G Glanville, SS Otway – Orient Line – watercolour dated 1910

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G Glanville, ‘SS Otway – Orient Line ‘ –

watercolour dated 1910

image 37x24cm framed 54x 39cm

 

Condition : good with some fading to sea

The SS Otway was almost brand-new when she was painted by the local amateur ship artist Glanville. Named for the famous cape in Victoria, Australia, which in turn was named in 1800 by Lieutenant James Grant after Vice-Admiral

William Albany Otway, a Navy Captain from Nelson’s era. She was built & launched in Glasgow in 1909, an important part of the Orient Line’s fleet of 5 passenger ships that allowed weekly sailings to & from Australia. However, this did not last for long, as the tide of war swept ships such as this before it. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1914, she became the HMS Otway, and once mounted with guns became an Armed Merchant Cruiser. Her service took her to colder climates, spending much of the following year patrolling off the north of England, around Iceland, and across to Norway. Her luck ran out on July 23rd, 1917, when she was torpedoed and sunk by a German u-boat with the loss of 10 lives.

Condition

light foxing

Size

image 37x24cm

References

The SS Otway was almost brand-new when she was painted by the local amateur ship artist Glnville. Named for the famous cape in Victoria, Australia, which in turn was named in 1800 by Lieutenant James Grant after Vice-Admiral William Albany Otway, a Navy Captain from Nelson’s era. She was built & launched in Glasgow in 1909, an important part of the Orient Line’s fleet of 5 passenger ships that allowed weekly sailings to & from Australia. However, this did not last for long, as the tide of war swept ships such as this before it. Requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1914, she became the HMS Otway, and once mounted with guns became an Armed Merchant Cruiser. Her service took her to colder climates, spending much of the following year patrolling off the north of England, around Iceland, and across to Norway. Her luck ran out on July 23rd, 1917, when she was torpedoed and sunk by a German u-boat with the loss of 10 lives.

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