Brian Sanders (British, B. 1937) "Battle of North Cape - HMS Duke of York" Original Oil on Canvas painting.

Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.

This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 29c Battle of North Cape 1943 HMS Duke of York stamp issued December 26, 1993.

Sailing amidst a convoy loaded with supplies for Britain's Soviet allies, the battleship HMS Duke of York was ready, willing and able to deliver a shocking blow to Germany's war effort. For nearly two months at the end of 1943, Allied convoys voyaging between Scotland and Russia's arctic port of Murmansk had been unmolested by German forces. But on December 26, 1943, Germans aboard the battlecruiser Scharnhorst proposed a change. Little did they know that the Duke of York, captained by Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, was prepared to save the day for convoy JW-55B. In a battle that saw Germany lose its last seaworthy battlecruiser, the Duke of York and several British destroyers sent nearly 2,000 German sailors aboard the doomed Scharnhorst to Davy Jones's locker.

Image Size: 13.5 x 16.75 in.
Overall Size: 16.75 x 19.75 in.
Unframed.
(B14458)

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16.75 x 19.75 in