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Lieutenant Commander Stephen Halden Beattie (1908-1975), 1944 (oil on canvas)

Lieutenant Commander Stephen Halden Beattie (1908-1975), 1944 (oil on canvas)
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IMAGE number
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Image title
Lieutenant Commander Stephen Halden Beattie (1908-1975), 1944 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Worsley, John (1919-2000) / English
Location
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
1944 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
76.2x63.5 cms
Image description

Creator: John Worsley A half-length portrait of Lieutenant-Commander Beattie, wearing lieutenant-commander's undress uniform. The sitter took part in the successful raid on St Nazaire, aimed at the destruction of the lock gates of the great dry dock. This was achieved by filling the bows of the ex-American destroyer HMS 'Campbeltown' with explosive and detonating her beside the gates. The raid took place on the night of 27 March 1942, when Beattie commanded the 'Campbeltown'. Although under heavy enemy fire, he steamed in the direction of the lock gate and manoeuvred his ship in the correct position for the destruction of the only German occupied dry dock capable of handling large battleships. At the same time British commandos landed and destroyed the remaining installations. Beattie was subsequently taken prisoner. This portrait was painted in 1944 on a German bed sheet in a prisoner of war camp. Later Beattie was awarded the Victoria Cross, the Legion d'Honneur and the Croiz de Guerre with Palms. Lieutenant Commander Beattie's Victoria Cross is publicly displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London, England. The painting is signed ‘John Worsley Marlag ‘O’ Germany 1944’.

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© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London / Bridgeman Images
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Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1947
Image keywords
1940s / 20th century / colour / United Kingdom / Europe / man / navy / painting / art / portrait / one person / military uniform / army / oil painting / mzpainting / military officer

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