H.M.S. KELLY
By Robert Taylor
2000 Signed and Numbered

Commissioned in 1939, H.M.S. KELLY, was commanded throughout her illustrious career by Lord Louis Mountbatten. KELLY's was an endless succession of daring forays. Her distinctive silhouette was familiar from the Arctic to the Aegean where she was one of the fastest and most efficient destroyers of the Fleets. With a ship's company of 218 officers and men, she had six 4.7 inch guns, five torpedo tubes and one 4 inch anti aircraft gun. 365 feet overall she displaced 1760 tons. Of radical design, she was one of the first single funnel destroyers. Robert Taylor's superb painting of H.M.S. KELLY, which now hangs in the Imperial War Museum in London, depicts KELLY leaving Grand Harbour, Malta 1941 with H.M.S. WARSPITE in the background. In typical Robert Taylor style, the scene throbs with realism in a way that sets him apart. In his artistry the authenticity of the moment
springs to life. Print is signed by Lord Louis Mountbatten who joined the Royal Navy at the outbreak of WWI. At the outset of WWII he captained his own ship and fought the war with great distinction. Later he became the last Viceroy of India, and subsequently First Sea Lord. Uncle to her Majesty the Queen, Lord Louis Mountbatten was undoubtedly one of the great men of the 20th Century.
Print offered is museum mounted and framed.

Size: 42" x 31"
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