voltaire

Stephen J Card's post of this painting led to comments on the apparent difference of perspective between the bow area and the rest of the ship. I maintained the bow perspective was wrong, and I believe the above diagram proves it. This does not detract from the overall brilliance of the work. Of co

Lamport & Holt s.s. VOLTAIRE Original painting by Walter Thomas... hanging in the Merseyside Maritime Museum.

French battleship Voltaire, according to caption doing 21 knots. (It shows, if not in the cu****er and wake, most certainly in the smoke!) Frontispiece in a French book named Conquerors of the Sea. She was launched on 29th january 1909 and if I have not done a mix-up, she had the distinction of bei

Lamport & Holt. Cargo, Passenger. Built.1923. 13,248 tons. 1939,Converted to Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Voltaire. 1941. Sunk in battle with German Raider, THOR. 75 lives lost. My card.