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World War One Naval Art
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Naval art prints of World War One of Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers and Submarine art by naval artists Randall Wilson, Anthony Saunders, and Ivan Berryman, published by Cranston Fine Arts.
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The Boy Hero of HMS Chester (PC) John Travers Cornwell was a British naval cadet who became a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) for his bravery during the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. At just 16 years old, he served on the HMS Chester, a light cruiser that was heavily engaged in the battle. During the action, Cornwell was manning a gun when the ship was struck and suffered severe casualties. Despite being wounded and under fire he continued to serve at his post, showing exceptional courage and determination. Unfortunately, he died from his injuries shortly after the battle. |
SMS Seydlitz 1916 by Randall Wilson. Down by the bows, the battered Seydlitz returns to the Jade after being heavily involved in the gun line action at Jutland. |
Saving the Crew of Audacious by W L Wyllie. Two copies available |
The Collier Thordis About to Ram a German Submarine by Allan Stewart (P) At about 9.30 am on Sunday February 28th 1915 while the collier Thordis, commanded by Captain John William Bell, was steaming down the Channel, the periscope of a submarine was sighted to starboard. Captain Bell at once came on deck, stopped his ship. The submarine slowly moved across the bows of the Thordis to a position 30 or 40 yards away on her portside. A moment later the track of a torpedo was seen. When it had almost reached the vessel, a wave lifted her stern clear, and the torpedo passed harmlessly beneath. The Thordis immediately closed in on the submarine. There followed a crash, then a scrapping noise, and the submarine sank to the bottom. For being the first merchant vessel to sink a submarine, a Money Prize was distributed among the Captain and crew of the Thordis. Captain Bell also received the DSC, and was given a commission as Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. |
HMS Invincible - The Dawn of Jutland by Anthony Saunders. The Battle of Jutland took place on 31st May 1916. It was the largest clash of battleships in history, over 250 ships from the Grand Fleet and the German High Sea Fleet took part. But both fleets struggled to gain supremacy in difficult conditions. The battle started well for HMS Invincible, together with Inflexible and Indomitable she formed part of the 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron under Admiral Hood. She scored eight direct hits on Lutzow which caused the German ship to withdraw from the battle and eventually sink. HMS Invincibles luck finally ran out when she was hit on the midships Q turret, the eventual explosion causing the ship to sink in two halves. Here Invincible is seen prior to the battle from HMS Nestor, one of the destroyer escorts of the 13th Flotilla. |
Sydney and Emden off North Keeling Island by W L Wyllie. Two copies available |
Christmas in New York by Stan Stokes. Depicts the return of the USS Arizona to Brooklyn in 1916, where it was commissioned in May of that year. The Arizona would be sunk twenty-five years later during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. This painting is a tribute to the hundreds of USN officers and seamen still entombed on the ship. |
The Great Review at Spithead by W L Wyllie. Two copies available |
HMS Colossus by Ivan Berryman Together with her sister ship, Hercules, HMS Colossus acquitted herself well at the Battle of Jutland where she fired 93 12in rounds, but received only two hits from enemy fire which caused minor damage and left nine crew injured. She was sold for scrap in 1928. |
Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter by Ivan Berryman. The potential value of aircraft at sea had been proven as early as the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and many experiments were undertaken to provide all significant warships with their own aircraft for spotting and reconnaissance purposes. One solution widely adopted was the fitting of flying-off platforms to the main guns, as demonstrated here, as a Sopwith 1½ strutter is launched from HMS Warspite in 1919. |
SMS Emden by Ivan Berryman. (PC) SMS Emden served in both Chinese and Pacific waters and was at the German colony of Tsingtao when war broke out. She was ordered to start raiding and disrupting commercial vessels in the Indian Ocean until she was cornered by HMAS Sydney. She was beached after the battle on 9th November 1914 and the wreck was partly scrapped by the Japanese in 1950. Some of her crew managed to reach Germany again after capturing a ship and traveling to Mecca. |
Battle of the Falkland Islands by Randall Wilson. Admiral von Spees Flagship SMS Scharnhorst leads SMS Gneisenau in the opening stages of engaging the Royal Naval ships east of the Falklands, 8th December 1914. |
Bringing in the Wounded Lion by W L Wyllie. No text for this item |
Dogger Bank Battle: Aurora begins the Action by W L Wyllie. Three copies available |
Carmania Engages Cap Trafalgar by W L Wyllie. Two copies available |
HMS Queen Elizabeth, Dardanelles Campaign 1916 by Randall Wilson HMS Queen Elizabeth was built at Portsmouth and launched on the 16th October 1913. She was the sister ship to HMS Warspite, Valiant, Barham and Malaya. HMS Queen Elizabeth was the only ship of the class to have a full compliment of sixteen 6-inch guns. She was the only ship of the class not be be involved during the Battle of Jutland. But her first world war service included being part of the Dardanelles campaign. She bombarded the forts on the narrows in support of the Gallipoli landings between February 25th and May 14th 1915. She fired a total of 86 15-inch shells and 71 6-inch shells. |
Mission Completed by Robert Barbour. 7th June 1915. HM Submarine E.11 has just surfaced off Cape Helles at the entrance to the Dardanelles Straits. She has just safely negotiated passage through various minefields from the sea of marmora where she destroyed nine Turkish ships, and reached as far as Constantinople. In the background is the destroyer HMS Grampus and the beached freighter SS River Clyde. |
Peaceful Anchorage by Robert Taylor Ships of the East Asiatic Squadron at anchor in a Pacific Island bay prior to the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. The ships are, left to right, light cruisers Nurnberg and Dresden, cruiser Gneisenau and von Spees flagship Scharnhorst. |
HMS Dreadnought by Randall Wilson HMS Dreadnought, commissioned into the Royal Navy on the 2nd of December 1906, The ship's entry into service represented such an advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships at sea. Cranston Fine Arts have arranged with the artist Randall Wilson to produce a low cost limited edition of 100 prints only. Numbered only, not signed. A canvas edition also available. |
Battle of Jutland by Charles Dixon. A line of Royal Navy battleships engage the German High Seas Fleet during the Battle of Jutland. |
Masters of the Sea by W L Wyllie.(GS) No text for this item |
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