Naval Ship Collection

The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 (oil on canvas)
BAL444 The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 (oil on canvas) by Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851); 90.8x121.9 cm; National Gallery, London

The Renown, the Ark Royal, and the Sheffield, c1939-1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown
The Renown, the Ark Royal, and the Sheffield, c1939-1941, (1942). " Out To Sea and Into The Sky". The three famous partners of Force H - the battle-cruiser Renown, the Ark Royal

The English Ship Hampton Court in a Gale, 1678-80. Creator
The English Ship Hampton Court in a Gale, 1678-80. Willem Van de Velde the Younger was a the Dutch marine painter. He emigrated to England with his father in 1674

Dutch Warships (Naves BellicaeHollandicae), 1647. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Dutch Warships (Naves Bellicae Hollandicae), 1647

Aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales, 1941, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Aboard H.M.S. " Prince of Wales", August 1941, (1945). British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on the deck of the battleship Prince of Wales during the Second World War

PNAV2A-00033
Us Navy squadron commanded by Matthew Perry sailing for Japan, 1852: USS Susquehannah, Saratoga, St Mary s, a supply ship, Plymouth, Perry in rowboat, Mississippi, and Princeton (left to right)

Aerial image of HMS Belfast, a Royal Navy Town-class cruiser, on the River Thames, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Leaving Scapa Flow (pencil & w / c on paper)
BRA309370 Leaving Scapa Flow (pencil & w/c on paper) by Ravilious, Eric (1903-42); Bradford Art Galleries and Museums, West Yorkshire

The Surrender of the German Fleet at Sunset on November 21, 1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Surrender of the German Fleet at Sunset on November 21, 1918, (c1920). German sailors lower the Imperial battle flag on one of the battleships after the First World War armistice

Sailors, probably American, and some civilians posed on a cruiser berthed in New York(?), c1905

Peace, 1905. Creator: John Samuel Pughe
Peace, 1905. Illustration shows a flotilla of ships with Theodore Roosevelt's face on the lead ship; the figure of Peace (or Columbia)

Launch of Her Majesty's armour-plated screw-frigate Caledonia, 31 guns, at Woolwich... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Launch of Her Majesty's armour-plated screw-frigate Caledonia, 31 guns, at Woolwich, [London], 1862....the vessel having been named by Miss Nicolson, daughter of the Commodore Superintendent

The International Exhibition: the Admiralty Department of the Naval Court, 1862. Creator: Smyth
The International Exhibition: the Admiralty Department of the Naval Court, 1862. The subject selected for our Engraving is that part of the Naval Court devoted to the contributions of the Lords of

View of Auckland Harbour, New Zealand...the race of the Maori war-canoes, 1862. Creator: Unknown
View of Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, from a drawing by Major Stack, taken during the regatta of January, 1862: the race of the Maori war-canoes, 1862

The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flotilla... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: destruction of the Confederate flotilla off Memphis - from a sketch by our special artist, 1862. Memphis, the hotbed of Secession, has fallen

The brig Hetty Ellen discharging sections of Dr. Livingstone's new steamer... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Visit of H.M.S. Gorgon to the Zambesi River: The brig Hetty Ellen discharging sections of Dr. Livingstone's new steamer the Lady Nyassa into the Pioneer to take up the Zambesi, 1862

Town and port of Acapulco, on the west coast of Mexico, with the English and French squadron...1862 Creator: Unknown
Town and port of Acapulco, on the west coast of Mexico, with the English and French squadron lying in the harbour, 1862. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Boyle of the Termagant

The new iron-clad fleet: launch at Chatham Dockyard of H.M.S. frigate Royal Oak, 50 guns, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The new iron-clad fleet: launch at Chatham Dockyard of H.M.S. frigate Royal Oak, 50 guns, 1862....the first completed of a new class of wooden vessels in the course of construction under the special

