreak of HMS Royal George
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing the wreak of HMS Royal George. HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Woolwich Dockyard

An astronaut surveys his situation after being marooned on a barren planet. Ominous clouds form in the distance while his scorched capsule is nearby

A herd of dinosaurs walk past a flying saucer lodged into the ground
A herd of herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period, walk past a giant flying saucer lodged into the ground after a bad landing

USA, Hawaii, Oahu, Hololulu, Pearl Harbour, USS Arizona Memorial - Oil still leaking from wreck of USS Arizona Battleship after 1941 Pearl Harbour attack

Messerschmitt M. E. 109
Made in Germany, Finished in England. Messerschmitt M.E. 109. All proceeds go to our local Spitfire fund

USA, Texas, Route 66, Conway Bug Ranch, Made of VW Beetles USA Texas Route 66 Conway Bug Ranch (homage to Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo TX). Made of VW Beetles

North Berwick Witches casting spells
The North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells

Blackpool Wreck of the HMS Foudroyant in 1897

Wreck of the Steam-Ship "Olinda, "on the Harry Furlong Rocks, East of the Skerries (engraving)
1618744 Wreck of the Steam-Ship " Olinda, " on the Harry Furlong Rocks, East of the Skerries (engraving) by English School

The Rescue (oil on canvas)
REA196693 The Rescue (oil on canvas) by Beechey, Richard Bridges (1808-95); 88.9x136.5 cm; Private Collection; eRoyal Exchange Art Gallery at Cork Street, London; English, out of copyright

Wreckage of Hawker and Grieves Sopwith Atlantic used in their attempt to cross the Atlantic (b / w photo)
3094455 Wreckage of Hawker and Grieves Sopwith Atlantic used in their attempt to cross the Atlantic (b/w photo) by English Photographer

The mysterious Bermuda Triangle where aircraft and vessels vanish
For decades the area known as the Bermuda Triangle has been a place of deep mystery as ships, aircraft and people have all mysteriously vanished, never to be seen again

Wrecked goods train, Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales

British Sopwith triplane crash, Passchendaele, WW1
A British Sopwith triplane brought down in flames at Passchendaele, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 23 August 1917

Project Azorian, 1970s
Project Azorian. Artwork showing the secret US operation carried out by the CIA to recover a sunken Soviet submarine in the 1970s

Boating party, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A boating party off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They have gone out to view an old wreck (visible just behind them), and are having a break for refreshments

The modern chassis / W H Robinson
Explanatory diagram of a typical modern chassis. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Army airship crash at Farnborough
An army airship, the Morning Star Lebaudy Dirigible, which crashed into Woodlands Cottage, the home of Captain and Lady Follett, at Farnborough, Hampshire, near the Farnborough to Farnham road

P&O Liner SS Delhi, 1911
Photograph of the P&O liner SS Delhi at sea in 1911. Built in 1905 the Delhi was wrecked in a gale off Cape Spartel, Tangiers, in 1911

Old Ford car, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Dog Rescued from Wreck
All saved ! the last crew member of a sinking sailing boat is pulled to safety on a breeches buoy, clutching the ships dog

DEUTSCHLAND WRECK
Several perish when the German steamship Deutschland is wrecked off Kentish Knock in the Thames Estuary; the death of five Franciscan nuns inspires poet G M Hopkins

The Wreck of the Liner "Mohegan"on the Manacle Rocks, the Porthoustock Lifeboat rescuing the Crew (litho)
1063677 The Wreck of the Liner " Mohegan" on the Manacle Rocks, the Porthoustock Lifeboat rescuing the Crew (litho) by Nash

Crippled but unconquered: The Belleisle at the Battle of Trafalgar
IL241955 Crippled but unconquered: The Belleisle at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805, from British Battles on Land and Sea edited by Sir Evelyn Wood (1838-1919)

WRECK OF WHITE SHIP
Henry Is children drown when the White Ship founders on a rock and capsizes Date: 1120

Wreak of HMS Wager Hamiltons fight with sealion
Vintage engraving showing a scene from Wreak of HMS Wager. The wreck of the Wager became famous for the subsequent adventures of the survivors who found themselves marooned on a desolate island in

Wreck lighter and two boats, London
Wreck lighter and two boats, Port of London Authority. Date: 20th century

RAILROAD COLLISION, 1896. The collision of two trains at Crush, Texas, 15 September 1896

CLIPPER SHIP, 1853. The English iron clipper Tayleur, which was lost on its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia in 1854

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"Wreck: Tales of Tragedy and Triumph on the High Seas" The Mary Rose: A haunting reminder of a once-mighty warship, now resting at the bottom of the Solent, silently narrating its final moments. Grace Darling's Heroic Row: In a daring act of bravery, young Grace Darling rowed with her father through treacherous waves to rescue survivors from a shipwreck off the coast of Northumberland. Isle of Mull's Forgotten Boats: Old fishing boats lay abandoned on the sandy shores, their decaying hulls telling stories of bygone days when they braved stormy seas in search of bountiful catches. Foudroyant - Blackpool's Maritime Relic: Nelson's flagship stands proudly as a testament to naval history amidst Blackpool's bustling promenade, reminding us all that even great ships can meet their untimely end. Battle of Lake Erie - Echoes from War: The clash between British and American forces during the War of 1812 left behind tales etched into these waters, where wrecks still whisper stories of valor and sacrifice. Bay of Panama - Cornwall's Ghostly Remains: March 1891 witnessed tragedy as this majestic vessel met its demise off Falmouth’s coast – an eerie sight that lingers in our memories till this day. Helvetia Wreck - Gower Peninsula’s Silent Witness: Rhossili Bay guards secrets beneath its waves; here lies Helvetia wrecked upon jagged rocks—a poignant reminder that nature holds dominion over man-made creations. Titanic Sinks into Infamy: An unimaginable disaster unfolded in icy Atlantic waters as RMS Titanic succumbed to fate—forever etching itself into history as one of humanity’s greatest tragedies. HMS Birkenhead Lost at Sea: Amidst raging tides, this Royal Navy vessel met its end while transporting soldiers to South Africa.