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maritime G AL L E RY 2023 TH E A RTISTS ROBIN BROOKS HARLEY CROSSLEY WILLEM JOHAN HOENDERVANGER Born in 1943, Robin is a maritime painter based in Devon, England. Born in Southampton in 1936, Harley Crossley witnessed the As an artist whose main motif is the sea, you won’t be surprised to His paintings and prints are collected all over the world and span magnificent ocean liners which were to have such an influence in read that Willem’s studio is located in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. 250 years of maritime history. As each painting can take many his oil paintings. His use of a knife was ideally suited to the clean Situated at the crossroads of the Western Scheldt delta and the months to complete, he produces only a few originals each year. lines of classic ships such as liners, J-Class yachts or cargo ships. North Sea, what inspires him is always a few miles away. The In 1982, he accepted a commission from Captain Alistair Letty Attention to detail was vital and many happy hours were spent world’s largest ships pass Vlissingen on their way to one of the to paint Captain Cook’s ‘Resolution’ in the Antarctic, igniting a researching his subjects. In 2010 Cunard commissioned him to largest European ports. After completing high school Willem passion for the voyages of Cook. He subsequently began the series paint the official ship’s portrait which hangs in the atrium of the faced a major choice: listen to the call of the sea and become a ‘Captain James Cook, Son of the Land, Master of the Sea’. In 1997 ‘Queen Elizabeth’. Harley was also commissioned to execute sailor or pursue a career as an artist. The latter won the battle he and his wife Mary set up a family business, Black Dog Studios, a painting of the ‘Hebridean Princess’ which was presented to over the sea, so back in 2005 he graduated St. Joost art school to promote his maritime work. For more information on Robin Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. During his later years Harley in Breda. However, the lures of the sea were never far away. As a Brooks please visit www.blackdog-studios.com frequently travelled on board cruise ships, demonstrating his skill maritime artist he is in the privileged position to merge his love and talking about the ocean liners he loved. Three books of his for ships with his fascination for visual art. Many major shipping original work have now been published. His death in 2013 was a companies have asked Willem to capture their fleet. These ROY CROSS RSMA GAVA sad loss to the worlds of art and of shipping. companies include Vroon, Port of Rotterdam,Van Oord, Seafox, Roy’s interest in marine art began when accompanying his father Shipyard De Hoop, Fairplay Towage, ACL (Atlantic Container Line), on walks around the London docks, sketching the boats he had Damen Schelde Naval and Waterfront Shipping. Willem’s portfolio seen when returning home. Aged 15, he began to work for a STEVEN DEWS contains several types of ships, from classic Ocean Liners to state- Thameside shipping office. Here he saw Thames barges and the Described by Sotheby’s of London as “the best, there’s nobody of-the-art offshore ships. Not only does he do work for large last of the sailing coasters, and thus in the 1930s was born his else to touch him”, Steven Dews is a man at the peak of his shipping companies, he also creates original maritime artwork for lasting love of sea and ships. After training at the St. Martin’s School profession. Born in Yorkshire in 1949, Steven Dews’ meteoric rise everybody. Many people, like retired seamen, ask him to create a of Fine Art, Roy Cross’ artistic career became established as an to success from distinctly unpromising beginnings should be an visual memory of their beloved ship. illustrator in numerous fields for journals and books. During the inspiration to all young artists; he failed his Art ‘A’ Level and then Second World War he illustrated air force maintenance books walked out of a Fine Arts Degree course after only a few weeks and pilots’ manuals, as well as publications such as ‘Aeroplane’ because of his disillusionment with the teaching methods, yet his ROBERT G. LLOYD and ‘Aviation Week’. His detailed drawing of the Gloster Meteor, work has now placed him at the pinnacle of the marine art world. Born in 1968 and brought up on Merseyside, Robert has been Britain’s first service jet fighter, took him eight weeks to create, He inherited his passion for ships and the sea from his grandfather, influenced by ships and the sea from an early age. He used to stand was a yard in length, and became acknowledged as a masterpiece who was an Assistant Harbour Master in Hull. Steven Dews built on the banks of the River Mersey watching the ships entering of this specialised branch of technical illustration. In addition, he up an astonishing portfolio for his first exhibition in 1976 and, on and leaving the Port of Liverpool at high tide. After leaving school, exhibited his work at the Society of Aviation Artists, of which he the exhibition’s first night, virtually his