Light cruisers in Scapa Flow, about 1918

Two drawings, one above the other of ships in Scapa Flow, the lower one squared for reproduction and inscribed by Wyllie in the lower lower right corner, 'Scapa Light cruisers'. The ships he shows here are British 'Arethusa'-class or 'Caroline'class vessels and below the drawn frame the reproduction size is noted as '11 x 5' (inches). The upper drawing may be of German light cruisers judging by the pole foremasts with small high tops, which suggest the drawings date to after the internment of the High Seas Fleet at the end of the First World War, though this is uncertain.

Object Details

ID: PAD9940
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Date made: circa 1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 253 mm x 353 mm