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.

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
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