File:'7 ' 5 Howitzer and Stokes guns HMS Vindictive'; and an aerial view of the mole at Zeebrugge, 1918 RMG PV3346.jpg

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William Lionel Wyllie  (1851–1931)  wikidata:Q2579750
 
William Lionel Wyllie
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W. L. Wyllie; William Lionel Wylie; W. L. Wylie; William Wyllie; W.J. Wylie
Description British painter, artist, landscape painter and marine painter
Date of birth/death 5 July 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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creator QS:P170,Q2579750
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English: '7 ' 5 Howitzer and Stokes guns HMS Vindictive'; and an aerial view of the mole at Zeebrugge, 1918
wo sketches on one sheet relating to the Zeebrugge raid of 23 April 1918, the top one inscribed by the artist, as title. This shows one of the 7.5-inch inch howitzers and a battery of Stokes mortars on the port side of the boat deck of the 'Vindictive' prior to the raid. The seamen appear to be practising their firing drill. Note the differing elevations of the Stokes mortars and that some of the men are wearing 'battle bowlers' (tin helmets).The lower image is a sketch made from a well-known aerial reconnaissance photograph of the mole at Zeebrugge, with ships lying inside it, taken by a seaplane on 22 April 1918.
Date circa 1918
date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions 356 mm x 255 mm
Notes Box Title: W L Wyllie: General Naval Subjects (1).
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/117496
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Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65
Caird Catalogue Wyllie Collection Number: 32 U
id number: PAE3346
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