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  • Rendezvous in Scotland Rendezvous in Scotland

    (art) Made by: Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (RA) 1944

    image: some Merchant Navy ships at sea with mountains and in the distance.

  • Convoy from Malta Convoy from Malta

    (art) Made by: Hailstone, Bernard 1944

    image: A view of the port of Augusta, in Sicily, with a convoy sailing through the neck of the harbour. The rural coastal landscape is visible in the foreground, with a few large buildings towards the middle of the composition. The continuing coastline...

  • The Pier at Hvitanes with a Collier and Drifters The Pier at Hvitanes with a Collier and Drifters

    (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay 1943

    image: a view of the pier at Hvitanes in the Faroe Islands and the harbour side. In the foreground the shore is littered with timber and various equipment. A collier is moored at the pier, with several smaller vessels also moored. A picturesque hilly...

  • A German Searchlight across the English Channel, 1942 A German Searchlight across the English Channel, 1942

    (art) Made by: PEARS, CHARLES 1942

    image: a view of the White Cliffs, illuminated at night by a searchlight. The cliffs are surrounded by barrage balloons, casting shadows onto the cliff face. Several ships sail by in the shadows below.

  • Merchant Seamen Exercising in Bone Internment Camp, Algeria Merchant Seamen Exercising in Bone Internment Camp, Algeria

    (art) Made by: Cook, John Kingsley

    image: A view of a yard outside a long, low building, lined with trees on the left side. The trees cast dramatic shadows across from the left. Some isolated groups of figures walk up and down the yard.

  • Cargo Transport : landing stores direct to a camp on the Suez Canal, March 1916 Cargo Transport : landing stores direct to a camp on the Suez Canal, March 1916

    (art) Made by: Mason, Frank 1916-03-01

    image: a bow view of a large steamship docked on the low shoreline of a large waterway. Small local boats are gathered beneath her bows, and many figures are active on the shore between the ship and some buildings and tents to the right.

  • Derna Derna

    (art) Made by: Bawden, Edward

    image: two merchant ships are shown moored parallel to one another in a harbour, set against hills in the background. In the right foreground is a party of soldiers. Two soldiers stand near a large wooden crate, placed in the centre foreground, which is...

  • Flotta and Weddel Sound Flotta and Weddel Sound

    (art) Made by: Lavery, John (Sir) (RA) (RSA) 1916

    image: A view over an area of coastal water with an island in the distance. There are ships anchored out at sea, and one ship run aground, tilted on its side in the foreground.

  • Long Hope, 1917. Orkney Long Hope, 1917. Orkney

    (art) Made by: Lavery, John (Sir) (RA) (RSA) 1917

    image: A coastal scene with shipping visible in the distance and a building in the foreground. The land by the coast is covered in snow and there are small figures visible in the foreground.

  • Sunset. The Harbour of Beyrout Sunset. The Harbour of Beyrout

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: a view across Beirut harbour, with a variety of shipping moored within it. To the left is a large dazzle camouflage painted merchant ship, with a partially sunk ship in the centre. To the right an assortment of shipping is moored closely together...

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