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DESCRIPTION -- Souvenir wooden napkin ring from the Royal Naval vessel the HMS Ajax which is in an excellent condition and it shows on it a plaque with the wording as follows:
FROM THE TEAK OF
HMS AJAX
BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATE
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Ajax was a Leander -class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, the Battle of Crete, the Battle of Malta and as a supply escort in the siege of Tobruk. This ship was the eighth in the Royal Navy to bear the name.
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DESCRIPTION -- From the Royal Naval vessel HMS Cornwall this is a very old and rare to find wooden napkin ring made out of the deck timbers of the vessel and is well over 100 years old, and is in a very good condition dating from around 1875. It shows on it a metal plaque with an inscription as follows:
FROM THE TIMBER OF
H.M.S. CORNWALL
LAUNCHED BOMBAY 1815
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1810s. She spent most of her service in reserve and was converted into a reformatory and a school ship in her later years. The ship was broken up in 1875.
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DESCRIPTION -- Souvenir silver coloured ashtray from the Naval vessel HMS Superb which is in a good condition and the size is 5" (13cm) long.
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CONDITION -- Good
HISTORY -- HMS Superb was a nuclear-powered fleet submarine of the Swiftsure class serving in the Royal Navy. She was built by Vickers Shipbuilding Group, now a division of BAE Systems Submarine Solutions. Superb was launched on 30 November 1974 at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 13 November 1976.
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DESCRIPTION -- Entitled ‘The Battleship Warspite’ this is a fantastic book by Ross Watton which shows the anatomy and construction of this famous vessel with the aid of scaled drawings. The book is in an excellent condition and covers many pages and is a fantastic read (click on the picture to see some open pages).
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CONDITION -- Good
HISTORY -- HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed during the First World War in 1915, she was assigned to the Grand Fleet and participated in the Battle of Jutland. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the war generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
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DESCRIPTION -- The last wooden battleship built for the Royal Navy, this is a commemorative plate of HMS Victoria built 1859. In an excellent condition and a nice display piece and is 8" (20cm) wide.
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HISTORY -- HMS Victoria was the lead ship in her class of two battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893, she collided with HMS Camperdown near Tripoli, Lebanon, during manoeuvres and quickly sank, killing 358 crew members, including the commander of the British Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
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DESCRIPTION -- Popular to produce by different vessels, this is a small tulip stand souvenir from the very old vessel the HMS Malaya dating from the 1940's/50's and is in a fair condition and is 3½" (8cm) high.
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HISTORY -- HMS Malaya was a Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth-class battleship ordered in 1913 and commissioned in 1916. Shortly after commissioning she fought in the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. Other than that battle, and the inconclusive Action of 19 August, her service during the First World War mostly consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
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DESCRIPTION -- Rare find of a china side plate from the old battleship The Renown which is in a very good almost new condition and is 6½" (17cm) wide, and shows the ships crest and name in the centre (click on the picture to see a close up of the ships crest).
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HISTORY -- HMS Renown was the lead ship of her class of battle cruisers of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the Revenge-class battleships. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner. Admiral Lord Fisher, upon becoming First Sea Lord, gained approval to restart her construction as a battle cruiser that could be built and enter service quickly.
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DESCRIPTION -- This Superb find from the Royal Naval vessel the HMT (Hired Military Transport) Dorsetshire which is an early cigarette case used by crew members on board. It shows on the from the emblem and name of the vessel with a decorated edge, and is in a fairly good condition and dates from around the 1940's (click on the picture to see a closer view of the item).
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CONDITION -- Good
HISTORY -- The MV Dorsetshire served as a hospital ship during WWII; where and when it became to be used as a Troopship is lost in time, She transported one of the last REME drafts to the Far East. Draft DLKTT departed Liverpool on 1st September 1953 bound for Aden, Colombo, Singapore and Hong Kong. On its return to UK it was retired from service.
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DESCRIPTION -- From the Royal Naval vessel the HMS Anson this is a wooden napkin ring made out of the deck timbers of the vessel. It shows on it a metal plaque with an inscription and dates from the 1930' (click on the picture to see the inscription on the plaque).
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Anson was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Admiral George Anson. She was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Shipyard and launched on 24 February 1940, being completed on 22 June 1942. Her completion was delayed to allow the fitting of fire-control radar and additional anti-aircraft weapons. She was originally to have been named Jellicoe, but was renamed Anson in February 1940.
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DESCRIPTION -- From 1937 a wooden barrel made from the teak of HMS Snapdragon which is in a great condition and was made for the coronation in that year. The size is 3" (8cm) high and it shows a plaque on the front engraved with name and details (click on the picture for a closer view of the plaque).
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- HMS Snapdragon
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