File:HMS ‘Orion’ struck by a dummy torpedo from submarine 'A6' during fleet exercises, 1913 RMG BHC4164.jpg
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George Horace Davis: HMS ‘Orion’ struck by a dummy torpedo from submarine 'A6' during fleet exercises, 1913
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George Horace Davis |
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HMS ‘Orion’ struck by a dummy torpedo from submarine 'A6' during fleet exercises, 1913  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: HMS ‘Orion’ struck by a dummy torpedo from submarine 'A6' during fleet exercises, 1913 A painting recording an incident during submarine training in the autumn of 1913. The commander of the British submarine service, Roger Keyes, requested four submarines of the ‘Oversea’ flotilla to operate in conjunction with one of the surface fleets. This was for an exercise between opposing battle fleets which carried some risks. Keyes’s enthusiasm for anti-submarine measures against the German U-boat threat was undermined by technical weaknesses in available equipment. For the exercise the ‘Swift’, a fast destroyer leader, was placed at his disposal. It left the four submarines stationed in line abreast a mile apart in the rear of the battle fleet’s cruiser screen. Two of the submarines delivered entirely successful attacks although they were only allowed to fire one torpedo each out of the six they carried. Both hit the same battleship almost simultaneously from opposite sides. The painting shows submarine 'A6' on the surface in the foreground. HMS ‘Orion’ can be seen in the distance, on the right with smoke billowing where she was struck. The menacing red sky and belching smoke from the ‘Orion’ reinforces the dramatic effect. The painting is signed ‘G. H. Davis L.L.’ |
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| Date | after 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 682 mm x 936 mm x 56 mm;Painting: 510 mm x 760 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC4164 |
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| Notes | Signed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/15577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: OP1984-2 id number: BHC4164 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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