Annotated studies of the destroyers 'F14' in the Firth of Forth, with Arthur's Seat beyond, and 'F4' off the Bass Rock<br>
The watercolour study at the top looks south towards Edinburgh.The number F14 written below it is presumably the pendant number of the three-stacker destroyer immediately above, which would be either the 'Oriana' or the 'Paladin'.  They were both Admiralty M-class destroyers launched in 1916: 'Oriana' was allocated pendant F14 from January 1917 to January 1918 and 'Paladin' had this number from January to April 1918. The lower sketch, in pencil, with F04 under it shows the Admiralty Modified R-class destroyer 'Urchin', launched in 1917, off the Bass Rock (inscribed 'the Bass' by the artist).  She carried the pendant F04 from January 1918 to 1922.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:William_Lionel_Wyllie" class="extiw" title="w:en:William Lionel Wyllie"><span title="English painter of maritime themes (1851-1931)">William Lionel Wyllie</span></a>
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1917<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1917-18-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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