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The ClipArt gallery of Miscellaneous Ship Illustrations offers 143 views of nautical tools and instruments, rigging, ship ornament, and practices.

"The sextant, an instrument of reflection used by navigators for measuring the altitudes of heavenly bodies."—Finley, 1917

Sextant

"The sextant, an instrument of reflection used by navigators for measuring the altitudes of heavenly…

A ship with its sailors at the maintop.

Ship

A ship with its sailors at the maintop.

"The following cut represents a ship with its rudder. The pole by which it is fastened to the ship's side is the <em>clavus</em>." &mdash; Anthon, 1891

Ship with rudder

"The following cut represents a ship with its rudder. The pole by which it is fastened to the ship's…

A ship wreck with men trying to repair or salvage parts. One man rests on a rock, staring at a panel. Others work in the background. A large bird is perched on the ship.

Ship Wreck

A ship wreck with men trying to repair or salvage parts. One man rests on a rock, staring at a panel.…

"Diagram of Ship's Bow. B, bowsprit; F, forecastle; F', forecastle-deck; L, lower deck; M, main deck or spar-deck; S, stem." -Whitney, 1911

Diagram of Ship's Bow

"Diagram of Ship's Bow. B, bowsprit; F, forecastle; F', forecastle-deck; L, lower deck; M, main deck…

A cross-section of a ship.

Section of a ship

A cross-section of a ship.

A war ship with a high poop deck.

War Ship

A war ship with a high poop deck.

"The shipwright's axe." &mdash; Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Shipwrights Axe

"The shipwright's axe." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

"Nautically, a block with two sheaves, whose axes are at right angles to each other, used for the buntlines of the courses." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Shoe Block

"Nautically, a block with two sheaves, whose axes are at right angles to each other, used for the buntlines…

"Nautical, one of a pair of hooks working on the same axis and fitting closely together: much used about a ship's rigging. Also clip-hook, clove-hook." —Whitney, 1889

Sister Hooks - Closed and Open

"Nautical, one of a pair of hooks working on the same axis and fitting closely together: much used about…

"A small sail hoisted against the foremast forward of the galley-funnel when a ship rides head to wind, to give the smoke of the galley an opportunity to rise, and to prevent it from being blown aft to the quarter-deck." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Smoke Sail

"A small sail hoisted against the foremast forward of the galley-funnel when a ship rides head to wind,…

"A becket fitted round a boat's mast with an eye to hold the lower end of the sprit which is used to extend the sail. a, sprit with the lower end in the snotter, b." —Whitney, 1889

Snotter

"A becket fitted round a boat's mast with an eye to hold the lower end of the sprit which is used to…

A sounding machine on a cable steamer.

Sounding Machine

A sounding machine on a cable steamer.

"To carry the sounding wire to great depths a heavy weight is need. It can not be drawn up again, and is therefore so arranged as to disconnect itself at the bottom." -Gilbert, 1910

Sounding Wire Weight

"To carry the sounding wire to great depths a heavy weight is need. It can not be drawn up again, and…

"G, G, garboard strakes; F, frame, K, keel. Nautical, the first range or strake of planks laid on a ship's bottom next the keel. Also called ground-strake." -Whitney, 1911

Garboard Strake

"G, G, garboard strakes; F, frame, K, keel. Nautical, the first range or strake of planks laid on a…

A ship's spar extending perpendicularly downward from the cap of the bowspirit, and serving to support the jin&mdashboom my means of the martingale&mdashstays.

Dolphin Striker

A ship's spar extending perpendicularly downward from the cap of the bowspirit, and serving to support…

Making up rafts on the Susquehanna River. A scene on the line of the Erie Railroad.

Susquehanna River

Making up rafts on the Susquehanna River. A scene on the line of the Erie Railroad.

"To measure the depth of; fathom; try or test, as the depth of water and the quality of the ground, by sinking a plummet or lead attached to a line on which is marked the number of fathoms...a and b, arms pivoted to c; d, lead, which is attached to a stem at the top of which is a crosspiece. When the arms are raised into the position shown in A, the crosspiece engages them and holds them in that position till the lead strikes the bottom; they are then released, and fall into the position show in B. The cups (shown in the cuts), on closing, scoop up a specimen of the bottom." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Taselli's Sounding Apparatus with Cups Opened and Closed

"To measure the depth of; fathom; try or test, as the depth of water and the quality of the ground,…

A captain yelling at a stowaway found on his ship.

The Stowaway

A captain yelling at a stowaway found on his ship.

An illustration of a steamboat torch-basket.

Steamboat Torch-basket

An illustration of a steamboat torch-basket.

A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

Small Tugboat

A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

A United States Navy cruiser; Wampanoag.

Wampanoag

A United States Navy cruiser; Wampanoag.

A yawl, which is a two mast sailing craft.

Yawl

A yawl, which is a two mast sailing craft.