William Lionel Wyllie the sinking of the German armoured cruiser Blücher at the Battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915. Blücher is shown capsizing to port, with the British battlecruiser Tiger of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron in the right background. Incorrectly, the main armament of Tiger is shown trained fore and aft. The British destroyer on the left is much too close to Blücher at this stage, a case of artistic licence on Wyllie's part for compositional effect. The gunnery action commenced at and Blücher capsized at , having sustained many shell hits and a reported seven torped
William Lionel Wyllie the sinking of the German armoured cruiser Blücher at the Battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915. Blücher is shown capsizing to port, with the British battlecruiser Tiger of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron in the right background. Incorrectly, the main armament of Tiger is shown trained fore and aft. The British destroyer on the left is much too close to Blücher at this stage, a case of artistic licence on Wyllie's part for compositional effect. The gunnery action commenced at and Blücher capsized at , having sustained many shell hits and a reported seven torpedoes: 189 crew members were rescued by British destroyers. This drawing was reproduced in colour, with the title as given here, in Sea Fights of the Great War (1918), the book which Wyllie wrote with Wren, and for which Wyllie provided drawings and watercolours for the 24 colour and 26 black and white illustrations. It is fairly clear that not all were done specifically for the book, though this one may have been given that it (unusually) bears a close execution date.
Size: 4800px × 3000px
Location: Great Britain
Photo credit: © Historic Illustrations / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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