A battlecruiser

Previously identified as HMS Indefatigable, the configuration of the main turrets, pole mast and the overhanging boat davits suggest that this dynamic study is more likely another battlecruiser – possibly Lion, Princess Royal or Queen Mary (identifications suggested by Andrew Choong Han Lin).

Object Details

ID: PAE3407
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Vessels: Indefatigable (1909)
Date made: 1909
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 455 mm x 284 mm