HMS  'Lion': study of 'B' turret<br>
Inscribed by the artist 'Lion', twice at the bottom and right. The battlecruiser 'Lion' was built at Devonport Dockyard, launched on 6 August 1910 and completed  in May 1912.  This is a port-broadside detail of 'B' turret in 1917-18 prior to the fitting of a rangefinder on the roof of the armoured conning tower (right).  The seaplane in the pencil sketch above cannot be identified. The green background may indicate land behind.
<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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