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Artists

  • Ballin, Auguste
  • Bevan, Irwin
  • Birchall, W M
  • Brewer, H.W.
  • Burgess, Arthur James Wetherall
  • Cosby, Max
  • Cosby, Richard
  • Cull, A B
  • Davis, G. H.
  • Dawson, Montague
  • Dixon, Charles
  • Fisher, Captain R. A.,
  • Graham, David
  • Hamilton, John
  • Hardstaff, D R
  • Henry, Barclay
  • Hughes, A M
  • Jones, Ossie
  • King, Cecil, George Charles
  • Lane, Richard
  • Langmaid, Rowland
  • Macdonald, Sir Roderick
  • Mason, Frank Henry
  • McDowell, William
  • Parkes, Oscar
  • Payne, Charlie Johnson
  • Pears, Charles
  • Salisbury, Frank O
  • Shepherd, Mandy
  • Stock, Andrew
  • Tufnell, Eric
  • Turner, C E
  • Uncategorised
  • Wales-Smith, D
  • Webster, Vice-Admiral Sir John
  • Wilcox, Leslie A
  • Williamson, Philip J
  • Willis, Richard
  • Wood, Frank Watson
  • Wyllie, Harold
  • Wyllie, W L
BENDOR GROSVENOR’S SPEEDBOAT

BENDOR GROSVENOR’S SPEEDBOAT

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CAPTAL SHIPS IN FIRTH OF FORTH

CAPTAL SHIPS IN FIRTH OF FORTH

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A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR

A BIRDSEYE VIEW OF PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR

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HMS ROYAL OAK Entering Plymouth 1937

HMS ROYAL OAK Entering Plymouth 1937

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Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour

Entrance to Portsmouth Harbour

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Type 23 Frigate Returns from Sea.. Vice Adm Sir John Webster FRSA

Type 23 Frigate Returns from Sea.. Vice Adm Sir John Webster FRSA

(MP598). Maritime Prints. oil on board. 25 worldwide 20.5 x 40.5 cms (8 x 16 ins)

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HMS RAMILLIES Historic Naval Battleship

HMS RAMILLIES Historic Naval Battleship

HMS RAMILLIES, one of the five R Class battleships, was launched in 1914. During the launch, she injured her rudder […]

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HMS HOOD in Malta in the Interwar Years

HMS HOOD in Malta in the Interwar Years

(MP595). Maritime Prints. Watercolour. 12 worldwide 30 x 47 cms (11.8 x 18.5 ins)

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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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HMS NEW ZEALAND – The Sixteen Point Turn at Jutland

HMS NEW ZEALAND – The Sixteen Point Turn at Jutland

Its 31 May 1916 and in the North Sea, off Jutland, a huge clash of British and German titans is […]

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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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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 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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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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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 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 HOOD, HMS RENOWN & HMS REPULSE: Storm Force 10 Imminent

HMS HOOD, HMS RENOWN & HMS REPULSE: Storm Force 10 Imminent

To see these three great battle cruisers breasting the full force of a North Atlantic gale must have been a […]

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HMS REVENGE Coming out of a Squall, 1924

HMS REVENGE Coming out of a Squall, 1924

This magnificent bow view of REVENGE gives some idea of just how massive and seemingly impregnable these leviathans were. Not […]

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THE HEAVY SQUADRONS AT ANCHOR (R Langmaid)

THE HEAVY SQUADRONS AT ANCHOR (R Langmaid)

This etching of the Review of the Fleet has been seen by me just once before in some 40 years of […]

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Falklands War: HMS ARDENT – airlift rescue

Falklands War: HMS ARDENT – airlift rescue

Wessex 5 XT449 of E Flight, 845 Sqn, was employed on casualty evacuation duties throughout the daylight hours, in the […]

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THE GIEVES’ SILHOUETTES (SET OF THREE) 1927. GROG ISSUE CEASED 31 JULY 1970

THE GIEVES’ SILHOUETTES (SET OF THREE) 1927. GROG ISSUE CEASED 31 JULY 1970

For many generations of naval men, serving and retired, these three silhouettes – Grog, Sunday Rounds and Defaulters- were great favourites […]

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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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FIRST COMMAND

FIRST COMMAND

This was too tempting! A set of caricatures (produced by Commander A.M. Hughes OBE of the Gieves Silhouettes fame, probably in […]

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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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Fleet Review 1935

Fleet Review 1935

(MP545). Rowland Langmaid (1897-1956). Etching.  

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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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HMS VICTORY Firing the Coronation Salute, 24th June 1911

HMS VICTORY Firing the Coronation Salute, 24th June 1911

HMS VICTORY (Captain J de M Hutchison CVO CMG) wearing at the main the flag of the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth, Admiral […]

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Fleet Review 1922, off Torbay: HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH speeds past the King!

