NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1890

The S.S. 'Nyanza' off Naples

Watercolour and gouache

15 x 24in. (38 x 61cm.)

Built by A. Stephen & Sons, Glasgow in 1897 for the Nyanza SS Co. Ltd. (Maclay & McIntyre), Glasgow, she registered 4,053 tons. On September 29th, 1918, Nyanza was on in passage between Cardiff to Arcangel with a cargo of coal, when she was torpedoed and sunk by U-95 ten miles off Corsewall Point lighthouse with the loss of thirteen souls.

Condition Report

Some creasing in the sky, slight oxidisation, scattered retouching in the sky, some discolouration to sea with some backboard burn, otherwise good condition.

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