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Ton Class Minesweeper and Patrol Boat

Ton Class Minesweeper and Patrol Boat

(MP288). Leslie A Wilcox, RI, RSMA (1904-1982). oil on canvas, signed lower right. Undated but the event painted is 1975 and was executed in 1977.

22 x 15 inches (58.5 x 35.5 cms) approx

Limited edition 12 copies


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One of many dozens of Ton Class mine countermeasures vessels still serving in the RN in the 1970s, this one, HMS WOTTON, is painted here by Leslie Wilcox whilst on Operation Grenada around the waters off Northern Ireland.  On the left is HMS A510, a Loyal Class support vessel of some 80 ft, which together with HMS A382, patrolled the Carlingford Lough under Operation Interknit.