maritime GALLERY 2022

maritime GALLERY 2022

ROY CROSS RSMA, GAvA BOB GRIMSON ROBERT G. LLOYD

Roy’s interest in marine art began when accompanying his father on R.G. (Bob) Grimson was born in 1945 and grew up in a small Born in 1968 and brought up on Merseyside, Robert has been walks around the London docks, sketching the boats he had seen fishing village in south Devon before moving to the north coast influenced by ships and the sea from an early age. He used to when returning home. Aged 15, he began to work for a Thameside where he attended Ilfracombe Grammar School. Being by the sea stand on the banks of the River Mersey watching the ships shipping office. Here he saw Thames barges and the last of the sailing it was natural to develop a lively interest in ships and boats and he entering and leaving the Port of Liverpool at high tide. After coasters, and thus in the 1930s was born his lasting love of sea and began painting them at an early age as well as the spectacular leaving school, Robert enrolled to become an officer cadet for ships. After training at the St. Martin’s School of Fine Art, Roy Cross’ coastal scenery. Bob’s work reflects the experience gained from a Blue Star Line, but his careers teacher told him there was “no artistic career became established as an illustrator in numerous fields lifetime living by or on the sea and from sailing many thousands of future in the Merchant Navy” so he went to art college instead. for journals and books. During the Second World War he illustrated miles, including three transatlantic voyages in boats that he built After five years of study he entered the world of marketing and air force maintenance books and pilots’ manuals, as well as himself. Many of his paintings were created aboard the classic 37ft publicity but retained his interest in ships and the sea. He often publications such as ‘Aeroplane’ and ‘Aviation Week’. His detailed gaff ketch ‘Meander’ which Bob designed and built at Ilfracombe completed paintings for exhibitions and the occasional commission drawing of the Gloster Meteor, Britain’s first service jet fighter, took between 1990 to 1992 and which was cruising home for him and and gradually, as his reputation spread, he decided to paint full-time him eight weeks to create, was a yard in length, and became wife Jean for 18 years. The beautiful clipper-bowed ‘Meander’ was and has never looked back. Robert has now gained a worldwide acknowledged as a masterpiece of this specialised branch of technical the subject of a full-length article in the December 2003 edition reputation for producing visually stunning and technically accurate illustration. In addition, he exhibited his work at the Society of of the ‘Classic Boat’ magazine. Bob’s highly detailed marine art can paintings based on a wide variety of maritime subjects, from Aviation Artists, of which he is also a member. After the war, be seen in fine art galleries in the UK and USA and can be found supertankers to superyachts both modern and historical. His Roy Cross produced illustrations for the tops of the Airfix model in private collections throughout the world. He has had work paintings adorn boardrooms, museums, private and Royal boxes which are remembered by generations of children today. shown at the prestigious International Marine Art Exhibition at collections in 38 countries and he is acknowledged as one of the However, as an illustrator, he felt restricted by the limiting factors Mystic Seaport, USA, in 2007, 2008 and in 2010 when his entry leading maritime artists of our time. of commercial art and longed for greater freedom of expression. won an award of excellence. One of his paintings was presented He decided thus to concentrate primarily upon marine painting, and to H.M. Queen Elizabeth II when she opened the new Heritage he was immediately successful. Elected a Member of the Royal Centre at Pembroke Dock in 2014 and in the same year he won Society of Marine Artists in 1977, his art covers clipper ships to the Derek Gardner ‘Sea & Sky’ award at the RSMA exhibition Mississippi steamboats, warships to commercial steam vessels and in London for his painting of the schooner ‘Kathleen & May in Royal Yachts to America’s Cup contenders. The combination of Mounts Bay’. research, the practical application of this knowledge and the love of his subjects has its rewards, as Roy Cross is considered by many to be the most accurate painter of historical marine vessels of all time. WILLEM JOHAN HOENDERVANGER

