Original artwork description:

Thanet in its unique position on the south-eastern coast of England, where the North Sea meets the English Channel, has always been of strategic importance in naval warfare. The threat from German submarines soon became apparent, when on the last day of October 1914 HMS Hermes was torpedoed in the Dover Straits. When the Admiralty ordered in December 1914 that there was to be no fishing between Cromer and Portland Bill many of Thanet's fishermen relocated to Brixham in Devon. Many other local fishermen took part in The Dover Patrol preventing German ships and submarines from using the English Channel.

Materials used:

Windsor and Newton Sepia watercolour, Aquarelle watercolour paper