Rescue Collection

Two Short Sunderlands rescuing crew, 1940
An artists impression of two Short Sunderlands rescuing the crew of the torpedoed merchant ship Kensington Court, 1940. On 18th September 1939 Kensington Court was stopped by U-32 with 13 shots of

Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Creator: Bain News Service
Man demonstrating ship rescue apparatus, 1919. Shows man with a breeches buoy, a rope-based device to rescue people from wrecked ships

Rescue work, Dayton, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Rescue work, Dayton, 1913. Shows the Great Dayton Flood of March 1913.

"Lord Riverdale's Repentance": George rescuing his grandfather, drawn by A. Hunt, 1862
"Lord Riverdale's Repentance" [by William J. Stewart]: George rescuing his grandfather, drawn by A. Hunt, 1862. 'That hand was nearer to him at that moment than he dreamt

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

"Saved", by F. W. Topham, in the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, 1864. Engraving. 'We must sympathise with the terror through which these humble Irish folk have

Goodwood Races: The Chesterfield Cup, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Goodwood Races: The Chesterfield Cup, 1864. 'The Chesterfield Cup is a group in oxydised silver, representing a knight rescuing a lady from a dragon

Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, [in London] 1858. A craft, attracting attention by its singular appearance

The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Page Bank Colliery-pit on Fire, 1858. Industrial accident near Durham. The fire is supposed to have originated by a spark from the furnace failing into the shaft...An attempt was made by two of

The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island...1876. Creators: W. J. P. W. H. O
The Wreck of the Strathmore: taking the Survivors from the Island, from a sketch supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876....the emigrant-ship Strathmore [was wrecked], in July last

"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Creator: M
"The Last from the Wreck", by E. Duncan, in the Exhibition of the Water-Colour Society, 1860. Engraving after a painting....the work of rescue has been completed

The Policeman Aizawa Ihei Rescues a Young Girl from Drowning, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Policeman Aizawa Ihei Rescues a Young Girl from Drowning, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 532

The Livingstone Expedition in Africa - Dr. Livingstone's station [on] the Kongone River... 1860. Creator: Unknown
The Livingstone Expedition in Africa - Dr. Livingstone's station at the mouth of the Kongone River, on the Zambezi Delta, 1860. Engraving from a sketch by...T. Baines, Esq

The Girl Saku Rescuing a Baby from the River, published in 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Girl Saku Rescuing a Baby from the River, published in 1875. Series: The Postal News, no. 729

Okubo Hikozaemon Tadanori Rescuing Tokugawa Ieyasu, published in 1881. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Okubo Hikozaemon Tadanori Rescuing Tokugawa Ieyasu, published in 1881. Series: Twenty-four Accomplishments in Imperial Japan

Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Creator: Unknown
Wild Boar Hunt, c1675. Two princely figures on horseback powerfully charge at a wild boar, simultaneously plunging their weapons into its side just in time to save their companion

Krishna Subdues Kaliya, c1800. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Subdues Kaliya, c1800. One of young Krishna's most popular feats in Vraja is his triumph over the serpent Kaliya who polluted the Yamuna River

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, 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

Krishna Kills Aghasura, 1675-1700. Creator: Unknown
Krishna Kills Aghasura, 1675-1700. One of the many demons the Hindu god Krishna defeats during his childhood and youth is Aghasura, who assumes the form of an enormous serpent

A torpedoing immediately avenged; On December 14, 1917, in the Ionian Sea... 1917. Creator: Unknown
A torpedoing immediately avenged; On December 14, 1917, in the Ionian Sea, the "Chateaurenault" sank by the bow, at 9 o'clock in the morning

At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; Shipwreck survivors hoist themselves aboard the lifeboat, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

At sea; Amid the lifeboatds, rafts and swimmers, a French gunboat arrives... 1917. Creator: Unknown
At sea; Amid the lifeboatds, rafts and swimmers, a French gunboat arrives to collect the shipwreck survivors of the "Sontay", 1917

At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passenger... 1917
At Sea; After the "Sontay" was torpedoed on April 16, 1917, at noon: the last passengers board into lifeboats. The "Sontay" was going from Marseille to Salonika

Saint George and the Dragon, 1620-1644. Creator: Cesare Rossetti
Saint George and the Dragon, 1620-1644

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, 1563. Creator: Cornelis Cort
Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, 1563