Fleet Review 1922, off Torbay: HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH speeds past the King!

The original of this magnificent Turner painting belongs to Captain Sir Nicholas Wright KCVO RN. Full of atmosphere and executed […]

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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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Portsmouth Harbour: Birds Eye View c.1885

Portsmouth Harbour: Birds Eye View c.1885

(MP311). An original hand tinted reproduction c.1885 of a scarce original wood engraving by H W Brewer. 96 x 35 […]

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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 NEW ZEALAND and HMS AUSTRALIA Coming to Anchor, Firth of Forth

HMS NEW ZEALAND and HMS AUSTRALIA Coming to Anchor, Firth of Forth

This painting together with a further eight WL Wyllie watercolours of World War 1 scenes of “affairs at sea” was […]

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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 AMETHYST BREAKS OUT OF THE YANGTSE RIVER, JULY 1949

HMS AMETHYST BREAKS OUT OF THE YANGTSE RIVER, JULY 1949

The night of 30/31st July 2021 marked the 72nd anniversary of the culmination of the incident on China’s River Yangtse […]

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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 ENDURANCE’s Lynx Helicopter in Antarctica, 2008

HMS ENDURANCE’s Lynx Helicopter in Antarctica, 2008

Andrew Stock (b.1960) is an artist of international renown, his most recognizable pictures being those of wildlife and rural subjects.  […]

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The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA: Cut-Away Drawing of 1954 by G H Davis

The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA: Cut-Away Drawing of 1954 by G H Davis

(MP350). Oil painting; signed. approx 15 copies left (April 2019) 20 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (52 x 37 cms) […]

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Coronation Review of the Fleet 1953 at Spithead

Coronation Review of the Fleet 1953 at Spithead

(MP487). Chart form with all ships laid out in plan and names of CO’s of warships and auxiliaries down each […]

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HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN 1930s

HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN 1930s

Wyllie has painted the scene at the western side of Portsmouth Naval Base, probably in 1935 or 1937, following the […]

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HMS CHATHAM (1990)

HMS CHATHAM (1990)

(MP518). HMS CHATHAM wearing the flag of Commander-in-Chief Fleet. By V Adm Sir John Webster FRSA. 1 copy only remaining […]

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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 BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 2.30 PM AND HMS VICTORY

THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 2.30 PM AND HMS VICTORY

One of the definitive paintings of the battle and known throughout the world, William Lionel Wyllie’s “Trafalgar, 2.30 pm”, an […]

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The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET, 2ND MAY 1954

The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA WITH THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET, 2ND MAY 1954

HM Yacht BRITANNIA was built at John Brown’s Shipyard on the Clyde and launched by Her Majesty The Queen in […]

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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, Indian Ocean

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, Indian Ocean

This watercolour is one of over one hundred similar ship portraits – please enter Tufnell in the SEARCH box for more […]

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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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Battle Cruisers in a Hurry by Montague Dawson

Battle Cruisers in a Hurry by Montague Dawson

(MP447). Montague Dawson (1895-1973). Oil on canvas, signed (LL). Limited edition 49 copies worldwide 11 x 29 ins (28 x […]

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HMS NEW ZEALAND with HMS ONSLOW Rafted Up alongside

HMS NEW ZEALAND with HMS ONSLOW Rafted Up alongside

This watercolour, undated by the artist, can nevertheless be pinned down to the fairly narrow 18 month period of post […]

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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 KING GEORGE V and the 3rd Battle Squadron

HMS KING GEORGE V and the 3rd Battle Squadron

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

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SEA HAWK

SEA HAWK

(MP269). Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) (1884-1967). Original litho dating from c.1925 and signed in original hand. 53 x 38 cms

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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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HMS ARK ROYAL Returns to Sea by Mandy Shepherd

HMS ARK ROYAL Returns to Sea by Mandy Shepherd

(MP379). Mandy Shepherd (1960 – ). Watercolour signed Mandy Shepherd (lower right) and with vignettes (ARK’s crest) lower left and […]

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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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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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Royal Yacht BRITANNIA Returns for the Final Time to Portsmouth, 22nd November 1997

Royal Yacht BRITANNIA Returns for the Final Time to Portsmouth, 22nd November 1997

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Falklands War: Harriers Over the Falklands, May 1982

Falklands War: Harriers Over the Falklands, May 1982

(MP494). D R Hardstaff (1964 -). acryllic. Limited Edition 12 copies 12 x 16 ins (30.5 x 40.6 cms) approx

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Falklands War – A Pucara Pilot Ejects, May 1982

Falklands War – A Pucara Pilot Ejects, May 1982

Having managed to fatally wound the Pucara the Harrier follows him down and backs off in the hovver whilst the […]

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HMS CENTURION by Oscar Parkes

HMS CENTURION by Oscar Parkes

This largish, striking watercolour of the new dreadnought battleship HMS CENTURION (Captain The Hon Horace Hood MVO RN)  running trials […]

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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH MEETS RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, WW2: Snap!

