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HMS Ark Royal, Royal Naval aircraft carriers, naval art prints of the three HMS Ark Royal From the World war two carrier showing in pursuit of the Bismarck and HMS Ark Royal in 1970 with Buccaneer jet aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm.  to the modern HMS Ark Royal, involved in Operation free Iraq. Naval art prints by leading naval artists Brian Wood, Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman.

HMS Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird and launched on the 13th of April 1937. Displacement of 22,000 tons, had a top speed of 30.75 knots and carried 72 aircraft. HMS Ark Royal's complement was 1,575 men. She served in the home fleet and south Atlantic in 1939, Home fleet and Mediterranean 1940 and Force H 1941. on the 13th November 1941 she was torpedoed by U-81 in the western Mediterranean, and while under tow was lost the following day.

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HMS Ark Royal by Brian Wood.

HMS Ark Royal part of Force H along with the Battleship HMS Renown and Cruiser HMS Sheffield departs Gibraltar to take part in the search for the Bismarck in the Atlantic. During the hunt HMS Ark Royal, Swordfish mistakenly attack the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Sheffiled. Fortunately, the torpedoes were not primed properly and crusier recieived no major damage. Spotter planes from HMS Ark Royal eventually found the Bismarck. and a attack commenced, crippling the Bismarcks rudder. The damage sustained lead to the rest of the Royal Navy surface fleet catching up with the Bismarck and sinking her. HMS ark Royal returns to the mediteranean. later on 13 November 1941: While on her return to Gibraltar in company with the HMS Malaya, HMS Argus, and HMS Hermione supported by Seven destroyers, HMSArk Royal is attacked by the U-81 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Guggenberger in the Mediterranean., and at 1541, a torpedo strikes the starboard side and the ship immediately takes a 10º list. within 20 minutes this list has increased to 18 degrees and Captain Maund orders all only essential crew to remain aboard with the rest of the crew to abandon ship. Destroyer HMS Legion under the command of Commander R. S. Jessel comes alongside and takes most of her crew on board, leaving 250 crew and t Captain Maund to try and save the ship but they have to also abndon ship, and just 14 hours after the torpedo strike HMS Ark Royal rolls over and sinks. from the entire crew their was only only one fatality,Able Seaman E. Mitchell was killed.

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Signed by Lieutenant Commander John William Jock Moffat RN.

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Unsigned edition. Image size 24 inches x 14 inches (61cm x 36cm). Price £51.00

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Signed edition. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £37.00

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Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00

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Original painting by Brian Wood. . Price £2800.00


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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) Printed on high quality 300gsm German watercolour board.. Price £145.00

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Skuas flew from HMS Ark Royal through much of the 1940 campaign off Norway, and one is seen getting airborne in typically grey North Sea weather. The Blackburn Skua had many remarkable firsts to its credit; the first all-metal monoplane built for the Fleet Air Arm (FAA); the first dive bomber in British air services; the first enemy aircraft shot down in WW2 fell to a Skua; the first fighter ace in the FAA (Lt. Bill Lucy DSO) flew Skuas and the first warship (Konigsberg) destroyed by dive bombing was sunk by Skuas.

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Signed by Lt Cdr Derek T R Martin, Eric Bond, Lloyd Richards and CPO Ron Skinner.



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Signed by Lt Cdr Derek T R Martin, Eric Bond, Lloyd Richards, CPO Ron Skinner, Eric Winkle Brown, Sqn Ldr Douglas Harcourt and Lt Cmdr George R Blackburn.



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Flight Against the Bismarck by Philip West.

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Flight Against the Bismarck by Philip West.

The Royal Navys week long chase of the formidable German battleship Bismarck culminated in the foul evening weather of 26th May 1941. Despite the deck of HMS Ark Royal pitching through 55 feet, S/Lt John Moffat was one of fifteen Swordfish pilots who took off to attack Bismarck. After 90 minutes of arduous and turbulent flying the Swordfish found their quarry and dived through the intense anti-aircraft fire to drop their torpedoes. One of these hit and jammed Bismarcks rudder and condemned the battleship to sail in slow circles. The Royal Navys own capital ships then closed in and pounded Bismarck into a burning wreck.

