Sir John Isaac Thornycroft ('Men of the Day. No. 947. "Destroyers."') Greetings Card

Prix habituel £4.00

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.

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