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German Navy, ocean going U-Boats 378, 552,347,
Type VII U-Boats and Type IX U-Boats in fine art naval prints.
U269 had been commissioned in July 1942 and now belonged to the 6th
U-Boat Flotilla based at the occupied French port of St Nazaire. Sea
trials of new equipment during April and May 1944 had resulted in U269
moving to the port of Brest and it was from here that her commander
Oberleutnant Georg Uhl, began a patrol on 6th June. In the early hours of
the morning of 11th June U269 was detected on the surface by Liberators
radar approximately six miles away. The aircraft, commanded by F/L J
Posnett, made visual contact shortly afterwards and began a depth charge
attack during which time she wasa engaged by 20mm and 37mm anti-aircraft
fire from the submarine. The Liberator's outer starboard engine was hit as
was the fuselage and some control surfaces. The damage was sufficient to
prevent all but one of the depth charges from releasing and the U-Boat
sustained no damage.
Superb range of German
Submarine, U-Boat maritime art prints by leading Naval artists at great
prices only available direct from Cranston Fine Arts websites. Lookout for
the special priced packs
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 | Atlantic Rendezvous by Robert Barbour. | 5 editions available from £56.00 |  | Dawn Rendezvous by Anthony Saunders. | 11 editions available from £79.80 |  | Grey Wolves - U-Boats 1939 - 1941. | £13.99 |  | U-99 by Ivan Berryman. (P) | £850.00 |  | Hitlers U-Boat Bases by Jak P Mallmann Showell. | £19.99 |  | Atlantic Wolves by Robert Taylor. | SOLD OUT / SOLD |  | Kapitänleutnant Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, U-35 by Ivan Berryman. | 4 editions available from £75.00 |  | U-203 Under Cover of Darkness by Anthony Saunders. | 9 editions available from £95.00 |  | Time to Go by Robert Barbour. | 4 editions available from £51.00 |  | HMS Birmingham Commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, Ramming the German Submarine U15 on August 9th 1914 by M G Swanwick (P) | £25.00 |  | A German Minelayer by W L Wyllie. | £20.00 |  | The Element of Surprise by Robert Barbour. | 4 editions available from £51.00 |  | U-Boat by Jason Askew. (P) | £620.00 |  | HMS Birmingham Commanded by Captain Arthur Duff, Hitting the Conning Tower of the German Submarine U15. | £13.00 |  | Hitlers Grey Wolves - U-Boats in the Indian Ocean by Lawrence Paterson. | £19.99 |  | Lone Wolf by Ivan Berryman. (P) | SOLD OUT / SOLD |  | Kapitanleutnant zur See Friedrich Christiansen by Ivan Berryman. (Y) | 6 editions available from £40.00 |  | U-Boats at War - Landings on Hostile Shores by Jak P Mallmann Showell. | £19.99 |  | Verschollen - World War I U-Boat Losses by Dwight R Messimer. | £27.50 |  | Das Boote by Anthony Saunders. (PC) | 6 editions available from £2.00 |  | Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 (2) by Gordon Williamson. | £9.99 |  | Atlantic Rendezvous by Robert Taylor. | SOLD OUT / SOLD |  | Seapower : U-Boat 534. | £13.99 |  | The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland. | 4 editions available from £51.00 |  | Against All Odds by Robert Taylor. | 4 editions available from £300.00 |  | Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 (1) by Gordon Williamson. | £9.99 |  | Depth Charge Attack by Jason Askew. (P) | SOLD OUT / SOLD |  | Atlantic Comrades by Ivan Berryman. | 10 editions available from £95.00 |  | U-269 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) | 7 editions available from £2.00 |  | Hudson Attack by Marii Chernev. | £18.00 |  | U-Boat War | 2 editions available from £12.99 |  | Surprise Attack by Ivan Berryman. | 3 editions available from £75.00 |  | Operation Drumbeat by Anthony Saunders. | 10 editions available from £95.00 |  | Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher. | 4 editions available from £28.00 |  | Type VII U-Boats by Robert C. Stern. | £18.95 |  | U-201 Deadly Chase by Anthony Saunders. | 8 editions available from £95.00 |  | Dawn Departure by Ivan Berryman. | 4 editions available from £75.00 |  | U-Boat Bases and Bunkers 1941 - 45 by Gordon Williamson | £10.99 |  | U-552 by Ivan Berryman. | 4 editions available from £75.00 |  | U-Boat 977 - The U-Boat that Escaped to Argentina by Heinz Schaeffer. | £16.99 |  | Sea Wolves by Nicolas Trudgian. (GS) | 2 editions available from £365.00 |  | German destroyers come to the rescue of the crew of the sinking German cruiser Hela torpedoed by the British Submarine E9. | £13.00 |  | Mosquito Attack on U-2359 by Jason Askew. (P) | £620.00 |  | Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Wolves at Saint Nazaire by Anthony Saunders (PC) | 9 editions available from £2.00 |  | Grey Wolves - U-Boats 1943 - 1945. | £13.99 |  | U-552 A Lonely Vigil by Robert Barbour. | 6 editions available from £85.00 |  | Grey Wolves - U-Boats 1942 - 1943. | £13.99 |
| U-269
U269 had been commissioned in July 1942 and now belonged to the 6th
U-Boat Flotilla based at the occupied French port of St Nazaire. Sea
trials of new equipment during April and May 1944 had resulted in U269
moving to the port of Brest and it was from here that her commander
Oberleutnant Georg Uhl, began a patrol on 6th June. In the early hours of
the morning of 11th June U269 was detected on the surface by Liberators
radar approximately six miles away. The aircraft, commanded by F/L J
Posnett, made visual contact shortly afterwards and began a depth charge
attack during which time she wasa engaged by 20mm and 37mm anti-aircraft
fire from the submarine. The Liberator's outer starboard engine was hit as
was the fuselage and some control surfaces. The damage was sufficient to
prevent all but one of the depth charges from releasing and the U-Boat
sustained no damage.
