Naval Prints and Naval Art Paintings
of HMS Prince of Wales, published by Cranston Fine Arts, the Naval Art
Company.
HMS Prince of Wales, was built by Cammell Laird and
launched on the 3rd May 1939. She served with the home fleet during 1940
- 1941, and in company with HMS Hood, engaged the Bismarck and Prinz
Eugen on 24th May 1941, but broke of the engagement after receiving
damage. She was at Singapore in October 1941, but was sunk of Malaya,
(along with HMS Repulse) by Japanese Torpedo Aircraft on the 10th
December 1941. it was probable HMS prince of Wales was hit with one
330lb torpedo warhead who's explosion broke of the A bracket of the port
outer shaft with the loss of the propeller. Three more 450lb torpedo
warheads hit the starboard side making the ship capsize to port.
The warheads are likely to be charged with the type of explosives used
by the Germans during World war One.
Displacement: 36,727 tons standard. Speed 28
knots Compliment:
1422 Armament: Ten 14-inch
Guns, sixteen 5.25-inch guns thirty
two 32pdr pompom. and 2 Aircraft.
Seen here from the deck of an escorting destroyer.
Item Code : B0058
HMS Prince of Wales by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
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Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Artist : Ivan Berryman
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The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes.
Twenty-four hours prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese fighters near the Gulf of Siam shot down a RAF Catalina flying boat. The RAF aircraft had stumbled across the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Fleet proceeding to Malaya with a powerful invasion force. With many of its carriers approaching Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invasion force was dependent on land-based air cover. The Japanese Navys 22nd Air Flotilla had relocated to bases in French Indochina. Also within range were Army aircraft flying out of the Saigon area. The Japanese had several hundred aircraft at their disposal. On the British side there was a collection of approximately 150 mostly obsolete and poorly maintained aircraft including Brewster Buffalos, Vildebeast torpedo bombers, Blenheim light bombers, and Hudson patrol aircraft. The British had reinforced their naval forces in the area in November with the arrival of Force Z. Force Z included the old battle cruiser Repulse and the new state-of-the-art b.........
The moment shortly after dawn on 24th May 1941 when HMS Hood, in company with HMS Prince of Wales, opens fire on the Bismarck, setting in motion one of the greatest sea dramas the world had seen.
Item Code : B0115
HMS Hood Engages Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
Wearing her unusual black and white disruptive colour scheme, HMS Repulse is pictured as part of Force Z in company with HMS Prince of Wales and the destroyer Vampire. These two mighty battleships were to be lost within hours of each other, the victims of intense Japanese air strikes. Vampire and the destroyer Electra were on hand to pick up survivors from both ships.
Item Code : DHM1011
HMS Repulse by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
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