{"product_id":"10589","title":"\"Fleet Review - The Coronation Review of King George V; 1911\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLimited Edition Print on Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition of 250\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 10 1\/2 x 27 1\/2 inches (26.5 x 70 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed size: 18 1\/2 x 35 1\/2 inches (47 x 90 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e165 vessels anchored at Spithead for H.M. King George V's Coronation Review including 32 battleships and dreadnoughts, 24 armoured cruisers, 8 protected and 4 unarmoured cruisers, 67 destroyers, 12 torpedo boats and 8 submarines. In addition there were 18 foreign warships. The King and Queen arrived at the great naval dockyard of Portsmouth during the morning of Saturday 24 June and embarked in H.M. Yacht \u003cem\u003eVictoria \u0026amp; Albert\u003c\/em\u003e. As at Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Review of 1887, ships were ordered to burn Welsh coal only, to reduce smoke and thus collisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe King steamed slowly down the lines of anchored men-of-war, receiving three rousing cheers as each ship was passed. Frank Wood's watercolour shows the Royal Yacht at the right of the picture passing up the starboard side of the French Cuirasse d'Escadre \u003cem\u003eDanton\u003c\/em\u003e. Starboard of \u003cem\u003eVictoria \u0026amp; Albert\u003c\/em\u003e in the near foreground is one of the last two pre-dreadnoughts, H.M.S. \u003cem\u003eLord Nelson\u003c\/em\u003e. Over \u003cem\u003eLord Nelson's\u003c\/em\u003e quarterdeck is H.M.S. \u003cem\u003eSuperb\u003c\/em\u003e and in the centre of the painting is the world's first Dreadnought herself, the ship that revolutionised the Royal Navy and then the fleets of the rest of the world, H.M.S. \u003cem\u003eDreadnought\u003c\/em\u003e, the Flag of the Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstern of \u003cem\u003eDreadnought\u003c\/em\u003e lies H.M.S. \u003cem\u003eKing Alfred\u003c\/em\u003e. From right to left are also seen: in the near distance \u003cem\u003eH.M.S. Hibernia,\u003c\/em\u003e (within 12 months to become the first ship to launch an aircraft whilst underway); the cruiser H.M.S. \u003cem\u003eCarnarvon;\u003c\/em\u003e H.M.S.\u003cem\u003e Britannia; and to the very left\u003c\/em\u003e H.M.S.\u003cem\u003e Devonshire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"FRANK WATSON WOOD (British, 1862-1953)","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Print on Paper FRAMED","offer_id":55616589201750,"sku":"FWWReview-10589","price":205.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition on Paper","offer_id":55616589234518,"sku":"DNWW-10589","price":110.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Woods_20-_20Review_201911_20-_20large_38eb9df6-18b6-4532-ac99-115085cfc2fb.jpg?v=1791279725","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/10589","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}