John Hamilton

1919 — 1993

British army officer and artist

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Works

'Melbourne Star' under Attack

Liverpool Docks during the Blitz

Seamen Jumping from a Torpedoed Oil Tanker, North Atlantic, Second World War

Sinking of the 'Association' in 1707

The Swordfish Attack

The Telegraphist Air Gunners

A Lone Survivor, Covered in Oil

Air Cover: A Typical Escort Carrier, HMS 'Archer' on North Atlantic Escort Duty

Aircraft Attacking Four Ships in the Mediterranean

Arctic Gale

Attack on Taranto, 11 November 1940

Battle of Matapan, 28 March 1941

Battle of the River Plate

Caught on the Surface: A Short Sunderland Flying Boat Attacking a U-Boat

Channel Dash: The Attempt to Halt the Progress of the Battleships 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau' through the Channel, 12–13 February 1942

Convoy

Convoy PQ18 Attacked by a Junkers 88 and Heinkel III Torpedo Bombers, 13 September 1942

D-Day Naval Bombardment: HMS 'Ramillies', HMS 'Warspite' and Monitor HMS 'Roberts' Bombard the Beaches

Distant Escort: The Cruisers HMS 'Sheffield' and HMS 'Jamaica' with the Battleship HMS 'Duke of York' Patrol the Convoy Route to Russia

Evacuation of Crete: Cruisers HMS 'Orion' and HMS 'Kimberley' under Attack, May 1941

HMC 'S Snowberry', a Flower Class Corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy

HMS 'Biter' in an Arctic Gale

HMS 'Illustrious' under Attack: Excess Convoy, January 1941

HMS 'Wallace', 1940

HMS 'Woodpecker'

HMS Submarine 'Trident' on Patrol in Arctic Waters

HMS Submarine 'Upholder'

Large and Small Vessels and a Lifeboat

Last Stand of the SS 'Stephen Hopkins'

Listening: Motor Torpedo Boats of the Coastal Forces off the Enemy Coast

Malta Convoy: SS 'Brisbane Star' and SS 'Rochester Castle'

Mines in the Fairway

Minesweepers under Attack, Thames Estuary, October 1940

Narvik Harbour after the Destroyer Attack, 10 April 1940

Night Action: Crew Abandoning Sinking Submarine U-70, 7 March 1941

Night Battle

Routed North: Arctic Convoys Routed North in Summer, to the Edge of the Ice Pack, to Evade Aircraft Based in North Norway

Second Battle of Sirte, 22 March 1942

SS 'Rathlin', Rescue Ship

Storm at Sea

Supplies for the Raiders: The Disguised Supply Ship 'Nordmark' with the Raider 'Admiral Scheer', March 1941

Survivors: HMS 'Ledbury' Rescued 44 Men from the Merchantman SS 'Waimarama', Pedestal Convoy, 1942

The 'Bismarck' Action: The 'Bismarck' Escapes

The 'Bismarck' Action: The 'Swordfish' Attack, 26 May 1941

The 'Gallant Ohio'

The 'Gallant Tekoa', New Zealand Steamship Company, Picking Up Survivors, March 1943

The 'Glenorchy' is Spotted, Pedestal Convoy, 13 August 1942

The Attack on Convoy SC7: The Sinking of SS 'Assyrian'

The Battle of the Fjords: In the Running Destroyer Fight, during the Withdrawal from Narvik, the Damaged HMS 'Hotspur' Collided with HMS 'Hunter'

The Battle of the North Cape: HMS 'Duke of York' in Action against the 'Scharnhorst', 26 December 1943

The Defence of Convoy JW 51B: Destroyers HMS 'Onslow' and HMS 'Orwell' Defended the Convoy against the Heavy Cruiser 'Hipper', 31 December 1942

The Destruction of U-202 by HMS 'Starling', 1 June 1943

The Fight to Save the SS 'Regent Lion'

The Raid on St Nazaire, 27–28 March 1942

The Raider 'Kormoran'

The Sinking of HMS 'Acasta', Attacked by Battleships 'Scharnhorst' and 'Gneisenau'

The Sinking of HMS 'Fiji', HMS 'Kingston' Standing by, 22 May 1941

The Sinking of U-752, 23 May 1943

The Tide Begins to Turn: One of the Long Range Liberators of 120 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Based in Iceland, Providing Air Cover in the Mid-Atlantic

The Toll

The Wolf Pack Gathers: U-99, U-100, U-101 and U-123 Prepare to Attack Convoy SC7, 18 October 1940

Torpedoed: A Corvette Picks Up Survivors from a Torpedoed Liberty Ship

U-309 on Atlantic Patrol

U-Boats inside the Convoy: U-99 on the Surface Having Torpedoed the Tanker 'Ferm', 7 March 1941

HMS 'Belfast' in Action against the 'Scharnhorst', 26 December 1943

HMS 'Northern Pride'

HMS 'Renown' in a North Sea Gale, April 1940

The 'Bismarck' Action: HMS 'Zulu' under Fire

The 'Bismarck' Action: The Destruction of HMS 'Hood'

The Sinking of SS 'Bedouin', 16 March 1941

The Sinking of the 'Scharnhorst', 26 December 1943