Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633 — © Richard Eurich Paintings

HMS Resolution Returning to Portsmouth

1941

oil on ?

76.2h x 127w (cm)

Official War Artist

Wartime

Lost at Sea

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Birds Eye View

Commissioned Works

Recto: signed and dated lower right: R. EURICH. 1941.

Alternatives:

HMS Resolution arriving at Portsmouth [RE sales diary]

30h x 50w []

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Birds Eye View

Commissioned Works

England

Hampshire

Motifs

Official War Artist

Portsmouth

Sets

Ships / Boats / Harbours

The South

Themes

Wartime

Subject

Gosport

Revenge

Royal Navy

WW2

WWII

World War 2 World War II

barrage balloons

battleship

berth

berthing

class

gun

guns

military

navy

sailors

ship

smoke

tugs tug boat

turrets

war

war ship

wartime

Medium

Oil

From the Richard Eurich interview by James Mellen done in 1978 for the Imperial War Museum "Artists in an Age of Conflict" series of sound recordings

"I did that large painting of the battleship coming into Portsmouth, which was one of the first things I did. The officers down at Portsmouth looked at it with a very critical eye. Some of them said ‘ I’m sure there weren’t quite so many brass hats as that on the bridge.’ Another chap said ‘yes there were, they were coming back from the Mediterranean.’ The only fault they could find with it was, one chap said ‘There’s a hatchway missing.’ So that really was very high praise indeed, I think."

- IWM / REP

This painting was destroyed during enemy action, along with three others - Destroyer and Minesweeper (1941), Night Attack Over Southampton Water (1941) and Trawler Against Heinkel (1941). Click the 'Lost at Sea' category tag for more of the story.

- REP/CC

An extract from a diary listing HMS Resolution's movements early in 1941: 1941 January Under repair at Gibraltar. February 23rd - Sailed from Gibraltar for Portsmouth escorted by destroyers JERSEY, JUPITER, DUNCAN and VELOX. 24th - DUNCAN and VELOX detached and returned to Gibraltar. 30th - Arrived off Portsmouth during a large air raid and had to anchor in Spithead until the raid was over. March At Portsmouth. Due to the heavy bombing of Portsmouth no work was carried out and the decision was taken to send her to the United States for full repair and refitting. April 5th - Sailed from the Clyde in company with destroyer LEGION, Polish destroyers ORP GARLAND and PIORUN and French destroyer FS LEOPARD escorting a troop convoy to Iceland. May At US naval dockyard Philadelphia. 12th - At US naval dockyard Philadelphia where her refit was commenced. Full details at:http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-01BB-Resolution.htm

- NAVAL-HISTORY.NET