Thomas M. Hemy, 'The Wreck of the Birkenhead' (c1892, public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Description: the deck of a sinking ship, with water covering the deck on the right and the funnel collapsing amid clouds of steam and smoke in the middle distance. There are men in the rigging, and soldiers in uniform are drawn up in ranks on the left. In the foreground is a drummer boy with his drum. On the right are women and children being helped into the ship's boats. A boat can be seen making its way to safety ahead of the bows of the ship.

Charles Dixon, 'The Wreck of the Birkenhead in 1852' (1901), public domain via Wikimedia Commons. Description: a large paddle steamer with masts, sinking with its forward sections already disappearing into the waves among floating wreckage. Boats filled with people are being rowed away from the sinking ship. In the distance land can be seen.

26 Feb 1852 // Troopship HMS Birkenhead struck rocks and sank off Gansbaai, South Africa. 193 survived from about 450 on board. The men, drawn up in ranks on deck, maintained discipline as she sank, standing firm so that the women and children could escape in the boats. [1/2]

Can you tell a caravel from a man-of-war? This visual guide makes it easy.

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If you were expecting us to say the Mary Rose, that was our first thought, but we have a reason for picking the Regent, based on the ship in the original post...

The Ij by 20th century Dutch painter Peter J. Sterkenburg

The Ij is the name of the bay that once served as an anchorage for Amsterdam.

#DutchNavy #DutchEastIndiaCompany #Tallships

If you see this, post a ship.

The HMS Surprise, the fake sailing ship built as the HMS Rose in 1970, later sold to 20th century Fox and converted into the Surprise for the filming of MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003), currently docked at the maritime museum in San Diego Harbor

The Cutty Sark at Greenwich

The Cutty Sark by night

Klaipeda in der Abenddämmerung

If you see this, post a ship. Like many people, I wish the WW2 USS Enterprise had been preserved - would have been a remarkable museum ship - but I also think the USS Hartford, Farragut's Civil War flagship would also have been a remarkable ship to save as a museum ship.

the revenge beached on an island, the entire base of the ship buried in the sand, at the front of the ship stede is trying to singlehandedly push it back into the sea, and buttons is standing beside him observing stede's failure (our flag means death s1e2)

close-up of the revenge beached on an island, the entire base of the ship buried in the sand, at the front of the ship stede is trying to singlehandedly push it back into the sea, and buttons is standing beside him observing stede's failure (our flag means death s1e2)

he's trying so hard

Danė River, Klaipėda, Lithuania

Nikon Z50 / Full Spectrum / 720 nm Infrared filter

#photography #infrared #infraredphotography #IR #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography #reflection #Lithuania #Klaipeda

cutty Sark, et smalt sortmalt klipperskip sett forfra med fulle seil-- lag på lag med kluter, tegnet av Carl Barks /don rosa

kom til å tenke på Cutty Sark i går

A wooden bridge in some woodland, Mariehamn, Åland

St. Görans Kyrk, Mariehamn

The ship Pommern, moored as ÅSS Marina, Mariehamn. (ÅSS stands for Ålands Segelsällskapet)

Algrundet, a spit on the east coast of Mariehamn with a little hidden beach

I DID warn you my feed would mostly be scandi pics this week. This is from this morning round Mariehamn.

The Cutty Sark, a British Clipper ship in Greenwich London.

The pub crawl is underway ahead of #ALDCon25 tomorrow. Such a beautiful view from The Gypsy Moth pub of The Cutty Sark. #LoveLD #Greenwich

HMS Implacable with HMS Foudroyant, both serving as accommodation and training vessels, photographed at Portsmouth in 1944. The name 'HMS Foudroyant' was applied to both vessels from 1943 but of course everyone still called Implacable by her original name. Imperial War Museum image: A 25961.

2 Dec 1949 // 74-gun HMS Implacable (ex French Duguay-Trouin, captured 1805) was scuttled off Ventnor, Isle of Wight, after many years as an accommodation/training ship. 2nd-oldest ship in the #RoyalNavy but alas, nobody was willing to pay for her to be restored. (Imperial War Museum A 25961)

#OTD in History, 1800: The third-rate ship of the line Guillaume Tell, flying the flag of Contre-Amiral Denis Decrès, was captured after an intense three-hour battle with the frigate HMS Penelope and the ships of the line HMS Lion and HMS Foudroyant, commanded by Captain Sir Edward Berry.

"HMS Foudroyant (80) – Nelson’s Former Flagship" ⚓📸Photographs of HMS Foudroyant (80), once Nelson’s flagship, laid down in 1789 and lost off Blackpool in 1897. These historic images are currently on display at the Liverpool Maritime Museum.#NavalHistory #HMSFoudroyant #Nelson #MaritimeHeritage

USS Niagara. Perry's flagship at the Battle of Lake Erie. It is disputed whether this ship is a replica or not because of how few original materials are believed to still be present in the ship.

The Ship of Theseus exists, and she is American.

The frigate HMS Surprise arriving with dispatches for Admiral Thornton, flying his flag in the massive 110-gun HMS Ocean, by Geoff Hunt
via ltwilliammowett on Teh Tumblrz

The two Danish Tall Ships "DANMARK" and "GEORG STAGE"..... They both function as training ships for young Danish seafarers.... Here seen in Århus, Denmark...

From Neverland to the South Pacific, fictional tall ships like the Jolly Roger have flown, fought, and plundered their way into the hearts of readers worldwide.

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#LadyWashington
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Europe’s #Oldest Inland #Sailing Race - The Cong to Galway
has been fixed for Saturday, June 28. Probably the most iconic race in enclosed Irish sailing waters. Organised by Galway Hooker Sailing Club. Great Race. Well done GHSC.

The Spanish galleon Andalucia is making its way up the River Avon in Bristol county, England. I don’t know how long today’s journey was, so I have no idea how many miles per galleon they got.

Replica of a Spanish galleon at Shoreham

Visiting the Andalucia today. Dunno whether I ought to lower that red and gold flag to replace it with the Dutch tricolour and proclaim the ship taken, or just sink her out of principle. Remember 1572!

Newport

Galway Hooker turning into Roundstone harbour on Regatta day. Connemara. County Galway. #Ireland #JuneSea #turn #scape #photography #boat

Oil painting of a Galway hooker at the Roundstone Regatta.

#pleinair #painting #galway #roundstone #oilpainting

Totora reed boat (woven reed boat) at the Uros Islands of Lake Titicaca

It was incredible. I'm glad we extended the trip and visited Lake Titicaca, too. So much to see. The pic is from the Uros Islands of Lake Titicaca.