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MGBs [Motor Gun Boats] by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00998

This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.

Sybil Andrews oil painting of construction of motor gun boats at the British Power Boat Company, Hythe, Glenbow Museum and Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. / RAF Museum

Hull Shop by Sybil Andrews, oil on canvas

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00999

This is one of seven paintings Andrews made about boat building, which she developed after the war from wartime sketches taken while working for the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, Southampton, which built high-speed launch craft for RAF air sea rescue missions.

Sybil Andrews oil painting of boat building at the British Power Boat Company, Hythe, Kent, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

RAF 68ft High Speed Launch 2705 in Japan, 1946

Photographs, In Storage, P028389

The RAF operated High Speed Launches (HSLs) to service their flying boats. This picture was taken in Japan, most likely Kure, in 1946.

Men stand on the deck of a boat, with wrecked warships in the background, © RAF Museum