Harry J Jansen c 1895-1936

  • SS Accrington.
  • Oil on Canvas.
  • Signed and dated (19)10.
  • £1150.

SS Accrington was one of 5 sister ships built for the Great Central railway. Requisitioned in 1915,Accrington became a POW accommodation ship. From 1942 she was used as a convoy rescue ship during the 2nd World War and completed 40 escort voyages and rescued 141 survivors. In May 1951 she was sold for breaking at Dunston-on – Tyne. Harry J Jansen went on to paint the Titanic passing icebergs in 1913 which hangs in the British Museum.