Studies of HMS 'Tartar' and the submarine 'G11', with other sketches R...
Studies of HMS 'Tartar' and the submarine 'G11', with other sketches A sheet of studies inscribed 'G.11', 'TARTAR', 'photograph 6.30 Wednesday', by the artist. The main unfinished drawing is of the 'Tribal' (F... More
The Storming of Zeebrugge Mole, St George's Day, 23 April 1918 by Will...
The Storming of Zeebrugge Mole, St George's Day, 23 April 1918; by HMS Vindictive (ship, 1897). (HMS Excellent collection, on loan from the Royal Navy Trophy Centre.
'1st Battle squadron in North Sea' RMG PW2216, William Lionel Wyllie
'1st Battle squadron in North Sea' Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. This is 1st Battle Squadron of R-class and 'Iron Duke'-class battleships in the North Sea in 1917. It is essentially a study of... More
'A Light Cruiser off Scapa Pier' RMG PW1757, William Lionel Wyllie
'A Light Cruiser off Scapa Pier' Signed by artist (in black) and lightly inscribed in pencil below it, lower right ' A light cruiser in Scapa Bay', this finished watercolour was reproduced in colour with the ti... More
'Admiral Beatty's Battle Cruisers at Jutland'; with HMS 'Lion' leading...
'Admiral Beatty's Battle Cruisers at Jutland'; with HMS 'Lion' leading, 31 May 1916, about 19.20 This is a view from fine on the port bow of the British Battlecruiser Force, led by Admiral Beatty's flagship 'L... More
'American Minesweepers cheering British battleships. (at) Scapa', 1918...
'American Minesweepers cheering British battleships. [at] Scapa', 1918 Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower left. From left to right the ships in this drawing are an 'Iron Duke'-class battleship, the US.min... More
'Battle Cruiser "Repulse"' RMG PW1810, William Lionel Wyllie
'Battle Cruiser "Repulse"' Signed and inscribed by the artist 'HM Battle-Cruiser Repulse', lower left. This drawing was reproduced in Wyllie's co-authored book 'More Sea Fights of the Great War' (1919), f. p. ... More
'Battle ships of German High Seas Fleet off Inch Keith' RMG PW1758
'Battle ships of German High Seas Fleet off Inch Keith' Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower left.This atmospheric study off the island of Inchkeith at the mouth of the Firth of Forth shows Germ... More
'Boats not so close'- rescue from a capsizing and burning ship RMG PV0...
'Boats not so close': rescue from a capsizing and burning ship A study of a destroyer and two boats attempting to take off survivors from - probably - a warship sinking in action, or in its aftermath. The dest... More
'Caged in Scapa Flow'- a study of the interned German High Seas Fleet,...
'Caged in Scapa Flow': a study of the interned German High Seas Fleet, with additional details of ships above Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. These sketches are all of the German High Seas Fleet... More
'Gallipoli- "River Clyde" Pushing in for V Beach', in the Dardanelles,...
'Gallipoli: "River Clyde" Pushing in for V Beach', in the Dardanelles, 1915 Signed by the artist and inscribed, lower left, 'River Clyde pushing in for V Beach / from a sketch by a Naval officer'. This drawing... More
'HMS Lion in the Forth' RMG PW2121, William Lionel Wyllie
'HMS Lion in the Forth' Signed by the artist and inscribed , as title, lower right. The battlecruiser 'Lion' is shown in starboard-bow view, at moorings and with her forward guns trained to starboard. She is w... More
'Hun sinking'- rescue of survivors from the 'Blücher' (?), 1915 RMG PV...
'Hun sinking': rescue of survivors from the 'Blücher' (?), 1915 The British destroyer on the left appears to be an 'Acheron ' (I)-class ship and the subject is probably the rescue of the crew of the German armo... More
'Invincible and Inflexible steaming out of Port Stanley in Chase'- the...
'Invincible and Inflexible steaming out of Port Stanley in Chase': the start of the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914 Signed by the artist, lower left, this watercolour was reproduced (in colour a... More
'Launch of Lusitania' RMG PV2100, William Lionel Wyllie
'Launch of Lusitania' Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. A view looking up from fine off the starboard bow at the 'Lusitania' on her launching cradle at John Brown's yard, Clydebank, with flags fly... More
'Medea'-class destroyer RMG PV2609 (cropped), William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Repulse' and a 'Medea'-class destroyer The top image is a port-broadside view of the battlecruiser 'Repulse' (1916) as she was in late 1917. The lower image seems to be one the the four 'Medea'-class dest... More
'No.1 - Forming line ahead' RMG PV1035, William Lionel Wyllie
'No.1 / Forming line ahead' Numbered and inscribed by the artist, as title. It is one of a group of four (PAE1035-PAE1038) showing battleships of the 'King Edward VII' class during squadron evolutions in the p... More
'No.2 - Reduce speed to 30 Revolutions' ('King Edward VII', 'New Zeala...
