Broadside HMS Duke of York
HMS Duke of York fires a broadside Christmas Day
1943 which crippled the Scharnhorst. The ship and
sea have been rendered in impasto to loosen the
image and try to capture the elements of the
moment.
HMS Duke of York was built at Clydebank and
launched of the 28th January 1940, she served
most of World war two in the home Fleet, (1940 to
1945) serving of the Murmansk Convoys and also
took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst (German
Battlecruiser) on the 26th December 1943, in
August 1945 she was transferred to the Pacific to
operate against the Japanese. She entered the
reserve fleet in 1949 and was scrapped at Faslane,
Scotland on the 18th February 1958.>
Artist: T. Lund-Lack
Oil on canvas
Size 76 cm x 102 cm