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH MEETS RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, WW2: Snap!

Specially painted for the magazine “The Navy” This event took place according to Cunard records “sometime in 1941 in the […]

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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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A NUCLEAR SUBMARINE (SSN) OFF HOLY ISLAND

A NUCLEAR SUBMARINE (SSN) OFF HOLY ISLAND

An eye-catching painting in true Roddy Macdonald style of an SSN thought to be HMS COURAGEOUS in the 1970’s on […]

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Battleships in Heavy Weather by Charles E Turner

Battleships in Heavy Weather by Charles E Turner

The style and sheer competence of this oil painting suggest that it has to be by one of the masters of this […]

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Royal Navy Fleet 1940/41

Royal Navy Fleet 1940/41

HMS ROYAL OAK is conspicuous by her absence from the ranks of capital ships (she was sunk in October 1939) […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1919 – A POST WW1 ASSEMBLY IN THE THAMES

FLEET REVIEW 1919 – A POST WW1 ASSEMBLY IN THE THAMES

The Armistice which concluded the First World War had been signed 9 months earlier when a representative Fleet of some […]

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The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA evacuating personnel off Little Aden, January 1986

The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA evacuating personnel off Little Aden, January 1986

On 14 January 1986, Her Majesty’s Yacht BRITANNIA, under the command of Rear Admiral John Garnier CBE, was en route […]

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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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H.M.S. Trinidad Capsizing Whilst On Arctic Convoy Duty

H.M.S. Trinidad Capsizing Whilst On Arctic Convoy Duty

Royal Marine Musician George Lloyd was serving in the light cruiser HMS TRINIDAD in March 1942 when she was ordered […]

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Battle of Jutland battle cruiser veteran: HMAS AUSTRALIA, 1919

Battle of Jutland battle cruiser veteran: HMAS AUSTRALIA, 1919

Listed in January 1919’s Navy List under the heading “HM Australian Ships Serving with the Royal Navy” AUSTRALIA was laid […]

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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 ILLUSTRIOUS, 2008. By Max Cosby (1988 – )

HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, 2008. By Max Cosby (1988 – )

The last surviving CVS of the RN’s fleet once ARK ROYAL had been paid off prematurely by a hopelessly short-sighted […]

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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 ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA: OPENING OF THE ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY 1959

THE ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA: OPENING OF THE ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY 1959

Wearing Court Flags and the Canadian Red Ensign (Canada’s National flag until 1965) at the mizzen this delightful painting of […]

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HMS SUFFOLK FINDS SMS BISMARCK – DENMARK STRAIT 23 MAY 1941

HMS SUFFOLK FINDS SMS BISMARCK – DENMARK STRAIT 23 MAY 1941

At 1000 on 23rd May 1941, with SMS BISMARCK (Captain Ernst Lindemann) wearing the flag of Admiral Gunther Lutjens and […]

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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 INDEFATIGABLE, HMS NEPTUNE AND HMS THUNDERER AT SPITHEAD, 8TH JULY 1912

HMS INDEFATIGABLE, HMS NEPTUNE AND HMS THUNDERER AT SPITHEAD, 8TH JULY 1912

Charles Dixon at his finest: large warships of the very newest types, admirals flags and bunting afluttering, snowy white awnings […]

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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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HMS INDEFATIGABLE AT COWES, 1912

HMS INDEFATIGABLE AT COWES, 1912

This was the sort of Guard Ship that the Cowes Week Committee of the Royal Yacht Squadron had in mind! […]

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SUBMARINES ENTERING PORTSMOUTH

SUBMARINES ENTERING PORTSMOUTH

Executed from a spot ashore at Fort Blockhouse on the Gosport side of the entrance to Portsmouth Harbour this is […]

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Falklands war: HMS ARGONAUT attacked off Fanning Head

Falklands war: HMS ARGONAUT attacked off Fanning Head

Lt Guillermo Owen Crippa, a young Argentine Fleet Air Arm pilot, was tasked as No 2 of an armed patrol […]

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DREADNOUGHTS OF THE IRON DUKE CLASS AT SEA

DREADNOUGHTS OF THE IRON DUKE CLASS AT SEA

Another beautiful etching from the stable of WLW, this is a well known image which well captures what must have […]

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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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A PASSING STORM

A PASSING STORM

From a private collection this is one of three such watercolours available as limited edition reproductions on this website.

