The Orkney Image Library
Help us get organised! If we haven't correctly identified which area this picture is best listed under, please select it below and click Done!
This was a painting of the Leicester City and Stromness lifeboat my father bought from the late Harry Berry. On the back of the painting is a note "March 22nd 1953 Stromness Lifeboat J.J.K.S.W stands-by at the loss of the Leicester City on Hoy"
View Large VersionPicture added on 16 March 2010 at 11:46
I think Harry has it wrong, that is not the JJKSW (Stromness Lifeboat) It looks to me to be a Longhope Lifeboat rescue. The Leicester City ran aground in dense fog, not in heavy seas.
Added by Stewart Taylor on 16 March 2010
Says LEICESTER CITY. on her stern . but Harry was renowned for heavy seas in his paintings. but on another note, was she not a steam trawler... this one in the painting looks a modern motor trawler so most likely just a painting out of his head, not expecting it to be criticised, never the less an excellent scene of a rescue
Added by Jimmy Hamilton on 17 March 2010
My mum thinks this could be the rescue of the Ross Puma by the T.G.B. in 1968
Added by Elaine Gunn on 17 March 2010
Jimmy you're correct, was not looking for criticism, just sharing a true gents work of art.
Added by Dougie Manson on 19 March 2010
I am sorry if you thought I was criticising the works of such a talented man. But the wrong info can cause confusion to this popular site's many followers.
<< back
Added by Stewart Taylor on 19 March 2010
Hoy and Walls
