'Boat drill'

This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and August 1945. This scene is drawn on the back of a fragment of a navigational chart, US Coast Chart no.157, published by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey - 'From Sapelo Island, Georgia, to Amelia Island, Florida'.The verso bears a censorship stamp, signed and dated: 'passed for publication, 15 August 1941'

Object Details

ID: ZBA5291
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cook, John Kingsley
Places: London; Malta
Date made: 1941
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the artist's family, 2012
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 186 mm