The Maritime Prints business is for sale. At 78 yrs of age and after 26 years I’ve reluctantly concluded that I need to draw stumps. But a huge amount of love and effort has gone into the project so it needs to go to someone who can lavish a similar amount of care on it - it’s been a hugely rewarding business. Is there anyone out there who would like to take it on? Please contact Rick Cosby on 01460 63776 or [email protected].

Wood, Frank Watson

HMS NEPTUNE SAILS FROM PORTSMOUTH, 1911

HMS NEPTUNE SAILS FROM PORTSMOUTH, 1911

HMS NEPTUNE was Portsmouth built and Portsmouth manned and was completed in January 1911, only two years after she had […]

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RMS EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA WEARING THE STANDARD OF HM KING GEORGE VI, ESCORTED BY HMS SOUTHAMPTON AND GLASGOW, OFF NOVA SCOTIA, SUMMER 1939

RMS EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA WEARING THE STANDARD OF HM KING GEORGE VI, ESCORTED BY HMS SOUTHAMPTON AND GLASGOW, OFF NOVA SCOTIA, SUMMER 1939

A distinctly chilly scene; icy looking seas lightened by the sparkling white of EMPREES of AUSTRALIA and icebergs which in […]

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HMS THUNDERER ENTERING PORTSMOUTH 1921

HMS THUNDERER ENTERING PORTSMOUTH 1921

The last warship of any size to be built on the River Thames THUNDERER commissioned in June 1912. Together with […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1937 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF KING GEORGE VI

FLEET REVIEW 1937 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF KING GEORGE VI

IRON DUKE (Captain C.S. Douglas-Pennant DSC RN) in centre foreground with REVENGE (Captain F.A. Buckley RN), BARHAM (Captain N.A. Wodehouse […]

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HMS KING EDWARD VII (1906)

HMS KING EDWARD VII (1906)

Painted here when Atlantic Fleet Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir William May KCB. The KING EDWARDs, the last of the […]

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HMS HOOD UNDERWAY – PORTLAND HARBOUR

HMS HOOD UNDERWAY – PORTLAND HARBOUR

It is easy to forget these days, many years now since the Royal Navy left Portland Naval Base, that it […]

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HMS RENOWN, WEARING THE STANDARD OF HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES

HMS RENOWN, WEARING THE STANDARD OF HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES

This is a pair with a similarly sized painting by Wood on this website (MP037) and shows HMS RENOWN (Captain […]

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HMS CANADA

HMS CANADA

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

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QUEEN ELIZABETH CLASS BATTLESHIPS AT SEA

QUEEN ELIZABETH CLASS BATTLESHIPS AT SEA

This fine watercolour has been annotated, verso, in pencil, “Spring 1924” although the painting was not actually completed, signed and […]

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THE 1ST CRUISER SQUADRON 1908

THE 1ST CRUISER SQUADRON 1908

The squadron was a mixed bag of classes of cruiser and was under the command of Rear Admiral 1st Cruiser […]

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DEVONPORT, THE HAMOAZE AND HMS DEFIANCE OFF WEARDE QUAY

DEVONPORT, THE HAMOAZE AND HMS DEFIANCE OFF WEARDE QUAY

Although dated in Wood’s own hand 1935, this is clearly a scene of the early 1920s as defined by the […]

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PLYMOUTH AND DRAKES ISLAND 1913 HMS CUMBERLAND

PLYMOUTH AND DRAKES ISLAND 1913 HMS CUMBERLAND

There are paintings of ships and there are paintings of ships: this is one of those whose appeal is largely […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1909 THE COMBINED BRITISH FLEETS ARE REVIEWED

FLEET REVIEW 1909 THE COMBINED BRITISH FLEETS ARE REVIEWED

Under the superintendence of the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe KCB, the two divisions of the Home Fleet and […]

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THE FAMOUS 5TH BATTLE SQUADRON

THE FAMOUS 5TH BATTLE SQUADRON

It was the squadron that arguably saved Beatty’s bacon at Jutland! There were five ships in the 5th Battle Squadron: […]

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HMS NEPTUNE

HMS NEPTUNE

HMS NEPTUNE appears several times elsewhere on this website and the notes there are applicable here. At around this time […]

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Battle of Jutland: HMS BARHAM, MALAYA, WARSPITE AND VALIANT of the 5th Battle Squadron

Battle of Jutland: HMS BARHAM, MALAYA, WARSPITE AND VALIANT of the 5th Battle Squadron

This watercolour is a smaller and mirror image version of another one by Frank Wood on this website, MP120. Was […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1935 THE ROYAL SALUTE THUNDERS OUT