'No.2 / Reduce speed to 30 Revolutions' ['King Edward VII', 'New Zealand', 'Hibernia', 'Britannia', 'Hindustan', 'Africa'] Numbered and inscribed by the artist, as title, and with the ship names identifying tho... More
'Odd scraps built into a ship'- a 'Lord Clive'-class monitor RMG PW184...
'Odd scraps built into a ship': a 'Lord Clive'-class monitor Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower right, this drawing was reproduced in colour in Wyllie and M.F. Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great ... More
'Princess Royal after Jutland' RMG PV2651, William Lionel Wyllie
'Princess Royal after Jutland' Inscribed by the artist, as title, lower right. This shows the battlecruiser 'Princess Royal' (1911) with a tug alongside, probably approaching Portsmouth Harbour, where she had ... More
'Princess Royal in dry dock after the Jutland battle' RMG PW1805
'Princess Royal in dry dock after the Jutland battle' Inscribed , as title, and signed by the artist, this shows the battlecruiser 'Princess Royal', flagship of the First Battlecruiser Squadron under Rear-Admir... More
'Queen Elizabeth'-class battleships at sea, with seagulls RMG PU9931
'Queen Elizabeth'-class battleships at sea, with seagulls A study of three Royal Naval capital ships - apparently 'Queen Elizabeth'-class battleships - on a calm blue sea, either at dawn or sunset.
'Saving the Crew of "Audacious"'; as she sinks after striking a mine, ...
'Saving the Crew of "Audacious"'; as she sinks after striking a mine, 27 October 1914 Signed by the artist, lower right, this is a starboard-bow view of the battleship 'Audacious' sinking after striking a mine... More
'Spithead (-) arrival of the young Emperor 1889'- Kaiser Willhem II ar...
'Spithead [:] arrival of the young Emperor 1889': Kaiser Willhem II arriving at Portsmouth Inscribed, as title, and signed by the artist, lower right. Illustration for Wyllie and M.F. Wren, 'Sea Fights of the... More
'The Eyes of the Fleet' RMG PV3442, William Lionel Wyllie
'The Eyes of the Fleet' Inscribed, as title, by the artist and signed in ink, lower right, this drawing was reproduced in Wyllie and M.F. Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great War (1918) f. p. 144. This shows British... More
'The last of Blücher' RMG PW1765, William Lionel Wyllie
This shows the sinking of the German armoured cruiser 'Blücher' at the Battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915. The 'Blücher' is shown capsizing to port ,with the British battlecruiser 'Tiger' of the 1st Battlec... More
'The Screen' RMG PV3129, William Lionel Wyllie
'The Screen' Inscribed 'The Screen' and signed by the artist, lower right. It is also faintly inscribed with a previous note 'the Screen' lower left. This drawing was reproduced in Wyllie and M.F. Wren's 'Sea ... More
'The Splashes of "Canopus"'s Guns'- 'Scharnhorst' and 'Dresden' at the...
'The Splashes of "Canopus"'s Guns': 'Scharnhorst' and 'Dresden' at the Battle of the Falkland islands, 8 December 1914, about 13.30 This drawing was reproduced in Wyllie and M.F. Wren's 'Sea Fights of the Great... More
A 'Diadem'-class cruiser RMG PV2620, William Lionel Wyllie
A 'Diadem'-class cruiser A stern view of one of the later 'Diadem' class 1st-class protected cruisers. There were four of these: 'Amphitrite', 'Argonaut', 'Ariadne' and 'Spartiate' (all 1898), and they could b... More
A 'King Edward VII'-class battleship at anchor, possibly in Scapa Flow...
A 'King Edward VII'-class battleship at anchor, possibly in Scapa Flow, at evening (or dawn) The location of this fine watercolour study is possibly Scapa Flow, with a battleship of the 'King Edward VII' class ... More
A 'King Edward VII'-class battleship at sea RMG PV5044
A 'King Edward VII'-class battleship at sea This is a rough and technically inaccurate starboard-broadside sketch of a 'King Edward VII'- class battleship, at speed, in the 1915-17 period with topmasts removed.
