Historic Maritime Vessels

A collection of historical ships navigating through turbulent waters, showcasing various types of vessels and their roles in maritime history.

PS: The flying enterprise in heavy seas. This photo was taken by our cameraman from a Lancaster aircraft which flew low over the vessel.Captain Kurt Carlsen , the 36 year old Danish Skipper of the united states freighter "flying enterprise", spent a fifth night alone on board his ship last night. January 3, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper Photo)

Aerial bow view of the surveying ship USNS CHAUVENET (T-AGS 29) underway. Country: Sula Sea

PS: The flying enterprise in heavy seas. This photo was taken by our cameraman from a Lancaster aircraft which flew low over the vessel.Captain Kurt Carlsen , the 36 year old Danish Skipper of the united states freighter "flying enterprise", spent a fifth night alone on board his ship last night. January 3, 1952. (Photo by Paul Popper Photo)

undefined. 1913 - 1921. NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA). Negative. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Fisheries. Division of Alaska Fisheries. 1913-7/1/1939. Pribilof Islands Glass Plate Negatives

Around The Shores Of Storm-Tossed Britain batting Through to France -- Battering through the heavy seas of the English Channel, the cross-channel ferry Invicta has left the comparative calm of Dover Harbour for her tempestuous trip to France. She leaves behind a wake of surging waves. For the last two days Britain has boon a storm-tossed island with heavy seas lashed by winds of gale force battering against her coasts while inland the rain has been like a deluge. February 06, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

ASPB , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Goct the bow wave of a ship. View from board longitudinal ship

Forepage of a passenger steamer on stormy lake

Autumn trip from Smaleel 1 that consists of Hr.Ms. De Ruyter (the flagship), Hr.Ms. Amsterdam, Hr.Ms. Holland (from November 11), Hr.Ms. Rotterdam, Hr.Ms. Sea lion, hr.ms. The bitter (between 8 and 22 November) and Hr.Ms. The inhabitant of Zeeland. A portion of the squadron departed from Den Helder, another part from Rotterdam. The journey went VA Brest, Gibraltar, Livorno, La Spezia, Lerici, La Specia, Gibraltar, Falmouth, Plymouth and Portland back to Den Helder. Hr.ms. Sea lion (1953-1969) (EX-USSHAWKBILL S 366).

Cable Agging Hälsingborg (Helsingborg) - Helsingor July 1, 1904. The cable machinery on board the cable warrior "east". Cable expiration.

Submarine hr.ms. K XI (1925-1945)

Vessels on the sea.

Airplane over water ...

Vintage Photograph. Men on boat deep sea fishing.

Two Teenage Boys on Board a Sailing-fishing Vessel Which Was Later Towed to Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. Miami, Fla. A Coast Guard aircraft while on Red Patrol yesterday located a 35-foot refugee boat with two persons on board. On board the sailing-fishing vessel were two teenage boys. A Coast Guard 40-foot patrol boat was vectored to the scene and towed the vessel to Coast Guard Base Miami Beach where they were turned over to the proper authorities.

Submarine hr.ms.waardvis, (s 806) at sea

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. SS. "Ottoland" sinks gentleman. left airplane. October 5, 1940

Operation "Shipwreck" - The rubber dinghy with the voluntary castaways aboard, photographed in the sea off Brest. A French vaval craft stands by in background.Ten French sailors, all volunteers, have been shipwrecked aboard a rubber dunghy in the Brest Roadstead.The sailors are taking part in an experiment which the French navy is carrying out, to find out the exact conditions of people surviving a shipwreck and is a continuation of the experiments first acrried out by Dr. Alain Bombard, the 30-year-old navigator, who crossed the Atlantic alone on a rubber Raft, to prove that shipwrecked sailors could survive on a diet fish and sea water. March 26, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Anefo photo collection. Collision on the North Sea canal. Damaged nose part of the Daniel M .. June 5, 1961. North Sea Canal

Soviet Side Trawler CPT-4560. This image depicts the Soviet Side Trawler CPT-4560.

The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert with H.M. The King on board photographed during the royal review passing the H.M.S. Valian T. July 16, 1935. (Photo by Keystone).

Anefo photo collection. English coaster "Cladonia" in Hoek van Holland Gestran Tilper Poolzee tries to reach the coaster. January 23, 1962. Hoek van Holland

Lundin lifeboats ca. 1910-1915 .

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Netherlands Passenger ship employed troop transport. 1944. Canada

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Northern Ireland, Belfast. Ulster Folk And Transport Museum. Historical Picture Of The Titanic Tragedy.

Whaling in the Ross Sea Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives

Cruiser Hr.Ms. Sumatra (1926-1942) Details Ship Life in Noi.

Vintage Photograph. Oil Tanker waves breaking over deck.