entire collection was sold. Robert enrolled to become an officer cadet for Blue Star Line, but is also a member. After the war, Roy Cross produced illustrations The following year he held an exhibition in San Francisco which his careers teacher told him there was “no future in the Merchant for the tops of the Airfix model boxes which are remembered by also sold out to great critical acclaim and, since then, Steven Dews Navy” so he went to art college instead. After five years of study generations of children today. However, as an illustrator, he felt has continued exhibiting regularly at leading galleries in London he entered the world of marketing and publicity but retained his restricted by the limiting factors of commercial art and longed for and throughout the world. He is now commissioned for several interest in ships and the sea. He often completed paintings for greater freedom of expression. He decided thus to concentrate years in advance. Confirmation of his pre-eminence came in exhibitions and the occasional commission and gradually, as his primarily upon marine painting, and he was immediately successful. the Sotheby’s sale of Maritime Art in London in 1999, where his reputation spread, he decided to paint full-time and has never Elected a Member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists in 1977, original entitled Off ‘Cowes’ sold for the phenomenal price of looked back. Robert has now gained a worldwide reputation for his art covers clipper ships to Mississippi steamboats, warships £89,500. This result followed on quickly from the sale at auction producing visually stunning and technically accurate paintings to commercial steam vessels and Royal Yachts to America’s Cup in 1998 of the Steven Dews painting ‘An Opportune Breeze from based on a wide variety of maritime subjects, from supertankers contenders. The combination of research, the practical application the South East’ for £52,800. Steven Dews’ spectacular canvas to superyachts both modern and historical. His paintings adorn of this knowledge and the love of his subjects has its rewards, as ‘The Battle of Trafalgar’ reached a new world record price for boardrooms, museums, private and Royal collections in 38 Roy Cross is considered by many to be the most accurate painter the artist when it was auctioned in Bond Street, London, in the countries and he is acknowledged as one of the leading maritime of historical marine vessels of all time. summer of 2005. The eventual buyer paid over £95,000 for this artists of our time. painting, which was the highlight of a day-long sale to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Nelson’s great victory at Trafalgar. The original painting is one of the largest the artist has ever created, with dimensions of 40” x 66”; the painting took seven years from commission to final completion. It has also been published by Rosenstiel’s as a limited-edition print in seven formats across both paper and canvas. In September 2012, his record price was broken again when the painting ‘The Battle of Trafalgar’ sold at Bonham’s in London for £170,000.
JANUARY 2023 DECEMBER 2022 ‘Iver Example’ by Willem Johan Hoendervanger Built in 2007 at the Hyundai Mipo shipyard in South Korea, the ‘Iver Example’ is an MR2 chemical products or oil tanker. At 183 metres long and 32 metres wide, the tanker has a carrying capacity of 52,900m3. She was sold by shipping company Iver in 2017 and was renamed ‘Clover’ in 2019. As a medium range tanker, she is one of nearly 1,500 S M T W T F S WK such vessels in the global fleet and has the ability to call at most petroleum product refineries and ports around the world. ‘Iver Example’ (now ‘Clover’) is one of the older 1 2 3 48 ships in the fleet, as MR2s have an average age of nine years. However, builds and deliveries of new MR2s are declining so the average age of active vessels is likely to climb. S M T W T F S WK 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 49 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 51 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 52 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 3 FEBRUARY 2023 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 S M T W 1 T 2 F 3 S 4 WK 5 29 30 31 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 2nd: Bank Holiday (UK) 3rd: Bank Holiday (Scotland) 26 27 28 9
FEBRUARY 2023 JANUARY 2023 Cunarder ‘Scotia’ by Roy Cross RSMA GAvA The Cunard steamer ‘Scotia’, capable of reaching a speed of 14 knots, is pictured passing a trading brig in full sail. Launched in Glasgow in June 1861 the ‘Scotia’ had two large paddlewheels, the last paddlesteamer to be built for Cunard in an era when screw propulsion began to replace paddlewheels for long-distance voyages. Capable of carrying S M T W T F S WK 570 passengers, ‘Scotia’ was awarded the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossings both westward and eastward in 1863 and held the record for six years. In 1878 she 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 began a new career, laying cables between England and Spain, and between Gibraltar and India, for the Telegraph Construction & Maintenance Company. ‘Scotia’ was wrecked S M T W T F S WK in March 1904 on Spanish Rock, on Catalan Bank off Guam. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 3 1 2 3 4 5 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 29 30 31 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7 MARCH 2023 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 S M T W 1 T 2 F 3 S 4 WK 9 26 27 28 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12 26 27 28 29 30 31 13
