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You are here: Home / Artworks / HMAS Yarra (ll) / The gallant last stand of HMAS Yarra

The gallant last stand of HMAS Yarra

by David Marshall

The gallant last stand of HMAS Yarra by David Marshall
Dimensions:
100 cm x 75.3 cm
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Date:
2021
Setting:
WW II (1939-1945)
Original on display in HMAS Creswell's Gunroom

This dramatic scene shows Yarra’s deck burning and sailors and a lifeboat in the sea hoping to survive this fatal attack on their ship. The original painting is on display in HMAS Creswell’s Gunroom.

There are no other paintings on this website by David Marshall. If you have any information about the artist, please contact us.

  • About David Marshall

    There are no other paintings on this website by David Marshall. If you have any information about the artist, please contact us.

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  • About HMAS Yarra (ll)

    HMAS Yarra is a Grimsby Class, Sloop built at the Cockatoo Islands Dockyard. The design of Yarra was based on the second batch of the successful Royal Navy Grimsby Class Minesweeping Sloops. These vessels were also designed for convoy escort duties. The Yarra differed from that of the Grimsby's by having three 4-inch high angle guns.

More reading

  • Additional resources for HMAS Yarra (ll)
    • HMAS Yarra (II), The Sea Power Centre (navy.gov.au)
    • Loss of HMAS Yarra II, 4 March 1942, Australian War Memorial
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