Detail HMS Portland 1999
Craignez Honte 'Fear Dishonour'
Limited edition of 75 prints, individually numbered, marked with embossed authenticity cachet and signed by the artist.
Price £45
HMS Portland (F79) a Type 23 frigate of the 'Duke' class, built by Marconi Marine on the Clyde and launched on the 15 May 1999 by Lady Brigstocke. She is the 8th ship to bear the name in the Royal Navy. Her operational career so far has notably included disaster relief in Belize after Hurricane Dean in 2007 and anti-piracy duties off the Horn of Africa in 2009. In April 2012 she will make history by being the first Royal Navy warship, to be commanded by a woman; Cdr Sarah West. HMS Portland has a length of 133m a displacement of 4, 900 tonnes and a CODLAG (Combined Diesel-electric & Gas) propulsion system.