MARCH 2023 FEBRUARY 2023 ‘Titanic’ – Farewell to Belfast by Harley Crossley The RMS ‘Titanic’ bids farewell to the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast where she was built. With a workforce of 15,000, Harland & Wolff were known as the world’s greatest shipbuilders, led by chairman Lord Pirrie whose ambition was to build the largest and most luxurious ships for the White Star Line’s trans-Atlantic route. On the S M T W T F S WK last day of May 1911, the hull of the ‘Titanic’ was launched, and her sumptuous fitting was completed on 31 March 1912. Two days later she began sea trials, making her way 1 2 3 4 5 to Southampton docks, then Cherbourg, France, before setting off across the Atlantic bound for New York. It was a voyage she was destined not to complete: on 15 April, S M T W T F S WK ‘Titanic’ struck an iceberg and sank into the North Atlantic, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives. © Harley Crossley/Bridgeman Images 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7 1 2 3 4 9 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 8 26 27 28 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 APRIL 2023 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12 S 30 M T W T F S 1 WK 13 26 27 28 29 30 31 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 17th: Bank Holiday (N. Ireland) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 17
APRIL 2023 MARCH 2023 ‘Atlantic Sea’ by Willem Johan Hoendervanger Container and Ro-Ro (roll on-roll off) ship ‘Atlantic Sea’ was built in 2016 by Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group in Shanghai, China, for Atlantic Container Line (ACL) in the USA. In October of that year, Princess Anne gave the ship a royal christening by smashing a bottle of champagne against her hull in the first naming ceremony for a ship S M T W T F S WK on the Mersey in more than 50 years. In 2017, the 296-metre-long ‘Atlantic Sea’ broke loose from her berth in a storm and collided with a 100-tonne dockside crane at the 1 2 3 4 9 Blohm & Voss yard in Hamburg, Germany, destroying the crane. S M T W T F S WK 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 11 30 1 13 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 12 26 27 28 29 30 31 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 MAY 2023 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 S M 1 T 2 W 3 T 4 F 5 S 6 WK 18 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 17 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 7th: Bank Holiday (UK) 10th: Bank Holiday (UK not Scotland) 28 29 30 31 22
MAY 2023 APRIL 2023 ‘Britannia’ racing ‘Valkyrie III’ and ‘Ailsa’ by Steven Dews The summer of 1895 saw the ‘Big Class’ in the Clyde for the Scottish season. This was to be the debut for Lord Dunraven’s newly completed America’s Cup challenger, ‘Valkyrie III’. ‘Valkyrie III’ was due to race, amongst others, with the Royal Yacht ‘Britannia’, launched for The Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) in 1893. ‘Valkyrie III’ was extremely S M T W T F S WK light with a massive sail area. This made her a fine ‘light airs’ yacht and indeed she beat ‘Britannia’ in such conditions during the Clyde series. However, the Muir Memorial 30 1 13 Challenge Cup race was held on 3 July in gusty weather better suited to the Royal Yacht, with its smaller sails. This race was to be one of the fastest matches sailed on the S M T W T F S WK Clyde during those years, with ‘Britannia’ averaging a speed of 11 knots over the course. The final result gave ‘Britannia’ the Cup, with ‘Ailsa’ coming home in second place. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 16 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 17 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 JUNE 2023 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 S M T W T 1 F 2 S 3 WK 22 28 29 30 31 22 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 23 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1st: Bank Holiday (UK) 29th: Bank Holiday (UK) 25 26 27 28 29 30 26
