A Life of Engineering and the Sea Derek Gardner was an English painter who began his professional life as a civil engineer. After training in Glasgow and working for the London Midland & Scottish Railway, he served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. As a midshipman in the RNVR, he began painting watercolours of warships. His wartime service included serving as an anti-submarine officer on the destroyer HMS Broke, where he was injured during the storming of Algiers harbour. Following his service, he worked in the Colonial Service in Kenya, where he painted oils, watercolours, and…
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