Spectacular Photos Of Ship Figureheads From Around The World

Figurehead of the USS Lancaster
HMS Unicorn close up

standard Royal Naval lion figurehead from a small warship
Latrine figure - figurehead on a sailing ship. The figure was placed on the latrine (overhang at the bow of a sailing ship)
Viking Figurehead


This circa-1860 sailing ship's figurehead is part of the Museum of History & Industry's collection.
Sailing Ship Europa Figure Head
This early 19th century carved wooden ship figurehead in the form of a Federal Eagle that sold for $40,250.


Fragata Libertad

This figurehead is from the clipper ship "America." She was built in 1874 at Quincy, Massachusetts by Deacon George Thomas.



Ship's-figure-head--Africa









from the Christian Radich, built in 1937 for the Oslo Sail Training
Viking
Viking
Various Dutch and Russian figureheads from 1739-1741
pirate ship figurehead
pirate ship
The Kalmar Nyckel (Key of Kalmar), Dutch-built ship that carried Swedish settlers to America in1638.






Thailand Figureheads from royal family

Golden haired female figurehead on ships prow , Brest 2008 Maritime Festival , Brittany , France


King Neptune (middle image), figurehead of HMS Ajax, which was built in 1809 and featured in many engagements during the lengthy conflict with Napoleon (below right):

life-size cardboard pirate ship with cardboard figurehead




This figurehead came from m/s Bonanza which served on the Fred Olsen North Pacific services. She had a sister ship Buffalo which had a figurehead of Buffalo.



Replica of the Viking Ship "Hugin"
A figurehead on a sailing ship from the second half of the 19th century, shipwreck



The figurehead may be from a late 19th century merchant ship, but wearing historic costume.
figurehead of HMS 'Harlequin' , a 16-gun brig-sloop built at Pembroke Dock in 1836

figurehead of the brigantine 'Bessie Whineray' 


HMS 'Anson', a 64-gun third-rate built at Plymouth Dockyard in 1781 but reduced to a 44-gun ship in 1794
figurehead of HMS 'Bulldog', a wooden paddle sloop of 1124 tons, built at Chatham Dockyard in 1844-45
Figurehead of HMS 'Blenheim', a 74-gun third rate warship built at Deptford Dockyard in 1813

It comes from a four-masted iron barque which, quite literally, struck the Bishop Rock lighthouse early one summer evening in 1901.
from the wooden Genoese barque 'Indipendenza', lost off Scilly in 1881
Figurehead of HMS 'Seringapatam' a 46-gun fifth-rate (frigate) built for the Navy in India, at Bombay Dockyard, in 1819



*French Battleship Brennus,1896


figurehead from the American broadside

figurehead depicting Martha Washington, George Washington's wife










HMS Gannet






Cabin Boy! 



Figurehead from HMS Marlborough
Figurehead on the Galeón Santísima Trinidad


Figureheads On A Reed Boat






from the Royal Museum in Bangkok











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