A battleship, probably the 'St Vincent', fitting out at at Portsmouth,...
A battleship, probably the 'St Vincent', fitting out at at Portsmouth, about 1910 This drawing shows one of the 'St Vincent'-class battleships, of which the others were 'Collingwood' and 'Vanguard', at the Midd... More
A German Prize bought in by submarine RMG PV0882, William Lionel Wylli...
A German Prize bought in by submarine Medium includes graphite. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph of German s... More
A sunny naval anchorage, with six 'King Edward VII'-class battleships ...
A sunny naval anchorage, with six 'King Edward VII'-class battleships and other shipping Signed by the artist, lower right, this fine finished watercolour appears to show six of the 'King Edward VII' class batt... More
A Thornycroft S-class destroyer in harbour (with the outline sketched ...
A Thornycroft S-class destroyer in harbour (with the outline sketched on the reverse) This loose and rough watercolour study shows a destroyer in port-bow view, probably alongside given that she is flying her ... More
Action off the Texel, 17 October 1914 RMG PW0659, William Lionel Wylli...
Action off the Texel, 17 October 1914 Inscribed and signed by artist, lower left, 'Action off the Texel October 28th 1914 / Chase of the German Torpedo boats / W. L. Wyllie'. The date given is wrong, since the... More
Algerine cheering Iltis Taku RMG PW1238, William Lionel Wyllie
Algerine cheering Iltis Taku Signed by artist. Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
An 'Iron Duke'-class battleship at anchor and other vessels RMG PU9986
An 'Iron Duke'-class battleship at anchor and other vessels A watercolour study of battleship of the 'Iron Duke' class' in 1918, presumably in Scapa Flow, with other units of the Grand Fleet. She is fitted wit... More
An 'Iron Duke'-class battleship with a small sketch of a sailing lugge...
An 'Iron Duke'-class battleship with a small sketch of a sailing lugger below A starboard-broadside study of an 'Iron Duke'-class battleship in the period 1916-17, with a grey wash thumbnail silhouette below of... More
An Admiralty trawler, probably the 'Seamew' RMG PW1865, William Lionel...
An Admiralty trawler, probably the 'Seamew' The Admiralty pendant number '02' on the hull and general appearances suggest this is a study of the trawler 'Seamew', which was built in 1909 as the 'Nunthorpe Hall'... More
August 11th 1900 RMG PW1228, William Lionel Wyllie
August 11th 1900 Heightened with white.; Signed by artist. Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
August 15th 1896 RMG PV3157, William Lionel Wyllie
August 15th 1896 Heightened with white.; Signed by artist. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
August 23rd 1902 RMG PW1223, William Lionel Wyllie
August 23rd 1902 Signed by artist. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
August 5th, 1889 RMG PV3120, William Lionel Wyllie
August 5th, 1889 Signed by artist and dated. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Battlecruisers and the 5th Battle Squadron in action at Jutland, 31 Ma...
Battlecruisers and the 5th Battle Squadron in action at Jutland, 31 May 1916, about 17.00-1730 Signed (faintly) by the artist, lower right, this drawing shows Admiral David Beatty's battlecruisers, with 'Lion' ... More
Battlecruisers at anchor, probably in the Firth of Forth, with a tug a...
Battlecruisers at anchor, probably in the Firth of Forth, with a tug and other vessels The large vessel on the right is the battlecruiser 'Lion'. The group on the left is the battlecruiser 'Princess Royal' wit... More
Battleships at sea RMG PW2167, William Lionel Wyllie
Battleships at sea Signed by the artist in the lower margin. This print is a technically fair depiction of 'Iron Duke'-class battleships in 1917, after the fore control top was enlarged but before a flying-off ... More
Bow view of a fighting vessel, probably an 'Orion'-class battleship, a...
Bow view of a fighting vessel, probably an 'Orion'-class battleship, after 1910 A watercolour study of a Royal Naval capital ship seen from dead ahead, at moorings, with one of her own boats lowered to starbo... More
British battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron at sea on the morning o...
British battleships of the 1st Battle Squadron at sea on the morning of the German surrender, 21 November 1918 Inscribed by the artist, lower right, 'Morning of German surrender'. This study of R-class battles... More
Calm- destroyers and a scout cruiser (HMS 'Foresight' or 'Forward') RM...
