HMCS Sackville, the last surviving WWII corvette, during the Battle of the Atlantic, escorting convoys and hunting and being hunted by German U-Boats.
Here's her story http://canadasnavalmemorial.ca/
A tip of my paint brush to the long line of military people among my ancestors. Scratch most people's family history and your find warriors. I'm interested in strong feelings and emotions, and military history has got it in spades.
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Attack Team
36" X 24" acrylic on canvas $2100
Running at dusk under red light to preserve night vision, and hard on the trail of its prey, the attack team in ‘pirate garb’ concentrates as it intercepts its target. This painting depicts the control room of an
Oberon Class submarine, 1970, deep in the Cold War, as
commissioned by
the Canadian, Australian and British navies.
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| En Route -- The First Gulf War Sold HMCS Athabaskan, Terranova and Protecteur en route to the First Gulf War in 1991, as seen from a Sea King helicopter. |