drawing, HMCS Prince Robert Alongside #1
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-2389
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Murphy, Lieutenant Rowley Walter
- Date Made July 1943
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943/07/01
- Latest 1943/07/31
- Inscription (verso) July 1943 / (undecipherable / indéchiffrable) / No 6 / Rowley Murphy / "HMCS PRINCE ROBERT ALONGSIDE #1" (verso on sticker/verso sur collant) Artist LIEUT ROWLEY MURPHY / Title / Property of / Return Address THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF / CANADA, OTTAWA, ONTARIO / Insurance Value $ (verso, stamped/verso, estampé) Passed by Naval Censor / No. (Photographic) DEC 30 1943 (undecipherable / indéchiffrable) / DATE INITIALS
- Medium carbon pencilwatercolour
- Support cardboard
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Royal Canadian Navy
- Unit HMCS Prince Robert
- Measurements Height 64.6 cm, Width 48.6 cm
- Caption HMCS Prince Robert Alongside Pier # 1
- Additional Information Rowley Murphy's 1943 drawing shows HMCS Prince Robert readying to sail through the Panama Canal for the Mediterranean theatre. After west coast patrols and service alongside American ships in the Aleutian Islands, the versatile Prince Robert underwent yet another transformation to become the Royal Canadian Navy's only anti-aircraft cruiser, designed to help protect other ships against enemy airplanes. The two other "Prince" ships, Prince David and Prince Henry, were also modified at Esquimalt and Vancouver, becoming Infantry Landing Ships to carry troops and landing craft for amphibious assaults.