HMCS Iroquois DDG 280 art print ship Canadian Navy Sailor Veteran Gift for a

Description: HMCS Iroquois DDG-280 Royal Canadian Navy Iroquois Class Destroyer “RELENTLESS IN CHASE” Art print of the Canadian ship HMCS Iroquois DDG-280 from an original watercolor painting on a nautical chart by the Artist William B. MacGregor Jr. ------------------------------------------------ HMCS Iroquois DDG-280 was the lead ship of the Iroquois-class helicopter carrying guided missile destroyers for the Royal Canadian Navy. The four ships in the tribal class were named in honor of the first nations of Canada. She is the second ship named Iroquois. The first was a WW2 tribal class destroyer (G89) commissioned November 1942, converted to a destroyer escort in 1951 and decommissioned 1962. The HMCS Iroquois was built by Marine Industries in Sorel Quebec, commissioned July 1972 (DDG-280) and home ported at CFB Halifax. The Iroquois commenced a refit called Tribal Update & Modernization Update (TRUMP) transforming her into a modern air defense platform with state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, and command/control systems. The refit was completed July 1992, her hull number changed to DDG-280 and decommissioned May 2015. The motto of the HMCS Iroquois is “Relentless in Chase”. The nautical chart art print of the HMCS Iroquois DDG-280 is Pre-Trump configuration. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Nautical Chart art print of the Canadian Navy ship (pre-TRUMP) HMCS Iroquois DDG-280 Art Print  Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent.  Mounted in a beveled double mat.  Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 16”x20” frame.  Mat will be signed by the artist.  Note: Mat size is the outside dimension. The double matted print will fit into a standard frame that can be purchased at your local craft/department store. No need for custom framing! The image/print size is smaller than the size of the mat. Original Painting SOLD to a HMCS Iroquois Canadian Navy Veteran William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors the Junkyard Artist William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son and grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics and veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, and Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military and aerospace companies in industrial engineering and IR optics. His painting incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting tools and he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics and inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships and aircraft carriers on nautical charts. In May,2018, and for one year, four of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA PS: My mother was born in Nova Scotia

Price: 49 USD

Location: Tiverton, Rhode Island

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