painting, CORVETTE MESS DECK, HIS MAJESTY'S CANADIAN SHIP NORTH BAY
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-4854
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1939-1945 Battle of the Atlantic - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Wood, Lieutenant Thomas Charles
- Date Made 1946
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1946/01/01
- Latest 1946/12/31
- Medium oil
- Support canvas
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Unit HMCS North Bay
- Measurements Height 61.0 cm, Width 76.3 cm
- Caption Corvette Mess Deck, His Majesty's Canadian Ship North Bay
- Additional Information War artist Tom Wood's canvas explores a corvette's crowded mess deck, where much of the ship's crew lived. Wood's painting likely depicts HMCS North Bay in harbour, since an open inkwell (bottom centre) and drink bottle (right) would have been ill-advised in a rolling ship at sea. Usually damp, the mess deck could be awash in seawater during rough weather. Off-duty sailors attempted to eat, relax, write letters, or read. The mess deck was also a sleeping area, and occupied hammocks are visible at the top of the work.