HMS 'Swordfish' RMG PV2671.jpg
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English: HMS 'Swordfish' Two sketches, one over the other, both within a drawn pencil surround. The upper one is inscribed at the bottom by the artist 'Swordfish'. This vessel had a strange life, being launched by Scott's Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd at Greenock on 18 March 1916 as a steam-turbine-driven submarine. She was renamed 'S1' in April 1916 and commissioned on 28 April but was not successful and never reached operational status as a submarine. She was laid up at Portsmouth in January 1917 and between June and August converted to a surface patrol vessel with a raised forecastle, a wheelhouse and an enlarged funnel, as shown here. Her batteries were replaced by ballast and she was armed with two 12-pdr guns and depth charges. Renamed 'Swordfish' she underwent various trials throughout August to December 1917 and became operational as a tender to 'Victory' at Portsmouth in January 1918. She was broken up from July 1922. A submarine of the 'K' or 'L' classes is astern of her here. The lower sketch, only lightly done in pencil, is not identifiable but appears to be a small steam vessel armed with one large gun forward. |
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| Date | circa 1918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 300 mm x 288 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: Wyllie: Naval, named ships. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/116821 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65 id number: PAE2671 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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