{"product_id":"32818","title":"\"HMS Valiant off Salerno, 16th September 1943\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcrylic on Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 x 17 1\/4 inches (33 x 44 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned, lower left\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover picture: “British Battleships 1939-45 (1)”, Osprey Publishing 2009\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHMS \u003cem\u003eValiant \u003c\/em\u003ehad a long and very distinguished career. A veteran of Jutland, she was extensively refitted before the start of World War II, serving off Norway in 1940 and in the attack on the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir. Joining the Mediterranean Fleet in May, 1941, she was damaged off Crete and again in Alexandria, this time due to a midget submarine attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing repairs \u003cem\u003eValiant\u003c\/em\u003e joined the Eastern Fleet and the Home Fleet before returning to the Mediterranean in summer 1943.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the 15th September (D+6) \u003cem\u003eValiant\u003c\/em\u003e and her sister ship HMS \u003cem\u003eWarspite\u003c\/em\u003e provided naval gunfire support during the amphibious landings at Salerno, \u003cem\u003eValiant\u003c\/em\u003e covering the British sector. The bombardmant continued the folowing day but on the afternoon of the 176th \u003cem\u003eWarspite\u003c\/em\u003e was hit by a German glider bomb. Despite the danger, \u003cem\u003eValiant\u003c\/em\u003e continued to support the troops until nightfall, when she was able to steam away safely in darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Wright has painted HMS \u003cem\u003eValiant\u003c\/em\u003e as she would have looked that afternoon, firing her fearsome 15-inch guns at enemy targets around the town of Nocera, between Salerno and Naples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFull description on request \/ A larger photograph is available\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor queries or to reserve the painting for 24 hours, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003econtact\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Mayes \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecm@marineartists.co.uk +44(0)20 7352 7759 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eor buy direct through our secure website\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVAT does not apply\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PAUL WRIGHT, RSMA (British, born 1947)","offers":[{"title":"Framed \u0026 Glazed Original Painting","offer_id":55616657621334,"sku":"-32818","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Wright_20-_20Valiant_20-_20stamped_20-_20JP_20-_20DSC_4008_cd3ad7a0-f702-4a71-afc8-5d471c1423fa.jpg?v=1791280058","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/32818","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}