Godfrey, 20th Century
The Manx King under reduced Sail
signed 'Godfrey' (lower right)
oil on board
18½ x 24½in. (47 x 62.2cm.)
Lot Essay
Possibly the Manx King, 1,729 tons, by then under Norwegian ownership and sunk by a German submarine whilst on passage from Rio de Janeiro to New York on 8 July 1918.