The Liberators crew dealt with an onboard fire and jettisoned the
remaining depth charges and the aircraft slowly regained height and
eventually returned safely to base.
Having survived this attack U269 was attacked and sunk by the
Frigate HMS Bickerton two weeks later. Thirty three of the crew were saved
but the casualties included the commander.
U-269 by Ivan Berryman This limited edition print depicts the Type VIIC U-Boat U269 during an
engagement in the English Channel with a B24 Liberator from 224 Squadron
based at St Eval in Cornwall.
Dawn Rendezvous by
Anthony Saunders Germanys U-boat fleet had almost brought Britain
to its knees in the First World war, twenty years later the story was
very similar. the German U-boat arm came perilously close to cutting the
lifeline that crossed the Atlantic between North America and Britain. in
the early years of the war Donitz realised that keeping his U-boats at
sea for as long as possible would greatly increase their chances of
success. here U-93 (left) and U-94 take fuel from the auxiliary cruiser
Kormoran whilst in the mid-Atlantic during 1941
Time To Go by Robert Barbour A type VIIC U-boat of the German navys 6th-7th Flotilla slowly
manouevres within the confines of the Saint Nazaire submarine pens. The
type VIIC was armed with 4 torpedo tubes in the bow and one in the stern,
and had a range of patrol of approximately 9,700 nautical miles.
Atlantic Rendezvous by Robert Barbour A U-boat wallows on the surface in typical Atlantic winter weather in
February, 1944. approaching at low level is a Luftwaffe FW 200 C-8 Condor of 111KG 40 from the base at
Bordeaux-Marignac in S.W.
France.
Atlantic Comrades by Ivan Berryman The Scharnhorst is pictured in 1939 when she and her sister ship Gneisenau
menacingly prowled the North Atlantic. She is shown at dawn as two type VII
U-Boats glide towards her for a friendly rendezvous and to take on much needed
supplies, as well as a few of the luxuries that the tiny u-boats were simply too
small to carry.
Kriegsmarine U-boats
1939-45 (1) by Gordon Williamson.
This, the first of two volumes on
Germanys World War
II U-boats, traces their development from the early U-boats of the Kaisers Navy, through the prohibition on German submarines following the
Armistice in 1918 and the subsequent Treaty of Versailles, their secret
development through a cover-firm in Holland, culminating in the
formation of the 1st U-boat Flotilla in 1935 with the modern Type
II. The operational history section includes examples from the Type
VIIA, Type VIIB, VIID, VIIE and VIIF Classes before concentrating on the
mainstay of the U-boat arm, the Type VIIC. Comparisons are also made
with the standard allied submarines, their strengths, weaknesses and
U-boat tactics.
Kriegsmarine U-boats
1939-45 (2) by Gordon Williamson.
This title follows the New Vanguard 51: Kriegsmarine
U-boats 1939-45 (1) and charts the continuing development of the
U-boat in German service, including the evolution of the Type IX as a long
range cruiser intended for solo operations in distant waters. Also
covered is the revolutionary Type XXI, conceived in 1942 and launched in
April 1944. The first true submarine rather than submersible, the
Type XXIs arrival was just too late to influence the war. Other
vessels featured are the Type XXIII, a technically advanced small vessel
armed with only two torpedoes, and the Type X minelayers, which were more
often used as supply boats than in their intended role.
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| ARTIST | Featured Artist - Ivan Berryman
Art and aviation have been like a brother and sister to me. We have grown up together, learned together and made our adult lives together. But you do not have to have an appreciation of aircraft to admire the graceful lines of a Spitfire or the functional simplicity of a Focke-Wulf 190. They are themselves a work of art and they cry out to be painted - not as machines of war and destruction, but as objects of beauty, born of necessity and function, yet given a life and iconic classicism beyond their original calling. My interest and love of art and aircraft was gifted to me by my father, a designer and aeronautical engineer of considerable repute. Denis Berryman C.Eng. FRAeS. He gave me his eyes, his passion, his dedication and his unwavering professionalism. I owe him everything. And I miss him terribly. A love of art and of beautiful and interesting things takes you on a journey. You discover new interests, new fascinations, and you want to paint them. You want to paint them in their environment, in their element. Whether it is an aeroplane, a warship, a racing car or a beautiful woman, their gift to an artist is the same: Their lines, their texture and the way that light and shadows give them form. These are the food and oxygen of an artist. Not the paint and the canvas. These are mere tools. The secret is in the passion and the perception. |
| | Original Pilot Signed Battle of Britain Pencil Drawings |
A selection of great value Battle of Britain aviation drawings, signed by some of the pilots who flew in the battle 70 years ago.
These superb unique pieces of artwork have been signed by Hurricance, Spitfire and Me109 pilots from both sides of the Battle of Britain :
Wounded Eagle is signed by Group Captain Byron Duckenfield
JG52 - Summer 1940 is signed by General Gunther Rall and also features the matted original signatures of Oberst Erich Hartmann and General Johannes Steinhoff
One on the Run is signed by both Group Captain Byron Duckenfield and Flight Lieutenant Roy Daines
Straggler's End is signed by Group Captain Byron Duckenfield
Roy Daines signs one of the original pencil drawings.
We have selected a few of the best of these drawings to display here, but there are many more similar signed and unsigned drawings on the pencil drawing pages of artists David Pentland and Ivan Berryman |
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