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• Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This - Kultur Vs. Humanity

  (posters) Made by: Unknown 1918

  whole: the image covers the whole, with the title integrated and positioned in the upper third, and the subtitle integrated and positioned across the bottom, both in light blue. image: a Canadian soldier supports the lifeless body of a nurse as he swims...

• Looking Down on the QE2 from a Sea King Helicopter - 'My first flight with 825 Squadron' May 1982

  (art) Made by: Kitson, Linda 1982

  image: An aerial view of the QE2 from the cockpit of a Sea King helicopter. The pilot is seated facing out to the ship below.

• An Earnest Game of Cards

  (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1940

  image: seven sailors sitting around a table on benches playing a game of cards, below deck onboard a ship. Another sailor is visible in the background on the right and there are a few cooking utensils hanging from the wall on the left.

• 2nd and 3rd May - The Belgrano

  (art) Made by: Kirkwood, John 1990

  image: A large red door-bell is collaged onto the canvas. It is surrounded by a thick splattering of red paint which drips down onto a group of men at the base of the composition. Their heads and shoulders float in a dark background, their faces are...

• HMS Philante in Charge of Escort Carriers off Ireland

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

  image: Looking out to sea from the upper deck of a ship. There is a motorboat cruising alongside, and three more ships out at sea beyond. Several figures stand on deck of the ship in the foreground, some wearing yellow oilskins, others blue overalls.

• A Rescue-ship in the Atlantic, March 1943

  (art) Made by: Plante, George 1943

  image: Looking down from an upper deck of a ship, the funnels on the left of the composition, and crew dressed in oilskins standing on the deck below. There is another ship in flames on the horizon, sending a thick cloud of smoke into the sky.

• The M.O.'s Launch taking off Hospital Cases 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: Officers take injured troops to the mainland in a lighter. In the background is the ship from which they have recently disembarked.

• The Neptune Ceremony; crossing the Line 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: The crowded deck of a ship, all watching the events of the Neptune Ceremony. On the right is Neptune and men are being pushed into the swimming pool as a penalty.

• U-boats inside the Convoy. U-99 on the Surface, having Torpedoed the Tanker Ferm, 7 March 1941

  (art) Made by: Hamilton, John 1972

  image: A reconstruction of the sinking of a British merchant vessel by a German U-boat. In the foreground U-99 has surfaced to view a merchant convoy in disarray after being attacked. Two men are visible standing on the conning-tower. A large tanker is...

• The Toll

  (art) Made by: Hamilton, John 1972

  image: A view of survivors of a sinking Merchant ship, who sit on large pieces of debris and two lifeboats, one of which has overturned. There are drowned bodies in the water amongst the survivors.