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19th-century naval ships (6 C, 2 P) V. Victorian-era ships (6 C, 4 P) Pages in category "19th-century ships" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
The Clipper Ship Flying Cloud off the Needles, Isle of Wight, off the southern English coast. Painting by James E. Buttersworth. The Maritime history of Europe represents the era of recorded human interaction with the sea in the northwestern region of Eurasia in areas that include shipping and shipbuilding, shipwrecks, naval battles, and military installations and lighthouses constructed to ...
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
The extreme clipper ships later in the 19th century had substantially larger hulls though they were somewhat similar in shape. The word "clipper" was first used for sailing vessels in the United States and argument arose in the 20th century about whether Scottish Maid' s underlying design had been copied from America, and whether she should ...
The Dutch Koning der Nederlanden (1874) was the largest ship that served in the Dutch Navy during the 19th century. Casemate ironclad. De Ruyter (1853/1863) [D] - unknown; Ironclads turret ship. Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden (1866) - scrapped after 1905; Koning der Nederlanden (1874) - scuttled in 1942, during World War II; Monitors. Buffel class
South Africa: List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy; Sri Lanka: List of Sri Lanka Navy active ships; Taiwan: List of Republic of China Navy ships; Turkey: Lists of ships of the Turkish Navy; United Kingdom: List of active Royal Navy ships; List of ship names of the Royal Navy; List of early warships of the English navy
Magic and Gracie off Castle Garden, painted by James E. Buttersworth, c. 1871. Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant.
The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653, painted by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten A ship of war, Cyclopaedia 1728, Vol 2. The Age of Sail is a period in European history that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) [1] to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated, particularly marked by the introduction of naval ...