Sailing Ship Collection

The bow of Sir Ernest Shackletons exploratory vessel SS Endurance
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 1914: The bow of Sir Ernest Shackletons exploratory vessel SS Endurance being prepared for her Antarctic voyage in Millwall Docks, London, England

Viking ship, sunset, silhouette, 3D graphics

SS Great Eastern
Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the Great Eastern was launched on 31st January 1858 and broken up in 1888. (Photo by James Valentine/Getty Images)

Caernarvon Bridges
The Menai Suspension Bridge, designed by Thomas Telford, and the Britannia Tubular Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson, between mainland Wales and Anglesey. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Picken

Ice-Bound Discovery
A dog team near the ice-bound British National Antarctic Expedition ship RRS Discovery, circa 1903. The expedition was led by Robert Falcon Scott and the third officer was Ernest Shackleton

SS Endurance leaving Millwall Docks
August 01, 1914: Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackletons ship SS Endurance after leaving Millwall Docks, bound for the Antarctic. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

SS Terra Nova
11th February 1913: A photgraph of the SS Terra Nova used by Captain Robert Falcon Scott on his ill-fated Antarctic expedtion to the South Pole, and signed by him

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - sails made
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, It ceased; yet still the sails made on, a pleasant noise till noon

Rigging of the sailing ships, wood engravings, published in 1897
Rigging of the sailing ships: 1) Completely rigged mainmast of a warship; 2) Cutter boat; 3) Schooner bark; 4) Schooner; 5) Brig; 6) Barque; 7) Frigate, or full-rigged ship; 9) Yawl

Rescue with the breeches buoy
Antique illustration of a Rescue with the breeches buoy

Andree Expedition
July 1897: The ill-fated hot-air balloon expedition to the North Pole, attempted by Swedish explorer Salomon August Andree, Nils Strindberg and Knut Fraenkel in 1897

Colossus Of Rhodes
The Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the sun god Helios measuring 34 metres, towers over the islands harbour, circa 250 BC

Knots
Illustration of a Knots

Old Map Elements
Old map icons, eps 9

Algerian Piracy
1st May 1681, The peaceful merchant ship Kingfisher being attacked by Algerian pirates. Original Artwork: Piracy by Monamy (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Water Snakes
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water snakes

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - The Ghost Ship
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Fram
circa 1895: The Fram, a polarship especially constructed to withstand the great pressure of polar ice. The ship was commisioned for the Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen (1861 - 1930)

HMS Victory at Portsmouth
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Victory at Portsmouth. HMS Victory is a 104-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1759 and launched in 1765

Island of Principe Historical Map by Van Noort, Circa 1598
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Historical Map of Van Noort at the Island of Principe, 1598. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

The 1886 square-rigger ship Balclutha, side view

Albert Docks
circa 1885: Dockers load up The Arawa in the Royal Albert Docks, London. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Engraving of Van Noort Landing in Manila Bay, Philippines, 1600
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Historical Engraving of Van Noort Landing in Manila Bay, Philippines, 1600. Copyright has expired on this artwork

Historical Map of Dutch Navigators Island of Bali Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Illustration of Historical Map of Dutch Navigators on the Island of Bali. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

Ancient Greece, wooden sailing boat with two large sails

Sailing Ship
circa 1890: A sailing ship. (Photo by Edward Gooch/Edward Gooch/Getty Images)

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Game is done
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Game is done ! I ve won I ve won ! Quoth she, and whistles thrice

Great Harry, english war ship under Henry VIII, published 1880
The Great Harry was built at Woolwich and launched in 1514, during the reign of Henry VIII. She was one of the first ships of war to carry gun ports. These allowed her to fire a broadside

Winter quarters of HMS Discovery
" Vintage engraving from 1878 showing the Winter quarters of HMS Discovery. HMS Discovery was a wooden screw storeship, formerly the whaling ship Bloodhound

Fishermans Wharf
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada

China Squadron
March 1857: Naval ships both steam and sail joining the China Squadron during the Second Opium War. The ships are the Furious, Nonpareil, Transit, Retribution, Shannon and Himalaya

Man thinking of the food he will eat at Christmas
A gluttonous man thinking about the food and drink he will consume at Christmas! From " The Comic Almanack for 1839: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest

Ulysses fight against the Cicones, Greek mythology, published in 1880
Ulysses (Odysseus) fight against the Cicones. Scene from the Greek Mythology. Wood engraving, published in 1880

Liverpool from the Sea
"Vintage engraving from 1880 of Liverpool a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary

Rime of the Ancient Mariner Death fires danced at night
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, About, about, in reel and rout, The death fires (St. Elmoas Fire) danced at night

Illustration of Pocahontas being held on a boat
17th century, american culture, anxiety, caucasian appearance, colonisation, day, deck, explorer, fear, five people, history, holding, journey, mid adult, mid adult men, multi-ethnic group

Illustration of Pocahontas and her father sitting and talking with Captain John Smith
17th century, american culture, arrival, incidental people, captain john smith, caucasian appearance, chief, colonisation, communication, day, discussion, explorer, gesturing, history, mediation

Yokohama and Tokyo
Old illustration map of Yokohama and Tokyo

Wind God Aeolus brings Ulysses misfortune, Greek mythology, published 1880
The Gift of the Wind God Aeolus brings Ulysses misfortune and he was blown back to floating island Aeolia. Scene from the Greek Mythology. Wood engraving, published in 1880

Scarborough Shipwreck
Ships run aground at Scarborough in North Yorkshire, 1880. Original Publication : Illustrated London News - pub. 6th November 1880 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

SS Great Western at New York
Vintage engraving showing the arrival of the SS Great Western at New York. SS Great Western of 1838, was an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship; the first purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic

adriatic, adriatico, adriaticum, archipelago, area, areas, balkan, balkans, boat
Archipelago with a ssiling ship in the Mljet National Park, Mljet Island, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

Ships of William the Conqueror
"Vintage engraving from the Bayeux Tapestry showing the Ships of William the Conqueror, in 1066"

Storm in the Thames
Vintage engraving showing ships being destroyed at anchor during a Storm on the Thames, Wapping, London, England

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - done a hellish thing
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And I had done a hellish thing, and it would work em woe

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and still it neared
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, A speck, a mist, a shape, I wist ! and still it neared and neared

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - and cursed me
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Each turned his face with ghastly pang, and cursed me with his eye

Rime of the Ancient Mariner - My soul in agony
Vintage engraving by Gustave Dore of a scene from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner, And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony

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