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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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HM YACHT BRITANNIA AT TOWER PIER ON RETURN FROM THE QUEENS COMMONWEALTH TOUR, 15 MAY 1954

HM YACHT BRITANNIA AT TOWER PIER ON RETURN FROM THE QUEENS COMMONWEALTH TOUR, 15 MAY 1954

The provenance of this painting is fascinating. Painted by Wilcox in, it is thought, late 1954, it was used as […]

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HMS ORION, PORTSMOUTH 1912

HMS ORION, PORTSMOUTH 1912

Built by the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth and first commissioned on 2 January 1912, ORION was the lead ship of […]

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HMS TIGER, PRINCESS ROYAL, LION, WARRIOR, DEFENCE AND ONSLOW AT JUTLAND 1916

HMS TIGER, PRINCESS ROYAL, LION, WARRIOR, DEFENCE AND ONSLOW AT JUTLAND 1916

This celebrated etching is one of very few executed by Wyllie depicting the handsome TIGER, the new three funnelled battle […]

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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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The Battle of Jutland: HMS WARSPITE and HMS WARRIOR Under Heavy Fire

The Battle of Jutland: HMS WARSPITE and HMS WARRIOR Under Heavy Fire

This etching exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1917 – shows the crippled HMS WARRIOR (Captain V B Molento RN) […]

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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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Capital Ships in the Firth of Forth c.1915

Capital Ships in the Firth of Forth c.1915

A soft , grey and misty day in the Forth as battleships of the KIng Edward VII Class lie to […]

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HMS VICTORY AFLOAT IN PORTSMOUTH WITH HM YACHT ALBERTA

HMS VICTORY AFLOAT IN PORTSMOUTH WITH HM YACHT ALBERTA

Another beautifully executed etching by Wyllie of HMS VICTORY whilst she was still afloat in Portsmouth – she wasn’t moved […]

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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 CHESTER IN ACTION WITH THREE GERMAN LIGHT CRUISERS, 31 MAY 1916

HMS CHESTER IN ACTION WITH THREE GERMAN LIGHT CRUISERS, 31 MAY 1916

That Wyllie chose this brave ship for one of his classic etchings is no surprise – he loved stories of […]

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The Battle of Jutland: HMS WARSPITE In Trouble at Windy Corner, 31 May 1916

The Battle of Jutland: HMS WARSPITE In Trouble at Windy Corner, 31 May 1916

One of a pair (see MP006 for the other in the pair) by Bevan commissioned by the wardroom of WARSPITE […]

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‘Westward Ho!’ by Snaffles

‘Westward Ho!’ by Snaffles

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

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HMS GLORIOUS Arriving in Grand Harbour Malta, 1930s

HMS GLORIOUS Arriving in Grand Harbour Malta, 1930s

(MP517). Commander Eric Tufnell RN (1888-1979). watercolour signed and annotated by the artist HMS GLORIOUS. 12 copies worldwide 7 x […]

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HMS Iron Duke Becalmed

HMS Iron Duke Becalmed

(MP408). Commander Eric Tufnell RN (1888-1979). Watercolour; signed and annotated IRON DUKE with crest added in watercolour by the artist. […]

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HMS KENT Flying Paying Off Pennant 1930s by Eric Tufnell

HMS KENT Flying Paying Off Pennant 1930s by Eric Tufnell

(MP345). Commander Eric Tufnell RN (1888-1979). Watercolour signed and annotated HMS KENT. 12 copies worldwide 11 x 8 inches (28 […]

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HMS REPULSE 1930s (Max Cosby)

HMS REPULSE 1930s (Max Cosby)

(MP276). Watercolour signed but undated. Image size 9 x 3.5 inches (22.86 x 8.9 cms) approx Limited edition: 12 copies

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HMS DREADNOUGHT

HMS DREADNOUGHT

(MP250). Commander Eric Tufnell RN (1888-1979). Watercolour signed and inscribed HMS DREADNOUGHT and with ship’s crest inscribed at top right.. […]

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SUBMARINES passing HMS VICTORY in Portsmouth harbour c. 1912

SUBMARINES passing HMS VICTORY in Portsmouth harbour c. 1912

This very well known, greatly prized but relatively rare etching by WLW needs little introduction.  Not only is it scarce but […]

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Royal Yacht BRITANNIA’s Barge Rules the Waves: River Pageant June 2012

Royal Yacht BRITANNIA’s Barge Rules the Waves: River Pageant June 2012

(MP220). Mandy Shepherd (1960 – ). Watercolour and gouache..  

