Charles Napier Hemy R.A. (1841-1917) The Old Warship H.M.S. Ganges Signed with initials and dated...

Charles Napier Hemy R.A. (1841-1917)

The Old Warship H.M.S. Ganges

Signed with initials and dated 1891, also signed and titled on a label verso

Watercolour

41.5 x 53.5cm; 16¼ x 21in

H.M.S. Ganges was an accommodation vessel for the Royal Navy and was moored off Falmouth when this was painted. In 1899 she was refitted in Devonport and moved to Harwich and in 1904 she was moved to Shotley off the Suffolk coast