ship, navy

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...

Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. At the bottom, shows an o... More

Hollandse schepen bij Bantam aangevallen door lokale bevolking, ca. 16...

Hollandse schepen bij Bantam aangevallen door de lokale bevolking met pijl en boog in kleine bootjes, ca. 1600. Waarschijnlijk betreft dit de gevechten met Javanen in de baai van Bantam, tijdens de Eerste Schip... More

Verovering van de Zilvervloot door Piet Hein, 1628

Verovering van de Zilvervloot in de Baai van Matanzas door een vloot van de WIC onder bevel van admiraal Piet Heyn, 8 september 1628.

Reinier Vinkeles I - Zeeslag bij Kamperduin, 1797

De Zeeslag bij Kamperduin op 11 oktober 1797 tussen de Bataafse vloot onder bevel van viceadmiraal Jan Willem de Winter en een Britse vloot onder admiraal Adam Duncan.

Overgave van De Winter na de verloren zeeslag bij Kamperduin, 1797

Overgave van viceadmiraal Jan Willem de Winter aan admiraal Adam Duncan aan boord van het Britse oorlogsschip the Venerable, op 11 oktober 1797 na de verloren slag bij Kamperduin. De Winter presenteert zijn sab... More

Oorlogsschip De Jupiter, 1797 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Het Bataafse oorlogsschip de Jupiter, onder vice-admiraal Hermanus Reijntjes en schout-bij-nacht Frederik Alexander Meurer. Het schip maakte deel uit van de Bataafse vloot die werd verslagen door de Britten tij... More

Zeeslag bij Lagos, 1693 - Engraving, Public domain image

Zeeslag voor de kust tussen Lagos en Cabo de São Vincente in Zuid-Portugal, 27 juni 1693. Twee Nederlandse schepen onder de kapiteins Philip Schrijver en Jan van der Poel streden tegen een deel van de Franse vl... More

U.S. Iron clad steamer, New Ironsides

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Rease, W.H.

København, Danmark. Christiansborg slott, Rentekammeret, Børsen.Fra sk...

København, Danmark. Christiansborg slott, Rentekammeret, Børsen.Fra skissealbum av John W. Edy, "Drawings Norway 1800".

Ship United States - Public domain drawing

Detail drawing showing how the hull of the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, sails in the water.

United States & Macedonian - Public domain drawing

Preliminary drawing for an oil painting showing the sea battle between the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, and HMS Macedonian off the coast of Maderia on October 25, 1812. The original... More

The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Ge...

Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordo... More

[Napoleon I boards the Bellerophon to surrender] / Baugean delt. & scu...

Print shows a view of the HMS Bellerophon from the aft with a rowboat drawn along the starboard side and Napoleon I climbing stairs to board the ship in order to surrender to the British and Captain Frederick L... More

Portret van een adelborst, waarschijnlijk admiraal Nelson

De geportretteerde staat op een schip en hangt over de rand van een gestreken zeil met de wind in zijn rug. In zijn hand heeft hij een verrekijker. Onder het portret de woorden: De Adelborst.

Zeeslag bij Dungeness tussen de Staatse vloot onder Tromp en de Engels...

Zeeslag bij Dungeness (de Slag bij de Singels) voor de Engelse kust bij Dover in de Eerste Engelse Oorlog tussen de Staatse vloot onder Maarten Tromp en de Engelse vloot onder Robert Blake, 10 december 1652. Ce... More

Walraad Nieuwhoff - Vierdaagse zeeslag, 1666

De Vierdaagse Zeeslag tussen de Staatse vloot onder admiraal Michiel de Ruyter en de Engelse vloot onder admiraal George Monck, 11-14 juni 1666. De verovering van het vastgelopen Engelse schip de 'Royal Prince'... More

Reprofotografi efter en litografi som visar korvettens Carlskronas inl...

Reprofotografi efter en litografi som visar korvettens Carlskronas inlopp till Karlskrona. Bilden återge en panoramavy över Karlskronas hamn med livlig skeppstrafik. Runt korvetten kör flera mindre segelskepp o... More

A N.W.b.N. view of Charles Town from on board the Bristol ... taken in...

Print shows Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, with the British fleet in the foreground, at the time of the assault on Fort Sullivan, with the city of Charleston visible in the background; prominent features id... More

De Tweedaagse Zeeslag, 1666 - Engraving, Public domain image

De Tweedaagse Zeeslag tussen de Staatse vloot onder admiraal Michiel de Ruyter en Cornelis Tromp en de Engelse vloot onder admiraal George Monck en prins Rupert, 4-5 augustus 1666.

ship from "Thrilling Incidents of the Wars of the United States. Compr...

