Historic Ships Network
Image Credits
Photographers, archives and licences behind the images on this site.
Ship Photographs
Most historic photographs in the Ship Registry come from Wikimedia Commons. Many are in the public domain; others are used under the Creative Commons licence named below. Each ship page also shows the credit for its photograph.
| Vessel | Author | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SS Savannah 1819 | Hunter Wood | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Royal William 1831 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Great Western 1837 | A. Robertson; Napoleon Sarony; Robinson, H. R. | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Sirius 1837 | George Atkinson Jnr | Public domain | Commons |
| SS British Queen 1839 | Josiah Wood Whymper / Thomas Abiel Prior | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Britannia 1840 | Charles E. Turner | Public domain | Commons |
| SS President 1840 | The_steam_ship_President.png : Unknown derivative work: Materialscientist ( talk ) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Great Britain 1843 | mattbuck ( category ) | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Pacific 1849 | Sam Walters | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Arctic 1850 | Edwin Weedon | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Baltic 1850 | N. Currier (company) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS City of Glasgow 1850 | Edward Duncan | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Amazon 1851 | London Illustrated News | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Arabia 1852 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Tayleur 1854 | John Raphael Isaac / After C. P. Williams | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Fulton 1855 | Endicott & Co. | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Persia 1856 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Adriatic (Collins) 1856 | Charles Parsons (1821-1910), published by Currier & Ives | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Austria 1857 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Scotia 1862 | GRUBBXDN ( talk ) | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Rhone 1865 | Gareth Richards | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| CS Minia 1866 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Ville du Havre 1866 | Collection French Liners | Public domain | Commons |
| Cutty Sark 1869 | Ethan Doyle White | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Abyssinia 1870 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Oceanic (I) 1870 | William Lionel Wyllie | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Parthia 1870 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Adriatic (I) 1871 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Atlantic (White Star) 1871 | Samuel Walters | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Baltic (I) 1871 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Celtic (I) 1872 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Republic (I) 1872 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS City of Chester 1873 | courtesy w:San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park , photographer not credited | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Bothnia 1874 | Unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Britannic (I) 1874 | John S. Johnston | Public domain | Commons |
| SS City of Berlin 1874 | John S. Johnston | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Utopia 1874 | Ms. Georgina Smith | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Germanic 1875 | John S. Johnston | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Scythia 1875 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Arizona 1879 | Source: MARINE ENGINEERING, Vol. II, September 1898, page 29; no author listed. | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Gallia 1879 | John S. Johnston | Public domain | Commons |
| SS City of Rome 1881 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Elbe 1881 | The Illustrated London News | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Norge 1881 | John S. Johnston | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Aurania 1882 | Unknown photographer of the time | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Valencia 1882 | Unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Sirio 1883 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS La Bourgogne 1886 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Saale 1886 | W. Sander & Sohn, Geestemunde | Public domain | Commons |
| SS City of New York 1888 | Unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| SS City of Paris (II) 1889 | Johnston, John S., photographer for the Detroit Publishing Company | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Teutonic 1889 | John S. Johnston | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Majestic (I) 1890 | A. [August] Loeffler (1865–1946), Tompkinsville, N.Y. | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Normannia 1890 | Detroit Photographic Company, Detroit, Michigan | Public domain | Commons |
| PS General Slocum 1891 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Fürst Bismarck 1891 | Fred Pansing | Public domain | Commons |
| SS La Touraine 1891 | John S. Johnston | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Naronic 1892 | Liverpool Printing and Stationary Company | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Campania 1893 | Unknown photographer of the time | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Lucania 1893 | Bain News Service, publisher | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Southwark 1893 | American Litho Co., N. Y. | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Birma 1894 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Kensington 1894 | American Litho Co., N. Y. | Public domain | Commons |
| SS St. Louis 1895 | Maritimequest | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Friedrich der Grosse 1896 | Wtr37 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Königin Luise 1896 | Aussie~mobs from Brisbane, Australia | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Leinster 1897 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 | A. [August] Loeffler (1865–1946), Tompkinsville, N.Y. | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Mesaba 1898 | Lionel Thomas Hills (Possibly 2 May 1873, Canterbury – 15 January 1951, Chatham ) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Pretoria 1898 | Detroit | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Oceanic (II) 1899 | Unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Graf Waldersee 1899 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Mont-Blanc 1899 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Deutschland 1900 | A. [August] Loeffler (1865–1946), Tompkinsville, N.Y. | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Frankfurt 1900 | Unknown (Life time: Unknown) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Ivernia 1900 | Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins (1847-1922) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Persia 1900 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Saxonia 1900 | Detroit Publishing Company | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Kronprinz Wilhelm 1901 | Anonymous Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Mount Temple 1901 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Suevic 1901 | Allan C. Green | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Blücher 1902 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Californian 1902 | Louis Ogden | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Hellig Olav 1902 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Moltke 1902 | Photo taken in 1917, now in the collection of U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (catalog no. NH 43547), public dom | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Cedric 1903 | Anonymous Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Republic (II) 1903 | White Star Line | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Canopic 1903 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Cretic 1903 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Eastland 1903 | Detroit Publishing Company | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Kaiser Wilhelm II 1903 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Republic (III) 1903 | White Star Line | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Carmania 1905 | Гевин Стюарт | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Caronia (I) 1905 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Amerika 1905 | Bain Photo Service | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Mendi 1905 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Empress of Britain (I) 1906 | Internet Archive Book Images | No restrictions | Commons |
| SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie 1906 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS La Provence 1906 | Antonio Jacobsen | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Nieuw Amsterdam (I) 1906 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Volturno 1906 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Afrique 1907 | Retirage photographique par Jean-Louis Venet | Public domain | Commons |
| SS President Lincoln 1907 | U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 41893 | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Principessa Jolanda 1907 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Ancona 1908 | The Evening World | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Keewatin 1908 | Cason ( talk · contribs ) @ en.wikipedia | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Laurentic 1908 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Principessa Mafalda 1908 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Rotterdam (IV) 1908 | Fred Pansing (1844-1912) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Waratah 1908 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Cleveland 1909 | Karl Lembke (1886–1917) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS George Washington 1909 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Lapland 1909 | Claes, Louis (fotograaf) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Megantic 1909 | Unknown author | CC0 | Commons |
| RMS Olympic 1911 | Paul Thompson | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Nomadic 1911 | Irid Escent | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Commons |
| SS Traffic 1911 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Titanic 1912 | Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart | Public domain | Commons |
| SS France (II) 1912 | Photographer for the Byron Company (New York, N.Y.) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Laconia (I) 1912 | Frank Braynard | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Princess Sophia 1912 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Vestris 1912 | Lamport & Holt Line Ltd | Public domain | Commons |
| TSS Earnslaw 1912 | trakesht ( talk ) | Attribution | Commons |
| SS Bergensfjord 1913 | Anders Beer Wilse | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Ceramic 1913 | Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons | No restrictions | Commons |
| SS Empress of Asia 1913 | Unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Kristianiafjord 1913 | Simplon Postcards | Public domain | Commons |
| HMHS Llandovery Castle 1914 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| MV Doulos 1914 | Jpatokal | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Belgenland 1914 | Harry J. Jansen | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Calgarian 1914 | SURGEON PARKES | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Cap Polonio 1914 | Alfred Jensen | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Cap Trafalgar 1914 | Willy Stöwer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Vaterland / SS Leviathan 1914 | Oswald Lübeck | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Tuscania 1915 | Photograph published in US in 1917, prior to 1923 copyright boundary. I have further received permission to use this pho | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Stavangerfjord 1918 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Scythia 1921 | B.& A., Feilden Blundellsands Liverpool | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| RMS Empress of Australia 1922 | Unknown author | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| RMS Homeric 1922 | Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Laconia (II) 1922 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Lancastria 1922 | This is an image from Flickr . The original author is Odin Rosenvinge. | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| RMS Samaria 1922 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Giulio Cesare (1922) 1922 | Non indicato | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Franconia (II) 1923 | Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons | No restrictions | Commons |
| SS Athenia 1923 | Johnston, C.M. (Part of the Clifford M. Johnston collection) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Conte Verde 1923 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Duilio 1923 | Unknown | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS General von Steuben 1923 | Fleischhut, Richard | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| SS Columbus (1924) 1924 | Unknown author | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| SS De Grasse 1924 | William Allen | CC0 | Commons |
| MS Gripsholm 1925 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Carinthia 1925 | Bain News Service, publisher | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Admiral Nakhimov 1925 | Leo Medvedev/Лев Леонидович Медведев | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Champollion 1925 | Syldauphine | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Hamburg 1926 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| MS Augustus 1927 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Arandora Star 1927 | Royal navy | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Île de France 1927 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| MS Kungsholm (III) 1928 | unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| MS Vulcania 1928 | Albertomos | Public domain | Commons |
