Canberra at San Carlos by Ivan Berryman. [Original Painting]

Looking slightly the worse for wear after her journey south to the Falkland Islands in 1982, the P&O cruise liner Canberra, requisitioned as a troop carrier at the outbreak of the conflict, is shown in the midst of an attack by Argentine Mirage aircraft in San Carlos Water during May. Believed by the Argentine pilots to be a hospital ship, Canberra herself was never targeted, but her proximity to other ships of the British task force meant that she was constantly in danger.

Original acrylic painting by Ivan Berryman.

Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm)