Ship Collection (#14)

Hong Kong Harbour
Hong Kong harbour as seen from the Peak, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hong Kong
A view of Victoria in Hong Kong, circa 1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Battle Of Manila
A painting called the Battle of Manila depicts the US Naval fleet on its way to the engage Spanish fleet during the Spanish American War, Manila Bay, Philippines, May 1, 1898

Calcutta
Grand buildings on the banks of the Hooghly River in Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal in India, circa 1930. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Intersection Of West 54th St. & 12th Ave
View of a car park at the intersection of West 54th Street & 12th Avenue, New York, New York, circa 1930. It is adjacent to Pier 55-57 and several large ships are visible in the distance

Antwerp Docks
A view of the docks in the Belgian port of Antwerp, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ireland Island
An etching of Ireland Island, Bermuda, showing points of interest and hulks moored in the harbour, 1848. The labels read (from left to right): hulk Tenedos, Naval Hospital, Stone Quarry

Fort William
A view across the Hoogli (or Hooghly) River to Fort William, Kolkata (Calcutta), circa 1760. Built by the British East India Company

Tilbury Fort, on the north bank of the Thames at Tilbury, Essex, circa 1760. Built from 1672, the fort was equipped with artillery to prevent warships getting up the river to London

Lusitania Deck
A view on the deck of the Cunard liner Lusitania, circa 1915. The ship was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland on 7th May 1915. Original Publication: The Graphic, pub. 15th May 1915

Battle Of Sluys
French ships at Sluys (Sluis) in the Netherlands, where King Edward III won a naval victory against the French during the Hundred Years War, 1340

Battle Of Marathon
The Greek soldiers pursue the routed Persians back to their ships, having won a decisive victory at the Battle of Marathon, September 490 BC. By Pinelli. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Conquerors Of Salamis
The Greeks celebrate their victory over the Persian navy in the Battle of Salamis, which took place in the Gulf of Aegina near Athens, September 480 BC. By F. Cormon

Battle Of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis in the Gulf of Aegina near Athens, where the Greeks won a decisive naval victory over the Persians, September 480 BC. By Wilhelm von Kaulbach

Etna Erupts
The eruption of Mount Etna in Sicily in March and April of 1669. A number of villages are consumed by the lava flow which reaches all the way to the coastal city of Catania

The First Fleet
Some of the First Fleet - eleven British Navy ships under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip, which took 750 British convicts to Botany Bay

Greek Fire
A galley of the Byzantine navy envelops an enemy vessel in Greek Fire, a process of spraying burning fluid through a tube, circa 900 AD

Horse On Deck
A horse is lowered onto the Calcutta at Woolwich by a hydraulic crane, circa 1863. It is being shipped to Canada during the US Civil War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Revenge And Rosario
The Nuestra Senora del Rosario, flagship of the Andalusian squadron, is towed into Torbay in Devon by the HMS Revenge, having been captured by Sir Francis Drake, 1588. A painting by Charles J

Revenge And Rosario
The Nuestra Senora del Rosario, flagship of the Andalusian squadron, is towed into Torbay in Devon by the HMS Revenge, having been captured by Sir Francis Drake, 1588

Sailing ship passes the Royal Naval College in Greenwic
A sailing ship passes the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, circa 1860. In 1873 the Naval College in Portsmouth acquired the buildings of the old Royal Hospital for Seamen in Greenwich

The Embankment
People strolling along Londons Embankment on the River Thames, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

London Docks
Cargo stacked by warehouses on the waterfront at a busy London dock where a large sailing ship is moored, circa 1893. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Canal Opening
The ceremonial opening of the Manchester Ship Canal, 1st January 1894. The steam yacht Norseman leads the procession from Latchford to Salford, with the Company Directors on board

Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal, circa 1895. (Photo by Priestley & Sons Egremont/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Men-Of-War At Sheerness
Men-of-war at Sheerness in Kent, circa 1885. An engraving by A. Willmore after a painting by H. T. Dawson Jr. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Danube at Galatz
A warship on the Danube at Galatz (Galati), Romania, circa 1800. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Europe, pioneer ship of the Black Ball Line of America, 1833. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

HMS Speedwell
The HMS Speedwell, a torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, 1892. By W. Fred Mitchell. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Deccan At Southampton
The P&O passenger liner SS Deccan at Southampton, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ancient Battle
A chain stretched across the mouth of a harbour prevents a warship from entering, circa 1400. Meanwhile soldiers in eastern dress fire arrows at the vessel. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Troops At Suvla
British troops of the IX Corps scattered over a coastal hillside after landing at Suvla on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey

diry 18584, J1685804, J168580403, H 71486 BOX 170 1 / 1, military ship, ship, at sea
Royal Australian Navy cruiser HMAS Sydney, launched in 1912, and served in WWI, 1913. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Huty18568, construction site, T / BRI / MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL / LANCS, construction machinery
Latchford Railway Viaduct over the Manchester Ship Canal at Warrington, Cheshire, in northwest England, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Huty18568, construction site, T / BRI / MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL / LANCS, construction machinery
Construction workers with a jumbo at work on the Manchester Ship Canal at Weston Point, Runcorn, Cheshire, in northwest England, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Huty18568, construction site, T / BRI / MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL / LANCS, T 23327 BOX 1108 5 / 4
The foundations are laid for the Acton Grange Railway Viaduct over the Manchester Ship Canal at Warrington, Cheshire, in northwest England, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Huty18568, construction site, T / BRI / MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL / LANCS, Manchester Ship Canal
The construction of Bridgewater Lock on the Manchester Ship Canal in northwest England, circa 1890. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

black and white, Diry 18677, J1691799, outdoors, day, high angle view, J169179901
Ships on the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

black and white, diry 18939, 3L 2101, J1698816, J169881604, soldier, men, women, sea
Soldiers and gold miners in boats off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, circa 1825. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Phoenician- Assyrian Bireme Or Ship
A model of a two-level Phoenician- Assyrian warship or Bireme, circa 19th Century. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Antique illustration of ship

Antique illustration of ship

Antique illustration of dock

Antique illustration of view of the harbor of Marseilles (France)
Antique illustration of view of the harbor of the French city of Marseille (or Marseilles in English), in a 19th century drawing by Robert Mols from a one of his paintings

Antique illustration of harbor of Saint-Malo during low tide (France)
Antique illustration of view of the harbor of Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany, France). In the drawing (by Pierre Vignal from one of his charcoals)

Shipping In Belfast
A woman with two children stops to look at shipping in a harbour, Belfast, Northern Ireland, June 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 7825 - Belfast - pub

SS Mauretania
The transatlantic Cunard cruise liner SS Mauretania moored at a British coastal port. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

SS Mauretania
The stern of the Cunard liner SS Mauretania as she nears the coast at Fishguard in Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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