Calm: destroyers and a scout cruiser (HMS 'Foresight' or 'Forward') Inscribed by the artist, 'Fearless', under the three-funnelled scout cruiser, third from left. The three destroyers look like L-class vessels... More
Dazzle-camouflaged cargo vessels at sea RMG PV0923, William Lionel Wyl...
Dazzle-camouflaged cargo vessels at sea The two dazzle ships are general cargo vessels, but there is no obvious evidence of the dazzle-paint patterns shown being applied to any particular merchant ship. The ve... More
Destroyers RMG PW1803, William Lionel Wyllie
Destroyers original art: drawing depicting Torpedo Boat No.55 probably on summer manoeuvres 1893
Fighting vessels at anchor against a coastal view, probably in Scapa F...
Fighting vessels at anchor against a coastal view, probably in Scapa Flow, about 1917 A liquid watercolour study, apparently on a fine morning, of three warships at anchor or moorings, probably in Scapa Flow. ... More
Fighting vessels at sea with shell fire RMG PV3622, William Lionel Wyl...
Fighting vessels at sea with shell fire original art: drawing. The vessels on the left are destroyers or torpedo boats of various types. The two on the right are Royal Navy motor launches of the American-buil... More
Fleet Illuminated August, 1902 RMG PW1794, William Lionel Wyllie
Fleet Illuminated August, 1902 Heightened with white.; Signed by artist. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fleet leaving after Review RMG PW0863, William Lionel Wyllie
Fleet leaving after Review Signed by artist. Public domain photograph of British ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Greenwich RMG PV1991, William Lionel Wyllie
Greenwich A view of the Royal Naval College from the west side of the Isle of Dogs (i.e. the north-west), with a large passenger paddle-steamer coming upriver, a small boat in the foreground, and Thames barges ... More
H.M.S. Blenheim RMG PW1799, William Lionel Wyllie
H.M.S. Blenheim Medium includes graphite.; Signed by artist. Public domain image of a British navy ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
H.M.S. Tiger RMG PV2720, William Lionel Wyllie
H.M.S. Tiger Medium includes graphite. Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HM Yacht 'Alberta' carrying the remains of Queen Victoria, passing thr...
HM Yacht 'Alberta' carrying the remains of Queen Victoria, passing through the fleet at Spithead, 1 February 1901 Signed by the artist, lower right. Queen Victoria died at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight on ... More
HMS 'Africa', battleship, probably at Portsmouth RMG PV0093, William L...
HMS 'Africa', battleship, probably at Portsmouth Shown as completed in November 1906 with masthead semaphore and W/T gaff. During 1907 the semaphore was removed and the W/T gaff was triced. The Wyllies moved t... More
HMS 'Australia'- bow view, alongside a quay RMG PV2749, William Lionel...
HMS 'Australia': bow view, alongside a quay The battlecruiser 'Australia' was built by John Brown & Co at Clydebank, launched on 25 October 1911 and completed in June 1913. This reasonably accurate drawing sh... More
HMS 'Bellerophon' at Portsmouth RMG PW1744, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Bellerophon' at Portsmouth original art: drawing Public domain image of a British navy ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS 'Bellerophon', battleship RMG PV3348, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Bellerophon', battleship An only partly finished study of the battleship 'Bellerophon' seen from astern off the starboard quarter, presumably at moorings, with a derrick out to port. This ship was launched... More
HMS 'Bellona' or 'Boadicea' at Scapa Flow, 1916-17 RMG PU9937
HMS 'Bellona' or 'Boadicea' at Scapa Flow, 1916-17 A monochrome study of a four-stacker Royal Naval scout cruiser - either the 'Bellona' or the 'Boadicea' - lying at anchor or moorings against high land appare... More
HMS 'Benbow' at Christmas, 1918 RMG PV2761, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Benbow' at Christmas, 1918 Inscribed by the artist, lower right, 'Benbow Xmas'. The battleship 'Benbow' was built by Beardmore at Glasgow, launched on 12 November 1913 and completed in October 1914. This ... More
HMS 'Calypso' at the Second Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 17 Novembe...
HMS 'Calypso' at the Second Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 17 November 1917 Signed by the artist, lower left, and by officers of 'Calypso' who were present, top right: 'H. S. Clarke / 17th November 1917', 'M W... More
HMS 'Canada' RMG PV2674, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Canada' Inscribed by the artist, 'Canada', lower right, this is a reasonably accurate starboard broadside study of the battleship 'Canada' (1913), as fitted in 1918 with an enlarged control top and aircraf... More
HMS 'Canada', battleship RMG PW1817, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Canada', battleship Inscribed by the artist, 'Canada', lower right. This is a reasonably good mid-distant, port-broadside depiction of the battleship 'Canada' (1913), as she was in 1918, except that the br... More
HMS 'Champion', leading the destroyers and battlecruisers at the Battl...
