{"product_id":"32864","title":"\"HMS Exeter at the Battle of the River Plate; 13th December 1939\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWatercolour \u0026amp; Bodycolour on Artist's Watercolour Board\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 x 20 inches (30.5 x 51 cm)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigned, \u0026amp; Dated, lower right\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFramed \u0026amp; Glazed\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSOLD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this very dramatic painting by Ian Lowe we see the British heavy cruiser HMS\u003cem\u003eExeter\u003c\/em\u003e in action at the start of the Battle of the River Plate, early in the morning of 13th December 1939. The first salvoes are straddling \u003cem\u003eExeter\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether with the light cruisers \u003cem\u003eAjax\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAchilles\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cem\u003e Exeter \u003c\/em\u003ehad found and taken on the formidable German Panzerschiff \u003cem\u003eAdmiral Graf Spee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ein the first major naval engagement of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGraf Spee\u003c\/em\u003e concentrated her fire on \u003cem\u003eExeter\u003c\/em\u003e and she suffered considerable damage but not before scoring her own substantial hits on the German ship. \u003cem\u003eExeter\u003c\/em\u003e was forced to retire from the battle but the three British cruisers forced \u003cem\u003eGraf Spee\u003c\/em\u003e to put in to Montevideo. Once there, the German commander Kapitan Langsdorf realised there was to be no escape. On the 17th of December he ordered the scuttling of \u003cem\u003eGraf Spee\u003c\/em\u003e and on the 20th December took his own life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOMMISSIONING IAN LOWE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Marine Artists one of our main specialities is commissioning great marine and historical paintings forclients and collectorsall over the world\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo commission your own painting from Ian Lowe, contact Charles Mayes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:cm@marineartists.co.uk\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003ecm@marineartists.co.uk\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand we will post or email you a free pack of information including our short guides \"Commissioning a Painting from Ian Lowe\" and \"Price Guide and Timescale\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"IAN LOWE (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Framed Painting","offer_id":55616623903062,"sku":"-32864","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/Lowe_20-_20Exeter_20artist_20-_20stamp_519cb13c-5486-401f-bc58-ed358fb3c6b5.jpg?v=1791279890","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/32864","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}