Credits

This site uses photos, prints and charts that their owners published under a free licence or that are in the public domain. Each entry gives the author, the licence and the page where we found the file. We did not change the images, except to resize and compress them for the web.

If you own one of these works and see an error, write to dmetalumnischolarship@gmail.com. We will correct it or remove the image.

Merchant ship at sea

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  Cargo ship at dusk (2014-12-09). Author: Ian Gratton. Licence: CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Container ship from the air (2012-08-26). Author: Wilfredor. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Cargo ship in a Mediterranean storm (2022). Author: Olivier Dugornay, Ifremer. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Ifremer, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Container ship in evening light (2015-09-18). Author: Paul Coueslant. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: geograph.org.uk, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  LNG carrier Gulf Energy (2023-05-20). Author: Gordon Leggett. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Kolkata and the Hooghly

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  Sunset over the Hooghly at Princep Ghat, Kolkata (2014-07-09). Author: Slyronit. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Calcutta harbour with steamers, about 1890 (about 1890). Author: Photoglob Co. (publisher). Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: published about 1890 (PD-old-70-1923). Source: Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Calcutta harbour with sailing ships, about 1890 (about 1890). Author: Photoglob Co. (publisher). Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: published about 1890 (PD-old-70-1923). Source: Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Shipping on the Hooghly at Calcutta, 1858 to 1861 (1858–1861). Author: Unknown photographer. Licence: CC0 (opens in a new tab). Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  A tanker on the Hooghly, Port of Kolkata (2013-11-07). Author: njanam92. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Nautical charts

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  Admiralty Chart 136: River Hooghly, Saugor Roads to Calcutta (1950 (new edition 1960)). Author: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: UK Crown copyright expired (PD-UKGov). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Admiralty Chart 655: Port of Bombay, 1958 (1958). Author: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office. Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: UK Crown copyright expired (PD-UKGov). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Chart of the northern Bay of Bengal, 1794 (1794). Author: Bartholomew Plaisted, John Ritchie and Benjamin Lacam, engraved by William Palmer. Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: published in 1794 (PD-France, PD-US-expired). Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Mumbai harbour

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  Bombay harbour and the Bunder pier, 1792 (1792). Author: James Wales. Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: the artist died in 1795 (PD-Art, PD-old). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Tanker Jag Pradip at Mumbai (2011-11-17). Author: Vaishak Kallore. Licence: CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  SCI Yamuna in Indira Dock, Mumbai (2023-11-07). Author: iMahesh. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Engine room

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  Two-stroke main engine of a feeder ship (2015-06-29). Author: Eduard47. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Crankcase doors of a two-stroke main engine (2015-06-29). Author: Eduard47. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  MAN B&W 5S50MC low-speed engine (2008). Author: Xtrememachineuk. Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: released by the author (PD-user). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Turbocharger of a main engine (2015-06-29). Author: Eduard47. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Marine engine crankshaft at an engine works (1994). Author: Erremm. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Engineers at work on a motor ship, 1935 (1935). Author: Willem van de Poll. Licence: CC0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Nationaal Archief, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Engine control room of a ferry (2014-09-06). Author: Roel Hemkes. Licence: CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Propellers

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  Propellers of RMS Olympic in dry dock, Belfast (1924). Author: Harland & Wolff (unknown photographer). Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: UK photograph of 1924 by an unknown author (PD-UK-unknown). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Workshop

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  Boring on a lathe (2016-07-23). Author: David English. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Machine shop on the icebreaker Suur Tõll (2008-10-13). Author: ezioman. Licence: CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Diesel engine class (unknown). Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Licence: Public domain (opens in a new tab). Public domain: work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (PD-USGov-FWS). Source: U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Sea and sky

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  Sunset over the Arabian Sea (2026-09-06). Author: Jyoti Chiring. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Brass instruments

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  Chadburn engine-room telegraph (2022-08-23). Author: Jules Verne Times Two. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Engine-room telegraph by A. Robinson & Co. (2015-06-10). Author: Boberger. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).
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  Brass pressure gauge (2018-12-31). Author: Joe Mabel. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Training ships

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  Sail training ship INS Tarangini (2007-07-13). Author: Wendy Schotsmans. Licence: CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Flickr, via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).

Garden Reach and Taratala

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  Garden Reach Shipbuilders, Kolkata (2024-11-28). Author: Soumava2002. Licence: CC0 (opens in a new tab). Source: Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab).