Naval battles

Date: 1886

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-04-29

Date: 1707

From: Artist unknown :[Battle scenes from the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1704 and 1707]

Reference: B-011-032

Description: Depicts the bombardment of the French naval port of Toulon which took place on 21 August 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Shows ships close to the town firing their cannons. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 348 x 455 mm

Date: 1708

From: Artist unknown :[Battle scenes from the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1704 and 1707]

Reference: B-011-028

Description: Shows naval battle scene with a galleon sinking in the foreground and men clinging to pieces of wreckage; another has been dismasted while the remaining are engaged in battle. Posiedon is shown in the lower righthand side surveying the scene being enacted before him. In 1708 Commodore Wagner with a small squadron attacked a fleet of galleons on their way from Port Bello to Carthagena. The Spanish admiral's ship the San Josef blew up with a cargo on board 700,000 pounds in gold and silver, with only seventeen men being saved [Source: How Britannia came to rule the waves by W H G Kingston (1814-1886). Chapter XII] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 332 x 454 mm

Date: 1704

From: Artist unknown :[Battle scenes from the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1704 and 1707]

By: Rayner, William, active 1700s

Reference: B-011-029

Description: Depicts the Battle of Malaga fought on 13 Aug 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Shows the naval battle with cannon balls in the air, galleons on fire, one being blown to pieces, survivors in the water (some clinging to wreckage). In the foreground there are men in rowboats, with those on the right in close combat firing at each other with guns. The British flagship is on the right. The Anglo-Dutch Commander-in-chief was Sir George Rooke and his Franco-Spanish counterpart was the Comte de Toulose (son of Louis XIV). Other Titles - The Battle of Malaga Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 344 x 470 mm

Date: 1705

From: Artist unknown :[Battle scenes from the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1704 and 1707]

Reference: B-011-030

Description: Depicts the seige of Barcelona which took place on 20 October 1705, during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Shows ships close to the quay firing their cannons at a large armed crowd. In the foreground men are firing on each other from rowboats. Earl of Peterborough lead English & Dutch troops in Spain. He was created sole commander of the land forces in April 1705 and joint commander with Sir Cloudesley Shovell of the fleet on 1 May. He arrived at Lisbon on 20 June 1705 and sailed for Barcelona in August 1705 on an expedition for the conquest of Catalonia and began to beseige the town. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 335 x 465 mm

Date: 1886

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

By: Wells, Josiah Robert, 1849-1897

Reference: A-248-042

Description: Four views on one sheet, two showing explosions in the water, one showing mine-layers, the lowest view showing the Orontes from the front with other vessels Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 315 x 232 mm

Date: 1770 - 1780

Reference: B-015-016

Description: Three-quarter length standing frontal portrait of Sir Edward Hawke, dressed in a curled wig and his Admiral's uniform, a telescope in his right hand, with a background of a naval battle Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Mezzotint engraving, 350 x 251 mm (platemark) on sheet 428 x 293 mm

Date: 1886

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

By: Wells, Josiah Robert, 1849-1897

Reference: A-248-043

Description: Two views on one sheet, the upper view showing H. M. S. Colossus from the bow with an explosion near the stern, the lower view showing the shooting of a large torpedo Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 315 x 232 mm

Date: 1770

By: Cleveley, John, 1747-1786

Reference: A-016-010

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 6 x 10.5 ins

Date: 1705

From: Artist unknown :[Battle scenes from the War of the Spanish Succession. Between 1704 and 1707]

Reference: B-011-031

Description: Depicts the Seige of Gibraltar which took place on 20 March 1705, during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714). Shows naval battle taking place close to the town. Other Titles - Seige of Gibraltar Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 353 x 460 mm

Date: 1891

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

Reference: A-248-005

Description: A broadside view of the HPMS Limpopo and the Agnes, with The Shark and HPMS Tamega in the distance on the right. The title continues `My sketch shows the position one minute after the Tamega fired the first shot; the Limpopo full of armed men has been run up alongside the Agnes, and is threatening her with a quick-firing shell-gun on her bow - From Sir John Willoughy's letter'. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 221 x 301 mm

Date: 1886

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations of ships and naval actions]. - London [chiefly Illustrated London news, ca 1850]-1911

