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"Sunk: Tales of Triumph and Tragedy on the High Seas" RMS Carpathia, 1903: A heroic vessel that rose to the occasion, rescuing survivors from the ill-fated Titanic

Background imageSunk Collection: 'Sur la Cote Albanaise, a Saint-Jean-De-Medua; Transports torpilles en rade. 1916

'Sur la Cote Albanaise, a Saint-Jean-De-Medua; Transports torpilles en rade. 1916. Creator: Samson Tchernoff
Sur la Cote Albanaise, a Saint-Jean-De-Medua; Transports torpilles en rade, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII

Background imageSunk Collection: Sur le Front; nous avons montre, dans un precedent numero, une 'bonne tranchee'... 1915

Sur le Front; nous avons montre, dans un precedent numero, une "bonne tranchee"... 1915. Creator: Unknown
Sur le Front; nous avons montre, dans un precedent numero, une "bonne tranchee" de premiere ligne; voici, par contraste, un "mauvais boyau" en Artois; il y a d'ailleurs

Background imageSunk Collection: Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, 1862. Creator: Unknown

Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Raising the iron ship Ganges, sunk in the Thames off Shadwell, [London], 1862. The Ganges was...an iron ship of nearly a thousand tons burden...The accident happened just opposite the Shadwell

Background imageSunk Collection: Sinkingss Athenia Struck Torpedo German Submarine

Sinkingss Athenia Struck Torpedo German Submarine
The sinking of the S.S. Athenia, 3 September 1939. Struck by a torpedo from a German submarine, she was the first ship to be sunk in WWII. From The War in Pictures, First Year

Background imageSunk Collection: Porto Arturo Naval Battles (Colour Litho)

Porto Arturo Naval Battles (Colour Litho)
2798769 Porto Arturo Naval Battles (Colour Litho) by Japanese School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Naval fighting in Porto Arturo)

Background imageSunk Collection: Where to go?

Where to go?
Izidor Gasperlin

Background imageSunk Collection: Our Top-Heavy Navy - A Roost for Useless Birds, illustrated in Puck magazine, March 2

Our Top-Heavy Navy - A Roost for Useless Birds, illustrated in Puck magazine, March 2, 1881 (colour litho)
NYH192702 Our Top-Heavy Navy - A Roost for Useless Birds, illustrated in Puck magazine, March 2, 1881 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

Background imageSunk Collection: HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer

HMAS Yarra - River-Class Torpedo Destroyer
Royal Australian Navy - HMAS Yarra / HMS Yarra, a River-Class Torpedo Destroyer, making way at speed, on the River Clyde during manufacturers trials in 1910. Yarra was built by William Denny & Bros

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageSunk Collection: The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales, 1941

The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales, 1941
The destruction of HMS Prince of Wales by Japanese aircraft and torpedoes near Kuantan, off the east coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941

Background imageSunk Collection: George V inspecting Roman galley unearthed in London 1912

George V inspecting Roman galley unearthed in London 1912
George V and Queen Mary inspecting the only Roman boat to be found in Britain during a visit to the London Museum. The galley was unearthed in London on the site of the new County Hall

Background imageSunk Collection: The HMT Royal Edward, c1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

The HMT Royal Edward, c1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The HMT Royal Edward, c1915, (c1920). The British Transport Royal Edward, sunk by a German submarine in the Aegean, with a loss of over 1000 lives, August 14, 1915

Background imageSunk Collection: The sinking of the SS Arabic, First World War, 19 August 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

The sinking of the SS Arabic, First World War, 19 August 1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The sinking of the SS Arabic, First World War, 19 August 1915, (c1920). Germanys Submarine War: the torpedoing of the outward-bound White Star Liner Arabic off the Irish coast

Background imageSunk Collection: Boat wreck at Carbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Boat wreck at Carbost, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Background imageSunk Collection: An old sunken boat in Loch Harport, Isle of Skye, Scotland

