£380
Attributed to Ruben (Reuben) Chappell (1870-1940), The SS Dromore, under steam in rough seas, unsigned and inscribed, gouache and bodycolour, 43 x 63cm.
SS Dromore, built by John Fullerton & Co., Paisley in 1903 and owned at the time of her loss by Samuel W. Oakley, London, was a British steamer of 268 tons. On May 18th, 1917, Dromore, on a voyage from St. Malo to Swansea in ballast, was sunk by the German submarine UC-70 (Werner Fürbringer), 6 miles south of St. Martin's Point, Guernsey. There were no casualties. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2640
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