English: Action off the Texel, 17 October 1914
Inscribed and signed by artist, lower left, 'Action off the Texel October 28th 1914 / Chase of the German Torpedo boats / W. L. Wyllie'. The date given is wrong, since the action shown took place on 17 October 1914 between the British light cruiser 'Undaunted' (on the left here) with the four destroyers of the 1st Division of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla out of Harwich ('Lance', 'Legion', 'Lennon' and 'Loyal'), and the four German torpedo boats S115, S117, S118 and S119 (all launched 1902-03). It took place in the Broad Fourteens, 40 miles south-west of the Texel. All four of the German boats were sunk and the confidential books of the leader were fished out of the water, their box having failed to sink quickly enough. See also PAE3145 and PAF0912. Although the colour has deteriorated, this is an interesting demonstration of Wyllie's economical technique in which detail of the ships is done simply in black.Inscribed and signed by artist, lower left, 'Action off the Texel October 28th 1914 / Chase of the German Torpedo boats / W. L. Wyllie'. The date given is wrong, since the action shown took place on 17 October 1914 between the British light cruiser 'Undaunted' (on the left here) with the four destroyers of the 1st Division of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla out of Harwich ('Lance', 'Legion', 'Lennon' and 'Loyal'), and the four German torpedo boats S115, S117, S118 and S119 (all launched 1902-03). It took place in the Broad Fourteens, 40 miles south-west of the Texel. All four of the German boats were sunk and the confidential books of the leader were fished out of the water, their box having failed to sink quickly enough. See also PAE3145 and PAF0912. Although the colour has deteriorated, this is an interesting demonstration of Wyllie's economical technique in which detail of the ships is done simply in black.