An old sunken boat in Loch Harport, Isle of Skye, Scotland

Background imageSunk Collection: Scapa Flow, sunk German battle ship

Scapa Flow, sunk German battle ship

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Glorious 77

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Courageous 50

HMS Courageous 50
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy

Background imageSunk Collection: WW2 - HMS Rawalpindi

WW2 - HMS Rawalpindi
A photograph of HMS Rawalpindi, a British armed merchant cruiser which was sunk in action fighting German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during WW2. Date: circa 1942

Background imageSunk Collection: Band Pavilion and Sunk Garden, Littlehampton, Sussex

Band Pavilion and Sunk Garden, Littlehampton, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Background imageSunk Collection: The Sunk Gardens, Clacton on Sea, Essex

The Sunk Gardens, Clacton on Sea, Essex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageSunk Collection: Sunk Gardens, Brighton, Sussex

Sunk Gardens, Brighton, Sussex - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Ark Royal (91)

HMS Ark Royal (91)
Royal Navy - HMS Ark Royal (91), fleet aircraft carrier, seen in November 1938 during sea trials. Ark Royal was commissioned on 16 December 1938 and sunk by U-81 on 14 November 1941. Date: 1938

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Courageous

HMS Courageous
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous (pennant number 50'), in August 1938. HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageSunk Collection: Canadian Pacific Railway - Minton ceramic dinner plate

Canadian Pacific Railway - Minton ceramic dinner plate, believed to be from the RMS Empress of Ireland. The present owner fully restored the plate, removing the corrosion built up when in the water

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Gladiator

HMS Gladiator
Royal Navy - HMS Gladiator, an Arrogant-class, 2nd class cruiser. (Completed April 1899, sunk 25 April 1908) Date: circa 1900

Background imageSunk Collection: Seaside donkey pulling a car across Block Island beach, USA

Seaside donkey pulling a car across Block Island beach, USA
A superb photographic postcard showing a Seaside donkey pulling (a pretty stuck-looking!) car acoss a sandy beach at Block Island

Background imageSunk Collection: RMS Lusitania - musical score, plate and bowl

RMS Lusitania - musical score, plate and bowl
RMS Lusitania - musical score The Lusitania Waltz by Ezra Read, In Memoriam ceramic plate showing Lusitania with the words Torpedoed 7th May 1915, and a bowl depicting the Lusitania/Mauretania

Background imageSunk Collection: RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence

RMS Lusitania - Archibald correspondence
RMS Lusitania - archive of correspondence relating to the sinking of the Lusitania. The letters date from 18 May 1915 and relate to a painting by Rubens, The Holy Family

Background imageSunk Collection: RMS Titanic - Raise the Titanic film

RMS Titanic - Raise the Titanic film Date: 1980

Background imageSunk Collection: Shipwreck of P&O Oceana

Shipwreck of P&O Oceana
The masts of the P&O liner ??Oceania?. It sunk above the water six miles south east of Eastbourne. It was run into by the German ship ??Pisaqua?. Date: 1912

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Aboukir, British Cressy class armoured cruiser

HMS Aboukir, British Cressy class armoured cruiser, launched 1900, sunk by German U boat in September 1914

Background imageSunk Collection: Haden Hill Coal Pits, Staffordshire

Haden Hill Coal Pits, Staffordshire
A typical Black Country coal mine. Sunk in 1893 by the Draycott Colliery Co, the colliery was originally known as the Klondyke and finally closed in 1943 Date: circa 1910

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Seagull, minesweeper

HMS Seagull, minesweeper
HMS Seagull was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat, converted to be a minesweeper. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888-1891

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier

HMS Courageous, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, an aircraft carrier, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World

Background imageSunk Collection: HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier

HMS Courageous - Fleet aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous, a Courageous-class battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by First Sea Lord John Fisher

Background imageSunk Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Cruiser Baleares

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Cruiser Baleares, ship of the nationalist side sunk by the republican fleet in March 1938. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Navy Museum

Background imageSunk Collection: Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

Background imageSunk Collection: Republican Submarine B. 6 off Corunna; Spanish Civil War, 1

