British Navy Ship stock illustrations

Vintage illustration of a British Royal navy warship, 74 gun Ship of the line, 1794, late 18th Century

Vintage illustration of English battleship of the mid 17th Century

Vintage illustration of a Royal navy warship, 28 gun frigate, 1794, late 18th Century

Vintage illustration of Great Harry, or Henry Grace a Dieu, English carrack warship, 16th Century and in her day the largest warship in the world.

The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) - one of the decisive battles during the Coalition Wars. It took place on August 1st and 2nd, 1798 off the coast of Aboukir, near Alexandria (Egypt). The British navy under the command of Admiral Nelson defeated the French Mediterranean fleet. Color woodcut after a drawing, published in 1900.

Vintage illustration of Battleship of the Royal Navy, 18th Century warships, Sailing ship

Vintage illustration of HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, She is best known for her role as Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.

Vintage engraving of Diagram of Royal navy battleships, Royal Sovereign, Royal Arthur, 19th Century

Vintage engraving of Royal Navy warships, 16th, 17th, 18th Century. HMS Great Harry, HMS Royal William, and Sixty four gun ship of 1760

Vintage picture, British Royal Navy warship, HMS Revenge, Royal Sovereign-class battleship, 1890s, Victorian, 19th Century

Vintage engraving from 1875 showing English ships under the command of Sir Francis Drake attacking Spanish treasure ship.

Vintage illustration of HMS Mohawk (1886) an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 6 February 1886

An engraved illustration image of the Battle of The Nile, from a vintage Victorian book dated 1886 that is no longer in copyright

Illustrations taken from an 1896 edition of the Navy & Army Illustrated.

The wounding of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. Vintage colour etching circa 19th century.

Vintage illustration of HMS Sovereign of the Seas after a contemporaneous engraving by J. Payne. A 17th-century warship of the English Navy. She was ordered as a 90-gun first-rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy

Vintage illustration of British troops landing at Alexandria, Anglo-Egyptian War, 1882, 19th Century

Vintage engraving from 1876 from an orginal by Holbain. A warship of Henry VIII King of England leaves Dover on route to France

Vintage illustration features Queen Victoria visiting the HMS Resolute, December 16, 1856, after its rediscovery and return to the British by the Americans. The Resolute is a naval ship of the British Royal Navy specially outfitted for Arctic exploration.

Vintage engraving showing HMS Warrior, ironclad steam power warship 1861

Vintage colour lithograph from 1872 of HMS Volage an iron screw corvette, ordered in 1867 before being launched in 1869. She was broken up in 1904.

Fighting between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada during the abortive attempt by Spain to invade England in 1588. From “The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading, 1888”. Published in London by the Religious Tract Society.

Vintage engraving of the Scottish warship Royal William.

Vintage illustration Royal Navy officers brokering peace between African chiefs of New Calabar, Bonny, and Ekrika, on HMS Dido, Victorian 1870s 19th Century

An engraved illustration image of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson the victor over Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Trafalgar in 18o5, from a vintage Victorian book dated 1884 that is no longer in copyright

Vintage engraving of an 18th Century British Warship

Illustrations taken from an 1896 edition of the Navy & Army Illustrated.

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraving of Captain James Cook, English Victorian Engraving, 1840. Source: Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored.

A British prison hulk with an escaping prisoner. The figurehead of Britannia is attempting to claw him back by using a trident while a marine (a Royal Navy soldier) stands to attention with his bayonet and rifle. From “La Marine croquis humoristiques Marins et Navires Anciens et Modernes” by Sahib. Published in Paris by Jouvet et Cie, 1890.

Vintage illustration of a Victorian British Royal Navy warship, HMS Colossus, second-class battleship 19th Century

Vintage portrait of Captain James Cook, British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.

Nelson receiving the Spanish Swords on board the San Josef, during the Nelson receiving the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797.

Vintage engraving of HMS Terrorfrozen in the ice, 1837. In 1836, command of Terror was given to Captain George Back for an expedition to the northern part of Hudson Bay. She barely survived the winter off Southampton Island, at one point being forced 40 feet up the side of a cliff by the ice. In the spring of 1837, an encounter with an iceberg further damaged the ship. 1869

A group of very young trainee sailors dancing hornpipes on one of the lower decks of their ship while a few parple away on brass instruments at the side. From “Chats About Sailors” by “Mercie Sunshine” (a pseudonym), published by Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited in the 1890s. (The company of Ward Lock traded as Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited from 1893-1897 so the book was published between those dates.)