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FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE HMS CROCUS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, WINTER 1940

FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE HMS CROCUS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, WINTER 1940

The Flower Class corvettes are seldom painted in anything other than a storm force 10 and with good reason: they […]

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BRITANNIA – J Class racing cutter

BRITANNIA – J Class racing cutter

HRH The Prince of Wales commissioned the yacht designer G L Watson in 1892 to design him a racing cutter. […]

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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 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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HMS DAUNTLESS

HMS DAUNTLESS

Built under the Emergency War Programme by Palmer’s on the River Tyne September 1916-December 1918 as one of 8 ships […]

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HMS MANCHESTER – TYPE 42 DESTROYER

HMS MANCHESTER – TYPE 42 DESTROYER

The 4 beautiful ships of Batch III of the Sheffield Class, MANCHESTER, GLOUCESTER, EDINBURGH and YORK are some 50 feet […]

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Submarines in the Channel, pre-World War 1

Submarines in the Channel, pre-World War 1

Provenance: N R Omell Galleries, Marine Exhibition, autumn 1985. A beautiful, simple, atmospheric WLW watercolour of four B Class submarines […]

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HM YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT

HM YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT

A familiar sight to those who knew the Solent in the first three and a half decades of the twentieth […]

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HMS GLORIOUS, 1922

HMS GLORIOUS, 1922

A rare painting of a rare ship – HMS GLORIOUS (Captain R H Bather CBE RN) was one of the […]

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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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THE GRAND FLEET PREPARING TO SAIL TO MEET THE SURRENDERED HIGH SEAS FLEET

THE GRAND FLEET PREPARING TO SAIL TO MEET THE SURRENDERED HIGH SEAS FLEET

By kind permission of David G Stevens Esq MA This magnificent painting of Rosyth and the Firth of Forth on […]

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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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THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

The Rock of Gibraltar with Europa Point sitting at its southern extremity (here on the right) is a landmark known […]

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Falklands War: First Light, San Carlos Water. SS CANBERRA

Falklands War: First Light, San Carlos Water. SS CANBERRA

The liner CANBERRA lies quietly at anchor, half-way down the confined spaces of San Carlos Water. Having successfully discharged half […]

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THE SOUTH ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN 35 YEARS ON: A TIME TO REMEMBER THE FALKLANDS WAR

THE SOUTH ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN 35 YEARS ON: A TIME TO REMEMBER THE FALKLANDS WAR

Five years before this painting of HMS ENDURANCE at South Georgia in 1982, a small task force led by HMS […]

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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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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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ON THE MERSEY

ON THE MERSEY

From a private collection this is one of three such Dixon watercolours available as limited edition reproductions on this website.

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COASTAL FORCES: FAIRMILE D TYPE MTB 604

COASTAL FORCES: FAIRMILE D TYPE MTB 604

(MP092). Commander Eric Tufnell RN (1888-1979). Watercolour signed not dated. Limited Edition: 49 copies 14 x 10 ins (35.5 x […]

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AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 6.50 AM

AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 6.50 AM

Although it had been known for some time that a London club and a Portsmouth club each had a pair […]

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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 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 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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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 by Commander Eric Tufnell

HMS IRON DUKE by Commander Eric Tufnell

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A Type 42 destroyer lying at anchor off South Georgia

A Type 42 destroyer lying at anchor off South Georgia

For many years after the Falklands Campaign of 1982 the Royal Navy stationed a task group of some 6-8 warships […]

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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 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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HMS JUTLAND AT MALTA, NOVEMBER 1951

HMS JUTLAND AT MALTA, NOVEMBER 1951

HMS JUTLAND, commanded here by Commander I M Balfour MBE RN, was one of the 8 Later Battle Class destroyers […]

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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 BELFAST at sea, late 1942-1943

HMS BELFAST at sea, late 1942-1943

This beautifully detailed painting shows the cruiser, recently returned to sea after her rebuild following mining in the Firth of […]

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HMS VICTORY IN DRY DOCK 1922

HMS VICTORY IN DRY DOCK 1922

VICTORY was finally moved into Number 2 Dock, His Majesty’s Dockyard Portsmouth, on 12 January 1922 and the work of […]

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AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 1.00 PM

AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 1.00 PM

Although it had been known for some time that a London club and a Portsmouth club each had a pair […]

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QUEENS COLOUR PRESENTATION TO THE ROYAL NAVY 23 JULY 2003

QUEENS COLOUR PRESENTATION TO THE ROYAL NAVY 23 JULY 2003

The last Colour presented by HM The Queen to the navy was to the Royal Navy’s Western Fleet in Torbay […]

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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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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 VICTORY ON TRAFALGAR DAY

HMS VICTORY ON TRAFALGAR DAY

VICTORY’s keel was laid at Chatham, Kent on 23 July 1759 and although it had been intended to launch her […]

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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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THE LAWS OF THE NAVY

THE LAWS OF THE NAVY

A Set of 4 etchings. Proof copies, each one signed. This well known collection of cautionary tales and fatherly advice […]

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KING EDWARD VII CLASS BATTLESHIPS AT SHEERNESS C.1907

KING EDWARD VII CLASS BATTLESHIPS AT SHEERNESS C.1907

Bevan’s painting shows 4 of these attractive ships anchored off Sheerness, Kent in 1907. KING EDWARD VII (Captain Henry Pelly […]

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HMS VENGEANCE IN ARCTIC WATERS

HMS VENGEANCE IN ARCTIC WATERS

Although Tufnell seldom dated his paintings (and this one is no exception) we can be pretty sure that the year […]

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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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HMS COURAGEOUS OFF PORTLAND, 1932

HMS COURAGEOUS OFF PORTLAND, 1932

Built, together with FURIOUS and GLORIOUS, as fast cruisers at the whim of the First Sea Lord, Admiral Fisher who […]

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BATTLECRUISERS OFF GIBRALTAR

BATTLECRUISERS OFF GIBRALTAR

Although he has dated the painting 1910, the artist does not identify the subjects of his watercolour: but they are […]

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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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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 CHARYBDIS IN A CHANNEL GALE, 1943

HMS CHARYBDIS IN A CHANNEL GALE, 1943

Well known for his striking illustrations of maritime scenes of World War II, many of which appeared in the Sphere […]

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HMY BRITANNIA – THE FINAL WESTERN ISLES CRUISE 1997

HMY BRITANNIA – THE FINAL WESTERN ISLES CRUISE 1997

This final Western Isles cruise ran from 7-19th August 1997 and included visits around Arran, Port Askaig, Loch Tarbert, Ross […]

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TYPE 22 BATCH 3 FRIGATE OFF SOUTH GEORGIA

TYPE 22 BATCH 3 FRIGATE OFF SOUTH GEORGIA

HMS CHATHAM, HMS CAMPBELTOWN, HMS CORNWALL and HMS CUMBERLAND have proved to be a highly successful development of the Batch […]

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FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE GUARDS A CONVOY IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

FLOWER CLASS CORVETTE GUARDS A CONVOY IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC

This Turner painting, showing a Flower Class corvette battling her way through a mountainous North Atlantic storm, carries along its […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1953 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF QUEEN ELIZABETH

FLEET REVIEW 1953 THE CORONATION REVIEW OF QUEEN ELIZABETH

At 3.00pm on Monday 15th June 1953 the Despatch Vessel HMS SURPRISE (Cdr R A M Hennessey DSC RN) wearing […]

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Falklands war: HMS BROADSWORD, PLYMOUTH, ANTRIM and ARGONAUT

Falklands war: HMS BROADSWORD, PLYMOUTH, ANTRIM and ARGONAUT

This painting depicts an instant during the ‘Battle of Bomb Alley’ when the power of the Seawolf GWS 25 missile […]

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THE BIG CLASS RACING OFF RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT

THE BIG CLASS RACING OFF RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT

Very similar in many ways to the watercolour of the same scene by Langmaid and also in Maritime Originals & […]

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RMS MAURETANIA ARRIVING AT LIVERPOOL

RMS MAURETANIA ARRIVING AT LIVERPOOL

With a tug connected forrard and with the tide clearly making, the beautiful MAURETANIA is about to start her swing […]

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HMS RENOWN

HMS RENOWN

Langmaid, we know, had a great fondness for painting flags in all their colours and shapes and flutterings, so this […]

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SWANSEA BAY

SWANSEA BAY

From a private collection this is one of three such watercolours available as limited edition reproductions on this website.

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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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The Battle of Jutland: HMS MARLBOROUGH Going into Action

The Battle of Jutland: HMS MARLBOROUGH Going into Action

This is the third of Bevan’s watercolours of battleships in action at Jutland that is in Maritime Originals’ and Maritime […]

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“SEND FOR A CAPTAIN RN” as famously uttered by Prime Minister Lord Palmerston

“SEND FOR A CAPTAIN RN” as famously uttered by Prime Minister Lord Palmerston

This specially commissioned collection of watercolour vignettes is laced with the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston’s cry: “If I want a […]

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J CLASS (PROBABLY BRITANNIA, ASTRA AND SHAMROCK V)

J CLASS (PROBABLY BRITANNIA, ASTRA AND SHAMROCK V)

Annotated on the back: The ‘big class’ off Ryde. A really beautiful little watercolour showing three J’s racing off Ryde […]

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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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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 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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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 QUEEN ELIZABETH AT THE TIME OF THE DARDANELLES

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH AT THE TIME OF THE DARDANELLES

Unusual in that it’s a trial proof, QUEEN ELIZABETH is seen here in action early in her life. She had […]