By: Wells, Josiah Robert, 1849-1897

Reference: A-248-044

Description: Shows a naval exercise in 1886, with H.M.S. Devastation in the right foreground, other ships in the middle distance to the left Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 232 x 315 mm

Date: 1939-1940, 1943

By: Pinkney, Frank, 1901?-1943

Reference: PAColl-9762

Description: Photographs of the Battle of the River Plate, collected by Royal Marine Frank Pinkney (d 1943), who served on HMNZS Achilles. Includes: photographs of HMNZS Achilles taken on board showing non-combat activities, photographs of damage to HMNZS Achilles, and portraits of the HMNZS Achilles; photographs of the heavily damaged HMS Exeter after the Battle of the River Plate; photographs of German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, including full portraits, closer views showing damage, as well as a series of images showing it burning soon after scuttling and in various stages of sinking; photographs of Captain Langsdorff participating in funeral proceedings in Montevideo, wider views of the funeral proceedings of German casualties in Montevideo, and marshalling of German servicemen for internment in Buenos Aires; views of the public welcome to crew of HMNZS Achilles in Auckland, and a portrait of Frank Pinkney on a farm near Matamata with another Royal Marine named Lennard John Fowler wearing the uniform of a corporal Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographs Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Book Collections - NZRSA Review special commemorative issue, THe King's Navy, Life in New Zealand (1939-1950), Battle of the River Plate - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Cap badge of Marine Pinkney of HMS Achilles.

Date: 1797

By: Edy, J W, active 1797

Reference: C-015-015

Description: A naval battle between the Spanish and English, off Cape St Vincent, Portugal. Guns are blazing from ships, and some ships are on fire. Shows and names the ships San Isidro, Excellent, Salvador del Mundo, Victory, San Nicholas, San Josef, Captain and Irresistible Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint 185 x 272 mm (trimmed)

Date: 12 - 13 September 2005

By: New Zealand. Defence Force; Hogben, George Lawrence, 1916-

Reference: OHColl-1512-01

Description: An interview with George Hogben. Speaks of his appointment as a Rhodes Scholar in 1938. Describes his experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Mentions his involvement with the hunt for 'Bismark' and his time serving on 'HMS Sheffiled' during the Battle of the Barents Sea. Interviewed by Denis Fairfax, who published an article about Hogben in Headmark, September 2009. Title supplied by Library. Interviewer(s) - Denis Fairfax, Commander Royal New Zealand Navy (RTD). Location - Soyans, France. Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 Interview(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - awaiting description.. Search dates: 12/09/2005 - 13/09/2005

Date: 1999

By: Druett, Ronald John, 1934-

Reference: A-025-001

Description: Shows a shipboard scene below deck, in a smoky atmosphere, where four bare chested men are operating a ship's cannon while an officer gives orders. At the left, a robed helper lifts away the slumped body of a fifth man. One man is about to light the fuse of the cannon. There is another smoking cannon in the background. The initials ASMA after the artist's name, stand for American Society of Marine Artists. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated]; Verso - top left - [Title] Quantity: 1 acrylic(s). Physical Description: Acrylic on board, 255 x 308 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist, Wellington, in 2008.

Date: ca 1815

From: Hall, Thomas Donald Horn, 1885-1971 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9472-03

Description: Two undated, but early, letters referring to the battle between the United States ship President and HMS Endymion during the War of 1812. Addressed to Mrs P Davis, Tauranga, with a cryptic reference to `case of George Clark Esq'. Accompanied by illustrations of the engagement Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1932

Reference: B-022-006

Description: A naval battle between sailing ships, possibly from the Napoleonic Wars Edition of 40 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 152 x 188 mm (platemark) on sheet 358 x 298 mm

Date: 1886

By: Fodor, George Ferdinand, 1860?-1930

Reference: B-034-003

Description: Shows 5 scenes depicting a sham naval attack on Oamaru, 24th April 1886. Shows torpedo boats in the harbour and the steamships; - Ohau, Plucky, Beautiful Star, Hinemoa, and Hawea. The scenes are arranged with an oval more distant view in the centre, ringed with a piece of rope, and four closer rectangular views around the edges, inlcuding towering explosions underwater Supplement to: N.Z. Public Opinion. Dunedin, 1st May, 1886 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 279 x 419 mm