'The Mary', Yacht, Arriving with Princess Mary at Gravesend in a Fresh...
'The Mary', Yacht, Arriving with Princess Mary at Gravesend in a Fresh Breeze, 12 February 1689 After Prince William of Orange landed in Torbay in November 1688, during the 'Glorious Revolution' which deposed ... More
A Dutch ship lying-to in a strong breeze RMG BHC0885
A Dutch ship lying-to in a strong breeze Painting. A Dutch ship lying-to in a strong breeze
A Kaag Coming Ashore Near a Groyne with Ships and Vessels Under Sail B...
A Kaag Coming Ashore Near a Groyne with Ships and Vessels Under Sail Beyond In this small painting, van de Velde portrays a sunny day on the Dutch coast. The distant landscape, visible on the left, may represe... More
A Royal Visit to the Fleet in the Thames Estuary, 1672 RMG BHC0299
A Royal Visit to the Fleet in the Thames Estuary, 1672 (Updated, February 2016) During the summer of 1672 Charles II visited ships of the fleet that were refitting in the Thames following the Battle of Solebay... More
A States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ship...
A States Yacht in a Fresh Breeze Running Towards a Group of Dutch Ships A large group of Dutch ships are shown gathered under a stormy sky. This may record the assembling of some of the Dutch fleet off the Tex... More
Action at Bergen, 3 August 1665 RMG BHC0698
An incident following the Dutch defeat at Lowestoft, which was the first fleet action of the Second Dutch War, 1665-67. A returning Dutch East India and Smyrna fleet was forced to put into Bergen, Norway, a ne... More
An English ship and a hooker at sea in a gale with other ships RMG BHC...
An English ship and a hooker at sea in a gale with other ships An English ship shown in a gale, together with other shipping. To the left is a small ship with men in the rigging shown furling the sail. In the ... More
An English Ship at Sea Lying-To in a Gale RMG BHC0901
An English Ship at Sea Lying-To in a Gale In the left foreground a small ship, port bow view is shown in a heavy sea. She is lying-to on the starboard tack and her main sail is half lowered with the sheets or ... More
An English Ship in a Gale Trying to Claw off a Lee Shore RMG BHC0900
Two ships are shown in difficulty in a heavy sea with storm clouds blowing away to the right above a rocky coast. The composition is dominated by a two-decker in port-bow view in the left foreground, being tos... More
An English Ship in Action with Barbary Corsairs, circa 1680 RMG BHC032...
An English Ship in Action with Barbary Corsairs, circa 1680 An action between an English two-decker and a Barbary two-decker, showing three small ships and four galleys. Although naval historians are unable to... More
An English Ship in Action with Barbary Corsairs, circa 1685
An English ship in action with Barbary Corsairs circa 1680 Public domain photograph of a 17th-century seascape painting, ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An English Ship in Action with Barbary Vessels RMG BHC0893
An English ship, on the left, battles with a ‘Barbary’ ship and two galleys. Smoke fills the sky and the gunfire, which reflects in the sea, illuminates the sails of the ships and their flags. In the left fore... More
An English Sixth-Rate Ship Firing a Salute As a Barge Leaves; A Royal ...
An English Sixth-Rate Ship Firing a Salute As a Barge Leaves; A Royal Yacht Nearby A variety of shipping is shown in a calm. In the foreground on the left a small boat with two figures on board is rowing towar... More
BattleOfTexel. 17th century painting
The 'Gouden Leeuw' at the Battle of the Texel, 21 August 1673.*oil on canvas.*149,8 x 299,7 cm.*1687
Calm- a States yacht and many other vessels in a light air RMG BHC0889
Calm: a States yacht and many other vessels in a light air A Dutch states yacht is shown with many other vessels in a calm sea. The states yacht is in the centre flying a pendant and a common Dutch ensign at t... More
Dutch ships returning with their prizes to Goeree after the Four Days ...
Dutch ships returning with their prizes to Goeree after the Four Days Battle, 4 June 1666 For reasons not yet clear this was previously to July 2016 called 'The Captured "Royal Prince" carried into Dutch water... More
Dutch vessels becalmed near the shore RMG BHC0884
Dutch vessels becalmed near the shore 'Dutch vessels becalmed near the shore'
English Royal Yachts at Sea, in a Strong Wind in Company with a Ship F...