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Royal Yacht BRITANNIA: watercolour with vignettes

Royal Yacht BRITANNIA: watercolour with vignettes

Specially commissioned by Maritime Prints, Mandy Shepherd’s skills are readily apparent in this very attractive watercolour showing BRITANNIA 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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BIG CLASS YACHTS RACING IN PLYMOUTH SOUND

BIG CLASS YACHTS RACING IN PLYMOUTH SOUND

A typically atmospheric watercolour by WLW: light airs and a damp and misty day: the sun is beginning to break […]

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The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA and HMS LANCASTER as Royal Escort

The Royal Yacht BRITANNIA and HMS LANCASTER as Royal Escort

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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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Battle of Jutland HMS CHESTER

Battle of Jutland HMS CHESTER

This fine oil painting by Burgess – a master of accurate ship draftmanship and especially admired for his skilful ability to […]

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HMS EURYALUS: 2nd Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942

HMS EURYALUS: 2nd Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942

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Ton Class Minesweeper and Patrol Boat

Ton Class Minesweeper and Patrol Boat

One of many dozens of Ton Class mine countermeasures vessels still serving in the RN in the 1970s, this one, […]

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HMS WARSPITE

HMS WARSPITE

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HMS BARHAM FROM HMS WARSPITE PALMA, MALLORCA 1921

HMS BARHAM FROM HMS WARSPITE PALMA, MALLORCA 1921

HMS BARHAM (Captain R C Dalglish RN), flagship of Vice Admiral Commanding 1st Battle Squadron, Vice Admiral Sir William Nicholson […]

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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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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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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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HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 1941- 44

HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 1941- 44

This painting shows HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in her final guise, having been reconstructed between mid 1937 and early 1941. When […]

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Battle of Jutland: Boy Cornwell VC

Battle of Jutland: Boy Cornwell VC

One of the defining images depicting an event in the Royal Navy’s long history, Boy John Travers Cornwell mortally wounded […]

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HMS SUPERB & HMS TEMERAIRE in Constantinople for Surrender Talks, November 1918

HMS SUPERB & HMS TEMERAIRE in Constantinople for Surrender Talks, November 1918

Immediately after the surrender of Turkey in November 1918, Vice-Admiral The Hon Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe GCMG KCB CVO, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean […]

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HMS LION AND HMS INDEFATIGABLE AT SEA, JULY 1912

HMS LION AND HMS INDEFATIGABLE AT SEA, JULY 1912

Both from the 1st Cruiser Squadron (Rear Admiral Lewis Bayly CVO), HMS LION (Captain Arthur Duff) was in fact the […]

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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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West of Gib and North across the Bay – Blimey! Wott a LIfe

West of Gib and North across the Bay – Blimey! Wott a LIfe

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HMS RODNEY

HMS RODNEY

By kind permission of Duncan Forbes Esq. Built by Cammell Laird and launched in August 1927, RODNEY together with her […]

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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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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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EDINBURGH FROM BURNTISLAND ROADS

EDINBURGH FROM BURNTISLAND ROADS

Its hard to date this etching: either just pre-First World War or shortly afterwards, the latter being more likely as […]

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INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW 2005 AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING

INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW 2005 AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING

This watercolour, with vignettes/small sketches in the borders of Admiral Lord Nelson and a few of the participants (HMS ENDURANCE, […]

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GIBRALTAR – MARKING THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE RN – 2004

GIBRALTAR – MARKING THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO THE RN – 2004

This is a series of vignettes each highlighting some of the major events that took place on the Rock to […]

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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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AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 7.00 PM

AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 7.00 PM

Although it had been known for some time that a London club and a Portsmouth club each had a pair […]

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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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HM YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT WEARING COURT FLAGS – OFF COWES WITH GUARD SHIP WARSPITE

HM YACHT VICTORIA & ALBERT WEARING COURT FLAGS – OFF COWES WITH GUARD SHIP WARSPITE

V&A was a regular visitor at Cowes Week where she is depicted here in Langmaid’s etching, together with the Guardship […]

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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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JUBILEE REVIEW OF THE FLEET 1935 – PANORAMA

JUBILEE REVIEW OF THE FLEET 1935 – PANORAMA

A monochrome illustration showing – from a seagull’s perspective – the Review with ships anchored in lines receeding as far […]

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COASTAL FORCES: MTBS 244 AND 224 ON THE PLANE

COASTAL FORCES: MTBS 244 AND 224 ON THE PLANE

Almost certainly painted in 1941/43 this was a subject Tufnell understood well: his ships are accurate, his sea and spray […]

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BRITANNIA, SHAMROCK AND CAMBRIA IN THE SOLENT

BRITANNIA, SHAMROCK AND CAMBRIA IN THE SOLENT

One of Langmaid’s finest and not one that is well known this is an unusual etching of the Js who […]

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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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PROCLAIMING OUR SAILOR KING

PROCLAIMING OUR SAILOR KING

It was the evening of 6th May 1910 when King Edward VII died and King George V succeeded to the […]

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HMS ARK ROYAL (1955) Paying Off in December 1978

HMS ARK ROYAL (1955) Paying Off in December 1978

  This was a sad day – the premature paying off of the fixed wing carrier in 1978. Brought about […]

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HMS Valiant in the Firth of Forth – MP253

HMS Valiant in the Firth of Forth – MP253

The battleship is lying in the capital ship anchorage in the Firth of Forth.

