” Ship Model — Fragata Dom Fernando “  ….  Ship Model, Museu de Marinha, Lisbon, Portugal

More info about this Frigate:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Fernando_II_e_Gl%C3%B3ria 

(Source: museu.marinha.pt)

historicalfirearms:

Steam & Sail

In this photograph taken of Portsmouth Harbour in the 1890s we can see several grand old First Rate Men of War.  The two first rates (ships of 100 guns or more) are the famous HMS Victory (right), which at the time would have been over 130 years old and HMS Duke of Wellington (left) which in its prime was home to over 130 guns.

While Victory & Wellington look much alike they in fact of very different generations, the Victory was commissioned in 1765 and had an active service life of some 80 years.  While the Duke of Wellington was commissioned in 1852 and while she retained the masts and rigging akin to Victory she also had a 780hp steam boiler which powered a screw propeller.  However, even though she boasted a mighty battery of guns and a new steam engine she was relegated to harbour duties after less than 10 years service.  Such was the speed with which naval technology progressed.  For many years Victory & Duke of Wellington shared the harbour of Portsmouth serving as training ships.  The Duke of Wellington was sold and broken up in 1904.

Behind the Men of War in the distance can be seen numerous hulks of other older Men of War being used as store, maintenance or training ships and in amongst the forest of masts you can clearly make out numerous steam funnels of newer ships.  In the foreground a steam launch and its crew pose for the camera. 

Image Source

The Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound (Vignette), engraved by E. Goodall published 1836

(Source: tate.org.uk)

fairytalesinred:

Ivan Aivazovsky

peopleofphiladelphia-vs-edbacon:

Barque at the docks on the Delaware River (at Walnut St?)
Philadelphia, 1875

Smith Island can be seen in the background.

” Port of New Orleans — 1841 “  ….  Color Engraving

(Source: worldportsource.com)

hoodoothatvoodoo:

Black Spice by Davenport Steward, Art by Robert McGinnis

” Private Signals — Merchants of Boston “  ….  Chromolithograph Broadside [Circa 1855] Published by John T. Smith Co.

(Source: blueworldwebmuseum.org)

” Town and Harbor of San Francisco — 1851 “  ….  Three-Color Lithograph by W. Boosey

(Source: blueworldwebmuseum.org)

“The Bund At Shanghai “  ….  Chinese School Maritime Painting [Circa 1860]

(Source: blueworldwebmuseum.org)

“ USS Chesapeake “  …  Artist:  F. Muller  …..  One of the U.S. Navy’s original “Six Frigates, having been built at the Gosport Shipyard, U.S. Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va and commissioned on 22 May 1800.

(Source: nnsyhistorymatters.blogspot.com)

paul2francis:

Fitz Henry Lane (also known as Fitz Hugh Lane) (1804–1865) Becalmed off Halfway Rock, 1860

” Laundry Day — 1855 Style “  …  Illustration from The Illustrated London News … HMS St. George at anchor.

” Ship’s Boy “  …  Artist:  Karl Julius Lorck [1829 - 1882], Norwegian

carleenallen:

An exceptional Portuguese azimuth compass 
by Manoel Ferreira, 1755