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'Shot marks on the Hero'
The battleship 'Hero' (1885) was used as a gunnery target from November 1907 and was finally sunk as a target off the Kentish Knock bank on 18 February 1908. Wyllie seems to have access to her to make this drawing.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAE0044 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyllie, William Lionel |
| Vessels: | Hero 1915? [HMS] |
| Date made: | circa 1907; circa 1908 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | 252 mm x 179 mm |