The monitor 'Marshal Ney' under tow off a dockyard setting, probably in the Medway<br>
A watercolour study of  two black naval tugs, with ochre funnels, manoeuvring a British monitor with a massive tripod mast. The ship is the 'Marshal Ney' (1915), and the location probably the Medway in 1918-19.  This monitor's 15-inch gun turret was removed in February 1916 on the Tyne and by 1918 she had a uniform armament of six  6-inch guns. The hull appears very foreshortened and is probably seen in starboard quarter view, with an anchor hanging vertically at the bow.
<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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circa 1919 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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