Steam Ships Collection

Armstrong gun works, Newcastle [docks], 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Armstrong gun works, Newcastle [docks], 1915.

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 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

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: 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

The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Indo-European Telegraph: Landing The Cable in the mud at Fao, Persian Gulf, 1865. 'When some four miles of cable had been paid out

The Indo-European Telegraph: Mussendom Station, Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Indo-European Telegraph: Mussendom Station, Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, 1865. From a sketch by Lieut. Hewett, of the gun-boat Clyde

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

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 Indo-European Telegraph: Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, with a view of the Fort, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Indo-European Telegraph: Elphinstone Inlet, Persian Gulf, with a view of the Fort, 1865. From a sketch by Lieut. Hewett, commanding the gun-boat Clyde

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

The War in Denmark: Danish cruisers of Rügen chasing a Prussian flotilla into Swinemünde..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
The War in Denmark: Danish cruisers of Rugen chasing a Prussian flotilla into Swinemunde - from a sketch by our Danish correspondent, 1864

Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Launch of the Knight Commander, iron screw steam-ship, built at Dublin, 1864. View of '...the first large iron vessel ever built in the port of Dublin as she glided off her cradle into the high-tide

Embarkation at Cape Coast Castle of the troops recalled from the Ashantee War, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Embarkation at Cape Coast Castle of the troops recalled from the Ashantee War, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Dr. Eames of H.M.S

Pekin, one of the European-Chinese Squadron, leaving Chefoo, Shantung, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Pekin, one of the European-Chinese Squadron, leaving Chefoo, Shantung, 1864. Chefoo Bluff; Green Island, Stick-up Rock; The China; Island of Kung-Kung-Tau; English naval stores; H.M

The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by an officer of the 1st West India Regiment

The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point... 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point, near Queenstown [in Ireland], 1864

The fight between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The fight between the Alabama and the Kearsarge, 1864. American Civil War - sea battle off Cherbourg on 19th June, from a sketch by Robert Lancaster, the owner of the yacht Deerhound

The Deerhound rescuing a portion of the crew of The Alabama, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Deerhound rescuing a portion of the crew of The Alabama, 1864. American Civil War - view of the sea battle off Cherbourg on 19th June, ...from the plan and information supplied by Mr. George T

The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Creator: Edwin Weedon
The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman, ...our Special Artist

Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. The foundation-stone of the new bridge to connect the north and south portions of the city...was laid

Vladivostok, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok, 1904. National Library of Russia

Vladivostok, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok, 1904. National Library of Russia

Vladivostok, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok, 1904. National Library of Russia

Vladivostok, 1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok, 1904. National Library of Russia

Hammerfest, in Norway, lately visited by Prince Alfred, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Hammerfest, in Norway, lately visited by Prince Alfred, 1864. View of the town and harbour. The town of Hammerfest, the most northerly in the world, is situated in latitude 70 deg

Her Majesty en route for Cherbourg, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Her Majesty en route for Cherbourg, 1858. Queen Victoria travels...to visit the Emperor and Empress of the French at Cherbourg

Return of the Prince of Wales: the Serapis coming alongside the Jetty at Portsmouth, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Return of the Prince of Wales: the Serapis coming alongside the Jetty at Portsmouth, 1876. The future King Edward VII returns to England after a royal visit to India

The Departure of the Ship, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: William Blair Bruce
The Departure of the Ship, late 19th-early 20th century

The Prince of Wales in Canada - the Lumberers Regatta, Ottawa... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in Canada - the Lumberers Regatta, Ottawa - from a sketch by our special artist, G. H. Andrews, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America

The Collision in Dover Bay: the Franconia backing from the Strathclyde, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Collision in Dover Bay: the Franconia backing from the Strathclyde, 1876. The Strathclyde, of Glasgow, an iron steam-ship bound from London to Bombay, was run into by the Franconia

Les Evenements de Grece; Le 12 juin 1917, a 13 heures, en rade de Salamine, les premieres... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Les Evenements de Grece; Le 12 juin 1917, a 13 heures, en rade de Salamine, les premieres troupes francaises de debarquement sont transportees a terre, 1917

The city of Coblentz, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The city of Coblentz, 1860. Coblentz is a fortified city of Rhenish Prussia, on the left bank of the Rhine, at the influx of the Moselle

The War in China - the forts at the mouth of the Pehtang River, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The War in China - the forts at the mouth of the Pehtang River, 1860. British forces in the far east. The plan of operations decided upon was to land at the Pehtang River

The Prince of Wales in Canada - His Royal Highness escorted to Montreal by a fleet... 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Prince of Wales in Canada - His Royal Highness escorted to Montreal by a fleet of lake and up-river steamers, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America

Transports in Table Bay During the South African War, c1900. Creator: Charles John De Lacy
Transports in Table Bay During the South African War, c1900. Transports were now daily reaching Cape Town, and during the next ten days a brigade of Guards numbering 4, 000

The Advance of the Anglo-Egyptian Force Upon Omdurman, 1898, (c1900). Creator: C Wilkinson
The Advance of the Anglo-Egyptian Force Upon Omdurman, 1898, (c1900). The Battle of Omdurman was fought during the Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan between a British-Egyptian expeditionary force

Kinburn - the "Curacoa" and "Tribune" Steam-frigates, and "Beagle" Gun-boat, in the Ice, 1856

The Harbor, Norfolk, Va. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
The Harbor, Norfolk, Va. between 1910 and 1920

The Harbor, Norfolk, Va. c.between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
The Harbor, Norfolk, Va. c.between 1910 and 1920

Reception of Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson, at Hull, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Reception of Colonel Lake and Captain Thompson, at Hull, 1856. Event to welcome the return of...two of the heroic defenders of the city of Kars [Crimean War]

The Naval Review: the Signal for the Gun-Boat Attack, 1856. Creator: Ebenezer Landells
The Naval Review: the Signal for the Gun-Boat Attack, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy take part in a mock naval battle off the coast of Hampshire near Southsea Castle

The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Liberty-Men going on Shore - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856 Creator: W Thomas
The Grand Naval Review, at Spithead: Liberty-Men going on Shore - sketched by J. W. Carmichael, 1856. Ships of the Royal Navy taking part in a display off the coast of Hampshire....the entrance to

The Attack on Sveaborg, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Attack on Sveaborg, 1856. Incident during the Crimean War; Russian-held town [now part of Helsinki, Finland] comes under fire from the French-English-Ottoman alliance

Launch of Three Iron Screw Steam-Vessels, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Launch of Three Iron Screw Steam-Vessels, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 1856. Ships launched...from the building-yard of Messrs. C. Mitchell and Co...The first vessel launched was a screw steam-yacht for Mr

Arrival of the Seven Ships of the Australian Squadron at Port Jackson, New South Wales, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Travel views of Europe, 1900s. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Europe, 1900s. Group of people watching ships in a port

" And Every Soul Was Saved" ; after T.M.Hemy, 1891. Creator: Thomas M M Hemy
" And Every Soul Was Saved" ; after T.M.Hemy, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

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