FLEET REVIEW 1935 THE ROYAL SALUTE THUNDERS OUT

Both the Home Fleet (Admiral the Earl of Cork & Orrery flying his flag in HMS NELSON) and the Mediterranean […]

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HMS REVENGE AT SCAPA FLOW, DECEMBER 1918

HMS REVENGE AT SCAPA FLOW, DECEMBER 1918

HMS REVENGE (Captain George Ross CB RN) is painted here by Frank Watson Wood lying to a buoy in the […]

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HMS HOOD UNDERWAY AFTER SUNSET, 1921

HMS HOOD UNDERWAY AFTER SUNSET, 1921

Although the precise location of this scene cannot be identified for certain, it appears to be off Plymouth breakwater, the […]

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HMS RENOWN WEARING THE STANDARD OF HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVES IN PLYMOUTH SOUND 22 JUNE 1922

HMS RENOWN WEARING THE STANDARD OF HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES ARRIVES IN PLYMOUTH SOUND 22 JUNE 1922

HMS RENOWN is seen here entering Plymouth on completion of her tour to India and Japan and the Far East […]

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HMY VICTORIA & ALBERT DEPARTS FROM PORTSMOUTH FOR THE 1937 CORONATION REVIEW OF HM FLEET

HMY VICTORIA & ALBERT DEPARTS FROM PORTSMOUTH FOR THE 1937 CORONATION REVIEW OF HM FLEET

This watercolour, the second of the pair from BRITANNIA’s wardroom (see above), shows the scene at Portsmouth shortly after 3.05pm […]

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HMS IRON DUKE, HMS VICTORY AND HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH – THREE GREAT FLAGSHIPS

HMS IRON DUKE, HMS VICTORY AND HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH – THREE GREAT FLAGSHIPS

IRON DUKE entering Portsmouth dominates the centre forground of this painting; QUEEN ELIZABETH berthing alongside to the left, and over […]

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HMS ROYAL OAK, HMS REVENGE, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, AND HMS RESOLUTION

HMS ROYAL OAK, HMS REVENGE, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, AND HMS RESOLUTION

Discovered in a picture gallery in Arizona, USA in September 2005, this is a magnificent great watercolour – it measures […]

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SCAPA FLOW – THE GERMAN FLEET LIES AT ANCHOR

SCAPA FLOW – THE GERMAN FLEET LIES AT ANCHOR

There is that wonderful anecdotal letter written, we are told, by a Boy Seaman of the Grand Fleet who on […]

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HMS RESOLUTION ENTERING PLYMOUTH, 1936

HMS RESOLUTION ENTERING PLYMOUTH, 1936

Frank Wood is at his best, they say, when he’s got a calm day and some beautiful scenery – and […]

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HMS LION COMING UP PLYMOUTH SOUND, 1912

HMS LION COMING UP PLYMOUTH SOUND, 1912

The setting is very familiar to those who know Frank Watson Wood’s Plymouth seascapes: a view looking south east across […]

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HMS PRINCE OF WALES with Winston Churchill returns from Atlantic Charter Conference

HMS PRINCE OF WALES with Winston Churchill returns from Atlantic Charter Conference

This fine, large watercolour gives us a glimpse of how HMS PRINCE OF WALES (Captain J C Leach MVO RN) […]

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THREE FAMOUS FLAGSHIPS: HM SHIPS VICTORY, IRON DUKE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH

THREE FAMOUS FLAGSHIPS: HM SHIPS VICTORY, IRON DUKE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH

In 1922 when this watercolour is dated, the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth (flag in HMS VICTORY) was Admiral The Hon Sir Somerset […]

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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH IN PORTSMOUTH FOLLOWING THE 1937 FLEET REVIEW

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH IN PORTSMOUTH FOLLOWING THE 1937 FLEET REVIEW

The painting, dated exactly a week after the Review shows QUEEN ELIZABETH preparing to enter dry dock for her reconstruction. […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1911 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF KING GEORGE V

FLEET REVIEW 1911 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF KING GEORGE V

165 vessels anchored at Spithead for HM King George V’s Coronation Review including 32 battleships and dreadnoughts, 24 armoured cruisers, […]

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HMS COLLINGWOOD AT SEA IN 1915

HMS COLLINGWOOD AT SEA IN 1915

COLLINGWOOD (Captain J C Ley RN) was present at Jutland on 31 May 1916 as part of the 1st Battle […]

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THE HAMOAZE FROM WEARDE QUAY

THE HAMOAZE FROM WEARDE QUAY

Dated 1920, this tranquil scene by Frank Wood, shows what is, in most cases, the penultimate destination of some fine […]

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FLEET REVIEW, 1935: THE HEAVY SQUADRON, HOME FLEET, STEAMS PAST HM THE KING

