£360
WILLIAM MINSHALL BIRCHALL (BRITISH, USA, 1884-1941)
Prince of Wales Eastern Tour / H.M.S. ‘Renown’ leaving Portsmouth 26.10.1921
Signed ‘W.M. Birchall’ (lower right) and inscribed with title
Watercolour heightened with white
13½ x 20in. (34 x 51cm.); together with Donald Maxwell (1877-1936): H.M.S. ‘Renown’ at dusk, watercolour -- 9 x 13¾in. (23 x 35cm.)
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The battlecruiser Renown, 26,500 tons, was laid down in 1915, built in a remarkable twenty months and completed in September 1916 as the fastest capital ship of her day. Capable of 32½ knots under full steam and impressively armed with 6-15in. guns, she proved a hugely valuable addition to the fleet during the Great War. She was then selected to convey the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and latterly Duke of Windsor) on three overseas tours between 1919 and 1921.
slightly faded, might benefit from a clean
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