• MAARTEN PLATJE — 'The Mighty Hood': HMS Hood & HMS Prince of Wales about to engage Bismarck & Prinz Eugen; the Battle of the Denmark Strait; 24th May 1941
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MAARTEN PLATJE (Dutch, Contemporary)

"'The Mighty Hood': HMS Hood & HMS Prince of Wales about to engage Bismarck & Prinz Eugen, the Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24th May 1941"

"'The Mighty Hood': HMS Hood & HMS Prince of Wales about to engage Bismarck & Prinz Eugen, the Battle of the Denmark Strait, 24th May 1941"

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Artist-Signed Limited Edition of 500 on Paper 

Image size: 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (42 x 60 cm)

Paper size: 21 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (54 x 70 cm)

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World-wide exclusive - only available from Marine Artists

Maarten Platje has painted an exceptional pair of oil paintings showing one of the most famous and emotive sea battles of the Second World War.

This painting depicts the last moments of HMS Hood on her final morning, shortly before her destruction and sinking by the great German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen early on the morning of the 24th May 1941.

For a Britain that had been suffering defeats and enduring the air raids of the Blitz, the sinking of HMS Hood was a terrible blow to national morale -Hood had been the ultimate symbol of British sea-power throughout the inter-War period. A massive British effort ensured that Bismarck was sunk and Hood thus "avenged" three days later.

Maarten Platje has created the most extraordinary lighting and atmosphere in this painting, completely in keeping with the deadly serious minutes during which Hood and the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales get ready for battle against formidable opponents and reflecting what we know of the imminent fate of this beautiful ship.

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