Shipwreck, mid-late 18th century. Creator: Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Shipwreck, mid-late 18th century. Dramatic scene: survivors cling to rocks being battered by huge waves

Shipwreck, before 1812. Creator: Philip James de Loutherbourg
Shipwreck, before 1812. Dramatic scene: survivors and dead bodies on rocks being battered by huge waves

Canonne, pius torpille en mer; Sur le pont du sous-marin anglais: les matelots lancent des cordages Creator: Unknown
Canonne, pius torpille en mer; Sur le pont du sous-marin anglais: les matelots lancent des cordages aux naufrages du zeppelin, 1916

Funada Nyudo Yoshimasa Grappling with Sachujo Nitta Yoshisada in Midair, 1886. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Funada Nyudo Yoshimasa Grappling with Sachujo Nitta Yoshisada in Midair, 1886. From Yoshitoshi's Warriors Trembling with Courage

Urashima Taro Returning on the Turtle, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Urashima Taro Returning on the Turtle, 1882. From Sketches by Yoshitoshi

The Prostitute Osai of Shiogama Rescuing a Tokyo Merchant from Gamblers, 1875. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Prostitute Osai of Shiogama Rescuing a Tokyo Merchant from Gamblers, 1875. From The Postal News, no. 501

The Ship "Bengal" rescuing the crew of "The Child of the Regiment", 1858. Creator: Smyth
The Ship "Bengal" rescuing the crew of "The Child of the Regiment", 1858. Engraving from a sketch by Theodore Walter, chief officer of the Child of the Regiment

Lisbon Bar during a Gale of Wind, 1858. Creator: Smyth
Lisbon Bar during a Gale of Wind, 1858....an incident is depicted which shows the effective means possessed by our Royal Mail packets for saving life at sea

Boys signal to a ship from a sinking rowing boat, in or before 1894. Creator: Willem Wenckebach
Boys signal to a ship from a sinking rowing boat, in or before 1894. In the semi-darkness three boys are at sea in a rowing boat. One waves with a handkerchief to a sailing ship

The Siege of Lanka, Folio from a Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), c1800. Creator: Unknown
The Siege of Lanka, Folio from a Ramayana (Adventures of Rama), c1800

Aeneas Rescuing his Father from the Fire at Troy, mid-18th century. Creator: Carle van Loo
Aeneas Rescuing his Father from the Fire at Troy, mid-18th century

Loss of the Schooner John S. Spence of Norfolk, Virginia, 2d view-Rescue of the Survivors... 1833 Creator: Thomas Birch
Loss of the Schooner John S. Spence of Norfolk, Virginia, 2d view-Rescue of the Survivors (image 2 of 2), 1833

The Liberation of Saint Peter, c1625. Creator: Leonard Bramer
The Liberation of Saint Peter, c1625

King Louis Napoleon visits the ruins...after the explosion of the powder ship... (1807-1809)
King Louis Napoleon visits the ruins on the Rapenburg in Leiden after the explosion of the powder ship on January 12, 1807, (1807-1809)

Ship in distress off the coast, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Ship in distress off the coast, c.1825-c.1875. Passengers are saved from a ship foundering on a stormy sea. A castle in the background

Tour company sedan chair overturns near river Platini, 1778. Creator: Louis Ducros
Tour company sedan chair overturns near river Platini, 1778. Drawing from the album Voyage to Italy, Sicily and Malta

The Late Explosion at Mayence - the Old Kastrick Street, 1857. Creator: Richard Principal Leitch
The Late Explosion at Mayence - the Old Kastrick Street, 1857. This old town, the nearest fortress on the frontier towards France, and the strongest hold of the German Bund

Rescue of Capt. Baker and a Seaman by the Royal Mail Steamer "England", 1857. Creator: Unknown
Rescue of Capt. Baker and a Seaman by the Royal Mail Steamer "England", 1857....Archelaus Baker...master of the whaling barque Henry H

Portrait of Jacob Hobein, Rescued the Dutch Flag under Enemy Fire, 18 March 1831, 1832. Creator: Jan Willem Pieneman
Portrait of Jacob Hobein, Rescued the Dutch Flag under Enemy Fire, 18 March 1831, 1832

A Shipwreck, 1750s. Creator: Johan Sevenbom
A Shipwreck, 1750s

Rescue at sea, 1838-1892. Creator: Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest
Rescue at sea, 1838-1892. Boat crew saving a person from drowning

Saving a life, between 1900 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Saving a life, between 1900 and 1905

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