FLEET REVIEW, 1935: THE HEAVY SQUADRON, HOME FLEET, STEAMS PAST HM THE KING

On conclusion of the Jubilee Fleet Review units of the Home and Mediterranean Fleets steamed past HM King George V […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1937 – THE CORONATION REVIEW OF HM KING GEORGE VI

FLEET REVIEW 1937 – THE CORONATION REVIEW OF HM KING GEORGE VI

Three of His Majesty’s fleets are seen here mustered at Spithead: – the Mediterranean, the Home and the Reserve Fleets. […]

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HMS NEW ZEALAND

HMS NEW ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND, one of the Indefatigable Class of battle cruisers, was laid down on 20th June 1910 at Fairfields’ yard […]

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HMS TIGER, 1919

HMS TIGER, 1919

This beautiful battle cruiser who joined the Grand Fleet on 6th November 1914 having been rushed to completion by her […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1937 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF KING GEORGE VI

FLEET REVIEW 1937 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF KING GEORGE VI

Frank Watson Wood was clearly a very busy artist over this period of the two fleet reviews which occurred within […]

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HMS HOOD AND THE 1ST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON, 1927

HMS HOOD AND THE 1ST BATTLE CRUISER SQUADRON, 1927

Although the watercolour is dated 1927, perusal of HOOD’s Log for that year fails to yield evidence of when she […]

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HMS INFLEXIBLE AT THE TIME OF JUTLAND – SUMMER 1916

HMS INFLEXIBLE AT THE TIME OF JUTLAND – SUMMER 1916

The second battlecruiser to be built for the Royal Navy, INFLEXIBLE was completed on 20 October 1908 and commissioned at […]

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BRITANNIA AND HINDUSTAN AT DARTMOUTH

BRITANNIA AND HINDUSTAN AT DARTMOUTH

In a position about half a mile north of the little town of Dartmouth on the SW peninsular, close to […]

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ROYAL ESCORTS IN NEW YORK HARBOUR MAY 1939

ROYAL ESCORTS IN NEW YORK HARBOUR MAY 1939

It was in the early spring of 1937 that the Governor General of Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir (better known as the […]

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The German High Seas Fleet lying at Scapa Flow, December 1918

The German High Seas Fleet lying at Scapa Flow, December 1918

This watercolour is one of several similar ones Frank Wood painted of the forlorn scene as ships of the surrendered […]

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EVENING LIGHTS: FULL MOON OFF SPITHEAD

EVENING LIGHTS: FULL MOON OFF SPITHEAD

With a Queen Elizabeth Class battleship slowly underway only a few cables to starboard, the steam pinnace, her aft cabin […]

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HMS ST VINCENT sailing from Plymouth on the evening tide, 1913

HMS ST VINCENT sailing from Plymouth on the evening tide, 1913

HMS St VINCENT was, when laid down in the last few days of 1907, the first Dreadnought battleship designed to […]

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Home Fleet Escorts the Royal Squadron

Home Fleet Escorts the Royal Squadron

The scene here painted by Frank Watson Wood shows RMS EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA (Captain Archibald Meikle MN) wearing the Royal […]

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HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA at Scapa Flow by Frank Watson Wood

HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA at Scapa Flow by Frank Watson Wood

(MP403). Frank Watson Wood (1862-1953). watercolour signed and dated 1921 (LR). Limited Edition:12 copies worlwide 17 1/2 x 5 1/4 […]

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HMS HOOD sails from Portsmouth, Summer 1935

HMS HOOD sails from Portsmouth, Summer 1935

Built on the banks of Scotland’s River Clyde, the great 860 foot long hull – already weighing some 21,000 tons […]

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PORTLAND, Dorset: ATLANTIC FLEET CAPITAL SHIPS, 1921

PORTLAND, Dorset: ATLANTIC FLEET CAPITAL SHIPS, 1921

The protected anchorage at Portland – formed by Chesil Beach and the south Dorset coast mainland to the west and […]

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Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) Dartmouth by Frank Watson Wood, 1928

Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) Dartmouth by Frank Watson Wood, 1928

(MP521). Frank Watson Wood (1862-1953). watercolour signed and dated 1928. 49 9 x 15.5 ins (23 x 39.5 cms) approx

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Battle of Jutland HMS LION by Frank Watson Wood

Battle of Jutland HMS LION by Frank Watson Wood

This famous battle cruiser pictured on “ a December afternoon at Scapa  with island of Hoy and German Battle Cruisers […]

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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH. Downstream of the Forth Bridge

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH. Downstream of the Forth Bridge

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (Captain Geoffrey Blake DSO RN), flagship of the Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet (Admiral Sir John de Robeck Bt […]

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