Philip K Allanさんのイラストまとめ

HMS Amphion by Derek Gardiner

She had an active career, including the notorious capture of the 1804 Spanish treasure fleet when Britain and Spain were at peace. Word had reached London that Spain would declare war when the fleet arrived.

#RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #espionage

Pourquoi-Pas by French maritime artist Marin Marie

Launched in 1907, she was used by Jean-Baptiste Charcot for his polar expeditions. When she was lost in a storm off Iceland in 1936, Charcot, then 69 was lost along with all bar one of the crew.

#France #Arctic #Sea

The White Squall by British artist Arthur Briscoe

As an experienced sailor, Briscoe brings a wonderful gritty realism to his work.

#Navy #Maritime #Sea

Sea Battle at Night by 19th century French artist Jean Antoine de Gudin

#Navalwarefare #Maritime #Navy

The Escaping Smuggler by British marine artist Montague Dawson

“Brandy for the Parson,
Baccy for the Clerk…”

#RoyalNavy #Ageofsail #NavalHistory

HMS Victory by Frank Henry Mason, painted for Shipping Wonders of the World, published in 1936

#RoyalNavy #Nelson #Ageofsail

Enemy Coast by British maritime artist Geoff Hunt

This is from a series of paintings Hunt did celebrating the writing of C.S. Forester. It shows HMS Hotspur patrolling the approaches to Brest from the novel Hornblower and the Hotspur

#Hornblower #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy

"A Ship in Distress" by 19th century Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky

Now that winter is at hand…

#sea #Storm #Ageofsail

A view of life below deck in a warship, by George Cruikshank

The verse at the bottom reads
“A cavern lies, unknown to cheering day
Where one small taper lends a feeble ray
Where wild disorder holds her wanton reign
And careless mortals frolic in her train.”

#RoyalNavy #ships

The Rendezvous by British marine artist Geoffrey Huband. He did most of the cover art for Douglas Reeman’s books

#Maritime #Ships #RoyalNavy