HMS 'Champion', leading the destroyers and battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, about 16.05 Signed by the artist in the lower margin. This print (or another impression of it) was reproduced as ... More
HMS 'Chester' RMG PW1811, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Chester' This is the light cruiser 'Chester' in 1917, seen from the port bow under way, after the fitting of the tripod foremast but before the enlargement of the control top and the removal of the platfor... More
HMS 'Comus' rescuing survivors of the 'Greif', 29 February 1916 RMG PW...
HMS 'Comus' rescuing survivors of the 'Greif', 29 February 1916 Signed and dated by the artist, lower right, this drawing shows the light cruiser 'Comus' (1914) picking up survivors from the German auxiliary cr... More
HMS 'Comus', light cruiser RMG PW1813, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Comus', light cruiser The previous identification of this ship as HMS 'Champion' is incorrect since 'Champion' had two funnels whereas this ship has three. It is in fact a very accurate record, from broad ... More
HMS 'Dreadnought' and a 'Majestic'-class battleship at dawn or dusk, w...
HMS 'Dreadnought' and a 'Majestic'-class battleship at dawn or dusk, with ships' boats in the foreground and a fire on the water The battleship in distant broadside view on the left is the 'Dreadnought' (1906... More
HMS 'Emperor of India' RMG PV2615, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Emperor of India' Inscribed by the artist with the ship's name, lower right. This shows the battleship 'Emperor of India' (1913) at anchor in 1918. A cruiser is in the background with a collier or storesh... More
HMS 'General Wolfe' RMG PV2675, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'General Wolfe' Inscribed by the artist, lower right, 'General Wolf[e]'. This is a not particularly accurate port-broadside drawing of the monitor 'General Wolfe' (1915) fitted with an 18-inch gun aft and a... More
HMS 'Iron Duke', battleship, at anchor with her guns trained to starbo...
HMS 'Iron Duke', battleship, at anchor with her guns trained to starboard: study for the Battle of Jutland (Updated February 2015) An accurate albeit freely done study of Admiral Sir John Jellicoe's flagship '... More
HMS 'King George V' RMG PV2607, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'King George V' The battleship 'King George V' (1911) shown as fitted in early to mid -1918, with one of her ort boats hoisted out. She has two range clocks on her foremast but is not yet fitted with an ... More
HMS 'Linnet' RMG PV2665, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Linnet' The destroyer 'Linnet' was built by Yarrow at Scotstoun. She was launched on 16 August 1913 as 'Havock' but renamed in October and completed in December 1913. In this distant sketch she appears as... More
HMS 'Lion' and 'Abdiel' RMG PW1815, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Lion' and 'Abdiel' Wyllie would have had many opportunities to draw or paint watercolours of HMS ‘Lion’ during World War I when she was part of the First Battlecruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, as flags... More
HMS 'Lion' and 'Princess Royal' at anchor, probably in the Forth in ea...
HMS 'Lion' and 'Princess Royal' at anchor, probably in the Forth in early 1916 Signed by the artist, lower right, this drawing shows the battlecruisers 'Lion' (left) and 'Princess Royal' (right) in 1916 but bef... More
HMS 'Lion' leading the British Battlecruiser Force in action at the Ba...
HMS 'Lion' leading the British Battlecruiser Force in action at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, about 19.20 An unusually worked-up pencil drawing by Wyllie of the British Battlecruiser Force led by David B... More
HMS 'Lion', battle-cruiser, in port-bow view- probably a study for the...
HMS 'Lion', battle-cruiser, in port-bow view: probably a study for the Battle of Jutland This is a port-bow view of the battlecruiser 'Lion' , stationary in the water, possibly off a jetty to the left, with he... More
HMS 'Lion'- a study for the Battle of Jutland RMG PV2606
HMS 'Lion': a study for the Battle of Jutland Inscribed 'Lion' by the artist, lower right. This is the battlecruiser 'Lion' (1910), shown with her main armament trained to starboard and in starboard-bow view, i... More
HMS 'Natal' RMG PV2730, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Natal' Inscribed by the artist, 'Natal', lower right. This 'Warrior'-class armoured cruiser of 13,550 tons was built by Vickers Maxim at Barrow, launched on 30 September 1905 and completed on 5 March 190... More
HMS 'Pegasus', 3rd-class protected cruiser, at Zanzibar, 19 September ...
