The liner 'Carmania' fitted as an armed merchant cruiser<br>
This is a reasonable drawing of the Cunard  passenger liner 'Carmania' (1905) fitted out as an armed merchant cruiser in the period 1914-16. Having been built at Clydebank by John Brown &amp; Co., and completed in November 1905, she was hired as an armed merchant cruiser at the start of the First World War and rapidly converted at Liverpool (7-14 August 1914) by being fitted with eight 4.7-inch guns.  Following damage received in her battle with the German auxiliary cruiser 'Cap Trafalgar' on 14 September 1914, she underwent repairs at Gibraltar and was re-armed with 6-inch guns.  She was decommissioned and returned to commercial service in July 1916. She appears to be shown with 6-inch guns here, which suggests a date for this high-quality drawing - which appears to show her alongside a quay in a naval setting from the attendant vessels.
<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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1914<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1914-16-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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