February 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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The Swedish ship Vasa.
She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961.
#SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail
She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961.
#SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail
July 16, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The Swedish ship Vasa.
She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961.
#SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail
She sank shortly after launch in 1628, but thanks to the conditions in the Baltic, which is tide free and has brackish water, her hull was almost perfectly preserved when raised in 1961.
#SwedishNavy #Stockholm #Ageofsail
September 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Farewell to England - HMS Victory leaving St. Helen's at dawn, 15 September 1805.
A new picture by Geoff Hunt
#Nelson #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Trafalgar
A new picture by Geoff Hunt
#Nelson #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Trafalgar
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Farewell to England - HMS Victory leaving St. Helen's at dawn, 15 September 1805.
A new picture by Geoff Hunt
#Nelson #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Trafalgar
A new picture by Geoff Hunt
#Nelson #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Trafalgar
Savannah by British Marine artist John Stobart.
Stobart is best known for his 19th century harbour scenes, many of American ports at night.
#MaritimeArt #Tallships #Ageofsail
Stobart is best known for his 19th century harbour scenes, many of American ports at night.
#MaritimeArt #Tallships #Ageofsail
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Savannah by British Marine artist John Stobart.
Stobart is best known for his 19th century harbour scenes, many of American ports at night.
#MaritimeArt #Tallships #Ageofsail
Stobart is best known for his 19th century harbour scenes, many of American ports at night.
#MaritimeArt #Tallships #Ageofsail
December 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM
HMS Leopard pursued by the Dutch warship Waakzaamheid in the Roaring Forties by British artist Geoff Hunt.
Readers of Patrick O’Brian may recognise it as the cover art for Desolation Island
#RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #Navalfiction
Readers of Patrick O’Brian may recognise it as the cover art for Desolation Island
#RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #Navalfiction
April 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
HMS Leopard pursued by the Dutch warship Waakzaamheid in the Roaring Forties by British artist Geoff Hunt.
Readers of Patrick O’Brian may recognise it as the cover art for Desolation Island
#RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #Navalfiction
Readers of Patrick O’Brian may recognise it as the cover art for Desolation Island
#RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #Navalfiction
HMS Sandwich laying her mooring at sunset by English artist Jack Spurling
She was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1759 at Chatham and designed by Thomas Slade, the naval architect behind HMS Victory.
#RoyalNavy #Shipoftheline #Ageofsail
She was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1759 at Chatham and designed by Thomas Slade, the naval architect behind HMS Victory.
#RoyalNavy #Shipoftheline #Ageofsail
June 29, 2026 at 10:17 AM
HMS Sandwich laying her mooring at sunset by English artist Jack Spurling
She was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1759 at Chatham and designed by Thomas Slade, the naval architect behind HMS Victory.
#RoyalNavy #Shipoftheline #Ageofsail
She was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1759 at Chatham and designed by Thomas Slade, the naval architect behind HMS Victory.
#RoyalNavy #Shipoftheline #Ageofsail
The bark Europa in the Arctic.
Perhaps it’s the heatwave currently engulfing Western Europe that made this appeal to me.
#Arctic #Tallships #Ageofsail
Perhaps it’s the heatwave currently engulfing Western Europe that made this appeal to me.
#Arctic #Tallships #Ageofsail
June 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The bark Europa in the Arctic.
Perhaps it’s the heatwave currently engulfing Western Europe that made this appeal to me.
#Arctic #Tallships #Ageofsail
Perhaps it’s the heatwave currently engulfing Western Europe that made this appeal to me.
#Arctic #Tallships #Ageofsail
HMS Victory anchored off the Isle of Wight by 19th century British artist John Wilson Carmichael
#Nelson #RoyalNavy #Ageofsail
#Nelson #RoyalNavy #Ageofsail
March 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
HMS Victory anchored off the Isle of Wight by 19th century British artist John Wilson Carmichael
#Nelson #RoyalNavy #Ageofsail
#Nelson #RoyalNavy #Ageofsail
New York City Docks - c1900s photo taken by Paul W Faust
Most of the world’s great ports would have looked similar at the time, with forests of masts.
#Ageofsail #NewYork #ships
Most of the world’s great ports would have looked similar at the time, with forests of masts.
#Ageofsail #NewYork #ships
September 21, 2026 at 10:04 AM
New York City Docks - c1900s photo taken by Paul W Faust
Most of the world’s great ports would have looked similar at the time, with forests of masts.
#Ageofsail #NewYork #ships
Most of the world’s great ports would have looked similar at the time, with forests of masts.
#Ageofsail #NewYork #ships
Corner of a hand-stitched sail from the 1800s. Every warship had a sailmaker who played a vital role in making and maintaining the huge number of sails required to power the ship in all weathers.
#Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships
#Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships
July 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Corner of a hand-stitched sail from the 1800s. Every warship had a sailmaker who played a vital role in making and maintaining the huge number of sails required to power the ship in all weathers.
#Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships
#Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships
Vessels in a swell at sunset by 19th century Ukrainian artist Ivan Aivazovsky
A bit of calm in a stormy world
#Tallships #Ageofsail #MarineArt
A bit of calm in a stormy world
#Tallships #Ageofsail #MarineArt
April 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Vessels in a swell at sunset by 19th century Ukrainian artist Ivan Aivazovsky
A bit of calm in a stormy world
#Tallships #Ageofsail #MarineArt
A bit of calm in a stormy world
#Tallships #Ageofsail #MarineArt
Three Master In The Strait Of Messina by the German artist Michael Zeno Diemer
#Navy #Ageofsail #Mediterranean
#Navy #Ageofsail #Mediterranean
January 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Three Master In The Strait Of Messina by the German artist Michael Zeno Diemer
#Navy #Ageofsail #Mediterranean
#Navy #Ageofsail #Mediterranean
HMS Warrior by David Bell
She was an Alfred-class 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Portsmouth
#RoyalNavy #NapoleonicWars #Ageofsail
She was an Alfred-class 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Portsmouth
#RoyalNavy #NapoleonicWars #Ageofsail
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 AM
HMS Warrior by David Bell
She was an Alfred-class 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Portsmouth
#RoyalNavy #NapoleonicWars #Ageofsail
She was an Alfred-class 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1781 at Portsmouth
#RoyalNavy #NapoleonicWars #Ageofsail
The frigate Højenhald by Christian Mølsted
Seen after an attack on Copenhagen in 1659. The ship resisted repeated attacks made by Swedish troops across the ice.
#DanishFleet #SwedishArmy #AgeofSail
Seen after an attack on Copenhagen in 1659. The ship resisted repeated attacks made by Swedish troops across the ice.
#DanishFleet #SwedishArmy #AgeofSail
April 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The frigate Højenhald by Christian Mølsted
Seen after an attack on Copenhagen in 1659. The ship resisted repeated attacks made by Swedish troops across the ice.
#DanishFleet #SwedishArmy #AgeofSail
Seen after an attack on Copenhagen in 1659. The ship resisted repeated attacks made by Swedish troops across the ice.
#DanishFleet #SwedishArmy #AgeofSail
French ship of the line Foudroyant by Auguste Mayer.
Early 18th century ships may have been cumbersome, un-weatherly and struggled to operate in winter, but they did look magnificent.
#FrenchNavy #LouisXIV #Ageofsail
Early 18th century ships may have been cumbersome, un-weatherly and struggled to operate in winter, but they did look magnificent.
#FrenchNavy #LouisXIV #Ageofsail
February 18, 2026 at 9:06 AM
French ship of the line Foudroyant by Auguste Mayer.
Early 18th century ships may have been cumbersome, un-weatherly and struggled to operate in winter, but they did look magnificent.
#FrenchNavy #LouisXIV #Ageofsail
Early 18th century ships may have been cumbersome, un-weatherly and struggled to operate in winter, but they did look magnificent.
#FrenchNavy #LouisXIV #Ageofsail
Frigate at sea by German artist Michael Zeno Diemer
She is carrying too much sail for the conditions, but a nice painting even so.
#Ageofsail #Tallships #RoyalNavy
She is carrying too much sail for the conditions, but a nice painting even so.
#Ageofsail #Tallships #RoyalNavy
May 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Frigate at sea by German artist Michael Zeno Diemer
She is carrying too much sail for the conditions, but a nice painting even so.
#Ageofsail #Tallships #RoyalNavy
She is carrying too much sail for the conditions, but a nice painting even so.
#Ageofsail #Tallships #RoyalNavy
December 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Hermione
She is a replica of the 1779 32-gun French Navy frigate built at Rochefort that brought General La Fayette to America.
#FrenchNavy #Ageofsail #sea
She is a replica of the 1779 32-gun French Navy frigate built at Rochefort that brought General La Fayette to America.
#FrenchNavy #Ageofsail #sea
February 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The Hermione
She is a replica of the 1779 32-gun French Navy frigate built at Rochefort that brought General La Fayette to America.
#FrenchNavy #Ageofsail #sea
She is a replica of the 1779 32-gun French Navy frigate built at Rochefort that brought General La Fayette to America.
#FrenchNavy #Ageofsail #sea
Cochrane's famous recruitment poster for HMS PALLAS
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #LordCochrane #EarlOfDundonald
#AgeOfSail
#NapoleonicWars
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #LordCochrane #EarlOfDundonald
#AgeOfSail
#NapoleonicWars
December 7, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Cochrane's famous recruitment poster for HMS PALLAS
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #LordCochrane #EarlOfDundonald
#AgeOfSail
#NapoleonicWars
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #LordCochrane #EarlOfDundonald
#AgeOfSail
#NapoleonicWars
April 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM