HMS 'Africa', battleship, probably at Portsmouth<br>
Shown as completed in November 1906 with masthead semaphore and W/T gaff.  During 1907 the semaphore was removed and the W/T gaff was triced. The Wyllies moved to Portsmouth in 1906, so it is probably an early drawing done after that.
<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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July 1906<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1906-07-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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