'Cleaning guns of the Esturia at Gibraltar'

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. According to his certificate of discharge (in the hands of his descendants), Cook was assigned to SS Esturia from 16.12.1943 to 20.7.1944.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5427
Type: Watercolour
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cook, John Kingsley
Places: London; Malta
Date made: 1944
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the artist's family, 2012.
Measurements: Overall: 429 mm x 309 mm