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Spare propeller on board S.S. 'Esturia' Long Caption: Cook was assigned to SS 'Esturia' from 16 December 1943 to 20 July 1944. During the Second World War, John Kingsley Cook (1911-1994) served in the merchant navy as a wireless officer. He joined in 1940, and went on his first sea voyage, to the United States, in December 1940. His ship was sunk off the coast of Algeria in 1941, the survivors being taken captive and held there until liberated after the Allied landing in North Africa in 1942. He resumed service after a few months recuperating at home, and was discharged in August 1945, when he joined the staff at the Edinburgh College of Art. There, he taught engraving and graphic design and lectured on the History of Art, before being appointed Head of Design in 1960. He retired in 1971. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the artist's family, 2012. Object: ZBA5424 Artist: John Kingsley Cook Date: 1944 Medium: paper; ink; watercolour Size: 348 mm x 487 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.