HMS 'Pegasus', 3rd-class protected cruiser, at Zanzibar, 19 September 1914 This drawing is an almost exact copy of a photograph of the 3rd-class protected cruiser 'Pegasus' (1897) anchored in the harbour at Zan... More
HMS 'Princess Royal' with a tug RMG PV2680, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Princess Royal' with a tug Inscribed by the artist, lower right, 'Princess Royal'. A loose watercolour sketch of this battlecruiser from off her starboard quarter, probably manoeuvring in an anchorage, wit... More
HMS 'Queen Elizabeth', battleship, and a Modified W-class destroyer RM...
HMS 'Queen Elizabeth', battleship, and a Modified W-class destroyer This is a loose wash depiction of a 'Queen Elizabeth'-class battleship with an awning rigged amidships on the port side. Only the 'Queen Eliz... More
HMS 'Renown' leaving Portsmouth with HRH The Prince of Wales on board,...
HMS 'Renown' leaving Portsmouth with HRH The Prince of Wales on board, 16 March 1920 The battlecruiser ‘Renown’ was built by Fairfield, at Govan on the Clyde, and completed in September 1916. She served with t... More
HMS 'Renown', seen in port-broadside view, and gaff-rigged fishing ves...
HMS 'Renown', seen in port-broadside view, and gaff-rigged fishing vessels original art: drawing. The top sketch shows the battlecruiser 'Renown' in 1916-17 before her funnel-mounted searchlights were regrouped... More
HMS 'Repulse' and a 'Medea'-class destroyer RMG PV2609, William Lionel...
HMS 'Repulse' and a 'Medea'-class destroyer The top image is a port-broadside view of the battlecruiser 'Repulse' (1916) as she was in late 1917. The lower image seems to be one the the four 'Medea'-class dest... More
HMS 'Revenge' RMG PV2721, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Revenge' Inscribed by the artist, lower right, 'Revenge'. This battleship was launched on 29 May 1915 and completed on 24 March 1916. She is shown reaasonably accurately here, at anchor from off the por... More
HMS 'Roberts', monitor RMG PW1847, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Roberts', monitor Inscribed by the artist, lower left, 'Roberts', this is a reasonably accurate and good quality study of the monitor 'Roberts' (1915), under way in almost starboard-broadside view. It was... More
HMS 'Royal Oak,' RMG PW1808, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Royal Oak,' Inscribed by the artist 'Royal Oak', lower right. A port proadside study of the battleship 'Royal Oak' in her spring 1917 configuration. The range finding baffles on her funnel were only fitte... More
HMS 'Southampton', as flagship of the 7th Light Cruise Squadron RMG PW...
HMS 'Southampton', as flagship of the 7th Light Cruise Squadron This was previously identified as the light cruiser 'Southampton' (1912) when flagship of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron at the time of Jutland, ... More
HMS 'Tiger' RMG PW1823, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Tiger' This sketch on board the battlecruiser 'Tiger' and the artist is positioned aft, looking forward at Q turret, which is trained to starboard. The date is 1916-17 before the fitting of the searchlight... More
HMS 'Tiger'- study for the Battle of Jutland RMG PW1807
HMS 'Tiger': study for the Battle of Jutland The 'Tiger' is depicted here in her 1915-16 condition, after Jutland and the removal of her foretopmast flagstaff and her sternwalk but before the fitting of the enl... More
HMS 'Victory 'at Portsmouth, on Trafalgar Day (21 October), prior to h...
HMS 'Victory 'at Portsmouth, on Trafalgar Day (21 October), prior to her restoration Signed by the artist, in the lower left margin. The ship is shown in port-broadside view, with a wreath hoisted high in her ... More
HMS 'Vindictive' returning from the Zeebrugge Raid, 24 April 1918 RMG ...
HMS 'Vindictive' returning from the Zeebrugge Raid, 24 April 1918 Inscribed by the artist, 'Vindictive', lower right, this shows the ship which, while damaged, steamed back after the raid of 23 April under her ... More
HMS 'Vindictive' RMG PW1863, William Lionel Wyllie
HMS 'Vindictive' An annotated watercolour study of the 'Vindictive', seen from off the port bow, as fitted out for the raid on Zeebrugge on 23 April 1918. Like PAE1864 it is squared up, probably for enlarging,... More