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Battleships at Falmouth, 1940. A war time scene of Falmouth. A large amount of naval shipping can be seen in the bay. In the distance on the left the cranes of Falmouth Dockyard stand vertically against the skyline. On the right, hovering above the town,
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Eleven o'clock in the forecastle. A depiction of sailors at rest in the forecastle (fo'c'sle) of the ship, the raised deck at the bow below which the crew were housed. The artist has used compositional elements to emphasize the content. The
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Force H off Gibraltar, 1940. A depiction of three of the ships that comprised Britain's wartime Force H, in the western Mediterranean between June and October 1940. Gibraltar can be seen in sharp profile on the right, with the coast of north Africa o
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Liberty boats at Sheerness, 1940. Oil painting
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Robin Hood's Bay in wartime. One of a group of 11 oil paintings by Eurich, an official War Artist, allocated to the National Maritime Museum after World War II. This was his first war-time commission, together with a companion work, 'Fishing Boa
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Whitby in wartime. As an official war artist to the Admiralty during the Second World War, Eurich painted the war effort at home, epic maritime engagements, and stories of survival at sea. Although he did not witness action himself, he received confidenti
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Withdrawal from Dunkirk, June 1940. One of a group of 11 oil paintings by Eurich, an official war artist, allocated to the National Maritime Museum after World War II. The image was used by the Navy as its Christmas card for 1940, and refers to the action
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The 'Jervis Bay' action, 5 November 1940. A passenger liner transformed into an armed merchant cruiser, the 'Jervis Bay' was the sole protection of a convoy of 37 ships attacked by the German cruiser 'Admiral Scheer'. Captain
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