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1 Fine Historical Dramatic Naval Battle Operation Ten-Go Painting Destruction Sinking of The Yamato April 7th 1945.
Impress your guests or your clients & be drawn into the WW2 sea battle drama of the last moments of the Yamato with this exciting marine battle masterpiece the ship for your home or office.
Watercolour on paper with a front protective glass cover.
Title “Battle of the East China Seas Sinking Of Japanese Battleship Yamato April 7th 1945” By Eric Tufnell In side three quarter bow view with a cruiser & destroyer escort being bombed & torpedoed to destruction
Circa mid 20th century 1963.
Signed in the bottom corner by the known listed English marine artist Eric Tufnell.
inscribed near the bottom with the title Sinking of the Yamato April 7th 1945.
Set in the original traditional decorative frame which enhances this work further.
A delightful display size with the frame being 54 cm wide and 44 cm high.
Subject seascape marine view of the known Japanese battleship Yamato on relative choppy high seas shown in side three quarter bow view, with anti aircraft guns blazing together with multilpe fires are erupting onboard the Yamato, great sea slashes from bombs near missing on both flanks, she is accompanied by her escort cruiser Yahagi & destroyer. Above blue sky coming through at the top with with white & grey clouds, below the ships are being heavily attacked by various waves of Avenger torpedeo bombers & other multiple aircraft hellcat and corsair fighter planes sent from the American 5th fleet task force 58.
In our opinion this is an exceptional historic marine masterpiece one of his very finest most dramatic works.
Eric Tufnell a known listed British artist, his works have been exhibited at galleries & sol au action houses like Bonhams & Christie’s around the world. His birthplace was in 1888 during the Victorian empire era in Bangalore in India, as his father who was Major Robert Hutchison Campbell Tufnell, was based there held a military post at his base. They moved back to England around the beginning of the 20th century and lived in West London, when his son was older around twelve he continued his education at the boarding school Devonshire House. In 1903 when he was 15 he became a cadet at HMS Britannia, the Royal Navy College at Dartmouth. It was known that he achieved 7 1/2 months time on passing out of Britannia and in the autumn fall of 1904 he joined the battleship HMS Albion which was stationed on the China Station, he was appointed Midshipman onboard.
He had a successful beginning to his career but he soon lost interest with naval career. At the time he left in1905 his commanding officer gave his report that Tufnell was satisfactory but lacked interest. He then served onboard other ships in the Royal Navy but the comments by his commanding officers on his service record continued to be mixed. After a year's service on the China Station in the cruiser HMS Sutlej, HMS Montagu service in the English Channel. Service in the battleship HMS Ocean and the armoured cruiser HMS Hogue was followed by service HMS Euryalus. It was On the 28 December 1908 at least 100,000 died in Messina and the surrounding area of Regio Calabria in Italy when it was hit by an earthquake. HMS Euryalus & other warships of the Royal Navy together with merchant ships were among the ships of many nations that gathered to help rescue the survivors. Tufnell received a commemorative medal awarded by the Italian government for his actions, he left Euryalus in1909.
Biography of the the Yamato (Japanese: 大和, named after the ancient Yamato Province) was the lead ship of her class of battleships, ordered in March 1937. Built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). The builder was Kure Naval Arsenal, laid down in November 1937 & launched in august 1940. Commissioned in December 1941. She was one of the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed, displacing nearly 72,000 tonnes (71,000 long tons) at full load and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 in) Type 94 main guns, which were the largest guns ever mounted on a warship. Length 263 metres or 862 feet & 10 inches. Beam 127 feet & 7 inches. Draft 11 metres or 36 feet and 1 inch. Top speed 27 knots or 31 mph, range 7200 nautical miles with a crew compliment of 3233.
Operation Ten-Go (天号作戦, Ten-gō Sakusen), also known as Operation Heaven One (or Ten-ichi-gō 天一号), was the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II. In April 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship in the world, and nine other Japanese warships, embarked from Japan for a suicide attack on Allied forces engaged in the Battle of Okinawa. The Japanese force was attacked by U.S. carrier-borne aircraft before it could reach Okinawa Yamato and five other Japanese warships were sunk.
The battle demonstrated U.S. air supremacy in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and the vulnerability of surface ships without air cover to aerial attack. The battle also exhibited Japan's willingness to make extreme sacrifices in kamikaze attacks aimed at delaying the Allied advance upon the Japanese home islands. Around noon, the first American aircraft arrived over Yamato these were F6F Hellcat and F4U Corsair fighters conducting a fighter sweep of any Japanese aircraft defending the battle group however, the severely depleted Imperial Japanese Army Air Force could muster no opposition, which allowed U.S. dive-bomber and torpedo aircraft to set up for their attacks unmolested.
During the first attack wave, despite evasive maneuvers that caused most of the bombs and torpedoes aimed at her to miss, Yamato was hit by two armor-piercing bombs and one torpedo.]Her speed was not affected, but one of the bombs started a fire aft of the superstructure that was not extinguished. Also, during the first attack wave, destroyers Hamakaze and Suzutsuki were heavily damaged and taken out of the battle. Hamakaze sank later.
Between 13:20 and 14:15, the second and third waves of U.S. aircraft attacked, concentrating on Yamato. During this time, Yamato was hit by at least eight torpedoes and up to 15 bombs. The bombs did extensive damage to the topside of the ship, including knocking out power to the gun directors and forcing the anti-aircraft guns to be individually and manually aimed and fired, greatly reducing their effectiveness. The torpedo hits—almost all on the port side—caused Yamato to list enough that capsizing was an imminent danger.
Captain Kōsaku Aruga, who commanded Yamato for the battle, refused to abandon ship, with Itō retiring to the flag cabin while Aruga tied himself to the binnacle. As the order to abandon the ship was issued after the ship began to capsize, many of her crew were trapped. American aircraft continued to attack Yamato during this period, and she suffered several more torpedo hits. At 14:20, Yamato capsized completely and began to sink (30°22′N 128°04′E). At 14:23, she suddenly blew up with an explosion so large that it was reportedly heard and seen 200 km (110 nmi 120 mi) away in Kagoshima and sent up a mushroom-shaped cloud almost 20,000 ft (6,100 m) into the air.
Provenance commissioned from the artist Commander Tufnell for Mr J Banks Esq of Tadley, Nr Basingstoke, Hants, The Parker Gallery Albemarle Street London, with accompanying documentation attached to an envelope atatched verso, containing a series of exchanged letters dated between August 9th & October 15th 1963 between the buyer Mr Banks & The Parker Gallery with instructions for the artist Tufnell of the requested desired scene to be painted of the Yamata, southern shire auction & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD.We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance.
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DimensionsDimensions in centimetres of the frame High (44 cm) Wide (54 cm) Depth (1.4 cm) Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art > Antique Watercolours Date 1963  1960s Antiques Material Painted Origin British Condition Condition report. Offered in fine used condition. Painting surface is in good overall condition with some foxing staining in areas. The frame has general wear, scuffs, minor chips & some losses in places commensurate with usage & age. Hanging thread on the back ready for immediate wall display. Item code as1013a1191 Status For Sale

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