Bridge, M S Bardistan (Captain William Ellis)

Place Asia: India
Accession Number ART23150
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 41.6 x 32.2 cm (sight) (mounted)
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal with coloured crayons heightened with white on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Roy
Place made Indian Ocean
Date made 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

Showing a portion of the bridge of M.S Bardistan during an air alert. The Captain of this ship, Captain William Ellis is signalling with an Aldis lamp to another ship, while the Oerlikon gun's crew stand-to in the background. Before the present run from Australia to India, "Bardistan" did convoy work from the United Kingdom to the Persian Gulf delivering tanks to Russia.