Set in a Glassed Wooden Frame.

Signed in pencil by Admiral Sir Frederick Parham, GBE, KCB, DSO, Commander of HMS Belfast during World War 2

Approx Size 40 cm x 23 cm

The Item is located in Brisbane.

Background

At the outbreak of World War II, H.M.S. Belfast had already joined the Home Fleet operating out of Scapa Flow. Patrolling north of the Faeroes in October 1939 she came across and captured the German liner Cap Norte. This success was short-lived, however, when she struck a mine, the explosion breaking her back. HMS Belfast rejoined the Home Fleet in November 1942, under the command of Captain (later Admiral Sir Frederick) Parham, HMS Belfast was the largest and arguably the most powerful cruiser in the Royal Navy. After repairs and modernisation she was the best-equipped cruiser afloat. Later she went on to play an important role in the Normandy Landings of…

Set in a Glassed Wooden Frame.

Signed in pencil by Baron Von Mullemheim Rechburg, Gunnery Officer K M Bismarck.

Approx Size 40 cm x 23 cm

The Item is located in Brisbane.

Background

During her short but violent career the Bismarck became a household name. In her first engagement, she sank HMS Hood, once the largest ship in the Royal Navy, but this devastating blow brought down the wrath of the Royal Navy upon the Bismarck and within three days she was also sunk. Robert Taylor’s dramatic painting shows the Bismarck firing the fatal salvo that destroyed the Hood, whose smoke is seen on the horizon.

Set in a Glassed Wooden Frame

Approx Size 40 cm x 23 cm

The Item is located in Brisbane.

Background

Robert Taylor's tribute to HMS Ark Royal, Britain's last conventional aircraft carrier, seen steaming with her Phantoms on deck. Launched in 1950, HMS Ark Royal entered service in 1955 and her flag flying tours over the next two decades took her to the far corners of the world.

Set in a Glassed Wooden Frame and Signed By The Artist

Approx Size 33 cm x 45 cm

The Item is located in Brisbane.

Background

HMAS Vampire was the third of three Australian-built Daring-class destroyers serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of the first all-welded ships built in Australia, she was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard between 1952 and 1959, and was commissioned into the RAN a day after completion.

Vampire was regularly deployed to South East Asia during her career: she was attached to the Far East Strategic Reserve on five occasions, including during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and escorted the troop transport HMAS Sydney on six of the latter's twenty-five transport voyages to South Vietnam. In 1977, the destroyer was assigned to escort the royal yacht HMY Britannia during Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's visit to Australia. In 1980, Vampire was reclassified as a training ship. The warship…