A group of young sailors working hard at washing and swabbing the decks of a Royal Navy sailing ship. From “Chats About Sailors” by “Mercie Sunshine” (a pseudonym), published by Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited in the 1890s. (The company of Ward Lock traded as Ward, Lock & Bowden Limited from 1893-1897 so the book was published between those dates.)

Vintage engraving of the English warship Great Harry. Henri Grâce à Dieu , nicknamed "Great Harry", was an English carrack or "great ship" of the 16th century. Contemporary with Mary Rose, Henri Grâce à Dieu was even larger. She had a large forecastle four decks high, and a stern castle two decks high. She was 165 feet (50 m) long, weighing 1,000–1,500 tons and having a complement of 700–1,000. It is said that she was ordered by Henry VIII

Vintage illustration of Vintage poster showing HMS Nelson (1814), Royal Navy 126-gun first rate ship of the line

"Vintage engraving showing sailors firing a cannon, during a battle between the French ship Courageux and HMS Bellona of the Royal Navy in 1761."

Commodore Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie, from the painting by Powell. The Battle of Lake Erie was a naval battle fought by the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy on 10 September 1813 in western Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Vintage engraving circa late 19th century. Digital restoration by Pictore.

"Vintage engraving from 1840 showing a view of Captain Lyon and his crew in a storm. George Francis Lyon (1795aa1832) was a rare combination of Arctic and African explorer. In 1824 he was given command of HMS Griper for another voyage to the Arctic. Unfortunately the Griper was badly built and Lyon also met with some of the worst weather yet seen in the Arctic. The expedition was a disaster, Lyon limping home after only 5 months."

Vintage engraving of Battle between HMS Shannon and USS Chesapeake, 1813.

"Vintage engraving showing old Deptford Dockyard, an important dockyard and naval base at Deptford on the River Thames, operated by the Royal Navy from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries."

The Battle of Trafalgar by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield sometimes mis credited as William Clarkson Stanfield (circa 19th century). Vintage etching circa late 19th century.

"Vintage engraving showing a naval battle between the Earl of Cumberland and the Madre de Deus, a Portuguese carrack full of treasure from the far east. In 1592 The English navy intercepted the Madre de Deus after a fierce day-long battle near Flores Island."

Vintage engraving of Medieval ships of the 14th and 16th Century

Vintage illustration Anti slavery patrol, British Royal Navy warship HMS Alecto, intercepting the Slave ship Windward off the West Coast of Africa, Victorian 1850s, 19th Century

Vintage illustration English warships breaking the boom at the Battle of Vigo Bay October 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession

Vintage engraving from 1878 showing HMS Erebus and HMS Terror sailing passed icebergs. The Terror and HMS Erebus were part John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic in 1845.

Vintage illustration British Royal Navy warship HMS Blenheim, first class protected cruiser, Victorian Military History, 19th Century, 1890s

Vintage engraving showing a scene from the story Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Squire raised his gun, the rowing ceased.

Vintage engraving of a Arab slave ship in the Red Sea fleeing from a Royal Navy cruiser. The Graphic, 1874

"Vintage engraving showing the death of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, an adventurer, explorer, member of parliament, and soldier, he served during the reign of Queen Elizabeth and was a pioneer of English colonization in North America and the Plantations of Ireland. Gilbert went down with his ship HMS Squirrel, in 1583, during a storm of the coast of Newfoundland."

Vintage illustration HMS Thrush, First Class gunboat, Warship Victorian British Royal Navy, 19th Century military history

Illustration features Lieutenant William Pim, a British naval officer, defending his ship, the Nemesis, against attacking Chinese soldiers in the First Opium War in 1839. He created a diversion, allowing some of his crew to escape, and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a sword, holding off the Chinese forces and demonstrating bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. The First Opium War was a military conflict between China and Britain from 1839 to 1842, caused by disputes over trade, opium, and diplomatic relations. It resulted in China's defeat and the signing of the Treaty of Nanking, which opened China to British trade and influence.

Vintage illustration of a Victorian British Royal Navy warship, HMS Latona, Apollo-class protected cruiser

Vintage illustration HMS Victoria was the last British wooden first-rate three-decked ship of the line, 19th Century