The Molch
Artist: Dennis Andrews
Subject: German Molch midget submarine
Original watercolour and gouache on Bockingford 300gsm acid free NOT (Cold Pressed) watercolour paper

measuring 11" x 6.5" (28cm x 17cm)
Original only, signed by the artist - prints not currently available

German Molch 11-ton one-man midget submarine that carried two 21-inch underslung torpedoes. Electric powered, the boats were designed for coastal operations and were meant to travel submerged at all times. 393 boats, built by AG Weser in Bremen, were completed, the first was delivered on June 12 1944. Molch boats were deployed in the Mediterranean against the allied invasion of the French Riviera (Operation Dragoon). 12 Molch of the K-Verband 411 flotilla attacked on September 25/26 1944 achieving nothing for the loss of 10 craft. The two survivors were destroyed in the allied warship bombardment of San Remo soon after.

This original artwork is sold with an attractive mount - ready to be framed if required.

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