An Admiralty 'M'-class destroyer lying at a mooring<br>
This three-funnelled destroyer is dateable to 1915-18: the location is unidentifiable. If the dark band above the ship is intended to represent a coatline, its moor-like tonality , suggests Scottish waters such as Scapa Flow, but if just a dark sky it could  be in southern English waters on an equivalent gloomy day. [BTodd/PvdM 1/13]
<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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1915<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1915-18-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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