The Chilean battleship 'Libertad'

Ship portrait. With the 'Constitution', one of the last two battleships built to the designs of Sir Edward Reed, and for the Chilean navy, though bought into the Royal Navy in 1904 as the 'Triumph' and 'Swiftsure'. She was torpedoed by a U-boat in the Dardanelles during World War I and sank in twenty minutes. The ships were built by Denny's, who presented the picture to the Museum. See Curatorial Notes in Notebook field.

Object Details

ID: BHC3676
Collection: Fine art
Type: Painting
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Sansom, E.
Vessels: Libertad 1902
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Frame: 855 x 1464 x 50 mm;Overall: 882 mm x 1462 mm x 40 mm