Claude LE BAUBE (1919 - 2007) Torpedo boat "La Combattante Watercolour and gouache Signed "Claude Le Baube" lower left and captioned "Torpilleur La Combattante Ayant à son bord le Général de Gaulle arrivé le [illisble] des côtes Normandes". 37.5 x 57.5 cm (Small stains, insolation) Origin : - Admiral Philippe de Gaulle (1921-2024) - Then by descent Commentary: The ship La Combattante was a British torpedo boat offered to the Free French Naval Forces in 1942. She took part in the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, bombarding German forces in the Courseulles-sur-Mer sector. On 14 June 1944, La Combattante landed General de Gaulle on French soil. It sank on 23 February 1945, off the English coast, after hitting an underwater mine. Claude LE BAUBE (1919 - 2007)