£260
D. W. E. GUTMAN (19TH-20TH CENTURY)
H.M.H.S. 'Lanfranc' in service during World War I
Signed 'D. W. E. Gutman' (lower left) and inscribed with title and dated '1915' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
13 x 21½in. (33 x 54.5cm.)
Completed in 1907 for the Booth Line, Lanfranc was requisitioned as a Hospital Ship in World War One. On 17th April 1917 Lanfranc, carrying 387 patients (167 of whom were German), was attacked by UB-40 (Hans Howaldt) north of Le Havre at 19.30. There were 326 cot cases many of whom were seriously wounded. Seventeen British and the same number of German patients were lost as the ship sank so rapidly. Approximately 570 survivors were picked up by H.M. Destroyers Jackal (see lot 292) and Badger, with two patrol boats assisting. The same day another hospital ship, the Donegal, was also sunk by torpedo attack.
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