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S.S. USKHAVEN (painting)
Rogers, Terry F.J. (Born in 1922, Newport. Served in the Royal Navy on the Atlantic & Arctic convoys during the Second World War. After war became a painter and decorator. Gave that up in the mid 1970s due to illness and became an artist. At first painting ships he was familiar with, especially Newport ships, and later moving onto sailing vessels.)
Signed bottom right. Undated. Framed.
The 2404 tons S.S. USKHAVEN was built for Richard W. Jones & Co. Ltd. in 1923 by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Scotland.
S.S. Uskhaven (2,464gt) : Built in 1923 by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. LTD., Burntisland, Scotland for Uskside Steamship Company LTD., Newport (Richard W. Jones - Manager). In 1930 she was sold to W. Traber & Co., Hamburg and re-named Marion Traber. She was shipwrecked on October 14, 1939 near Oxelosund, Sweden, on passage from Hamburg.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
87.59I/5
Creation/Production
Rogers, Terry F.J.
Acquisition
Purchase, 9/4/1987
Measurements
Length
(mm): 661
Width
(mm): 864
Techniques
oil on canvas
painting and drawing
Material
canvas
wood
Location
In store
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