Signed limited edition of 100 prints. Paper size 16 inches x 26 inches (41cm x 66cm). Price £135.00

Signed by Sub Lieut Bruce Vibert, Lieut (A) N C Gillis RNVR and Sub Lieut (A) Stanley T Brand RNVR.



Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 16 inches x 26 inches (41cm x 66cm). Price £150.00

Signed by Lieutenant Commander John William Jock Moffat RN, Commander Sidney Hal Jim Suthers DSC DFC RN, Sub Lieut Bruce Vibert, Lieut (A) N C Gillis RNVR and Sub Lieut (A) Stanley T Brand RNVR.


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HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman.

Having played a vital part in the battle for the Mediterranean for over two years, HMS Ark Royal finally succumbed to a U-Boats torpedo in November 1941. She is shown here with a pair of Swordfish Mk1s of 821 Sqn ranged on the deck, passing the cruiser HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar, earlier that same year.

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Signed by Lieutenant Commander John William Jock Moffat RN.

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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00

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Original painting by Ivan Berrryman. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £


Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 20cm). Price £2.00

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**Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. (1 copy reduced to clear) Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £85.00


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Malta Relief by Tim Fisher.

Hawker Hurricanes of 249 squadron (RAF) departing off HMS Ark Royal in June 1941 as par tof Force H. The Hurricanes were to become part of the Defence of Malta against the onslought and non stop bombing by the Axis Bombers and HMS Ark Royal would be sunk only a few months later when on the 13th November 1941 HMS Ark Royal was hit by a single torpedo from the German U-boat U81. The torpedo hit on the starboard side near the starboard boiler room causing a 130ft by 30ft hole. Water poured in causing a 10% list immediately. The flooding spread quickly to the middle of the ship and then to the port boiler room, eectric power failed, and after 14 hours while in tow to Gibraltar she capsized and sunk the following day.

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Special Offer Pack of All Four Prints Price : £400

Summer Harvest by Gerald Coulson Price : £165

Operation Chastise - The Night They Broke the Dams by Ivan Berryman Price : £95

Third Time Lucky by Ivan Berryman Price : £110

The Dambusters by Simon Smith Price : £155

ARTIST
Featured Artist - Ivan Berryman



Art and aviation have been like a brother and sister to me. We have grown up together, learned together and made our adult lives together. But you do not have to have an appreciation of aircraft to admire the graceful lines of a Spitfire or the functional simplicity of a Focke-Wulf 190. They are themselves a work of art and they cry out to be painted - not as machines of war and destruction, but as objects of beauty, born of necessity and function, yet given a life and iconic classicism beyond their original calling. My interest and love of art and aircraft was gifted to me by my father, a designer and aeronautical engineer of considerable repute. Denis Berryman C.Eng. FRAeS. He gave me his eyes, his passion, his dedication and his unwavering professionalism. I owe him everything. And I miss him terribly. A love of art and of beautiful and interesting things takes you on a journey. You discover new interests, new fascinations, and you want to paint them. You want to paint them in their environment, in their element. Whether it is an aeroplane, a warship, a racing car or a beautiful woman, their gift to an artist is the same: Their lines, their texture and the way that light and shadows give them form. These are the food and oxygen of an artist. Not the paint and the canvas. These are mere tools. The secret is in the passion and the perception.

Dambuster Discount Print Pack



Save £125 on this specially selected pack of Dambusters aviation art prints. All four prints for £400, giving collectors these prints at trade discounted prices!

This pack of aviation art prints includes 4 separate prints, at a highly discounted price when purchased in this special pack. The prints included in the pack are :

Summer Harvest by Gerald Coulson,
Operation Chastise - The Night They Broke the Dams by Ivan Berryman,
Third Time Lucky by Ivan Berryman
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The Dambusters by Simon Smith.

In all, the prints have 10 different signatures (13 in total) of pilots and aircrew of the Dambusters raid.

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