The Navy Museum occupies the west wing of Jerónimos Monastery |
Anchor from the Age of Sail, Museu de Marinha |
Museu de Marinha |
Entrance to the Museu de Marinha - Navy Museum |
Prince Henry the Navigator (1394-1460) |
Infante Dom Henrique (1394-1460) |
Diogo Cão (1452-1486), Portuguese explorer during the Age of Discovery |
Stained Glass with Family Tree of Prince Henry the Navigator, son of King João I and Philippa of Lancaster |
World Map with the Portuguese Voyages of Discovery |
The Pope split the world between Portugal and Spain ca 22W |
Voyages of Discovery and Portuguese colonies in Asia |
Copy of Our Lady of the Valley, now in Ceuta |
Model of a late 14th C. Portuguese merchant ship |
Allegory of the School of Sagres, Prince Henry's legendary school of maritime exploration |
Portuguese explorers raising a stone marker on the coast of Africa |
King João II (1502-1557) launched the Portuguese Age of Discovery exploring the west coast of Africa |
King Manuel (1469-1521) reigned during the Golden Age of Portuguese Discovery |
Portuguese Caravelâo, a small lateen rigged vessel similar to a caravel |
Models of Portuguese ships from the Age of Discovery |
Carrack (Nau) São Gabriel, one of the ships of Vasco da Gama's fleet |
Portugal's Voyages of Discovery in the 15th C. |
Archangel St. Raphael, a relic of Vasco da Gaza's voyage to India (1497-99) |
Portable altar traditionally said to be from the São Gabriel on the maiden voyage to India |
Portuguese half-armor |
Early 16th C. Portuguese Galleon |
Map of Arabia, the Horn of Africa and the west coast of India |
Fortress of Diu, a Portuguese colony in India 1535-1961 |
Model of the Fortress of Diu, built in 1535 and rebuilt in 1547 |
Map of Diu, a Portuguese colony off the south coast of Gujarat, India |
Carrack - Nau Taforeia, warship used to transport horses |
D. Francisco de Almeida, First Viceroy of India (1505-1509) |
Afonso de Albuquerque, Governor of India (1509-1515) |
Commemorative Stone placed at Diu dedicated to the fortress' governor Captain Caetano Correa de Sá |
Armillary Sphere used for astronomical calculations |
Sculpture of Vasco da Gama by Maximiano Alves, ca 1930 |
Portuguese map of the Atlantic |
Cantino's Map of 1502 with the oldest representation of Brazil |
Detail of West Africa from Cantino's 1502 map |
Dutch globe from the workshop of Willem Jansz Blaeu, ca 1645 |
Globe of the Constellations |
Bronze Culverin naval gun believed to be from the galleon S. Nicolau, sunk in 1642 off Lourinha, Portugal |
Cutaway model of the Indiaman Madre de Deus, built in 1589 |
Carrack (Nau) Santa Cruz and the Miracle of St. Francis Xavier |
Model of a Portuguese ship from the Age of Discovery |
Mid-15th C. walnut chest with the crest of the Game Family |
Tapestry of Tournai commissioned by King Manuel ca 1520 |
Remains recovered from the wreck of a spice ship recovered from the Tagus River in 1996-97 |
24 pound battery gun from the Fort of São Lourenço, cast in Holland in 1737 |
24 pound battery gun from the Fort of São Lourenço, cast in Holland in 1737 |
1717 Naval Battle of Cape Matapan (Greece) against the Ottoman Empire |
44-gun frigate Ulysses (1792-1809), lost at sea near Cape Verde |
Detail of the ship Príncipe da Beira, 1774 |
Model of a mid-19th century frigate from Portugal's old Naval Academy |
Portuguese naval uniform of a 1st Pilot, 1806 |