Departure of Their Royal Highnesses from Osborne in the Victoria and Albert, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Departure of Their Royal Highnesses from Osborne in the Victoria and Albert, 1862. Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria, married Louis

The Civil War in America: position of the Federal flotilla on the Mississippi... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Civil War in America: position of the Federal flotilla on the Mississippi, off Fort Pillow, shortly before its evacuation, from a sketch by our special artist, 1862

Federal gun-boat, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Federal gun-boat, 1862. American Civil War. We learned that the Southern fleet had preceded us but a few hours, and that their crews had landed and searched every plantation they came to for cotton

The new iron-clad fleet: stem of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The new iron-clad fleet: stem of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. The construction of this gigantic iron frigate, under the superintendence of Mr. 0. W

The new iron-clad fleet: framing of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The new iron-clad fleet: framing of Her Majesty's steam-frigate Achilles, 50 guns, 1862. The construction of this gigantic iron frigate, under the superintendence of Mr. 0. W

Section of a three-decker, showing Captain Coles's mode of altering the same into a shield... 1862
Section of a three-decker, showing Captain Coles's mode of altering the same into a shield-ship, 1862. The dotted lines show the old decks of the ships

View from Spanish Point, Bermuda, showing the dockyard, and the fleet at anchor in Grassy Bay, 1862. Creator: Unknown
View from Spanish Point, Bermuda, showing the dockyard, and the fleet at anchor in Grassy Bay, 1862. Engraving from a Sketch by G. Remington, jun

Reinforcements for Canada: shipping sledges on board the Calcutta at Woolwich for guns... 1862. Creator: W Thomas
Reinforcements for Canada: shipping sledges on board the Calcutta at Woolwich for guns and carriages of the battery 4th Battalion Royal Artillery, 1862

The Reinforcements for Canada: shipping horses on board the Calcutta at Woolwich by the... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Reinforcements for Canada: shipping horses on board the Calcutta at Woolwich by the hydraulic crane, 1862. Although there is now every reason to hope - if not, indeed

The Crimean War, 1854-56, The Bombardment of Sveaborg by the Baltic Fleet, (1901). Episode of the Crimean War (1853-1856)

Landing of the British Troops at Salonika, (1919). Creator: Unknown
Landing of the British Troops at Salonika, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: Many of the troops evacuated from Gallipoli were transferred to Salonika [Thessaloniki in Greece]

Map showing the movements of HMS Ark Royal, 1939-1941, (1942). Creator: Unknown
Map showing the movements of HMS Ark Royal, 1939-1941, (1942). Map of the Atlantic Ocean, western Europe and Africa, indicating journeys

The Ark is Launched on Merseyside, 13th April, 1937, (1942). Creator: Unknown
The Ark is Launched on Merseyside, 13th April, 1937, (1942). Her huge bows tower to her iron flight deck 800 feet long and 94 across

Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Fleet Air Arm pilots, 1943. British pilots on board an aircraft carrier during the Second World War. The Fa is the section of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft

The Crimean War: The Bombardment of Odessa by the British Fleet, April 21, 1854, (1901). The port of Odessa on the Black Sea is fired upon by ships of the Royal Navy

The Nile Expedition, 1884-85: The Naval Brigade... rescuing Sir Charles Wilson, 1885, (1901)
The Nile Expedition, 1884-85: The Naval Brigade under Lord Charles Beresford rescuing Sir Charles Wilson, February 1885, (1901)

The Rebellion of Arabi Pasha in Egypt, 1882: The Bombardment of Alexandria... (1901)
The Rebellion of Arabi Pasha in Egypt, 1882: The Bombardment of Alexandria by the British Fleet, (1901). Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War

The Dutch in the Medway: De Ruyters Attack on Upnor Castle, 1667, (1890). Creator: Unknown
The Dutch in the Medway: De Ruyters Attack on Upnor Castle, 1667, (1890). Dutch Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War in June 1667

