Survivor Collection (page 3)

H. M. S. Glowworm Sunk, 1940, (1940)
H.M.S. Glowworm Sunk, 1940, (1940). Oil covered survivors being rescued by a German ship after the HMS Glowworm a British minelaying destroyer sank. From The War in Pictures

Reception for the survivors of the defence of Lucknow, India, January 1876 (1908). From Harmsworth History of the World, Volume 2, by Arthur Mee, J.A. Hammerton, & A.D. Innes, M.A

Rita Jolivet (1890-1971), English actress, 1911-1912. Jolivet was a silent film actress whose career spanned from 1914 to 1926. During that time she made only 20 films

Freemasons Hall, c1841. Artist: Henry Melville
Freemasons Hall, c1841. The dinner of the Royal Humane Society with the Procession of the Persons saved during the year from drowning

Boat of the Deerhound rescuing Captain Raphael Semmes, 1864 (c1880). Semmes was a Confederate naval officer during the American Civil War

Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad, 13 January 1842, (1900)
Arrival of Dr Brydon at Jalalabad with news of 16, 500 British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 13 January 1842, (1900). Engraving after Remnants of an Army, a painting of 1879

The Raft of the Medusa, 1900. The Medusa was a French frigate wrecked on a sandbank off the coast of Senegal in 1816. The incident became infamous due to the incompetence of the ships captain

The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). Artist: Samuel Begg
The lifeboats of RMS Lusitania, 7 May 1915, (1926). On 7 May 1915, a German submarine torpedoed and sank the Lusitania off the south-west coast of Ireland near Kinsale

Landscape with Stormy Sea, ca 1720. Artist: Magnasco, Alessandro (1667-1749)
Landscape with Stormy Sea, ca 1720. Found in the collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Three Ships in a Gale, 1673. Artist: Velde, Willem van de, the Younger (1633-1707)
Three Ships in a Gale, 1673. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

After a Shipwreck, 1847. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
After a Shipwreck, 1847. Delacroix, Eugene (1798-1863). Found in the collection of the State A. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The passenger liner Liban sinking after colliding with another ship, 1903. On the 7th June 1903 the Liban was rammed and sunk off Marseilles by the Fraissinet steamer Insulaire with the loss of about

Survivors from the eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique, Saint-Nazaire, France, 1902. Artist: Yrondy
Survivors from the eruption of Mount Pelee on Martinique, Saint-Nazaire, France, 1902. Mount Pelee is infamous for its eruption in 1902, the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century

The passengers and equipment of Admiral Gueydon shipwrecked on the African coast, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 11th October 1903

Survivors of the Ville de Saint Nazaire, Commander Jagueneau and Captain Nicolai, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Survivors of the Ville de Saint Nazaire, Commander Jagueneau and Captain Nicolai, 1897. The passenger ship Ville de Saint Nazaire sank in a hurricane off Cape Hatteras in 1897

The Shipwrecked Sailor Boy, late 18th-early 19th century (1912). Artist: William Redmore Bigg
The Shipwrecked Sailor Boy, late 18th-early 19th century (1912). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

The Battle of the Nile, 1800. Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg
The Battle of the Nile, 1800. The battle was fought at night in Abu Qir Bay, near Alexandria, Nelson found the French fleet at anchor and attacked, Tate Gallery, London

The Battle of Camperdown, 1799. Artist: Philip James de Loutherbourg
The Battle of Camperdown, 1799. In 1797 the British fleet defeated the Dutch, who were then aligned with the French, near Camperdown on the coast of Holland. Tate Gallery, London

The Shipwreck of Don Juan, 1840. Artist: Eugene Delacroix
The Shipwreck of Don Juan, 1840. From the collection of the Louvre, Paris, France

Four Vessels Running Before a Gale, 1630. Artist: Mulier, Pieter, the Elder (ca 1610-1659)
Four Vessels Running Before a Gale, 1630. Found in the collection of the Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm

Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. Artist: John Dawson Watson
Scene from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, 1892. This 18th century memoir novel was inspired by the story of the Scottish seaman Alexander Selkirk (1676-1721). Robinson Crusoe ill with ague

The Deluge or Flood, mid 19th century. Noah builds an altar and makes a burnt offering in thanks for the receding of the waters and the preservation of the Ark and its occupants

Survivors of the explosion of the Atom bomb at Hiroshima, Japan, 1945. Beds occupied by casualties suffering the effects of radiation

A Storm at Calais, France, 1893. Artist: Frederic Lix
A Storm at Calais, France, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 9th December 1893

An Accident in Santander, Divers Looking for the Bodies of the Victims, 1893. Fire broke out on the commercial ship Cabo-Machchichaco, the crew of the liner Alphonse III, tried to help

Diagram of Mrs Anne Edson Taylor in the barrel in which she plunged over the Niagara Falls, 1901
Diagram of Mrs Anne Edson Taylor in the barrel in which she plunged over the Niagara Falls on 25 October 1901, her forty-third birthday. She was the first person to survive such a journey

First Anglo-Afghan War 91838-1842), c1880
First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842: Rescue of British prisoners from the Afghans after the defeat of Akbar Khan, April 1842

First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842), c1885
First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842): Dr Brydon, the only survivor of the 4, 500 British soldiers and 12, 000 camp-followers who left Cabul (Kabul) on 6 January 1842 to escape

Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885)
Dr Brydon arriving at Jelalabad with news of 16, 500 British deaths, First Anglo-Afghan War, 1842, (c1885). William Brydon, only survivor of the 4, 500 British soldiers and 12

Rescuing survivors from sinking Russian vessel, Russo-Japanese War, 1904. Russian vessel Variag sinking at Chemulp, 9 February 1904. The French cruiser Pascal rescuing survivors

All That Was Left of Them, 2nd Boer War, 1899. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II
All That Was Left of Them, 2nd Boer War, 1899. The Black Watch after the Battle of Magersfontein, 11 December 1899. In the week from 10 to 17 December 1899 the British under General Methuen suffered

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