JUNE 2023 MAY 2023 ‘X-Press Agility’ by Robert G. Lloyd The container feeder vessel ‘X-Press Agility’ approaches Roche’s Point at the entrance to Cork Harbour, Ireland, in heavy weather. Built in China in 2010 as the MV ‘AS Frisia’ for the Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. (under the management of Nordic Hamburg Shipmanagement), the ‘X-Press Agility’ measures just over 13,000 dwt (deadweight S M T W T F S WK tonnes) and has a length of 152 metres. ‘X-Press Agility’ operates for X-Press Feeders, part of the Sea Consortium Group of Companies based in Singapore. With a fleet 1 2 3 4 5 6 18 of more than 110 ships, it is the 17th largest containership operator in the world by capacity, feeding transhipment hubs and ports in East and Southeast Asia, the Indian S M T W T F S WK subcontinent, the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean and Europe. Courtesy of Sea Consortium Pte Ltd 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 1 2 3 22 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 21 28 29 30 31 22 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 23 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 24 JULY 2023 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 S M 30 31 T W T F S 1 WK 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 27 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 28 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
JULY 2023 JUNE 2023 ‘Statendam’ by Willem Johan Hoendervanger Holland America Line passenger liner ‘Statendam’ is pictured moored at Pier 35S in San Francisco during a cruise along the west coast of America in the Sixties. ‘Statendam’ was launched in January 1957 and was christened by the Dutch Crown Princess Beatrix, then aged 18, who poured a glass of champagne over the ship’s bell. The following S M T W T F S WK month, her maiden voyage took 877 passengers and 474 crew to New York, via Le Havre and Southampton. She was regarded as one of the most stylish liners of the day, 1 2 3 22 offering comfort and convenience in large staterooms, an open-air pool and large outdoor deck spaces. The ‘Statendam’ continued dual service as both a liner and a cruise S M T W T F S WK ship until 1968 and then, as HAL became solely a cruise line, she had a major refit in 1972 suitable for Caribbean and Bermuda cruises. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 23 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 24 30 31 1 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 27 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 28 AUGUST 2023 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 S M T 1 W 2 T 3 F 4 S 5 WK 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 32 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 33 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 34 12th: Bank Holiday (N. Ireland) 27 28 29 30 31 35
AUGUST 2023 JULY 2023 RMS ‘Franconia’ by Robert G. Lloyd The RMS ‘Franconia’ approaches Cape Race off the island of Newfoundland and is shown passing the schooner ‘Bluenose’. Launched from Clydebank in 1922, ‘Franconia’ was the second Cunard ship of that name. Her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York began a decade of service on that route until, in 1933, she undertook a world cruise S M T W T F S WK and was painted white. After another world cruise is 1938, ‘Franconia’ was refitted as a troopship and during the Second World War took part in the evacuations of Norway 30 31 1 26 and France. She also served at the invasion of Sicily. Before she rejoined Cunard’s Canada routes in 1949 she had travelled more than 480,000km and carried around 150,000 S M T W T F S WK troops. Courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 27 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 28 1 2 3 4 5 31 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 32 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 33 SEPTEMBER 2023 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 34 S M T W T F 1 S 2 WK 35 27 28 29 30 31 35 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 36 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 37 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 38 7th: Bank Holiday (Scotland) 28th: Bank Holiday (UK not Scotland) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 39
SEPTEMBER 2023 AUGUST 2023 The ‘Aurora’ in the Mediterranean by Harley Crossley Launched in January 2000, the MV ‘Aurora’ is the smallest cruise ship in service with P&O Cruises, with capacity for around 1,900 passengers. She has been in service across the globe, from short tours of Europe to lengthier world cruises, but her itineraries most commonly include the Mediterranean, the Baltics and USA and Canada. During a S M T W T F S WK £26 million refurbishment in 2014 her funnel was repainted from the original yellow to blue and a Union Jack design added to her bow, the first of the fleet to carry the 1 2 3 4 5 31 refreshed P&O Cruises livery. A further update in 2019 saw ‘Aurora’ redesigned as a child-free cruise ship, with the addition of 28 new cabins in place of the children’s areas. S M T W T F S WK Passengers are entertained in a choice of 12 bars and several entertainment venues including a theatre, a show lounge and casino. © Harley Crossley/Bridgeman Images 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 32 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 33 1 2 35 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 34 27 28 29 30 31 35 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 36 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 37 OCTOBER 2023 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 38 S 1 M 2 T 3 W 4 T 5 F 6 S 7 WK 40 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 39 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 41 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 42 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 43 29 30 31 44
