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HMS LION AND THE 1ST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON , 1914

HMS LION AND THE 1ST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON , 1914

Provenance: formerly the property of the fifth Earl Howe the original is now owned by Michael French Esq A windy […]

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H M YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT, SOLENT, 1911

H M YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT, SOLENT, 1911

There are welcome signs that the morning mist is beginning to lift and the sun is making an attempt to […]

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HMS Repulse Off Rio de Janeiro, September 1922 – MP216

HMS Repulse Off Rio de Janeiro, September 1922 – MP216

REPULSE (Captain F C Dreyer CB CBE) in company with HMS HOOD (Captain G Mackworth DSO CMG) sailed from Devonport, […]

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HMS VANGUARD (1909), with sister ship of St Vincent Class in dirty weather and sleet flurries

HMS VANGUARD (1909), with sister ship of St Vincent Class in dirty weather and sleet flurries

A classically beautiful Cull with VANGUARD (Captain A.D. Ricardo RN) and another St. Vincent Class dreadnought ploughing through a cold, […]

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HMS COLLINGWOOD, 1913

HMS COLLINGWOOD, 1913

Clearly distinguishable here by her single white funnel band (ST VINCENT had two whites, VANGUARD a red on each funnel) […]

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HMS VICTORY AT SEA

HMS VICTORY AT SEA

This beautiful watercolour is a reminder of how impressive these wooden walls were when actually at sea with all sail […]

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HMS INDEFATIGABLE

HMS INDEFATIGABLE

Although Cull has finished the painting to the extent that he has put his hallmark “box” around his signature the […]

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French Dreadnought of Courbet Class and British Orion Class Dreadnought, Spithead 1913

French Dreadnought of Courbet Class and British Orion Class Dreadnought, Spithead 1913

On the occasion of the visit to Grear Britain of the French Republic’s President, Monsieur Raymond Poincare, in June 1913, […]

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HM YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT

HM YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT

There have been British Royal Yachts since the time of King Charles II and probably before; but it was not […]

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HMS DREADNOUGHT, PORTSMOUTH, 1908

HMS DREADNOUGHT, PORTSMOUTH, 1908

This watercolour shows the newly commissioned HMS DREADNOUGHT lying to a buoy in Portsmouth Harbour. Although when artists date paintings they […]

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Grand Fleet Escorts, World War 1

Grand Fleet Escorts, World War 1

(MP469). Alma Claude Burlton Cull (1880-1931). Watercolour signed and dated 1922. 12 copies wordwide 9 x 16 ins (22.8 x […]

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HMS Iron Duke, HMS Bellerophon, HMS Temeraire, HMS Vanguard – by Alma Claude Burlton Cull, April 1916

HMS Iron Duke, HMS Bellerophon, HMS Temeraire, HMS Vanguard – by Alma Claude Burlton Cull, April 1916

Dominating the foreground is IRON DUKE (Captain F C Dreyer CB RN) wearing the flag of the Commander-in-Chief Grand Fleet, […]

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HMS CARDIFF IN ACTION IN THE HELIGOLAND BIGHT, 1917

HMS CARDIFF IN ACTION IN THE HELIGOLAND BIGHT, 1917

The 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron and the 1st and 6th Light Cruiser Squadrons were central to the plot which saw […]

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HMS THUNDERER AND THE 2ND BATTLE SQUADRON, 1914

HMS THUNDERER AND THE 2ND BATTLE SQUADRON, 1914

Cull’s delicate colours at their finest. With the re-commissioning of HMS MONARCH at Portsmouth on 7 April 1914 the 2nd […]

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HMS DELHI, HMS DAUNTLESS, HMS DANAE, HMS DRAGON AND HMS DUNEDIN

HMS DELHI, HMS DAUNTLESS, HMS DANAE, HMS DRAGON AND HMS DUNEDIN

It was not often that these small but hard worked light cruiser squadrons were painted in the years after the […]

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HMS KING GEORGE V AND THE 3RD BATTLE SQUADRON ATLANTIC FLEET

HMS KING GEORGE V AND THE 3RD BATTLE SQUADRON ATLANTIC FLEET

Dating the scene depicted is not easy but the painting is signed 1919 and there is no reason to believe […]

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HMS BELLONA

HMS BELLONA

This is classic Cull: starboard bow view (he did some of the port side but many more to starboard it […]

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ENEMY IN SIGHT – A FRIGATE SIGNALLING THE FLEET

ENEMY IN SIGHT – A FRIGATE SIGNALLING THE FLEET

Wonderful translucent light on the sea and a bright sunny sky with friendly cumulus clouds makes this a painting that […]

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HMS QUEEN MARY AT PORTSMOUTH

HMS QUEEN MARY AT PORTSMOUTH

Alma Cull like so many of his contemporaries was clearly fascinated by the great new dreadnought battleships and battle cruisers […]

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HMS CANADA AT SEA, 1918

HMS CANADA AT SEA, 1918

Built by Armstrong at Elswick 1911-1915 to order for the Chilean Navy and originally named VALPARAISO, this ship was essentially […]

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The Battle of Jutland: HMS QUEEN MARY Blows Up by Cull

The Battle of Jutland: HMS QUEEN MARY Blows Up by Cull

The scene here painted by Cull shows the situation at about 4.15pm on 31st May 1916  some 45 minutes after […]

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HMS REPULSE

HMS REPULSE

This watercolour by Alma Cull  has been signed, unusually for him,  in pencil and is not dated: but inspection of […]

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HMS INDOMITABLE, INFLEXIBLE, INVINCIBLE AND INDEFATIGABLE, 1911

HMS INDOMITABLE, INFLEXIBLE, INVINCIBLE AND INDEFATIGABLE, 1911

Cull was commissioned by the Ist Cruiser Squadron captains of 1911 to paint this watercolour for their departing squadron admiral, […]

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HMS TEMERAIRE 1912

HMS TEMERAIRE 1912

Formerly the property of the Fifth Earl Howe, the painting is now owned by M French Esq This magnificent painting […]

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THE FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON OF DREADNOUGHTS, 1910

THE FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON OF DREADNOUGHTS, 1910

With the commissioning of HMS St. VINCENT on 3 May 1910, the First Division, Home Fleet, was complete. Composed now […]

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HMS HOOD, 1926

HMS HOOD, 1926

HOOD (Captain H.O. Reinold CVO RN) is painted here in 1926 off the west coast of Scotland enroute to Invergordon. […]

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HMS HOOD working up to full power, July 1923

HMS HOOD working up to full power, July 1923

An artist renowned for his ability to create beautiful, delicate skies and seas, he has here exceeded even his legendary […]

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HMS TEMERAIRE keeping the seas

HMS TEMERAIRE keeping the seas

A classic Cull watercolour – a dreadnought emerging from a stormy, lowering sky as she shoulders and shudders her way […]

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HMS LION, PRINCESS ROYAL AND NEW ZEALAND

HMS LION, PRINCESS ROYAL AND NEW ZEALAND

The painting may be dated 1921 but it depicts the ships a few years earlier as by 1918 LION had […]

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Castles of Steel: IRON DUKE, MARLBOROUGH, EMPEROR OF INDIA &, BENBOW

Castles of Steel: IRON DUKE, MARLBOROUGH, EMPEROR OF INDIA &, BENBOW

Painted here emerging from patchy visibility is the 3rd Battle Squadron, with HMS IRON DUKE (Captain F M Austin RN) […]

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HMS HOOD at Speed in 1923

HMS HOOD at Speed in 1923

Although this watercolour of HOOD is dated 1929 by Cull, its provenance within the family that owns the original tells […]

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