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to view
the unique detail of this drawing 'click' on forward turrets of Jutland
(broadside and nearest).The image appearing here was scanned in two parts
which has slightly affected the tones - the original and prints are also
wider on each side.
A five month pencil and
scalpel blade drawing working by naked eye only, of course.
Measurements of original and print: 41
cm. x 17.4 cm. Copyright: 1998o
Price of Artist's signed conservation quality print each:
£95 inclusive.
Description of composition:
Intended, compositionally, in the same
“sense” as the splendid, serene Pocock painting of Lord Nelson`s
flagships , this exhaustive drawing of the two ‘Later` ‘Battle` class
destroyers is meant to appear rather diagramatic, showing two
representative views of this superb looking heavy destroyer class.
A ‘frisky` sea and racing skies forecasts bad weather to come
….. Although all twenty-four ‘Battles` were laid-down during the
latter part of the Second World War, only ‘Barfleur` saw service in the
British Pacific Fleet.
After launching in 1946, seen here as ‘D 62` in 1961, ‘Jutland`
served on various stations, has secondary armament improvements but was,
finally, broken-up in 1965, having been placed in the Reserve in 1961.
After launching in 1945, seen here in 1948 as Leader of the 4th.
Destroyer Squadron (black top funnel), ‘Agincourt` also served on
various stations, of course, and had secondary armament improvements too.
However, along with three other ‘Battles`, she was converted to become a
fast Aircraft Direction ship in the early 1960s.. Placed in Reserve in
1966, this ship was, finally, broken-up in 1974.
The title ‘Indian Summer` refers to the fact that these
destroyers were really among the last of the as built gun-armed only
warships before the advent of so-called ‘weapons systems` and so on,
along with the ‘Weapons` and ‘Darings`.
For Richard Kennedy, although only one ‘Battle`
actually saw service during the war, these heavyish destroyers were ‘the
best looking` of the wartime destroyer designs of the Royal Navy.
Originally intended primarily as Fleet anti-aircraft ships, the lack of
any big guns facing aft was quite a shock, initially, to many senior
officers.
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