Rod’s amazing painting of the damaged cruiser HMS Argonaut was inspired by a wartime photograph of Angie Guy's. In December 1942 the Argonaut was hit by two torpedoes, launched from an Italian submarine that obliterated her bow and stern sections. Her rudder and two of her four propellers were completely destroyed. In Spring of 1943, Angie’s step father, Captain Henry Haynes RN was commissioned to bring the crippled cruiser across the Atlantic to Philadelphia for repairs. Unescorted, the Argonaut managed to avoid U-boat encounters and after 23 days at sea, she safely reached her destination. Of the cruiser's 512 ft it was necessary to rebuild 182 feet – 59 ft at the bow and 123 ft at the stern.