H. M. S. Victory, 1936. Creator: Unknown
H.M.S." Victory", 1936. HMS Victory was a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built between 1759 and 1765. She was Nelsons flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805

RAF Spitfire on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944)
RAF Spitfire fighter on the deck of an aircraft carrier on its way to Malta, World War II, 1942 (1944). The Spitfires Come. From " The Air Battle of Malta"

British X-Craft midget submarine, World War II, 1945. Creator: Unknown
British X-Craft midget submarine, World War II, 1945. New Weapons. From " His Majestys Submarines". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1945]

A 38-Gun Frigate, about 1770, late 19th-early 20th century. Creator: William Frederick Mitchell
A 38-Gun Frigate, about 1770, late 19th-early 20th century. Sailing ship flying the Red Ensign, (flag flown by British merchant or passenger ships)

England, London, Southwark, Imperial War Museum, HMS Belfast

H. M. S. Thrush, The new Gunboat shortly to be commissioned by Lieut. H. R. H. Prince George of Wale Creator: Unknown
H.M.S. Thrush, The new Gunboat shortly to be commissioned by Lieut. H.R.H. Prince George of Wales, 1890. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 41. January to June, 1890

A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a southern... 1942
A Coast Guard sentry stands watch over a new torpedo boat under construction at a southern shipyard. In addition to wooden torpedo boats, the yard also turns out many steel boats for the Navy

Higgins Industries, Inc. New Orleans, La. makes torpedo boats and other boats for the Navy, 1942
Higgins Industries, Inc. New Orleans, La. makes torpedo boats and other boats for the Navy

Coast Guardsman standing watch over 78-foot torpedo... Higgins Industries, Inc. New Orleans, 1942
Coast Guardsman standing watch over 78-foot torpedo boat. Continual watch is kept. Higgins Industries, Inc. New Orleans, La

View of the Attack on Bunkers Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775, 1781-1783. Creator: John Lodge
View of the Attack on Bunkers Hill, with the Burning of Charles Town, June 17, 1775, 1781-1783

Good-bye to Japan--Homeward bound from the East; H. M.s Audacious leaves Japan, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Good-bye to Japan--Homeward bound from the East; H.M.S Audacious leaves Japan, 1890

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday December 1. 1888, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday December 1. 1888, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

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"The Naval Ship: A Timeless Symbol of Power, Courage, and History" From the majestic oil painting "The Fighting Temeraire" to the captivating aerial image of HMS Belfast on the River Thames, naval ships have always held a special place in our hearts. These magnificent vessels have witnessed countless battles and played pivotal roles in shaping history. Take a journey through time as we explore some iconic moments captured by talented creators. In 1839, J. M. W. Turner immortalized "The Fighting Temeraire, " showcasing the grandeur of a ship that had fought valiantly during the Napoleonic Wars. Its fading glory against a vibrant sunset serves as a poignant reminder of changing times. Moving forward to c1939-1941, an unknown artist brings us "The Renown, the Ark Royal, and the Sheffield. " This powerful depiction pays homage to three British warships that stood united during World War II's darkest days. Their strength and resilience echoed throughout history. Traveling back even further to 1678-80, we encounter "The English Ship Hampton Court in a Gale. " The creator skillfully captures the might of this vessel battling treacherous waves amidst nature's fury—a testament to sailors' unwavering determination. Wenceslaus Hollar's masterpiece from 1647 presents us with another perspective—the Dutch Warships (Naves BellicaeHollandicae). These imposing vessels symbolize Dutch maritime power during their Golden Age—an era marked by exploration and trade dominance. Fast-forwarding again to 1941 aboard H. M. S. Prince of Wales—another anonymous artist transports us into wartime reality. Amidst smoke-filled skies and turbulent seas, brave sailors stand resolute on deck—a visual representation of courage under fire. Delving into more recent history is PNAV2A-00033—an enigmatic caption hinting at untold stories locked within classified archives—a tantalizing glimpse into naval operations shrouded in secrecy.