English Royal Yachts at Sea, in a Strong Wind in Company with a Ship Flying the Royal Standard A group of royal yachts are shown accompanying a ship flying the royal standard in rough weather. The King used th... More
English Ships at Sea Beating to Windward in a Gale RMG BHC0899
English Ships at Sea Beating to Windward in a Gale To the left is a two-decker, in starboard-quarter view, close-hauled on the starboard tack under fore, main and mizzen courses. The fore and main topsails are... More
HMS St Andrew at sea in a moderate breeze
The ship was rebuilt and renamed HMS Royal Anne in 1703
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 RMG BHC0309
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 The Battle of Texel was the last battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74, between the Dutch on one side and the English and French on the other. It represented t... More
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 RMG BHC0314
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 The Battle of Texel was the last battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74 between the Dutch on one side and the English and French on the other. It represented th... More
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 RMG BHC0316
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 The Battle of Texel was the last battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74, between the Dutch on one side and the English and French on the other. It represented t... More
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 RMG BHC0318
The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 The Battle of Texel was the last battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74, between the Dutch on one side and the English and French on the other. It represented t... More
The Burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay, 28 May 1672 R...
The Burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay, 28 May 1672 The Battle of Solebay was the opening battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74. On the evening before, Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl ... 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
The Departure of William of Orange and Princess Mary for Holland, Nove...
The Departure of William of Orange and Princess Mary for Holland, November 1677 This picture shows the embarkation of Prince William of Orange and Princess Mary, his new wife, at Erith, Kent, on their journey ... More
The Dutch coast with a weyschuit being launched and another vessel pus...
The Dutch coast with a weyschuit being launched and another vessel pushing offfrom the shore Several fishing boats are shown leaving a Dutch shore. In the left foreground three men stand close to the water's e... More
The English Ship 'Royal Sovereign' With a Royal Yacht in a Light Air
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The Royal Escape Close-Hauled in a Breeze RMG BHC3600
The Royal Escape Close-Hauled in a Breeze The royal yacht Royal Escape is shown in the right foreground, in a lively sea among other shipping. She is viewed from before the starboard beam and flies a red ensig... More
The royal yacht 'Royal Escape'
The Royal Escape Close-Hauled in a Breeze. The royal yacht Royal Escape appears in the right foreground, seen from before the starboard beam. She flies a red ensign, jack and the common pendant of a man-of-wa... More
The ‘Charles Galley’ before a light breeze RMG BHC3254
The ‘Charles Galley’ before a light breeze (Updated, August 2015) A panel painting of the ‘Charles Galley’, in a light breeze towing an admiral’s barge with several men in it. In the left background a two-deck... More
Two English Ships Wrecked in a Storm on a Rocky Coast RMG BHC0907
Two English Ships Wrecked in a Storm on a Rocky Coast Prominently positioned, in the right foreground, is a ship viewed from before the port beam. Heavy seas break over the fore part as it sinks close to the t... More
Two Kaags at Sea Before a Fresh Breeze RMG BHC0904
Two Kaags at Sea Before a Fresh Breeze A scene showing fishing boats before a fresh breeze. Two kaags or fishing boats can be seen sailing the same course, the nearest one is in shadow and the furthest away in... More
Van de Velde, Resolution in a Gale
depicting the second HMS Resolution Public domain image of a British navy warship, sailing ship, man of war, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Willem van de Velde de Jonge - Een mediterraan Brigantine Drifting Ont...
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Willem van de Velde the Younger - A Dutch Flagship Coming to Anchor wi...
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Willem van de Velde the Younger - A Dutch Merchant Ship Running Betwee...
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Willem van de Velde the Younger - The Departure of William of Orange a...
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.
Willem van de Velde (the Younger) - The Captured HMS Royal Prince brou...
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Willem van de Velde de Jonge - De Nederlandse kust met een Weyschuit w...
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Willem van de Velde the Younger - A Dutch Ship Scudding Before a Storm
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