Collision Collection

Shipwreck against a Rock, 1600-1700. Creator: Cornelis Claesz van Wieringen
Shipwreck against a Rock, 1600-1700

Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Accident at the Entry Lock of the East India Docks, Blackwall, [London], 1858. The vessels were the brig Ocean, of Shoreham, bound to Swansea, with a cargo of copper ore, and the collier brig Lustre

Tengu Messengers Colliding in Midair, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tengu Messengers Colliding in Midair, 1882. Series: Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Collision of the Moorish Horsemen, 1843-1844. Creator: Eugene Delacroix
Collision of the Moorish Horsemen, 1843-1844. Delacroix uses fluid brush work to capture the colour and movement of an Arab Fantasia, or ceremonial cavalry charge, mimicking battle

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

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: the scene on Saturday night, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: general view of the scene of the accident, 1876. Creator: Crane
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: general view of the scene of the accident, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

In Canada: The Halifax Explosion; Part of the suburb of Richmond after the explosion... 1917. Creator: Unknown
In Canada: The Halifax Explosion; Part of the suburb of Richmond after the explosion of "Mont-Blanc"; in the background, on the left, on the other side of the bay, we can see the Imo

Schooner and Yawl Match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club last Saturday: the Pantomine... 1876. Creator: H. E. Tozer
Schooner and Yawl Match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club last Saturday: the Pantomine fouling the Mouse Light-Vessel, 1876. There was a very fine wind for the schooner and yawl matches of this club

The Running Down of Lord Alfred Paget's Yacht "Alma" off Dover, 1856. Creator: Unknown
The Running Down of Lord Alfred Paget's Yacht "Alma" off Dover, 1856. Collision at sea. Lord Alfred Paget describes the loss of his yacht

The Running Down of the Brigantine "Virtue" by the "Resolute" Transport, in Kingstown Harbour, 1856. It appears that the transport screw-steam-ship Resolute...arrived in Kingstown

Collision in the English Channel, between the Steamer "Mangerton" and "The Josephine Willis", 1856. The mate [of the Josephine Willis]...shouted to the steamer; but no notice was

Halte!!!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Halte!!!, 19th century. Halt!!!

'Bolted!" An Impending Catastrophe, 1890. Creator: Unknown. 'Bolted!" An Impending Catastrophe, 1890
'Bolted!" An Impending Catastrophe, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

'"More Frightened Than Hurt", 1890. Creator: John Charlton. '"More Frightened Than Hurt"
"More Frightened Than Hurt", 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42. July to December, 1890

Scene of the recent railway accident at Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the recent railway accident at Winchburgh, on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, 1862....a collision on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, near Winchburgh

Terrific Combat Between the Monitor 2 Guns & Merrimac"
Terrific Combat Between the " Monitor" 2 Guns & " Merrimac" 11 Guns - In Hampton Roads March 9th, 1862 - In which the little " Monitor" whipped the " Merrimac"

Collision of Moorish Horsemen, 1834. 1834. Creator: Eugene Delacroix
Collision of Moorish Horsemen, 1834

A vehicle falls into the River Isere after an accident, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A vehicle falls into the River Isere after an accident, 1930. A La Suite d une Collision, un Autocar Roule Dans l Isere. Front cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 31 August 1930]

Clementinas Bow showing collision damage and loss of bowsprit, 1913

A Salvage Triumph. The cruiser Gladiator, supported by salvage tugs, 1908, (1936). From Shipping Wonders of the World, Vol. 1, edited by Clarence Winchester. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd. London]

Corsairs of the Caribbean Sea, prepared for boarding a ship, engraving from 1860

A London Nuisance Artist: Richard Dighton
A Pleasant Way to Lose an Eye, 1821. Plate IV of A London Nuisance. A butchers roundsman, not looking where he is going, has poked one of the horns of his tray in the eye of a passer by

An Unlucky Hit, 1821. Artist: Richard
An Unlucky Hit, 1821. Plate VI of A London Nuisance. A porter walks blindly along a street, carrying a cupboard or wardrobe, with the corner of which he has struck a lady in the forehead

Perambulators in Hyde Park!, London, 1819
Perambulators in Hyde Park! London, 1819; pedestrians and chickens fall and scatter before cyclists

Sinking of the Princess Alice on the River Thames, 1878. Scene showing the paddle steamer sinking, surrounded by drowning figures

The Titanic colliding with an iceberg, 1912. The SS Titanic, operated by the White Star Line, struck an iceberg in thick fog south of Newfoundland en route from Southampton to New York just before

Collision of the Bywell Castle with the Princess Alice, 1878 (1906). Artist: J Nash
Collision of the Bywell Castle with the Princess Alice, 1878 (1906). The paddle steamer Princess Alice was rammed by the collier Bywell Castle off Tripcock Point in the Thames Estuary on 3 September

The raising of HMS Gladiator, 1908. Artist: Queen Alexandra
The raising of HMS Gladiator, 1908. The cruiser Gladiator sank after colliding with an Anerican steamer, the St Paul, off the Isle of Wight during a severe snowstorm on 25 April 1908

Tram accident, Sevres, Paris, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Tram accident, Sevres, Paris, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th January 1897

Collision on the Seine, Paris, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Collision on the Seine, Paris, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 7th February 1897

Comet Shoemaker-Levy colliding with Jupiter, 20 July 1994. Between 16 and 22 July 1994, some 20 fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck the atmosphere of Jupiter

An Accident Aboard the Victoria, 22 June 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
An Accident Aboard the Victoria, 22 June 1893. The Camperdown rammes the Victoria by mistake, causing the death of Admiral Tyron and 359 Officers and English Sailors, 22 June 1893

Poor Buffer, 1878. Artist: Joseph Swain
Poor Buffer, 1878. The Ameer of Afghanistan, holding a tiny shield and raised sword, straddles the buffers of a Russian steam train

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