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14-11-2008, 13:49
I did try to put this in the Naval Art section, but entry appears to be limited to the Admiral and his guests.
PART 1: World War 1
Most of the paintings that follow are in the Australian War Memorial museum.
I. Arthur Burgess's 'The Emden Beached and Done For'
(Detail) - seen as a whole on the thread of the same name, but at very small size. It depicts the destruction of the German cruiser SMS Emden by HMAS Sydney at Cocos-Keeling Island in November 1914 - the first cruiser duel of WW1.
2. Charles Bryant's 'HMAS Sydney Engaging a Zeppelin in the North Sea, May 4, 1917.'
3. Arthur Burgess's 'The Watch That Never Ends' : Australian cruiser with bi-plane in attendance, North Sea 1917.
4. (Detail) Charles Bryant's 'AE2 the in Sea of Marmara, April 1915' This was shortly before her loss.
5+6: (split for size) Arthur Burgess's 'HMAS Australia at the Surrender of the German Fleet in the Firth of Forth.'
7. (Detail) - which should have come first, chronologically at least: The R.A.N. capture of German possessions in the Pacific. Charles Bryant's 'The Landing at Kabakaul, September 11, 1914.
Next: World War 11.
8. Frank Norton's 'Mediterranean Cruiser Duel.' The first cruiser duel of WW11, HMAS Sydney (2) destroys the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni and damages sistership Giovanna del Bande Nere off Cape Spada, Crete, July 19, 1940.
9. HMAS Perth, by Dennis Adams.
10. Destroyer HMAS's Stuart's frenetic night at the Battle of Matapan. Frank Norton. Stuart was captained then by the legendary Hec Waller, helped finish off Italian cruisers and damaged destroyers. Waller - for whom the Collins Class submarine is named, later went down with HMAS Perth (see below).
11. Frank Norton's 'Exploit of an A.M.C.' I've forgotten what this exploit was - raider supply ship from vague memory.
12. Frank Norton's H.M.A.S. Warramunga, night firing exercise
13. Loss of destroyer HMAS Waterhen to Stuka dive bombing attack on the Tobruk run. Crew being taken off at the bow by a British destroyer. Frank Norton again.
14. Sloop HMAS Paramatta on air defence duty at Port Said. Frank Norton.
15. (Detail) Keith Swain's dramatic painting of the first (of 60) bombing raids on Darwin, February 19, 1942.
16. Frank Norton's painting of HMAS Australia engaging the (Vichy) French fleet at Dakar, 1940. The Australian flagship received two 6-inch shell hits from the secondary armament of one of the French battleships, and sank a French destroyer attempting to escape the harbour. Australia also lost her spotter aircraft, shot down over land in this action.
17. Dennis Adams's picture of HMAS Perth in her last battle, in the Sunda Strait. A point of interest here is that both Perth and her companion USS Houston had been engaged in the Battle of the Java Sea prior to this action, and Perth ran out of main armament ammunition and was firing star shell in the latter part of this final action.
18. Dennis Adam's dramatic painting of the kamikaze attacks on HMAS Australia in the Philippines.
19. Heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra passes through Sydney heads for the last time, prior to her loss at the Battle of
Savo Island, August 9, 1942. The only reference to the artist I have here is J.E. of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol. .
PART 1: World War 1
Most of the paintings that follow are in the Australian War Memorial museum.
I. Arthur Burgess's 'The Emden Beached and Done For'
(Detail) - seen as a whole on the thread of the same name, but at very small size. It depicts the destruction of the German cruiser SMS Emden by HMAS Sydney at Cocos-Keeling Island in November 1914 - the first cruiser duel of WW1.
2. Charles Bryant's 'HMAS Sydney Engaging a Zeppelin in the North Sea, May 4, 1917.'
3. Arthur Burgess's 'The Watch That Never Ends' : Australian cruiser with bi-plane in attendance, North Sea 1917.
4. (Detail) Charles Bryant's 'AE2 the in Sea of Marmara, April 1915' This was shortly before her loss.
5+6: (split for size) Arthur Burgess's 'HMAS Australia at the Surrender of the German Fleet in the Firth of Forth.'
7. (Detail) - which should have come first, chronologically at least: The R.A.N. capture of German possessions in the Pacific. Charles Bryant's 'The Landing at Kabakaul, September 11, 1914.
Next: World War 11.
8. Frank Norton's 'Mediterranean Cruiser Duel.' The first cruiser duel of WW11, HMAS Sydney (2) destroys the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni and damages sistership Giovanna del Bande Nere off Cape Spada, Crete, July 19, 1940.
9. HMAS Perth, by Dennis Adams.
10. Destroyer HMAS's Stuart's frenetic night at the Battle of Matapan. Frank Norton. Stuart was captained then by the legendary Hec Waller, helped finish off Italian cruisers and damaged destroyers. Waller - for whom the Collins Class submarine is named, later went down with HMAS Perth (see below).
11. Frank Norton's 'Exploit of an A.M.C.' I've forgotten what this exploit was - raider supply ship from vague memory.
12. Frank Norton's H.M.A.S. Warramunga, night firing exercise
13. Loss of destroyer HMAS Waterhen to Stuka dive bombing attack on the Tobruk run. Crew being taken off at the bow by a British destroyer. Frank Norton again.
14. Sloop HMAS Paramatta on air defence duty at Port Said. Frank Norton.
15. (Detail) Keith Swain's dramatic painting of the first (of 60) bombing raids on Darwin, February 19, 1942.
16. Frank Norton's painting of HMAS Australia engaging the (Vichy) French fleet at Dakar, 1940. The Australian flagship received two 6-inch shell hits from the secondary armament of one of the French battleships, and sank a French destroyer attempting to escape the harbour. Australia also lost her spotter aircraft, shot down over land in this action.
17. Dennis Adams's picture of HMAS Perth in her last battle, in the Sunda Strait. A point of interest here is that both Perth and her companion USS Houston had been engaged in the Battle of the Java Sea prior to this action, and Perth ran out of main armament ammunition and was firing star shell in the latter part of this final action.
18. Dennis Adam's dramatic painting of the kamikaze attacks on HMAS Australia in the Philippines.
19. Heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra passes through Sydney heads for the last time, prior to her loss at the Battle of
Savo Island, August 9, 1942. The only reference to the artist I have here is J.E. of the Naval Auxiliary Patrol. .