Tomb of Henry the Navigator. Located in Batalha, Portugal.
John D. Colwell, built and launched at Rockville, Maine, in 1906. The steam engine is on temporary tracks, to move Timbers and rails needed for the large timbers and rails needed for the task. A new ship launch was always a very festive occasion for the town. To the Colwell’s starboard is a larger ship under construction with its ribs placed.
204’ mast made from a single fir tree, Vancouver, Washington. In later years it was necessary to build large masts such as these with multiple trees, mated both vertically and horizontally.
Busy dock on the East River, New York City, 1870. The Brooklyn Bridge under construction is visible on the left in the background.
French ship of the line, Montebello. 118 guns. Built 1812, photo circa 1850.
Lifeboat being carried along the beach to a stranded vessel location by horses and wagon. When at the scene, the wagon would tip backward and the boat would slide into the water on rails. Notice the wide wheels to keep the heavy load from sinking into the wet sand.
Courtesy of the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, this is a later picture of the Cutty Sark, under the Portuguese flag and name Ferreira. It was being used as a cargo transport. The figurehead is the original, but badly painted.
Cutty Sark in dry dock, prior to restoration.
Cutty Sark in dry dock during restoration. You can see why she was so fast. Copper plating is attached to her bottom hull for protection from tropical wood boring worms.
The New York docks, showing the wide variety of produce and goods brought in by ship.
The fish dock at Boston’s T wharf, in 1906.
The Pride of Baltimore. A reproduction of a 19th century Baltimore clipper.
British ship Canterbury, circa 1900. Notice the fine carved figurehead and leaves.
French ship of the line, Montebello. 118 guns. Built 1812, photo circa 1850.
The barque Europa in the Antarctic
French ship Orient, launched in 1791. Carrying 118 guns, she was flagship of the fleet at the Battle of the Nile. Photo unknown
HMS Implacable, launched as a French 74 gun ship of the line. She was captured by the British at the battle of Ortegal. This is the last known picture of her prior to being scuttled by the Royal Navy in 1949.
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H.MS. Duke of Wellington at Devonport dry dock in England. Photo circa 1850 This is a classic ship-of-the-line.
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