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A half-length portrait of Lieutenant-Commander Beattie, wearing lieutenant-commander’s undress uniform. The sitter took part in the successful raid on St Nazaire, aimed at the destruction of the lock gates of the great dry dock. This was achieved by filling the bows of the ex-American destroyer HMS 'Campbeltown’ with explosive and detonating her beside the gates. The raid took place on the night of 27 March 1942, when Beattie commanded the ‘Campbeltown’. Although under heavy enemy fire, he steamed in the direction of the lock gate and manoeuvred his ship in the correct position for the destruction of the only German occupied dry dock capable of handling large battleships. At the same time British commandos landed and destroyed the remaining installations. Beattie was subsequently taken prisoner.
The painting is signed ‘John Worsley Marlag ‘O’ Germany 1944’. It was received from the War Artists Commission in 1946.
Title
Lieutenant Commander Stephen Halden Beattie (1908–1975)
Date
1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2536
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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