Message received from Alan Coulter of Ulster,   e-mail:

Some years ago, I spent the longest day of my life aboard HMS Kilmorey, zig-zagging around the Irish Sea as a Sapper with the T&AVR 112 Sqdn.74 Engineer Regiment. I had nothing left to bring up on that cold, blustery day and I wouldn't have cared if we had sunk.

However I survived and some years later, being an artist, I painted her at sea.

The vessel is M1157, formerly HMS Kirkliston renamed KILMOREY when presented to Belfast Division of the RNR and given the 'Red Hand of Ulster' insignia on her funnel.

I painted it back in 2012, many years after my experience and it would make a great piece of wall art and decoration for an avid collector of Ton Class memorabilia.

Ship is depicted in open bridge minesweeper configuration, before her conversion to Mine Hunter in 1962/3. 

To obtain a JPG image of the painting, please contact Alan via his e-mail address, given above.

Alan says he would accept any reasonable offer for the original artwork.  - Webmaster