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Description: Historically Important and Very Interesting Archive With Fascinating Bismarck Sinking Content. Wartime Photographs, artwork and ephemera belonging to Lieutenant A.G.J.Hollick, RNVR, who served initially a an Ordinary Seaman onboard HMS Daedulus, Pembroke, Mauritious and Devonshire, later as an Officer with MTB's in Home waters and finally commanding a Motor Launch 837 against the Japanese. It was while serving with HMS Devonshire that he was present on the bridge during the Bismarck action and in his first letter home to his mother, only 4 days after Bismarck's sinking he includes a sketch of "Bismarck on fire, before we topedoed her". He also reports "I've got one of the German survivors lifebelts!" A post war file contains much correspondence with the German Embassy and a surviving German Officer Herr v.Mullenheim-Rechburg. Hollick being gracious enough to return the much travelled Bismarck life belt to its former owners. With this file there is also correspondence with Captain A.W.S Agar VC, DSO RN,who has signed a very long handwritten letter to Hollick. To complete the Archive are service documents, cap tallies ( Mauritious and Pemboke) some unusual and very clear wartime photographs of convoys, etc., and a number of scenes on board ship, MTB's at their base in Leghorn,(Livorno, Italy), also some very unusual images of landings against the Japanese some involving MTB's and report of Japanese suicide boats. Hollick had considerable skill in his use of watercolours and a number of his painting are included, some during World War Two at sea. Overall a very complete naval record with some first hand Bismarck content. (In summary a modern file with documents, tallies stamps, watercolours, maps, a large photograph Album, loose photographs, two folders of watercolours/drawings, file of letters and documents and contemporary newspapers Bismarck related) Categories: Ephemera/Photographs Estimate: