Sailors & Mermaids

” Navy Week — 1938 “

“ 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)

navyhistory:

On 22 December 1841 USS Mississippi, the first U.S. ocean-going side-wheel steam warship, was commissioned at Philadelphia. This 1895 drawing by Clary Ray depicts Mississippi during the Civil War. NHHC image NH 60655.

” Cuauhtemoc At Night “  …  Tall Ships Race in Norway, 2011

See Original Photo Here: http://www.photosight.org/photo.php?photoid=121755&ref=section&refid=6 

(Source: goinghomee)

” Tommy On The Ocean — First Day At Sea “  …  Humor from ‘An Illustrated Sixpenny Weekly Magazine’ [1908] … Illustrator: E. G. O. Beuttler

” A Convoy “  …  A painting of ships with “Dazzle” camouflage [1918] by Artist:  Herbert Barnard John Everett 

verecunda:

Japanese drawing of the frigate HMS Phaeton

Isn’t this cool? :) I’ve seen Japanese pictures of European ships before, but never any British ones.

Phaeton was involved in an incident in Nagasaki Harbour in 1808, whilst under the command of Fleetwood Pellew, son of Admiral Edward Pellew.

” USS Narwhal Postal Naval Cache — 1932 “

” Naval Brigade, 1890-1894 “  …  Louis Prang Chromolithograph, Published: 1893

” Kruzenshtern “ …. Russian Sail Training Barque

live-2-learn:

four masts

maudelynn:

Hit the Deck! 1941 Arcade Card by Zoe Mozert

” Old Ironsides “  [1931]  ….  Photographer:  A. Aubrey Bodine (c) …. The US Navy frigate USS Constitution visits Baltimore in 1931.

kari-young:

Aboard the U.S.S. New York circa 1896. “Group of sailors.” 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Edward Hart, Detroit Publishing Company

logofssmrsunguentine:

H.M.S. Beagle from a sketch by Darwin’s shipmate John Clements Wickham.

” Marching Band of Russian Sailors with Matching Hair “  ….. Creator: Keiga Kawahara, 1853, Japan