This image has been taken from scan 000586 from "Thrilling Incidents of the Wars of the United States. Comprising the most striking and remarkable events of the Revolution, the French War, the Tripolitan War, e... More

Zeeslag bij Dungeness, 1652 - Rijksmuseum public domain dedication ima...

Zeeslag bij Dungeness (de Slag bij de Singels) voor de Engelse kust bij Dover in de Eerste Engelse Oorlog tussen de Staatse vloot onder Maarten Tromp en de Engelse vloot onder Robert Blake, 10 december 1652. Ce... More

Temperance poem. Dedicated to the noble crew of the United States rece...

Verse.; Title. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 59, Folder 17.

Isaac Greve - Hollands Admiraals-Schip

Blad met 2 voorstellingen. Boven: een voorstelling van het Hollands Admiraals-Schip op zee, van opzij gezien, met op de achtergrond twee andere schepen, alle met de Hollandse vlag. Onder: een voorstelling van d... More

Antonio Suntach - Zeeslag bij Doggersbank, 1781

De Nederlandse en Engelse schepen tijdens de zeeslag bij Doggersbank op 5 augustus 1781 tussen de Nederlandse vloot onder schout-bij-nacht Johan Zoutman en de Engelse vloot onder vice-admiraal Hyde Parker. In d... More

The Planter from "Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United Sta...

This image has been taken from scan 000198 from volume 03 of "Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America. By B. J. Lossing. Illustrated by many hundred engravings on wood, by Lossing and... More

[U.S.S. Susquehanna, Commodore Perry's flag ship, full starboard view]

Drawing is on the "Susquehanna & Mississippil Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan. Watercolor drawing Taguchi Shumpei.

Overgave van De Winter na de verloren zeeslag bij Kamperduin, 1797

Overgave van viceadmiraal Jan Willem de Winter aan admiraal Adam Duncan aan boord van het Britse oorlogsschip the Venerable, op 11 oktober 1797 na de verloren slag bij Kamperduin. De Winter presenteert zijn sab... More

[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi under...

Drawings are panels one and two of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist.

Sebastopol from the sea - sketched from the deck of H.M.S. Sidon / W. ...

Print shows sailors and cannons on deck of the H.M.S. Sidon, with a distant view of the forts and other buildings in Sevastopolʹ. Plate in: The seat of war in the east : Dedicated by permission to Her most gra... More

Visitkort som visar ånglinjeskepp Stockholm från babordssidan. Fartyge...

Visitkort som visar ånglinjeskepp Stockholm från babordssidan. Fartyget är nästan helt nedriggat, stormasten saknas.

Fort Monroe and vicinity showing entrance to Chesapeake Bay, Norfolk, ...

Scale ca. 1:375,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 546 Shows forts Monroe, Calhoun, Nelson, and Norfolk, Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point, towns, names of features, drainage, roads, and railroads. "View o... More

The Ship of State. A Republican song.

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... More

U.S. gunboat Meteor [i.e. Cricket] during American Civil War

No. 3145. Correction to title made on card mount comparing images of the two gunboats. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Silver Cloud - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3149. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Cited in Fighting for Time: the Image of War, vol. 4, p. 334. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Mendota, James River, Virginia

No. B239. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

The Eighth Massachusetts Regiment taking possession of U.S. ship Const...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

(Sailors on deck of warship) - A black and white photo of a large grou...

Part of Brady-Handy Collection. Cited in Miller, vol. 6, p. 278-279, as the gunboat Mendota.

Admiral Farragut and Captain Drayton on deck of U.S. frigate Hartford

No. 3168. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

U.S. gunboat Lexington [i.e. Tyler] - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3122. Cited in Miller, vol. I, p. 203, as the U.S.S. Tyler. "U.S. Army Military History Institute also identifies it as (U.S.S) Tyler" inscribed on ve... More

U.S. gunboat Tyler - Mississippi River Fleet

Photograph shows a Union timberclad, the U.S.S. Tyler. No. 3127. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. I, p. 189". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S. gunboat Black Hawk - An old photo of a steamboat boat in the wate...

