HMS 'Warspite'
Inscribed by the artist, 'Warspite', lower right beside an unexplained pencil diagram, this is a port-bow wash study of this 1913 battleship dating to1916 as the ship has fore and main topmasts, and a 6-inch gun on her forecastle deck near the mainmast. The topmasts and gun were removed by late 1916. A boat boom may be extended, aft.
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Object details
| ID: | PAE2614 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyllie, William Lionel |
| Vessels: | Warspite (1913) |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | 315 mm x 454 mm |