Painting selected for national exhibition

This stunning oil painting created by one of our members, Keith Francis, was accepted by the Royal Society of Marine Artists for inclusion in their prestigious annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London in September.

The subject of Keith’s amazing study is the steam tug Cervia, of one of this country’s  National Historic Ships berthed at Royal Harbour Ramsgate. The old tug has quite a history, not least its sinking resulting in the loss of four lives including her skipper in 1954. The boat was quickly recovered and went on to become one of the last commercially operating steam tugs in the country. 

Cervia is now in the care of The Steam Tug Cervia Preservation Trust who are actively raising monies to preserve this important historic ship.