H.M.S. Albion L14

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H.M.S. Albion was commissioned in 2003 and along with her sister ship, H.M.S. Bulwark was built to replace the ageing Falkland's war veterans, H.M.S. Fearless and H.M.S. Intrepid.

Oil on linen canvas 80cm x 140cm

R.M.S. Lusitania 1915

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This is my latest and most complex painting this was the final result of meticulous research through every source available to me, my main one being the very fine work of author J.K. Lenton. Once I had the scene set I was able to use one of my models of the Lusitania to profile her sinking. The painting depicts the Lusitania 10 minutes after the torpedo strike with power gone and no way to steer or stop the engines the dying leviathan propels herself under the Atlantic while spilling terrified passengers out of the lifeboats.
Size 30”-20” 75cm-50cm

H.M.S. Glorious 1940

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The year is 1940 and the H.M.S. Glorious was on her way back to base after taking part In the Norwegian campaign, unfortunately for the Glorious she had no aircraft screening her and the German battle- cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sighted her and gave chase a battle ensued and by the end the Glorious had been sunk along with her escorts H.M.S. Ardent and H.M.S. Acasta with heavy loss of life. This gave the Glorious the dubious distinction of being the only aircraft carrier in the royal navy to be sunk by a surface fleet.

H.M.S. Prince of Wales and H.M.S. Repulse (Force Z)

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In December 1941 the Japanese had made their move for domination in the pacific this created problems for Britain as her colonies were in danger of being overrun. Winston Churchill a Thurmont believer in the Royal Navy believed that he could buy time by sending a battle fleet to deter the Japanese; however the aircraft carrier which was meant to go with the battleships, to provide air cover developed problems and could not sail. For unclear reasons the order was still given to sail, the battleships were on their own. This would lead to both H.M.S. Prince of Wales and H.M.S. Repulse being sunk by overwhelming Japanese air power. The crews of both ships put up one of the most heroic fights of World War 2, this was a battle unfortunately they could never win. This showed once and for all that the notion battleships were invulnerable at sea to be complete folly, unfortunately many fine British sailors paid the ultimate price before people in power realised what was obvious to many long before this action. My painting depicts the earlier stage of this battle and shows the Prince of Wales being dealt a devastating blow as she received a torpedo hit next to her propellers which crippled the ship and left Repulse to fight as the only mobile unit with her escorting destroyers.

H.M.Y. Britannia

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The Britannia was a royal yacht built for Queen Elizabeth 2, she served between 1953-1997 her role was to take the Queen and other members of the royal family around the world on good will visits to the far reaches of the commonwealth, many of which were very small isolated islands incapable of supporting landing strips for aircraft and so the only way to reach them was by sea. In a spending review new labour decided that the yacht was too much of a luxury and decommissioned her this resulted in all the benefits Britannia gave the United Kingdom being unnecessarily lost by a short sited government, she now resides in Edinburgh as a tourist attraction. In my painting I wanted to show the Yacht in all her glory she was arguably one of the most beautiful ships of the time and her clean lines and uncluttered profile make for a very striking painting.
This painting is available through the Arks of Fire Gallery in Falmouth, (Please contact for price)

The wreck of H.M.S. Warspite (Prussia Cove)

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H.M.S. Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth class dreadnought, she received a massive modernisation in H.M.D.Y. Portsmouth, when she eventually emerged people found a ship they didn’t recognise, some people where convinced she was a completely new ship. The warspite built up the finest war record of any other battleship; she served in all major theatres from Jutland in 1916, up to operation Overlord in 1944. By the end of the war she was worn out and was earmarked for scrap. My painting depicts the Warspite having just gone on the rocks of Prussia Cove in Cornwall, the boat in the foreground is the Penlee lifeboat going in to take of the skeleton crew. This ship developed a reputation for having her own mind and she seemed to have decided her appointment with a breakers yard was not for her. After grounding It was found that the ship was wedged fast, she did eventually break loose for a short time only to run aground again a little further down the coast. She never moved again and was scraped in situ.
This painting is available through the Arks of fire gallery in Falmouth. (Please contact for price) Size 16”-12” 40cm-30cm

H.M.S. Cornwall F99

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This ship was designed as a batch 3 type 22 frigate, the final development of the very successful type 22s, these frigates where the most powerful surface ships in service with the royal navy and where an essential asset, however a cash strapped government looked upon these ships as an expensive luxury and they where earmarked for disposal in the notorious 2010 defence cuts. Size 75x50cm