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Last voyage of HMY Victoria and Albert III to the breakers yard, 1 Dec 1954
Oil painting showing the last of Queen Victoria's royal yachts being towed out of Portsmouth Harbour to the breakers, with the new RY 'Britannia' coming in and about to pass her. It was reported that the officer in charge of the 'V & A' went up on the bridge to salute the incoming 'Britannia' and put his foot through the deck because it was so rotten. The Museum bought the picture from the 1955 exhibition of the Royal Society of Marine Artists.
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Object Details
| ID: | BHC3692 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Painting |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wilcox, Leslie Arthur |
| Places: | Portsmouth Harbour |
| Vessels: | Britannia (1953); Victoria and Albert (1899) |
| Date made: | 1954 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund. |
| Measurements: | Frame: 800 mm x 1470 mm x 110 mm;Painting: 762 mm x 1270 mm |