| RMMV Oceanic 1928 | Ercoka | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| MS Milwaukee 1929 | Franz Grasser | Public Domain | Commons |
| RMS Britannic (III) 1929 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Empress of Japan (II) 1930 | unknown. from the collection of Matthews, James Skitt, Major (1878-1970) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Europa 1930 | Georg Pahl | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| HMT Empire Windrush 1931 | Royal Navy official photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Georgic 1931 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS L'Atlantique 1931 | Agence de presse Mondial Photo-Presse | Public domain | Commons |
| SS President Coolidge 1931 | Los Angeles Times | CC BY 4.0 | Commons |
| SS President Hoover 1931 | Robert Dollar (d. 1932) | Public domain | Commons |
| MS Georges Philippar 1932 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| MS Neptunia 1932 | Argentinos y la bandera | CC0 | Commons |
| SS Champlain 1932 | auteur inconnu | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Manhattan 1932 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Monterey 1932 | Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons | No restrictions | Commons |
| SS Rex 1932 | Daniela Tanzj e Andrea Bentivegna | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Lurline 1933 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Normandie 1935 | SS_Normandie_at_sea.jpg : Vick the Viking derivative work: Altair78 ( talk ) | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| SS Strathmore 1935 | Unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Orcades 1937 | National Library NZ on The Commons | No restrictions | Commons |
| MS Oslofjord 1938 | Hansen & Pedersen | PDM-owner | Commons |
| MV Wilhelm Gustloff 1938 | Sönnke, Hans | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| SS Nieuw Amsterdam (II) 1938 | Joop van Bilsen for Anefo | CC0 | Commons |
| MV Robert Ley 1939 | Haine | CC BY-SA 3.0 de | Commons |
| RMS Mauretania (II) 1939 | Marine Photo Service | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Pasteur 1939 | Marius Bar | Public domain | Commons |
| MV Goya 1940 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Queen Elizabeth 1940 | Wolfgang Fricke | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| SS America (II) 1940 | Dudley J. Berson | Public domain | Commons |
| PS Waverley 1947 | Robert Mason | CC0 | Commons |
| RMS Media 1947 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Parthia 1948 | Cunard Line | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Orcades (II) 1948 | PhillipC on Flickr | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| RMS Caronia 1949 | Oskar A. Johansen / Municipal Archives of Trondheim | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| SS Chusan 1950 | 35mmMan | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| SS Constitution 1951 | Trenor | CC BY 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Independence 1951 | American Export Lines; Centpacrr (Digital image) | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Flandre 1952 | Gordon Dalzell | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Uganda 1952 | Rabbe Sandelin | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Andrea Doria 1953 | Unknown photographer | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Antilles 1953 | auteur inconnu | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Arcadia 1954 | Ellen Morgan | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Orsova 1954 | Yvonne Thompson | CC BY-SA 2.0 | Commons |
| SS Southern Cross 1955 | John Ward | CC BY 4.0 | Commons |
| RMS Carinthia 1956 | Luis Miguel Correia | CC BY 4.0 | Commons |
| MS Gripsholm 1957 | Wolfgang Fricke | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| RMS Sylvania 1957 | Gordon Dalzell | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Ausonia 1957 | Carlo Martinelli | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Statendam 1957 | Gouwenaar | CC0 | Commons |
| RMS Pendennis Castle 1958 | Jim Evans | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Federico C. 1958 | Wolfgang Fricke | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| MV Bianca C. 1959 | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Rotterdam 1959 | Marczoutendijk | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| RMS Windsor Castle 1960 | Peter J. Fitzpatrick | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Leonardo da Vinci 1960 | Per source. Please credit "Family photos of Infrogmation" | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Oriana 1960 | Dashers at English Wikipedia | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Empress of Canada (III) 1961 | René Beauchamp | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Canberra 1962 | Dashers | Public domain | Commons |
| SS France / SS Norway 1962 | Nikolay Chekanov | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Northern Star 1962 | Unknown | Public domain | Commons |
| SS Galileo Galilei 1963 | John Ward | CC BY 4.0 | Commons |
| SS Guglielmo Marconi 1963 | Unknown author Unknown author The original uploader was Gaetano56 at Italian Wikipedia . | Public domain | Commons |
| MS Sagafjord 1965 | Wolfgang Fricke | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Oceanic (Home Lines) 1965 | MattiPaavola | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Commons |
| MS Kungsholm (IV) 1966 | Wolfgang Fricke | CC BY 3.0 | Commons |
| SS Eugenio C 1966 | Cartolina Costa Crociere. Original uploader was Ceppicone at Italian Wikipedia | Public domain | Commons |
| RMS Queen Mary 2 2004 | Oceanhistory46 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
Site Images
| Image | Author | Licence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homepage — RMS Titanic at Southampton | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| Homepage — SS United States (colorized) | Unknown author | Public domain | Commons |
| Homepage — SS Normandie at sea | scan original : Vick the Viking modification : O.Taris | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| Homepage — RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach | QueenMary'34 | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Commons |
| Homepage — SS France | foundin_a_attic | CC BY 2.0 | Commons |
| About — RMS Mauretania (1938) | Marine Photo Service | Public domain | Commons |
Historical Text
The “History” section on ship pages quotes the introduction of the corresponding English Wikipedia article, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article is linked on every page. Specifications are compiled from the same articles and from HSN research.
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