As an artist whose main motif is the sea, you won’t be surprised HARLEY CROSSLEY to read that Willem’s studio is located in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. Situated at the crossroads of the Western Scheldt Born in Southampton in 1936, Harley Crossley witnessed the delta and the North Sea, what inspires him is always a few miles magnificent ocean liners which were to have such an influence in away. The world’s largest ships pass Vlissingen on their way to one his oil paintings. His use of a knife was ideally suited to the clean of the largest European ports. After completing high school Willem lines of classic ships such as liners, J-Class yachts or cargo ships. faced a major choice: listen to the call of the sea and become a Attention to detail was vital and many happy hours were spent sailor or pursue a career as an artist. The latter won the battle over researching his subjects. In 2010 Cunard commissioned him to the sea, so back in 2005 he graduated St. Joost art school in Breda. paint the official ship’s portrait which hangs in the atrium of the However, the lures of the sea were never far away. As a maritime ‘Queen Elizabeth’. Harley was also commissioned to execute a artist he is in the privileged position to merge his love for ships with painting of the ‘Hebridean Princess’ which was presented to Her his fascination for visual art. Many major shipping companies have Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. During his later years Harley frequently asked Willem to capture their fleet. These companies include travelled on board cruise ships, demonstrating his skill and talking Vroon, Port of Rotterdam, Van Oord, Seafox, Shipyard De Hoop, about the ocean liners he loved. Three books of his original work Fairplay Towage, ACL (Atlantic Container Line), Damen Schelde have now been published. His death in 2013 was a sad loss to the Naval and Waterfront Shipping. Willem’s portfolio contains several worlds of art and of shipping. types of ships, from classic Ocean Liners to state-of-the-art offshore ships. Not only does he do work for large shipping companies, he also creates original maritime artwork for everybody. Many people, like retired seamen, ask him to create a visual memory of their beloved ship. RRS ‘DISCOVERY’ BY ROBERT G. LLOYD RRS ‘Discovery’ was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, she was launched in 1901 and designated as a Royal Research Ship (RRS) in 1923. The ship’s first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition. In January 1902, Scott anchored in McMurdo Sound. The ship would remain there, locked in ice, for the next two years despite expecting JANUARY 2022 to move on in the spring. ‘Discovery’ was eventually freed on 16 February 1904 by the use of controlled explosives which allowed the ice to be moved away by butting and shunting, thus assisting in the breakup of the ice.

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3rd: Bank Holiday (UK) 4th: Bank Holiday (Scotland) SS ‘ARGYLLSHIRE’ BY ROBERT G. LLOYD The port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River was transformed by the development of paddlewheel steamboats in the early 19th century, allowing the large-scale transport of passengers and cargo in shallow water up and down the river. Steamboats carried huge quantities of cotton, rice, timber, tobacco and molasses. Strong currents, sandbanks and snags were constant dangers in steamboat navigation and the working life of a ship was rarely more than a few years. There were just 20 steamboats operating on the Mississippi in the 1810s but FEBRUARY 2022 by the 1830s there were more than 1,200.

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17th: Bank Holiday (N. Ireland) MS ‘MARINA’ BY ROBERT G. LLOYD Pictured at anchor in French Polynesia, MS ‘Marina’ is an Oceania-class cruise ship constructed at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente yards in Italy for the Florida-based Oceania Cruises. Designed by Norwegian architectural firm Yran & Storbraaten, her keel was laid on 10 March 2009 and included the welding of a US silver dollar coin and a pre-Castro Cuban peso coin onto the keel, which according to shipbuilding tradition is believed to bring fortune to the ship, its passengers and crew during their seagoing life. At 66,084 gross tons ‘Marina’ can APRIL 2022 carry up to 1,250 passengers. Classed as an ultra-luxury ‘boutique’ cruise ship suitable for worldwide itineraries, 580 of the 625 cabins and suites feature private balconies.

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15th: Bank Holiday (UK) 18th: Bank Holiday (UK not Scotland) MT ‘MORNING GLORY’ BY ROBERT G. LLOYD Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2020, MT ‘Morning Glory’ is a ‘standard’ type MR (medium range) tanker commonly used to transport cargos of refined petroleum products over relatively short distances, such as from Europe to the US East Coast. Her smaller size allows access to most ports across the globe. She is one of a number of similar vessels built for long term charter to SeaRiver Maritime Inc., a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation operated on their behalf by the Korean shipping company Sinokor. She is pictured in the Panama MAY 2022 Canal approaching Miraflores Locks. In the background is the Panama Canal Authority mechanical dipper dredge, the ‘Rialto M. Christensen’. Courtesy of SeaRiver Maritime Inc.