Republican Submarine B. 6 off Corunna; Spanish Civil War, 1
Photograph showing the Republican Government's submarine B.6 on the surface, viewed from the deck of the Nationalist cruiser Velasco, off Corunna, 10th September 1936

Background imageSunk Collection: BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1914

BIRTH CERTIFICATE 1914
A 1941 copy of a birth certificate from 1914. Alan Sanderson went missing presumed dead when his ship was sunk in World War Two. Date: 1941

Background imageSunk Collection: Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1

Cartoon, Disenchantment, WW1
Cartoon, Disenchantment. The old ones are no fun, they die too quickly, muses a German U-boat commander. Date: 1916

Background imageSunk Collection: SPANISH SUB SUNK NR GIB

SPANISH SUB SUNK NR GIB
NAVAL WARFARE Nationalists sink a Republican submarine near Gibraltar. Date: 1936

Background imageSunk Collection: The Astrid Goes Aground

The Astrid Goes Aground
Alan Mahon

Background imageSunk Collection: Dassault-Breguet HU-25B Guardian 2111

Dassault-Breguet HU-25B Guardian 2111
United States Coast Guard - Dassault-Breguet HU-25B Guardian 2111 (MSN 413), of CGAS Corpus Christi, (Hulk sunk as artificial reef off North Carolina 3 May 2006) Date: circa 2000

Background imageSunk Collection: Divers Bring Up Corpses From Liban Steam Shipwrecked Near Marseille (colour litho)

Divers Bring Up Corpses From Liban Steam Shipwrecked Near Marseille (colour litho)
2798679 Divers Bring Up Corpses From Liban Steam Shipwrecked Near Marseille (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageSunk Collection: A macabre discovery at the bottom of the sea (colour litho)

A macabre discovery at the bottom of the sea (colour litho)
2808835 A macabre discovery at the bottom of the sea (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: A macabre discovery at the bottom of the sea)

Background imageSunk Collection: Deep sea diver using salvage equipment on the seabed (litho)

Deep sea diver using salvage equipment on the seabed (litho)
5997210 Deep sea diver using salvage equipment on the seabed (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Deep sea diver using salvage equipment on the seabed)

Background imageSunk Collection: Tunneling, Shaft 21 at Kings Bridge, NY, in the line of the New Aqueduct for the City of New York

Tunneling, Shaft 21 at Kings Bridge, NY, in the line of the New Aqueduct for the City of New York (engraving)
5207141 Tunneling, Shaft 21 at Kings Bridge, NY, in the line of the New Aqueduct for the City of New York (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tunneling)



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"Sunk: Tales of Triumph and Tragedy on the High Seas" RMS Carpathia, 1903: A heroic vessel that rose to the occasion, rescuing survivors from the ill-fated Titanic. The Redoutable at Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 (oil on canvas): Witnessing history unfold as this mighty warship played a pivotal role in one of Britain's greatest naval victories. Warship HMS Hood: A symbol of British naval power tragically lost during World War II, reminding us of the sacrifices made for freedom. Bismarck, German battleship, WW2: The relentless pursuit and ultimate sinking of this formidable war machine marked a turning point in naval warfare. Jules Verne's Nautilus submarine, artwork: Imagining the wonders hidden beneath the waves aboard Captain Nemo's legendary vessel. The ship Kapunda, 1887: Exploring maritime mysteries as we delve into the story behind this sunken treasure lost to time. Loss of HMS Courageous by G. H Davis: Honoring those who perished aboard this valiant ship during World War I – their sacrifice shall never be forgotten. German propaganda poster - U Boote Heraus. , WW1: Unveiling Germany's deadly submarines that wreaked havoc upon Allied forces during World War I. HMS Jervis Bay, armed merchant cruiser - WW2: Paying tribute to bravery against overwhelming odds as this lone defender fought gallantly until her final moments. HMS Indefatigable - Battle of Jutland - WW1: Remembering those who served with unwavering courage amidst chaos and carnage in one of history's largest naval battles. SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 1900 : Reflecting on an era when opulent luxury liners ruled the seas, until tragedy struck this majestic vessel.