Sir John Isaac Thornycroft ('Men of the Day. No. 947. "Destroyers."') Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Sir John Isaac Thornycroft ('Men of the Day. No. 947. "Destroyers."') NPG D45258
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Sir Leslie Ward
Pioneer of naval architecture; built first recorded small high-speed boat (1871); built first torpedo boat for Royal Navy (1877); developed improved hull, propellor and boiler designs; during First World War constructed coastal motor-boats used in attacks on Zeebrugge and Ostend.
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










