+
-
Sinking of the 'Bismarck', 27 May 1941
'Sinking of the ''Bismarck'', 27 May 1941'
Inscription (painted?) on recto: “Study of the last hours of the German Battleship Bismarck from information supplied by Captain B.C.S. Martin of H.M.S. Dorsetshire who torpedoed and sank the vessel.”
Inscription (painted?) on recto: “Study of the last hours of the German Battleship Bismarck from information supplied by Captain B.C.S. Martin of H.M.S. Dorsetshire who torpedoed and sank the vessel.”
For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.
Object Details
| ID: | BHC0680 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Painting |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Filke, A. W.; Pilkington, George William |
| Events: | World War II, 1939-1945 |
| Vessels: | Bismarck (1939) |
| Date made: | 20th century |
| People: | Royal Navy; German Navy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Painting: 510 mm x 685 mm |