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2nd: Bank Holiday (UK) THE ‘TITANIC’ DEPARTING FROM SOUTHAMPTON, 10TH APRIL 1912 BY HARLEY CROSSLEY On a cloudy day in April, RMS ‘Titanic’, the largest ocean liner in service at the time, began her maiden departure from Southampton dock. Captain Edward John Smith arrived early, the rest of his crew having spent the night on board. Chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, owner of the ‘Titanic’, Bruce Ismay came aboard at around 9.30am with his wife and three children, although his family did not travel on the ship. At noon the bow mooring lines were released and six tugs JUNE 2022 assisted the ship into Southampton Water. Just days later, in the early hours of 15 April, ‘Titanic’ sank into the icy waters of the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. © Harley Crossley/Bridgeman Images

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2nd: Bank Holiday (UK) 3rd: Bank Holiday (UK) ‘FRANKFURT EXPRESS’ BY HARLEY CROSSLEY The container cargo ship ‘Frankfurt Express’ was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea in 2010 and is owned by Hapag-Lloyd of Hamburg, Germany. One of the largest container ships in active service, her overall length is 335m allowing her to carry 8,600 containers with a gross tonnage of 93,750. In 2018, she suffered engine failure while leaving Damietta, Egypt. She was disabled and blocked the harbour traffic until port tugs towed her away to have the problem fixed. ‘Frankfurt Express’ then safely resumed her voyage, bound for JULY 2022 Barcelona, Spain. © Harley Crossley/Bridgeman Images

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12th: Bank Holiday (N. Ireland) AMERICA'S CUP 1901 – ‘COLUMBIA’ V ‘SHAMROCK II’ BY ROY CROSS RSMA GAvA New York City harbour was the setting for the 11th America’s Cup where, in 1901, the defending boat ‘Columbia’ took on challengers over the best of five races. A fin keel sloop, ‘Columbia’ was completed in 1899 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for owner J. Pierpoint Morgan, head of the banking firm that ultimately became J. P. Morgan & Co. ‘Shamrock II’, owned by Sir Thomas Lipton and representing the Royal Ulster Yacht Club, pushed ‘Columbia’ to the limit. AUGUST 2022 Eventually, ‘Columbia’ won three straight races, the last being won with a handicap, easily defending the Cup. She was the first vessel to win the Cup twice in a row.

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1st: Bank Holiday (Scotland) 29th: Bank Holiday (UK not Scotland) SS ‘FRANCE’ BY WILLEM JOHAN HOENDERVANGER At the time of her maiden voyage in 1962, the ocean liner SS ‘France’ was the longest passenger ship ever built, at 316m. She offered the ultimate French experience in terms of her interior design, art and cuisine. When she entered service, air travel was already in full swing and increasing in popularity. This, combined with the rising costs of operating a ship of her size and type, ensured her ocean-going career was cut short after just 12 years. In 1979 she was purchased by Norwegian Cruise Line, renamed the SS ‘Norway’ SEPTEMBER 2022 and extensively refitted for life as a cruise ship. A boiler explosion in 2003 and competition from modern cruise ships meant the ageing classic was eventually sold and scrapped in 2008.

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30th: Bank Holiday (Scotland) LUXURY LINER ROW, NEW YORK C.1957 BY ROBERT G. LLOYD Officially called ‘The Chelsea Piers’, Luxury Liner Row is a series of piers in Chelsea, on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Originally a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s, it was used by RMS ‘Lusitania’ and was the destination of the RMS ‘Carpathia’ after rescuing the survivors of the RMS ‘Titanic’ in 1912. Luxury Liner Row was the main arrival and departure point for ocean liners during the heyday of transatlantic travel. This view depicts Cunard Line’s ‘Media’, ‘Mauretania 2’, ‘Caronia’ and DECEMBER 2022 ‘Queen Mary’. Behind can be seen French Line’s ‘Liberte’ and ‘Ile de France’. At the United States Lines’ pier is their flagship SS ‘United States’ and the SS ‘America’. Beyond them is the Italian Line’s ‘Cristoforo Colombo’ and in the distance American Export Lines’ SS ‘Independence’ is just visible in the haze. S M T W T F S WK NOVEMBER 2022 S M T W T F S WK 1 2 3 4 5 44 1 2 3 48 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 45 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 46 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 47 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 49 27 28 29 30 48

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