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2. At dusk on 16 March an attack was made on Scapa by 15 enemy bombers operating in small groups, and continued from 7:45pm until 9pm

3. It is reported that only the first wave of five aircraft attacked ships in the harbour, dropping about 20 bombs. This attack came in low and climbed on reaching Scapa Flow to make dive bombing attacks on the fleet. H.M.S. Norfolk was hit in the quarter deck and holed by a near miss aft, 4 officers being killed, and 4 officers and 3 ratings wounded. The damage to the ship necessitates docking, but she was capable of steaming at 10 knots, and has since arrived at the Clyde. H.M.S. Iron Duke (depot ship) was also damaged by two near misses, and one other capital ship was attacked but not hit.

4. The remaining aircraft dropped a large number of high explosive and incendiary bombs near Hatston Aerodrome and Bridge of Wraith on the road between Kirkwall and Stromness. About 120 high explosives and over 500 incendiary bombs were dropped in all. Eight craters were made in the airfield at Hatston, some 800 yards from the hangers, and one bomb fell near a bomb store. No other damage was done to air force objectives, but two cottages were damaged at Bridge of Wraith, one civilian being killed and seven injured.

Dusk 16/3/1940 Scapa Flow. Orkney Islands. Background to next commission 
W/C 15.5” X 11.5”
Jim

HMS Kingston Olivine MS/AS Trawler with some of her 'flock'.
11.5” X 9.5”

I liked the Moorland setting. So I did this one .

'Cutting the Peats

Based on a true incident, just north west of Rothes. 21/6/1944, Ju188 crashed onto Moorland during a reconnaissance flight. RAF begins salvage operations
W/C 15.5” X 11.5”

Mekong Delta 

Stop and search PBR investigates a Sampan covered by a Huey.
W/C 15” X 11”

Not strictly Marine, but it is Search and Rescue
Another commission from my friend in Blairgowrie. It is of a Wessex HAR2 SAR helicopter from 'B' Flight 22 Squadron at RAF Leuchars flying low near Craighall gorge just a few miles north of Blairgowrie. 
W/C A3
Jim

Worth Googling  'British Pacific Fleet'. All sorts of things from sinking Japanese Cruisers in Singapore Harbour with Midget Submarines to  Cutting important underwater telephone cables by the same. 

jim

Avengers of 849 Squadron from HMS Victorious taking part in Operation Meridian, part of a series of British air attacks directed at Japanese-held oil refineries on Sumatra. Meridian had two phases: Meridian One on 24 January 1945 and Meridian Two on 29 January. As a result, the critical aviation fuel output of the plants at Palembang was reduced by seventy-five percent.
Jim
WC 13” x 9”

Grumman Avenger launches from a Royal Navy Escort Carrier on Convoy duty in Arctic waters. 
Watercolour 13” x 9”
Jim

Im 'reading' an audiobook about the war on the Mississippi. So I’m learning about Tin, Wood and even Cotton Clad Ships.however, I’ve started the next one, see below

jim

My first Civil War stuff.

USS St Clair and. 'City' Class Gunboat on the Mississippi 

13” X 9”

jim

This afternoon's 'Maritime adventure' a 'U' Class submarine during WW2 sunset or sunrise? Either way he'll be diving soon.
13” X 9”

1 hour ago, Jonathan11 said:

You know, a book of these would be wonderful if ever offered. Be expensive to do, but well worth it for your creativity and beauty with these. 

Twenty years younger and a great deal better off and I might have considered it Jim

Thanks for commenting Chad. I’ve been looking a Civil War stuff, and it looks interesting, so a good chance I’ll get round to doing something. 

Latest one 

German Heavy Cruiser 'Prinz Eugen' escorting the Battleship 'Bismarck' (right) into Grimstadfjord Bergen May 1941.
13” X 9” Watercolour 
Jim

This afternoon's painting. Corvette HMCS Arvida and Sloop HMS Mermaid passing stores by Line 
Watercolour 13” X 10”

Inferno 

A torpedoed Tanker sinking by the bows with a corvette standing by to pickup survivors ………perhaps!
W/C 13” X 8”

 Running for Home 

w/c 13”X 9”

Jim

Minesweeper HMS Halcyon and  Liberty Ship (take your pic for a name!) in ice off the Kola Inlet 
Watercolour 12” X 7”
Jim

'U' class Submarine heading up the Tay to HMS Ambrose Dundee's Submarine Base
W/C 13” X 10”
Jim

Early in the morning on Sunday 10 May 1719 HMS Worcester, HMS Flamborough and HMS Enterprise anchored off Eilean Donan and sent a boat ashore under a flag of truce to negotiate. When the Spanish soldiers in the castle fired at the boat, it was recalled and all three ships opened fire on the castle for an hour or more.The next day the bombardment continued while a landing party was prepared. In the evening under the cover of an intense cannonade, a detachment went ashore in the ships' boats and captured the castle against little resistance. According to Worcester's log, in the castle were "an Irishman, a captain, a Spanish lieutenant, a serjeant, one Scotch rebel and 39 Spanish soldiers, 343 barrels of powder and 52 barrels of musquet shot."The naval force spent the next two days and 27 barrels of gunpowder demolishing the castle.
13” X 10”
Jim

A destroyer patrols Scappa Flow in moonlight during WW1
Approx 18" X 9" on Mount board

Jim

On 2/26/2019 at 8:39 AM, Jonathan11 said:

These are wonderful and you have fabulous talent! Do you have any "American Civil War ship paintings"? Would love to see some of those also. Thank you very much for sharing. 

Sorry I don’t have any. However you have planted a seed!. So far it is a period I haven’t really looked at, so you never know.

jim

3 hours ago, cog said:

I've got a question. Since it's mostly water colour, the white horses on the sea and the white in the clouds, is it gouache or acrylic?

Gouache. I am not a Watercolourist in the true sense. I Paint using watercolour paint, but use the same technique  with oils acrylic or gouache . These days I mostly use watercolour.

jim

On 2/26/2019 at 8:39 AM, Jonathan11 said:

These are wonderful and you have fabulous talent! Do you have any "American Civil War ship paintings"? Would love to see some of those also. Thank you very much for sharing. 

Sorry I don’t have any. However you have planted a seed!. So far it is a period I haven’t really looked at, so you never know.

jim

Fishing on the Grand Banks

jim

2 hours ago, Jonathan11 said:

These are wonderful and you have fabulous talent! Do you have any "American Civil War ship paintings"? Would love to see some of those also. Thank you very much for sharing. 

Sorry I don’t have any. However you have planted a seed!. So far it is a period I haven’t really looked at, so you never know.

jim