'7 ' 5 Howitzer and Stokes guns HMS Vindictive'; and an aerial view of the mole at Zeebrugge, 1918

Two sketches on one sheet relating to the Zeebrugge raid of 23 April 1918, the top one inscribed by the artist, as title. This shows one of the 7.5-inch inch howitzers and a battery of Stokes mortars on the port side of the boat deck of the 'Vindictive' prior to the raid. The seamen appear to be practising their firing drill. Note the differing elevations of the Stokes mortars and that some of the men are wearing 'battle bowlers' (tin helmets). The lower image is a sketch made from a well-known aerial reconnaissance photograph of the mole at Zeebrugge, with ships lying inside it, taken by a seaplane on 22 April 1918.

Object Details

ID: PAE3346
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: 356 mm x 255 mm