RMS Carpathia
Volodymyr Glukhomanyuk
Series “Ocean liners” Part #4
60 x 90 cm
Oil on canvas
RMS Carpathia was one of the last relatively large liners equipped with “conventional” steam engines against the backdrop of the already approaching era of turbos hips.
The liner did not differ in speed – the operational “average” speed was only 14 knots. The ship housed cargo holds, although not too spacious, as well as refrigerated compartments intended for the transportation of frozen products from America to the British Isles. And, of course, special premises for postal items were supposed, because according to tradition, the liners received the abbreviation RMS (from Royal Mail Ship) in addition to the name.
Today, the Carpathia is remembered as the ship that rushed to the aid of the Titanic when it collided with an iceberg and sank in April 1912. After achieving fame, the ship made a largely uneventful career and eventually sank during World War I after being torpedoed by a German U-boat.
This was by no means an end worthy of a ship as heroic as RMS Carpathia!
Architect, Artist, Marine Painter
Volodymyr was born in 1964 in Kyiv. An architect and artist by profession, he graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in 1988. As a certified architect, he has practiced in Ukraine, collaborating with international architectural firms, and he operates his own architectural studio. As an artist, Volodymyr works with traditional drawing techniques and has developed his own unique palette knife painting style.
Description
Series “Ocean liners” Part #4
60 x 90 cm
Oil on canvas
RMS Carpathia was one of the last relatively large liners equipped with “conventional” steam engines against the backdrop of the already approaching era of turbos hips.
The liner did not differ in speed – the operational “average” speed was only 14 knots. The ship housed cargo holds, although not too spacious, as well as refrigerated compartments intended for the transportation of frozen products from America to the British Isles. And, of course, special premises for postal items were supposed, because according to tradition, the liners received the abbreviation RMS (from Royal Mail Ship) in addition to the name.
Today, the Carpathia is remembered as the ship that rushed to the aid of the Titanic when it collided with an iceberg and sank in April 1912. After achieving fame, the ship made a largely uneventful career and eventually sank during World War I after being torpedoed by a German U-boat.
This was by no means an end worthy of a ship as heroic as RMS Carpathia!
