23941 In one of the British Navy's greatest peacetime disasters on Sunday 22 March 1878, HMS Eurydice capsized and sank off Portsmouth during a sudden squall with the loss of 364 lives. 1878 Oil painting on canvas, 41 x 56 cms., elaborate contemporary gilt frame, signed lower left. William Broome was a noted painter of marine scenes along England's southern coast. For many years he based himself at Ramsgate, where he captured many dramatic rescues by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. His works hang in public collections in Ramsgate and other southern port towns. This painting of HMS Eurydice being towed into Portsmouth Harbour after capsizing in a sudden storm off the Isle of Wight in 1878 is particularly poignant. No rescue attempts were successful for the Eurydice ... 364 seamen lost their lives in the disaster, with only two survivors. The ship was refloated, and is here shown being towed into her home port to be broken up. HMS Eurydice's sister ship suffered a similar fate with nearly as many lost a few years later. These two great disasters tragically marked the end of sail in the British Navy, a moment captured perfectly in this painting.. $2500.00AUD
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