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Battle of Tsushima, Line of Battle by Anthony Saunders. The flag ship Mikasa (Admiral Togo) leading the line at around 3pm on May 27th, 1905. Ships following are Shikishima and Fuji with other ships of the fleet further in the distance. |
The Victorys Approach - Trafalgar 1805 by Barry Price. No text for this item |
Hotspur by Anthony Saunders HMS Hotspur is shown on Convoy protection duties during 1942 / 1943. HMS Hotspur, the H class destroyer, was built by Scotts at Greenock and launched 23rd March 1936. Participated in the first Battle of Narvik, April 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. In April 1941 took part in the evacuation of Greece and sank the German U-Boat U79 in the Mediterranean north of Sollum on 23rd December 1941. Sold to the Dominican Republic on 23rd November 1948 and renamed Trujillo. |
HMS Renown - 1945 by Randall Wilson Renown rides at anchor in Durban 1945 after a small refit before making her way back to the Home Fleet. Cranston Fine Arts have arranged with the artist Randall Wilson to produce a low cost limited edition of 100 prints only. Numbered only, not signed. A canvas edition also available. |
Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman. Swordfish of 825 Sqn led by Lt-Cdr Esmonde begin their heroic attack on the battlescruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as they make their way up the English Channel from Brest during Operation Cerberus on 12th February 1942. Although all the aircraft were lost and no significant damage was done to the German fleet, all the pilots were decorated for their bravery and Lt-Cdr Esmonde received the first Fleet Air Arm VC to be awarded, albeit posthumously. |
P&O Ocean Liner SS Canberra by Ivan Berryman. The P&O Liner SS Canberra during her ocean cruising heyday of the 1980s. SS Canberra is pictured off the Canary Islands. |
The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders A splendid little war was how John Hay, ambassador to Britain, described the Spanish-American war of 1898. Though the war was small in scope it was large in consequences; it promoted the regeneration of the American Navy and the emergence of the United States as a major world power. Fought primarily at sea, the war created an American naval legend in its opening encounter between the pacific squadrons of Spain and the United States at Manila Bay on the 1st of May 1898. At sunrise Admiral Dewey, leading the American fleet in his flagship the USS Olympia, had caught the Spanish fleet, under Admiral Patricio Montojo, by surprise - still anchored off Sangley Point at Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands. Defeat for the Spanish was total and heralded the end of a once extensive Spanish empire in the Americas. Montojos flagship, Reina Cristina, is seen here under fire from the Olympia. |
USS Fletcher DD445 by Randall Wilson USS Fletcher riding shotgun for units of a supply group in 1945. Cranston Fine Arts have arranged with the artist Randall Wilson to produce a low cost limited edition of 100 prints only. Numbered only, not signed. A canvas edition also available. |
HMS Resolution - 1942 by Randall Wilson Resolution operating with Formidable and Revenge in the Indian Ocean, in 1942. Cranston Fine Arts have arranged with the artist Randall Wilson to produce a low cost limited edition of 100 prints only. Numbered only, not signed. A canvas edition also available. |
The Chase, 27th May 1941 by Randall Wilson. HMS King George V and HMS Rodney chase down the crippled German battleship, Bismarck, and within hours they will go into action. |
HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood. HMS Ark Royal part of Force H along with the Battleship HMS Renown and Cruiser HMS Sheffield departs Gibraltar to take part in the search for the Bismarck in the Atlantic. During the hunt HMS Ark Royal, Swordfish mistakenly attack the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Sheffiled. Fortunately, the torpedoes were not primed properly and crusier recieived no major damage. Spotter planes from HMS Ark Royal eventually found the Bismarck. and a attack commenced, crippling the Bismarcks rudder. The damage sustained lead to the rest of the Royal Navy surface fleet catching up with the Bismarck and sinking her. HMS ark Royal returns to the mediteranean. later on 13 November 1941: While on her return to Gibraltar in company with the HMS Malaya, HMS Argus, and HMS Hermione supported by Seven destroyers, HMSArk Royal is attacked by the U-81 under the command of Kapitanleutnant Guggenberger in the Mediterranean., and at 1541, a torpedo strikes the starboard side and the ship immediately takes a 10 degree list. within 20 minutes this list has increased to 18 degrees and Captain Maund orders all only essential crew to remain aboard with the rest of the crew to abandon ship. Destroyer HMS Legion under the command of Commander R. S. Jessel comes alongside and takes most of her crew on board, leaving 250 crew and t Captain Maund to try and save the ship but they have to also abndon ship, and just 14 hours after the torpedo strike HMS Ark Royal rolls over and sinks. from the entire crew their was only only one fatality,Able Seaman E. Mitchell was killed. |
Final Liberty by Randall Wilson. Last preparations for sailing, and last liberty, as Yamato prepares for Operation Ten Ichi Go, 1945. |
Flank Speed by Randall Wilson. The Japanese ship Takao at Flank speed, riding shotgun for the carrier |
HMS Royal Sovereign at the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwoods flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Ana. Making great speed, Collingwoods ship had breached the Franco-Spanish line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomitable can be seen firing into the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Ana, Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton. |
Roma by Randall Wilson. (GL) No text for this item |
Queen Mary at Southampton by Ivan Berryman. No text for this item |
HMS Warspite, Shooting from the Hip by Randall Wilson. HMS Warspite is shown in action during the 2nd battle of Narvik, April 1940. |
The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield. No text for this item |
Troops Embarking for the Crimea by William Stuart. No text for this item |
Brandenburg D.1 by Ivan Berryman. Designed by the great Ernst Heinkel, the diminutive D.1 was an essential stop-gap that provided the Austro-Hungarian pilots with a front line fighter until they were able to re-equip with Albatros scouts in the Summer of 1917. This little aircraft performed well and was generally held in high regard by its pilots, although it did have some shortcomings, namely that forward vision was extremely limited and the Schwarzloses gun was completely concealed in the overwing pod that made it inaccessible in the air. Most unusual of all was its interplane strut arrangement, designed to reduce drag, which gave it the nicknames Starstrutter or Spider. These examples are shown passing above the German cruiser Derfflinger. |
HMS Resolution 1780 by Brian Wood. HMS Resolution was a Royal Navy sloop and the ship in which Captain Cook made his second and third voyages. Along along with HMS Adventure they set sail from Plymouth on the 13th of July 1772. The total crew consisted of 112 including 20 volunteers form HMS Endeavour which was the ship captained by Cook on his first voyage from 1768 to 1771. On 17 January 1773, HMS Resolution was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle and crossed twice more on the voyage. HMS Resolution returned to Britain in 1775 and was then paid off, being recommissioned in February 1776 for the third voyage of Captain Cook. It was on this voyage that HMS Resolution crossed the Arctic Circle on 17th August 1778, and again crossed it on 19th July 1779. In this painting HMS resolution is shown arrving back in Britain on 4 October 1780. |
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