No. 3140. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S.S. Vermont off Charleston, S.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an American Civil War, military forces and conflict, officer, uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S. gunboat Agawam and the monitor Saugus, James River, Virginia

No. B81. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites an... More

U.S. gunboat Cricket - An old photo of a boat in the water

No. 3142. Mounted with five other photographs with general caption: Mississippi River Fleet. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Navy crewmen on the deck of a ship]

No. 5132. Title devised by library staff. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

[Three U.S. Navy ships, from left, the Macedonian, the Dale, and the S...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The steamship Star of the West, with reinforcements for Major Anderson...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 11, no. 269 (1861 Jan. 19), pp. 136-137. Reference copy may be in LOT 4416-E (1861). Caption card... More

[Four Navy officers seated on board a ship]

No. B648. Title devised by library staff. Mounted with five other photographs. Photographer and ship name from original negative in the National Archives. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

On deck of U.S. Frigate Hartford

No. 3152. Mounted with four other photographs and one print. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 187 (bottom)". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The iron-clad New Ironsides under sail

Photograph shows a reproduction of an engraving of the ironclad. No. 5511. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Deck of one of Porter's mortar schooners

Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. VI, p. 197". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

U.S.S. Mendota, James River, Virginia during American Civil War

No. B203. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Public domain image of an American navy warship, 19th-century ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Mississippi River Fleet at Mound City, Illinois

No. 3132. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

The Iron-coated French frigate La Gloire / Smythh.

Illus. in: The Illustrated London news, 1861 March 9, p. 227.

Double-ended ferry gunboat with Union soldiers on deck

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purchased from: Steven J. Meadow, June 2015. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library of Congress). pp/liljpaper

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet enteri...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1862 May 17, pp. 312-313. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Commodore Farragut's squadron and Captain Porter's mortar fleet enteri...

Print shows a large squadron of battleships and ironclads entering the Mississippi River near the "Light-house of Southwest Pass"; some are identified as the "Colorado, 40 Guns", "Pensacola on the Bar", "Westfi... More

Burning of the steamship "Golden Gate" :July 27. 1862

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Robert Smalls, captain of the gun-boat "Planter" The gun-boat "Planter...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 6, 1862 June 14, p. 372.

Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...

Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More

Destruction of the privateer PETREL by the ST. LAWRENCE

U.S. revenue cutter AIKEN, captured by Confederate and re-named PETREL, being sunk by U.S. frigate St. Lawrence, 1861 Steel engraving by Robert Hinshelwood, b. 1812; after painting(?) by Paul Manzoni, copyright... More

Gunboat COMMORDORE MCDONOUGH - Public domain image of a steam boat

Broadside view; Union soldiers sitting in rowboat in foregrd. Hilton Head, South Carolina, 1863. Photo by Haas & Peale. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil ... More

Uijtkijk, Batavia - Dutch East Indies

De Uitkijk aan de haven van Batavia. Onderdeel van het rode fotoalbum met foto's van Java, uit het bezit van apotheker Specht-Grijp, die in 1865 vanuit Batavia naar Nederland terugkeerde.

[Washington, District of Columbia]. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Ya...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to Ne...

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

[Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to Ne...

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Wandtapijt met de slag bij Rammekens, 1573

Wandtapijt uit 1596-1598 met een voorstelling van de slag bij Rammekens, april 1573. Overwinning van de Vlissingse admiraal Ewout Pietersz. Worst, op de Spaanse transportschepen.

Washington, District of Columbia. Brazilian Steam Frigate at Navy Yard...

Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Brazilian ship. Brazilian steam frigate, Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Jan. 1863. Yards manned on the occasion of the President's visit. See Gardn... More

Gunboat Tyler, where W.W. Stuart served during the Civil War

Photograph shows timberclad steamer gunboat USS Tyler with crew on deck. Tax stamp on verso. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photograph... More

U.S.S. Niagara, Boston, Massachusetts., Sept., 1863

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to Ne...

Public domain portrait photograph, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Admiral D. D. Porter - A black and white photo of a man on a boat

Alternate title, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Gift; Col. Godwin... More

Hampton Roads, Virginia. School ship U.S.S. SABINE

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fort Monroe, Virginia. Gunboat SANTIAGO DE CUBA off Fort Monroe

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Hampton Roads, Virginia. Ammunition schooners, American Civil War Glas...

Photo shows boats anchored off City Point, Virginia, including the schooner William Spear of Baltimore (name on stern); a sidewheel steamboat (left center) with the likely name Metamora; astern of her, the hosp... More

Hampton Roads, Virginia (vicinity). U.S.S. MALVERN

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Flag ship, LANCASTER, U.S. Navy, California, 19th century sterescope c...

