Watercolour painting of HMS Sultan
Description
Watercolour painting of HMS Sultan at sea flying the white ensign. Crew visible on the deck with a lighthouse visible to the left of the image. The ship is depicted in 1878 which suggests it is the Battleship HMS Sultan built and launched at Chatham Dockyard on 31 May 1870. She was commissioned at Chatham for the Channel Fleet, in which she served until 1876. She was refitted, being reduced to barque rig, and posted to the Mediterranean under the command of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. She was with Admiral Geoffrey Hornby at the Dardanelles in 1878. In 1906, she was partially dismantled and became an artificers' training ship under the name of Fisgard IV; in 1931 she was further converted into a mechanical repair ship (hulk), and renamed to HMS Sultan again. During World War II she was a depot ship for minesweepers at Portsmouth. Sold and broken up 1946. Painting is signed ‘WF Mitchell 1878-993’ Annotation on the verso ‘993 “Sultan” Keppell ?’
Maker and role
WF Mitchell: Artist
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