Portuguese Midshipman's uniform, 1791 |
Mariner's compass made in Portugal by José Teixeira, 1755 |
Dom Domingos Xavier de Lina, 7th Marquês de Nisa, by Domenico Pellegrini, 1801 |
1814 Royal Naval Brigade uniforms of a Gunnery Officer and an Infantry Soldier |
1833 Naval Battle of Cabo de São Vicente between the Liberal and Absolutists fleets |
1833 Naval Battle of Cabo de São Vicente by Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, 1842 |
Admiral Napier aboard the ship "Rainha de Portugal" in Lisbon after his victory overt he Absolutist fleet by M. Yarwood, ca 1850 |
Weapons of the Portuguese Royal Naval Brigade, 1797-1837 |
Shackles from Portugal's Trans-Atlantic slave trade |
Model of the frigate "D. Fernando II e Glória" constructed in Portuguese India 1843, today a museum ship in Almada |
Model of the frigate "Rainha de Portugal" (1831-1851) |
Model of an 18th C. Portuguese warship under construction at Lisbon's Naval Arsenal |
Figurehead of the ship-of-the-line "Vasco da Game", launched in 1841 |
Figurehead of the ship-of-the-line "Vasco da Game", launched in 1841 |
Royal coat-of-arms from the Corvette "D. João" (1828-1874) |
Combined-Propulsion Corvette "Sagres", 1858-1898 |
Combined-Propulsion Corvette "Mindelo" (1875-1898) |
Combined-Propulsion ships were in use in the 2nd half of the 19th C. |
Uniforms of the Portuguese Marines, 1851 |
Mid 19th C. Portuguese naval uniforms |
Gunboat "Zaire", launched in Liverpool in 1884 for service in Africa and the Far East |
Manuel Francisco de Barros e Sousa de ..., 2nd Visconde de Santarém ( |
Cruiser "Adamastor", built at Livorno, Italy and delivered to Portugal in 1897 |
Figurehead of the cruiser "Adamastor" |
Model of the River Gunboat "Capello" built in the UK for service in Mozambique 1895-1908 |
Torpedo-Boat Number 2 (1886-1923) |
Naval School Ship "Sagres" (1916-1962) |
Models of submarines of the Portuguese Navy |
F475 Corvette "João Coutinho", launched in Germany in 1969, decommissioned in 2015 |
Frigate "Comandante Hermenegildo Capelo", launched in France in 1966, now an artificial reef in the Algarve |
"Vasco da Gama" class Frigate |
Museu de Marinha - Navy Museum |
Trawlers of the Portuguese fishing fleet - Marinha de Pesca |
Wood-hulled motor schooner "Santa Isabel", 1929 |
Offshore Fishing Steamer Vessel "Cabo Branco", 1916 |
Muleta do Barreiro, a traditional Portuguese fishing boat, Tagus River, by João Vaz |
Setúbal |
Royal Yacht "Amélia", the 5th of her name, built in 1900. |
King's Cabin on Royal Yacht "Amélia" (1900-1910) |
Queen's Cabin on Royal Yacht "Amélia" (1900-1910) |
Small fishing boats are displayed along the covered passage connecting the main museum with the royal barge pavilion |
Colorful Porguese fishing boat, Museu de Marinha |
Pavilhão das Galeotas - Royal Barge Pavilion |
The Small Barge of King João V, mid-18th C. |
The Small Barge of King João V, mid-18th C. |
The Small Barge of King João V, mid-18th C. |
The Small Barge of King João V, mid-18th C. |
Seaplane "Santa Cruz" - first crossing of the South Atlantic in 1922 from Lisbon to Brazil |
Grumman "Widgeon" |
Small fishing boat São João Baptista |
The 1780 Royal Brigantine propelled by 40 oars |
1780 Royal Brigantine last used in 1957 on the state visit of Queen Elizabeth II |
Royal Brigantine, 1780 |
Royal Brigantine, 1780 |
Royal Brigantine, 1780 |
Royal Brigantine, 1780 |
Museu de Marinha |