Mine hunter Hr.Ms. Harlingen (1984-2002)

Anefo photo collection. Laundry the Ding Zandvoort. February 4, 1951. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

Anefo photo collection. The brake island. December 16, 1964

Smoke Trail As S.O.S. -- The smoke emitted from the canister increases in density, until it can be seen for over thirty miles.A new life-saving apparatus has been designed for seagoing craft in the shape of a smoke trail. By pressing a trigger on a small canister, a cloud of orange smoke is released which will rise for an hour or more, increasing in density. Ministry of Shipping experts have tested this invention in secret and it has been proved that this smoke can be seen more than 30 miles away. Ship-wrecked men will be able to use this device as a very effective S.O.S. October 16, 1941. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Vintage Photograph. Tanker at Dawn in distance.

The S-Frigate Hr.Ms. Van Kinsbergen (1980-1995).

Photograph of F/V Amparo Near Bimini. This image is one of a set of photographs taken of the fishing vessels involved in a shooting incident 12 March near Bimini. These photos were not released as no Coast Guard action was involved and the vessels were Bahamian and Cuban. The photos were shot with a K-20 aerial camera by an air crewman, and not by one of the rated photographers assigned.

Anefo photo collection. Unloading the British ferry "European Gateway" after a collision with ADM. Shipbuilding, cargo ships, ship accidents, wrecks. April 19, 1983. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

S.s. morosini, ionio sea

Photograph of the 'Dracone', a flexible towed trailer for the transport of fluids lighter than water, Southampton, 19th September 1958. Developed in response to the Suez crisis, by the National Research Development Corporation, the 'Dracone' was 100 foot long and made of nylon and synthetic rubber. In this experiment it was carrying 40 tons of paraffin. Date: 1958

An aerial port quarter view of a disabled Soviet Yankee class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. Country: Unknown

Watervierdaagse Amsterdam - Den Helder 1954. On the IJsselmeer. Is part of the Object series AVDKM 540345 to 540419.

Submarine hr.ms.waardvis (s 806) at sea and comes to the surface

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions: Bridges. 1940. Shell tanker M.S. EULOTA (1936-1940) Sinking after 11 March 1940 to be torpedoed by the U28 120 miles southwest of landsing on the way from Rotterdam to Curaçao. March 1940. The Netherlands

Photo collection Government information service. Shipping, Port Rotterdam, Containers. undated

Light reflections on the residual Gift of the rear wave of a ship

07/31/1918. In the Golas del Ebro. Current status of the "Pailebot" "Nicola P", stranded in that place and abandoned after fruitless work to float it. Photo: H. Vallvé.

Project 23 - Redwing (Enewetak/Bikini) Test Activities. DAKOTA barge being towed into position. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Heavy seas pounding the Red Funnell line trawler Goolgwai after she foundered on the rocks at North Pt., Malabar, this morning. May 29, 1955. (Photo by Kenneth Charles Redshaw/Fairfax Media)

From the ***** side looking towards Sydney. 160 trips were made yesterday, with an all night service. They averaged 36 cars per trip on a 6 to 10 minute schedule. The boat from the Sydney side is swinging round to birth as the foreground ***** moves out. December 27, 1938.

DN-SN-85-01904. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

42' Aircraft Refueling Boat 19-NN-42' Aircraft Refueling Boat-149449 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

The Sinking of the Cunard Liner Ss Lancastria Off St Nazaire

View from the ship on open sea

View of Bermuda Sky Queen in Oil Slick.

The first atomic submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus, being launched at Groton, Connecticut, January 21, 1954.

Vintage Photograph. Glasspar fiber glass 17' seafair phaeton outboard motor boat.

Loss of White Star Lines Olympic-class RMS Titanic which struck an iceberg on 12 April 1912 on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Titanics lifeboats on their way to the Carpathia. More than 1,500 lives lost. Disaster

Fisherman raking oysters on a fishing boat, Apalachicola Bay, Florida, USA

AKL-398 Redbud , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

DN-SN-85-03906. Country: Chesapeake Bay

AMCU-34 Ortolan , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Traveler Dureenbee shelled by Jap Submarine off *****. August 24, 1942.

Anefo photo collection. Hiswa exhibition in the RAI, the polyester air cushion boat. March 4, 1965

Delta III class submarine. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. PHOTO No. 103, page 95, bottom. Country: Unknown

sailing away

Anefo photo collection. Boeing vertol 107 demonstration. Above the Westeinderplas. July 6, 1961. Noord-Holland, Westeinderplassen

Australian Canberra Jet Bombers First Combat Attack -- Bomb doors open as a Canberra jet bomber swoons to masthead height in a low level "Killer" attack on the R.A.N. destroyer Tobruk. This machine piloted by Peter Raw one of the London to Christchurch pilots claimed a kill. Picture was taken 250 miles east of Mackay. October 25, 1954. (Photo by Courier-Mail).

Engraving a tug boat towing a ship into harbour at night, its path guided by arc lights.

Captain of boat..

