The steam yacht Narcissus in the Mediterranean off Naples

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Antonio de Simone (Italian, fl.1860-1900)
The steam yacht Narcissus in the Mediterranean off Naples
signed and dated 'De Simone/1910' (lower right) and inscribed 'S.Y. Narcissus' (lower left)
bodycolour
15 x 25½ in. (38.1 x 64.7 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The twin-screw steel steam yacht Narcissus was designed and built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Glasgow in 1905. Ordered by Mr. A.E.M. Mundy of Shipley Hall, Derbyshire, she was registered at 661½ tons gross (239 net and 816 Thames) and measured 222½ feet in length with a 27½ foot beam. Powered by a pair of 275nhp. steam turbine engines manufactured by her builders, she was rigged as a schooner and carried sails by Ratsey & Lapthorn. Hired by the Admiralty as an auxiliary patrol yacht in January 1915, she was released in February 1919 but sold to Greek owners following Mr. Mundy's death in 1920. Still afloat in 1939, by which time she was owned by Captain Oswald Liddell of Shirenewton Hall, Chepstow, she was again requisitioned for war service; renamed Grive, she was sunk by air attack off Dunkirk on 1st June 1940 whilst assisting with the evacuation of allied troops from the beaches.

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