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HomePaintings, Etchings, Prints, Chromolithograph, EmbroideryWatercolour HMS Resource Fleet Depot Repair Ship 1928 1954 Watercolour By Eric Tufnell*

HMS Resource Fleet Depot Repair Ship 1928 1954 Watercolour By Eric Tufnell*

£295.00

SKU: JA_981682812 (ref. no.)

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SKU: JA_981682812 Category: Watercolour Tags: 1928 1954, Eric Tufnell, Fleet Depot, HMS Resource, Repair Ship, Watercolour
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~ HMS Resource Fleet Depot Repair Ship 1928 1954 Watercolour By Eric Tufnell ~

The watercolour depicts HMS Sirius on choppy sea. It is presented in a black and gilt glazed wooden frame with a lined single mount. Pencilled details are to the reverse. It is titled lower left and signed lower right.

~ HMS Resource ~

HMS Resource was a fleet repair ship of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers-Armstrongs and launched in 1928. The ship served in two theatres during the Second World War.

Resource was fitted with four three-drum Admiralty boilers, giving her a top speed of 15 knots (28 km/h). She was armed with four 4" guns. Her complement varied throughout her career, from a peacetime complement of 581, rising in wartime. She displaced 12,300 tons.

She served in the Mediterranean from 1939 until 1944, except in early 1940 when she spent a small amount of time at Freetown. She served in the Eastern Fleet from 1944, and was scrapped at Inverkeithing in February 1954.

~ Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell ~

Eric Tufnell was born in 1888 and his career in the navy started at the age of 15 where he became a cadet at HMS Britannia. By 1904 he had joined HMS Albion and was appointed the midship man who was required to keep a log book where he kept his sketches, photographs and newspaper cuttings (which is now kept in Surrey County Library’s).

He worked on many naval ships and was part of the operational team to try and salvage the HMS Montague, however eventually turned to servicing the naval submarines. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the HMS C7 in 1910 and gained his first Commander position in 1913 aboard the Submarine HMS A8. He then became a Commander across a selection of submarines including the HMS B8, D4, M18 and more.

He turned to art after he retired from the navy as a way to top up his pension and support his family. The majority of his customers were naval officers who commissioned him to paint accurate depictions of the boats they served on.

He had a studio at the tailors Gieves and Hawkes on The Hard in Old Portsmouth, this work was displayed there, until the premises closure.

~ Condition ~

The watercolour is in excellent condition. The frame is in good order with a few minor chips.

~ Dimensions ~

The frame is 39 cm (15.25 inches) wide by 32.5 cm (13 inches) tall.

The exposed watercolour is 26 cm (10.5 inches) wide by 19 cm (7.5 inches) tall.

294873013320PQI0#11902

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