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HMS AMETHYST. Leaving Malta October 1949, homeward bound after her ordeal on the Yangtze

HMS AMETHYST. Leaving Malta October 1949, homeward bound after her ordeal on the Yangtze

Provenance: The Estate of Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale (1873-1957). A note attached, verso, states: “Bonhams 26th October 2005. Lot […]

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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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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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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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BATTLE CRUISERS IN FILTHY WEATHER

BATTLE CRUISERS IN FILTHY WEATHER

For sheer impact this watercolour takes some beating! Its filthy weather with walls of water and blown spume everywhere: down […]

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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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THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE

THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE

This was the first major naval action of the Second World War: as Churchill said “the brilliant action of the […]

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HMAS AUSTRALIA

HMAS AUSTRALIA

One of 7 ships of the Kent Class – a sub divison of the Royal Navy’s County Class which numbered […]

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Battle cruisers in action: Dogger Bank January 1915

Battle cruisers in action: Dogger Bank January 1915

Detective work leads to the conclusion that this is a painting of the early stages of the Battle of Dogger […]

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DESTROYERS ENGAGING THE GERMAN CRUISER MAINZ, 28TH AUGUST 1914

DESTROYERS ENGAGING THE GERMAN CRUISER MAINZ, 28TH AUGUST 1914

Provenance: with the Rembrandt Gallery. This watercolour features as colour plate no. 3 in “Sea Fights of the Great War” […]

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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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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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KOREA: HMS OCEAN, HMS UNICORN, HMS COSSACK & A SEA FURY LAUNCHING. WINTER 1951-52

KOREA: HMS OCEAN, HMS UNICORN, HMS COSSACK & A SEA FURY LAUNCHING. WINTER 1951-52

Commissioned by Maritime Prints & Originals for The Association of Royal Navy Officers’ 2008 Christmas card, this scene was painted […]

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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 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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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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YACHT RACING IN GRAVESEND REACH

YACHT RACING IN GRAVESEND REACH

These vignettes that make up the whole picture are quite delightful – Wyllie shows his considerable talent with Indian ink, […]

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Jutland: HMS TIGER and battle cruisers at Windy Corner, 31st May 1916

Jutland: HMS TIGER and battle cruisers at Windy Corner, 31st May 1916

This image showing in the foreground HMS TIGER (Captain Henry Pelly MVO RN), will be well known to all Wyllie […]

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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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AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 2.15 PM

AUGUSTE BALLINS FOUR SCENES OF TRAFALGAR. 2.15 PM

Although it had been known for some time that a London club and a Portsmouth club each had a pair […]

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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 VANGUARD OFF MALTA, 1949

HMS VANGUARD OFF MALTA, 1949

This watercolour depicts VANGUARD’s time with the Mediterranean Fleet in 1949 when she conducted a full calibre 15inch shoot in […]

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THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON, COWES

THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON, COWES

The sheer detail Wyllie has achieved in this etching is breathtaking: there is a forest of tall masts all the […]

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FLEET REVIEW 1935 SILVER JUBILEE

FLEET REVIEW 1935 SILVER JUBILEE

A typical etching by Rowland Langmaid shows the Royal Yacht (Rear Admiral D.B.N. North CB CSI CMG CVO ADC), Rear […]

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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 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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ALGERINE CLASS MINESWEEPERS

ALGERINE CLASS MINESWEEPERS

Watercolour heightened with white, signed and inscribed “Minesweepers – Rough Sketch”. Not dated but believed to have been executed in […]

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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 LEANDER IN THE 1930S

HMS LEANDER IN THE 1930S

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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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The Battle of Jutland: HMS WARSPITE In Action, 31 MAY 1916: the Run to the North

The Battle of Jutland: HMS WARSPITE In Action, 31 MAY 1916: the Run to the North

(MP006). Irwin Bevan (1852-1940). Watercolour signed not dated. Limited Edition: 150 Standard size: 12.25 x 19.25 (32 x 49cms) approx. […]

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Dido Class cruiser in action

The Dido were a hard worked class

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