David K. Stone (American, 1922 - 2001) "HMS Buxton" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Masonite. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 45c HMS Buxton ex-USS Edwards stamp issued September 3, 1990. Great Britain's Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill had been at his post only a few days when he made an urgent request to the United States for military aid. Thus was born the agreement which would send some fifty older U.S. destroyers to help fight the swelling Nazi empire. Several months after Churchill's request, the first of the ships made its way across the Atlantic into British hands. The USS Edwards was transferred on October 4, 1940 and renamed the HMS Buxton. Shown here flying the White Ensign of the British Royal Navy, the HMS Buxton was used primarily as a training ship for Canadian sailors. She also escorted convoys of troop and cargo ships to protect them from enemy attack, especially by the dreaded German U-boats. She survived the war to be scrapped in 1945. Image Size: 14.75 x 23.75 in. Overall Size: 23.75 x 27 in. Unframed. (B12586)