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany. Sloop meents the Damco 9. April 1, 1955. Germany, West Germany

Loss of White Star Line's Olympic-class RMS Titanic which struck an iceberg on 12 April 1912 on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Titanic's lifeboats on their way to the Carpathia. More than 1,500 lives lost. Disaster

events First World War WWI naval warfare sinking freighter destroyed by the German submarine ""SM U 35"" Mediterranean circa 1916,

Lone Captain's Listing Ship - The isbrandtsen Line's "Flying Enterprise," lists Dangerously to port in the Atlantic.This is the first picture of the American Freighter, "Flying Enterprise" listing precariously, 250 miles West of the Irish Coast - Alone on Board is the Danish-Born Captain of the Vessel, 37-year-old Kurt Carlsen, who refused to be taken off with the Passengers and Crew. January 01, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

New boat and light in distance. January 29, 1947. (Photo by W. Hall Raine).

Life Line of the Lamp (3 of 7). Two thousand feet of hose are lowered by crane from the Coast Guard Icebreaker NORTHWIND into the waiting LCVP, which will carry the fuel line and members of the crew to the beach at Cape Hinchinbrook. There is will be unloaded and connected to a 10,000-gallon fuel oil barge anchored off shore, and the oil will be pumped to the light station at the rate of 15 gallons per minute. It takes real skill to handle the tricky job of landing on the rocky shores of such remote Coast Guard installations. Cape Hinchinbrook receives enough fuel in one operation to last a full year.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Hochsee passenger steamer "Moltke" of the Hapag Hamburg (Hamburg-America line). Swimming pool on a sundeckHochsee passenger steamer "Moltke" of the Hapag Hamburg (Hamburg-America line). Swimming pool on a sundeck

Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline and the stern is lifted into the air as she sinks, bows first. Date: 1916

Italy. Garda Lake. Speed Record. 1933

AGEH-1 Plainview , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Coast Guard Assists Sail Boat Gina. This image depicts a Coast Guard plane assisting the sail boat GINA.

U. S. Giant Landing Craft "BARC". Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Montreal, les rapides du Saint-Laurent. Notman & Sandham (Canadian, founded 1877, dissolved 1882)

HR. Ms. Piet Hein (1945-1961) overlooks the Norwegian royal hunt. Is part of the AVDKM 540573 to 540575 object series.

Titanic Survivors. How the Titanic Survivors Were Picked up by the Carpathia. Photograph taken by Mr J W Barker of one of Titanic's collaspible boats containing about 30 people, approaching the Carpathia. Carpathia was sailing from New York City to Rijeka on the night of Sunday, 14 April 1912. The captain, Arthur Henry Rostron, was asleep in his cabin when wireless operator Harold Cottam burst in and told him of Titanic's distress signal. Captain Rostron immediately set course to the liner's las

DN-SN-88-07667. Country: Unknown

A aerial starboard view of a Modified Echo II class Soviet submarine underway. Country: Unknown

Pendennis Bay, England: November 9, 1936 The wreck of the broken American steamer "Bessemer City" on the rocks at Cornwall. The crew of 33 and the ship's cat were all rescued.

Ship tires.

DN-SN-89-01228. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Subdue boat hunter of the Friesland-class Hr.Ms. Rotterdam (D 818) saves the entire 14 stubborn crew and the shiphound of the Portuguese Trawler Ribeira de Asseca. The ship was abandoned when it burned around 30 miles south of Cabo Sardaô. A sloop of the trawler at the Rotterdam. See also: 2009-13-088_012 to 2009-13-089_002.

Engraving showing the transfer of a passenger from ship to boat, at sea off Jaffa, Palestine, 1890. The ship can be seen rolling as the passenger is swung out in a chair on a boom, with the wind causing the loss of the passenger's hat. Date: 1890

NOLA. This image depicts the vessel NOLA.

Vintage Photograph. Ice covered fishing boat at Fish Pier in South Boston Massachusetts.

The Auckland tug Te awhina tests her fire hoses on the Auckland waterfront. She as pumping salt water at the rate of 102,000 gallons an hour. March 1, 1949. (Photo by The N.Z. Herald).

Boston Whalers , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Holland 1 Class Submarine, the First Submarine in the IJN purchased from US. Length:67ft. Width:11ft.10in. 106t. 10 crews. 1933

World' s Fastest Passenger Boat -- The Hydrofoil craft at speed during a demonstration run.Claimed by its inventor, Hans Von Schertel of Germany, to be the fastest passenger-carrying boat in the world, a 45-foot-long boat with wings was put through its paces on lake Lucerne, Switzerland, September 9.It covered 50 miles up and down the lake at 50 miles an hour with 32 passengers aboard.The Hydraulically-operated "Wings" lifted the main part of the craft out of the water shortly after it started, decreasing the water-drag by some 50%.The craft is powered by a 350HP diesel engine driving a normal screw.It is claimed that the boat could cross from France to Dover in rough water in only 30 minutes. September 11, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Photograph of F/V Amparo Near Bimini. This image is one of a set of photographs taken of the fishing vessels involved in a shooting incident 12 March near Bimini. These photos were not released as no Coast Guard action was involved and the vessels were Bahamian and Cuban. The photos were shot with a K-20 aerial camera by an air crewman, and not by one of the rated photographers assigned.

Vintage Photograph. Old sailing vessel with crew on deck in New York Harbor, New York City, Frame 2

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