Telling the Story

Telling the Story

Ships of the Vizin-Florio family from Prčanj 1873. Author of the painting: Bazilije Ivanković

At MarisStella, we looked at our nautical heritage and wondered how they can be best shown to people who are attracted to the historic sailing ship era. We decided that the best way to do this is to show our readers the collection of paintings and photographs, to illustrate the history of the traders, seamen and sailors that began in the Adriatic Sea and from there spread across all the oceans of the world.

At MarisStella, we have amassed a collection of votive paintings and photographs of sailing ships of Istria, Kvarner, Dalmatia and Dubrovnik. Most of these ships were built during the heyday of shipbuilding along this coast during the 19th century. Many of images cannot be shown here due to copyright reasons, but we are happy to show those that are available.

Barque

Barque Industre, Constantinople 1815 – Trieste 1898. Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Coast, Rijeka. Author of the painting: Bazilije Ivanković

Barque Imperatrice Flisabetta Giuseppe Lay, Trieste 1864

Barque Tonka di Fiume, Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Coast, Rijeka

Barque Cainan. Shipowner: Pelješac Shipping Company 1867. Author of the painting: Bazilije Ivanković

Barque Rebus. Author of the painting: Bartol Ivanković, 1869

Barque Eber, built in 1870, 775 tons. Shipowner: Pelješac Maritime Society in Orebić. Commander and captain Merčević

Barque Grad Senj, 623 tons, Senj 1871

Barque Ban Mažuranić. Shipowner: Croatian Shipping Company in Bakar, Bakar 1874, 564 tons. Sank in 1895 in American waters

Barque Contessa Hilda, 1875

Barque Milan. Shipowner: Milinović brothers from Morinj, in 1875. Author of the painting: Bazilije Ivanković

Barque Bakran. Shipowner: Croatian Shipping Company in Bakar, Bakar 1878, 639 tons, captains Nikola Mikuličić and Martin Pavletić. On his way to the USA, near Marseille, it was hit by a hurricane on August 25 and 26, 1887

Barque Fiume E, 1881. Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Rijeka. Unknown artist

Barque Capricorno, 1883. Built in the Josip Bačić-Belac shipyard in Pećine in Rijeka. Author of the painting: Bazilije Ivanković

Barque Bark Undine 1884, 796 tons. Shipowner: M. Iveta from Trpanj. Commander and captain in 1893 B. Sinković . Author of the painting: B. Nemy

Barque Conte Geza Szapary. Shipowner: The Cosulich family. Author of the painting: Bartol Ivanković 1892

Barque Trojednica. Kvarner, mid 19th century

Barque Leone. Author of the painting: Bazilije Ivanković

Barque Flora. Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Rijeka

The Full Rigged Ship

The full rigged ship Imperatrice Elisabetta, 1875, 2500 tons

The full rigged ship Danica. Shipowner: Bjelovučić's cousin from Pelješac. Author of the painting: B. Ivanković

The full rigged ship Podesta Bazzoni. Shipowner: L. Premuda from Rovinj. Author of the painting: B. Ivanković

The full rigged ship Francesco Giuseppe I, 1882