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Pair of WW1 watercolours. HMS Royal Oak. Signed.
WW1 -WW2 pair of watercolurs of HMS Royal Oak and British Monitors. Antique.
Overall good condition. The frames have been painted.
Measurements
Outside frame measurements - 38cm - 28.5cm
Watercolour measurements - 27cm - 19cm
One of the watercolours has a inscription - British Monitors on their way to bombard the Belgian coast escorted by ‘Motor Launches’.
The other watercolour has a inscription - H.M.S Royal Oak.
Both signed Philip . A . Vicary.
Please message my email connorm255@hotmail.co.uk for enquiries - not the antiques atlas enquire form because I am not receiving messages.
Overall interesting piece of history.
Information about H.M.S Royal Oak.
HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. In peacetime, she served in the Atlantic, Home and Mediterranean fleets, more than once coming under accidental attack. Royal Oak drew worldwide attention in 1928 when her senior officers were controversially court-martialled, an event that brought considerable embarrassment to what was then the world's largest navy. Attempts to modernise Royal Oak throughout her 25-year career could not fix her fundamental lack of speed and, by the start of the Second World War, she was no longer suitable for front-line duty.
On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47. Of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 835 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The loss of the outdated ship—the first of five Royal Navy battleships and battlecruisers sunk in the Second World War—did little to affect the numerical superiority enjoyed by the British navy and its Allies, but it had a considerable effect on wartime morale. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero out of the U-boat commander, Günther Prien, who became the first German submarine officer to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Before the sinking of Royal Oak, the Royal Navy had considered the naval base at Scapa Flow impregnable to submarine attack, but U-47's raid demonstrated that the German navy was capable of bringing the war to British home waters. The shock resulted in rapid changes to dockland security and the construction of the Churchill Barriers around Scapa Flow, with the added advantage of being topped by roads running between the islands.
The wreck of Royal Oak, a designated war grave, lies almost upside down in 100 feet (30 m) of water with her hull 16 feet (4.9 m) beneath the surface. In an annual ceremony marking the loss of the ship, Royal Navy divers place a White Ensign underwater at her stern. Unauthorised divers are prohibited from approaching the wreck under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
Please message my email at the top of the page if I do not reply back to your enquiry through the Antiques Atlas contact form.
SellerCJ Miller Antiques
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CJ Miller Antiques
Private dealer
By appointment only
Near Bath
Somerset
Tel : 07879810551
Non UK callers : +44 7879810551
Overall good condition. The frames have been painted.
Measurements
Outside frame measurements - 38cm - 28.5cm
Watercolour measurements - 27cm - 19cm
One of the watercolours has a inscription - British Monitors on their way to bombard the Belgian coast escorted by ‘Motor Launches’.
The other watercolour has a inscription - H.M.S Royal Oak.
Both signed Philip . A . Vicary.
Please message my email connorm255@hotmail.co.uk for enquiries - not the antiques atlas enquire form because I am not receiving messages.
Overall interesting piece of history.
Information about H.M.S Royal Oak.
HMS Royal Oak was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. In peacetime, she served in the Atlantic, Home and Mediterranean fleets, more than once coming under accidental attack. Royal Oak drew worldwide attention in 1928 when her senior officers were controversially court-martialled, an event that brought considerable embarrassment to what was then the world's largest navy. Attempts to modernise Royal Oak throughout her 25-year career could not fix her fundamental lack of speed and, by the start of the Second World War, she was no longer suitable for front-line duty.
On 14 October 1939, Royal Oak was anchored at Scapa Flow in Orkney, Scotland, when she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-47. Of Royal Oak's complement of 1,234 men and boys, 835 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The loss of the outdated ship—the first of five Royal Navy battleships and battlecruisers sunk in the Second World War—did little to affect the numerical superiority enjoyed by the British navy and its Allies, but it had a considerable effect on wartime morale. The raid made an immediate celebrity and war hero out of the U-boat commander, Günther Prien, who became the first German submarine officer to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Before the sinking of Royal Oak, the Royal Navy had considered the naval base at Scapa Flow impregnable to submarine attack, but U-47's raid demonstrated that the German navy was capable of bringing the war to British home waters. The shock resulted in rapid changes to dockland security and the construction of the Churchill Barriers around Scapa Flow, with the added advantage of being topped by roads running between the islands.
The wreck of Royal Oak, a designated war grave, lies almost upside down in 100 feet (30 m) of water with her hull 16 feet (4.9 m) beneath the surface. In an annual ceremony marking the loss of the ship, Royal Navy divers place a White Ensign underwater at her stern. Unauthorised divers are prohibited from approaching the wreck under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
Please message my email at the top of the page if I do not reply back to your enquiry through the Antiques Atlas contact form.
Price The price has been listed in British Pounds.
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Category Antique Pictures / Engravings / Art
> Antique Watercolours
Date 1914-1918.
George V Antiques Material Paper
Origin British
Item code as1123a069
Status Sold
£145.00 
$196.17 
€172.19 
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View all stock from
CJ Miller Antiques
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Near Bath
Somerset
Tel : 07879810551
Non UK callers : +44 7879810551
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