In the second half of the 16th century a series of economic, political, and religious circumstances created tensions in the relations between England and Spain. Protestant England came into direct confrontation with Catholic Spain; Elizabeth I of England had been excommunicated by Pope Pius V in 157...

The Titania, was a composite hulled "tea clipper" built by by Robert Steele & Co. in Greenock, Scotland in 1866 that had a long and storied career. The Titania, was one of these splendid British clippers and was launched on November 26, 1866. At her launchings, she measured in length, ...

“Konung Carl”, a ship of the line armed with 108 cannons and was one of the few three deckers made for the Swedish navy. Also known as "Carolus Rex". “Konung Karl” built in 1694 built by Charles Sheldon at the Karlskrona shipyard. named after King Carl, she was 54m (177ft) in length at the...

HMS Montague was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 August 1779 at Chatham Dockyard. The second ship of the Royal Navy, named after the Dukes of Montagu. Participated in the American War of Independence. Was at Cape Finisterre and in the Battle of Moonlight, at Ma...

Poltava (Russian: Полтава) was a 54-gun ship of the line of the Russian Navy that was launched on 15 June 1712 from Saint Petersburg. The ship was named after an important for Russia victory over the Swedish Empire in the Battle of Poltava and became the first battleship laid down and built at the S...

USS Chesapeake, a 36-gun heavy frigate of 1244 tons, was built at the Gosport Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, Virginia. Launched at the Gosport Navy Yard on 2 December 1799. Commissioned during the first part of 1800, she operated off the southern United States and in the West Indies during the Quasi-War ...

HMS Bellerophon, known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. A third-rate of 74 guns, she was launched in 1786. Bellerophon served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. She fought in three fl...

HMS Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She saw service in the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and fought in many of the major naval battles of those conflicts. She is remembered as being Nelson's favourite ship, and was...

Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov (24 February 1745 – 14 October 1817) was a Russian naval commander and admiral. He is notable for winning every engagement he participated in as the admiral of the Russian fleet, and is regarded as one of the most capable naval commanders of Russia of all time. Until the a...

SENYAVIN D.N. - Russian naval commander (1863) Senyavin D. N.Dmitry Nickolaevich Senyavian was born in a noble family on August,6, 1763 in Konlevo village of the Kaluga gubernia (province).After finishing the Naval Corps in 1777 he served on the ships of the Baltic Navy in the rank of naval cadet. I...

Count Nikolai Semenovich Mordvinov ( 1 [12] May 1755 [2] , St. Petersburg - 30 March [ 11 April ] 1845 [3] , ibid.) - Russian naval and statesman, son of Admiral S. I. Mordvinova , one of the organizers of the Black Sea Fleet , chairman of the Black Sea Admiralty Board (1792–1799), first naval minis...

HMS Tremendous (His Majesty's Ship Tremendous) is a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line . The only Royal Navy ship named HMS Tremendous . Third ship of the Ganges class . Laid down in August 1782 . Launched on 30 October 1784 at Barnard's private shipyard in Deptford . It belonged to the so-called “r...

Tigre (1793) was a 74-gun French Temeraire -class battleship . She was launched on May 8, 1793 at the shipyard in Brest . The ship was commissioned in August 1793 under the command of Captain Pierre Van Stabel. In November of the same year, Van Stabel was promoted to rear admiral, raised his flag on...

The stamp image is based on a painting by artist Antoine Roux: “Themis with Santa Ana in tow in the aftermath of the Battle of Trafalgar.” On the stamp, “Themis” is mistakenly called “Santa Ana” Santa Ana was a 112-gun three-decker ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, built to plans drawn by engine...

1.Portrait of Admiral Samuil Grei. 2. Chesme battle in the night of June 25-26, 1770, by Ivan Aivazovsky. Samuel Greig -Vice-Admiral was a Scottish-born Russian admiral who distinguished himself in the Battle of Chesma (1770) and the Battle of Hogland (1788). His son Alexey Greig also made a spectac...