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 327. LOT subdivision subject: USS Lancaster. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.

[U.S.S. Constitution - artists' conceptions: starboard, full sail]

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

U.S.S. Constitution - artists' conceptions: starboard, full sail

Wood engraving from: Harper's New Monthly, v. 44, 1872. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

lock from "[The book of the Thames.]"

This image has been taken from scan 000060 from "[The book of the Thames.]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream.

Ett av flottans övningsfartyg till ankars. Troligen ångkorvetten Saga ...

Ett av flottans övningsfartyg till ankars. Troligen ångkorvetten Saga samt några ångare. I bakgrunden Stadsgården med Fjällgatan och Ersta.

[Young woman of the cast of Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore", po...

Photo copyrighted by Pearsall. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fashions 1870's; PI; Opera & operetta; Shelf. Gilbert, William Schwenck, 1836-1911.

[Young woman of the cast of Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore", po...

Photo copyrighted by Pearsall. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fashions 1870's; PI; Opera & operetta; Shelf. Gilbert, William Schwenck, 1836-1911.

[The Imperial Ironclad Corvette, Necm-i Şevket] / Constantinople, Abdu...

Public domain image of a sailing ship, caravel, harbor, sea, naval battle, 16th-17th century maritime seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[The rigging drill on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Const...

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 24. No. 429. In album: Imperial frigates and naval personnel, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collectio... More

Pieter van Loy - Zeeslag voor Gibraltar, 25 april 1607

Het ontploffen van het Spaanse admiraalsschip tijdens de zeeslag bij Gibraltar op 25 april 1607 tussen de Staatse vloot onder admiraal Jacob van Heemskerck en de Spaanse vloot onder admiraal Don Juan Alvares de... More

Decoration Day at Conger, Greenland. 1881 of 1882. Memorial marker wit...

Photo by C.W. Rice. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Bilden visar ångfregatten Vanadis från styrbordssida. Skeppet ankra vi...

Bilden visar ångfregatten Vanadis från styrbordssida. Skeppet ankra vid en boj i Vallettas hamn på Malta under sin långresa 1883-1885. Alla segel är bärgade, styckportarna är öppna och kanonerna utförda. Ur sko... More

Bilden visar linjeskeppet Stockholm vid kölhalningsbron i Karlskrona. ...

Bilden visar linjeskeppet Stockholm vid kölhalningsbron i Karlskrona. Till vänster ser man den nya uppförda tackelkammaren. Bakom linjeskeppet syns mastkranen från 1728 och en klaffbro. Bilden är tagen från var... More

Aerial starboard side stern view showing US Navy (USN) Sailors manning...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Aaron Glover, USN Release Status: Released ... More

The African slave-trade - slaves taken from a dhow captured by H.M.S. ...

Print shows African men, women and many children. In the background, two British sailors. Illustrated in The Graphic. London, June 7, 1884, p. 548

A port side view showing US Navy (USN) Sailors manning the rails aboar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Aaron Glover, USN Release Status: Released ... More

Linjeskepp Stockholm vid hälhalningsbron

Linjeskepp Stockholm vid hälhalningsbron Public domain image of 19th-century Stockholm, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial starboard side stern view showing US Navy (USN) Sailors manning...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Aaron Glover, USN Release Status: Released ... More

A starboard side view of the Royal Navy (British) Ocean Survey Vessel ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hudson River State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 David P. Coleman, USN Release Status: Relea... More

U.S. gunboat ST. LOUIS during American Civil War

Illus. in: Century Magazine, v. 29, Nov.-Apr. 1884-85, p. 429. Reference copy may be available in LOT 9393 O. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War, 1861-... More

Atlantic Ocean. Meridional temperature section. Falkland Islands to th...

Vertical scale of fathoms and horizontal scale of degrees of latitude. Illus. in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 ..., narrative, vol. 1, second pa... More

[Three men on deck of the H.M.S. Challenger studying Medusae, jellyfis...

Illus. in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 ..., narrative, vol. 1, second part. London : Longmans & Co. ..., 1885, p. 603. Reference copy also avai... More

[Man on ship comparing temperature of the surface of the sea and the a...

Illus. in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 ..., narrative, vol. 1, second part. Longmans & Co. ..., 1885, diagram 22, p. 1003. Reference copy also... More