British ship 1700s

(Photo of HMS Hibernia at Malta's drydocks around 1860) HMS Hibernia was a 110-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Plymouth dockyard on 17 November 1804, and was the only ship built to her draught, designed by Sir John Henslow. Between 1807 and 1808, Hibernia, under the command of Sir William Sidney Smith, led the British escort of the Portuguese Royal Family during the transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil. Hibernia was flagship of the British…

French and british ships of the line - c.1800

British ship of the line. A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 1700s through to the mid 1800s to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear.

British ship

British Marines of the 18th Century landing on an island loaded down with treasure chests. The outline of a treasure map is shown in the distance.

USS Bonhomme Richard v HMS Serapis 1779. Double click on image to ENLARGE.

Swedish warship Vasa

The british brigantine "SV CROSSOWEN" aground at Burgh Island, Devon, England, 8 may 1908.

18th century British ship

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