Shipwreck Collection

Man Proposes, God Disposes, 1864, (1912). Artist: Edwin Henry Landseer
Man Proposes, God Disposes, 1864, (1912). Painting held at the Royal Holloway College, University of London, London. From Bibbys Annual 1912, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1912]

Moifaa, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Moifaa, 1911. Portrait of Moifaa, a New Zealand-bred racehorse who won the 1904 Grand National by eight lengths. Moifaa had travelled from New Zealand

Ships in a Storm on a Rocky Coast, 1614-1618. Artist: Porcellis, Jan (1582 / 5-1632)
Ships in a Storm on a Rocky Coast, 1614-1618. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm

The Gulf Stream, 1899, (1943). Creator: Winslow Homer
The Gulf Stream, 1899, (1943). A man drifts on his fishing boat which has lost its mast. Sharks surround the boat, and a waterspout approaches ominously

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

Shipwreck of the Meduse, 1820. Creators: Theodore Gericault, Nicolas-Toussaint Charlet
Shipwreck of the Meduse, 1820. [The Raft of the Medusa]

Sender of the S. O. S. Signal for Help, (April 20), 1912. Creator: Unknown
Sender of the " S. O. S." Signal for Help, (April 20), 1912. John George Phillips (nicknamed Jack, 1887-1912) was the ships senior wireless operator who tried to save the Titanic

Ilfracomb, North Devon, c1818. Creator: William Bernard Cooke
Ilfracomb, North Devon, c1818. Engraving after Ilfracombe, North Devon: Storm and Shipwreck, painting by JMW Turner, c1813-1816

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

Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, Crosby Point...Liverpool, 1864. Creator: Smyth
Wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steam-Ship Company's mail-steamer Jura, at Crosby Point, near Liverpool, 1864. 'The Jura...had made her passage across the Atlantic...She arrived at the Bell Buoy

Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Effects of the cyclone at Calcutta, 1864. Engraving from a photograph taken on the spot by Mr. Wagentreiber '...of the terrible havoc caused by the cyclone or revolving hurricane of Oct

The screw-steamer Ontario aground on Hasborough Sands, near Yarmouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The screw-steamer Ontario aground on Hasborough Sands, near Yarmouth, 1864. 'Our Engraving, from a sketch by Mr. W. K

Wreck of the Aberdeen steamer Stanley at Tynemouth, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Wreck of the Aberdeen steamer Stanley at Tynemouth, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. R. Watson. '...while attempting to run into the Tyne for shelter

S.S. Princess May wrecked on August 5, 1910, 1910. Creator: William Howard Case
S.S. Princess May wrecked on August 5, 1910, 1910.

Shipwreck, 1692. Creator: Peter van de Velde
Shipwreck, 1692

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

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

Life on the Crozet Islands, from sketches supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876. Creator: C.R
Life on the Crozet Islands, from sketches supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, 1876. Exterior of Hut; Knocking over Penguins; Bringing Water from the Spring; Interior of Hut...the emigrant-ship Strathmore

The Strathmore on the Crozet Islands, sketched by the carpenter of the ship, 1876. Creator: H. E. Tozer
The Strathmore on the Crozet Islands, sketched by the carpenter of the ship, 1876. View of the wreck....the Strathmore, an iron clipper-ship, which sailed from Gravesend on April 19 last year

Wreck of the Strathmore on the Crozet Islands: Turf Tower erected by the Survivors...1876. Creator: W. H. O
Wreck of the Strathmore on the Crozet Islands: Turf Tower erected by the Survivors - making signals to a ship, from sketches supplied by Mr. Spencer Joslen, First-Class Passenger, 1876

"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 lake steamer "Lady Elgin", as she lay at her wharf at Chicago on the day before she... 1860
The lake steamer "Lady Elgin", as she lay at her wharf at Chicago on the day before she was lost - from a photograph by S

The Crew of the Hansa on an Ice-Floe; German Artic Voyages, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Crew of the Hansa on an Ice-Floe; German Artic Voyages, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Remains of the Warspite training-ship at low tide, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Remains of the Warspite training-ship at low tide, 1876. View of the aftermath of...the destruction by fire...of the Warspite training-ship

Shipwreck in a Storm, 1629. Creator: Willem Van Diest
Shipwreck in a Storm, 1629

Shipwreck, c18th century. Creator: Unknown
Shipwreck, c18th century

Shipwreck of the Greek Fleet on the Voyage Home from Troy, late 16th-early 17th century

A torpedoing immediately avenged; The "Chateaurenault" hit by a torpedo'.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
A torpedoing immediately avenged; The "Chateaurenault" hit by a torpedo, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

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

The schooner "Augusta" in port at Chicago after her collision with the "Lady Elgin"... 1860
The schooner "Augusta" in port at Chicago after her collision with the "Lady Elgin" - from a photograph by S. Alschuler, 1860

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

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

Shipwreck, 1853. Creators: Kilian Christoffer Zoll, Markus Larsson
Shipwreck, 1853

The Naval Battle of Dannoura in the Reign of Antoku, Eightieth Emperor, 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Naval Battle of Dannoura in the Reign of Antoku, Eightieth Emperor, 1880. From A Simple Illustrated History of Japan

Quelques drames sur mer; un homme du `Gallia`, grievement blesse par l'explosion de la torpille, est hisse a bord d'un navire patrouilleur, 1916

"Tis a Wild Night at Sea", 1860. Creator: Dalziel Brothers. "Tis a Wild Night at Sea", 1860
"Tis a Wild Night at Sea", 1860....Mr. Routledge has commenced the issue of his usual series of magnificent gift-books

The Shipwreck, 1775. Creator: Hendrik Kobell
The Shipwreck, 1775

Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast, 1614. Creator: Adam Willaerts
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast, 1614. Other Title(s): Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast

The Royal West India Mail Steamer "Tyne" on shore at St. Alban's Head, 1857. Creator: Unknown
The Royal West India Mail Steamer "Tyne" on shore at St. Alban's Head, 1857....the Brazilian mail steam-ship Tyne, on her homeward voyage, ran aground on the Isle of Purbeck

Shipwreck of "The Northern Belle": the Crew of "The Mary White", in their Life-boat, drawn through Broadstairs, 1857

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

Shipwreck on a rocky coast, c.1825-c.1875. Creator: Circle of Petrus Johannes Schotel
Shipwreck on a rocky coast, c.1825-c.1875

Wreck of "The George Lord", off the Isle of Wight, 1856. Creator: Edmund Evans
Wreck of "The George Lord", off the Isle of Wight, 1856. Ship bound for London, ...laden with a valuable cargo of fruit from Zante

Gale on the Bohuslän Coast, 1857. Creator: Markus Larsson
Gale on the Bohuslan Coast, 1857

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