Cruiser squadrons in the Forth

Two studies on a single sheet. The top drawing shows light cruisers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Light Cruiser Squadrons anchored, possibly in the Forth, in 1917-18. The nearer three-funnelled ships are of the 'Arethusa' and 'Caroline' classes. The distant four-funnelled ships are of the 'Chatham' and 'Birmingham' classes. The lower drawing with the Forth Bridge as background has, on the left, a battlecruiser of the 'Indefatigable' class and if the date is post-Jutland, as it appears, it has to be 'New Zealand' or 'Australia'.

Object Details

ID: PAF0696
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1917-18; 1917-1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Sheet: 254 x 354 mm; Mount: 407 mm x 557 mm