Destroyers at sea, Bengal

Place Asia: Ceylon
Accession Number ART23944
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 40.2 x 46.3 cm; frame: 52 x 58 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on composition board
Maker Norton, Frank
Place made Bay of Bengal
Date made February 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

In the foreground seamen are working with the torpedo tubes of Q class destroyer HMAS Quiberon. HMAS Nizam and HMAS Napier are in the midground, exercising while screening HMAS Renown, HMAS Illustrious and HMAS Emerald during an operational sweep in the Bay of Bengal.