OCTOBER 2023 SEPTEMBER 2023 RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth’ – Departure with Tugs by Harley Crossley The largest passenger liner ever built at the time, the RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth’ was launched in 1938 intended for operation by the Cunard Line to provide a weekly luxury liner service between Southampton and New York, via Cherbourg. However, the outbreak of the Second World War meant that she first served as a troopship, in February S M T W T F S WK 1940, and did not embark upon passenger service until October 1946. In 1955 the ship was fitted with retractable fin stabilisers to help smooth the passenger experience 1 2 35 during rough seas. The ‘Queen Elizabeth’ was eventually retired by Cunard in 1969, replaced by the more economical ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’ and in the face of stiff competition S M T W T F S WK from the growth in trans-Atlantic air travel. © Harley Crossley/Bridgeman Images 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 36 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 37 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 40 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 38 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 39 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 41 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 42 NOVEMBER 2023 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 43 S M T W 1 T 2 F 3 S 4 WK 44 29 30 31 44 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 45 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 46 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 47 26 27 28 29 30 48
NOVEMBER 2023 OCTOBER 2023 MV ‘Guadalupe’ by Robert G. Lloyd Operating on a regular scheduled service across the Gulf of Mexico between the US Port of Panama City and the port of Progreso, Mexico, the MV ‘Guadalupe’ is pictured in the Bay of Campeche. Her average voyage takes approximately two days in each direction. ‘Guadalupe’ is a feeder container ship that was built in 2005 and has a carrying S M T W T F S WK capacity of 366 TEU (20-foot equivalent units, or shipping containers). The ‘Guadalupe’ operates for Linea Peninsular Incorporated which has four container ships servicing the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 40 Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico from Panama City, Florida and Texas. Since the company’s founding in 1984 it is estimated that Linea Peninsular vessels have made more than S M T W T F S WK 8,000 crossings of the Gulf of Mexico. Courtesy of Linea Peninsular 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 41 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 42 1 2 3 4 44 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 43 29 30 31 44 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 45 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 46 DECEMBER 2023 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 47 S 31 M T W T F 1 S 2 WK 48 26 27 28 29 30 48 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 49 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 50 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 51 30th: Bank Holiday (Scotland) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 52
DECEMBER 2023 NOVEMBER 2023 Down amongst the Ice Islands by Robin Brooks HMS ‘Resolution’ makes her way among Antarctic icebergs during Captain Cook’s expedition of 1772-75, followed in the distance by HMS ‘Adventure’. Originally classed as ship-rigged sloops-of-war, both ships were built by Thomas Fishburn in Whitby in 1770. ‘Resolution’ was fitted out with the best navigational aids of the day including S M T W T F S WK ice anchors and equipment for distilling drinking water from seawater. Cook’s Antarctic expedition set sail from Plymouth on 13 July 1772 with 112 on board including 1 2 3 4 44 scientists, naturalists and artists. By mid-December the ships had reached such an expanse of ice that they could see no end to it and sailed along its edge for two days. S M T W T F S WK On 17 January 1773, ‘Resolution’ was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle. © Robin Brooks/Bridgeman Images 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 45 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 46 31 1 2 48 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 47 26 27 28 29 30 48 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 49 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 50 JANUARY 2024 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 51 S M 1 T 2 W 3 T 4 F 5 S 6 WK 1 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 52 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 4 25th: Bank Holiday (UK) 26th: Bank Holiday (UK) 28 29 30 31 5
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