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DESCRIPTION -- Postcard sized photograph of the Royal Naval ship HMS Rothesay which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Rothesay was the lead ship of the Rothesay or Type 12M class of anti-submarine frigates of the British Royal Navy. She was commissioned in 1960 and scrapped in 1988.
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DESCRIPTION -- Postcard sized photograph of the Royal Naval ship HMS Tartar which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Tartar was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in most of the naval theatres of World War II. She had an eventful career, eventually receiving the nickname 'Lucky Tartar' due to her numerous escapes from dangerous situations. She was one of only four from the sixteen Royal Navy-operated Tribal-class destroyers to survive the war.
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DESCRIPTION -- Postcard sized photograph of the Royal Naval ship HMS Devonshire which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Devonshire was the first of the County-class destroyers and the first Batch 1 ship of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead near Liverpool. With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes (6,850 tonnes full load), Devonshire was named after the English county of Devon. She was launched on 10 June 1960 and delivered to the navy two years later.
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DESCRIPTION -- Postcard sized photograph of the Royal Naval ship HMS Chichester which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Chichester was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy. Chichester was first commissioned in 1958 and in that year rescued crew of the coaster Concha off Milford Haven before the ship sank. The commission took her through the Mediterranean to the Far East returning via South Africa and South America.
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DESCRIPTION -- Postcard sized photograph of the Royal Naval ship HMS Diomede which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Diomede (F16) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow. Diomede was launched on 15 April 1969 and commissioned on 2 April 1971. Her nickname was "Dimweed".
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DESCRIPTION -- This item is a bit of a mystery but is an unusual find which is a brass plate, which is thought to be from an old naval vessel. It is likely that it is of naval origins and it is in a superb condition with the size of the brass plate being 6" x 5" (15cm x 12.5cm) It is an unusual find with an inscription on the plate as follows:
VALVE SHAFT ROTATES IN CLOCKWISE DIRECTION
GREASE ONLY WHEN POSITION 4 OR 8 IS INDICATED AT OBSERVATION HOLE IN COVER
RECOMMENDED GREASE ACHESON COLLOIDS GRADE W.V.
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- Royal Navy
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DESCRIPTION -- Postcard sized photograph of the Royal Naval ship HMS Engadine which is in an excellent condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Engadine was a 9,909 GRT cargo ship laid down at the Greenock Dockyard Company, Greenock, Scotland on 16 March 1940, launched on 26 May 1941 and completed on 17 November 1941. She was ordered by Clan Line, and was to be named Clan Buchanan (the previous Clan Buchanan having been sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin on 28 April 1941). However the Admiralty requisitioned her for the Royal Navy before completion and renamed after the first HMS Engadine for use as a seaplane depot ship.
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DESCRIPTION -- B/W photograph of the Royal Naval vessel 'HMS Cornwall'. The photo is taken while docked in Shanghai during 1939 and is from our collection of over 1000 shipping photos, is in a good condition and protected in a plastic wallet. HMS Cornwall was a famous naval cruiser built in 1928 and was tragically sunk in June 1942.
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CONDITION -- Very Good
HISTORY -- HMS Cornwall was a County class heavy cruiser of the Kent subclass of the Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, UK), with the keel being laid down on 9 October 1924. She was launched on 11 March 1926, and commissioned 8 May 1928. Upon completion in 1928 Cornwall joined the China Station. In 1936 Cornwall had completed her tour of duty and left the China Station for United Kingdom for a refit the following year. In 1938 with the refit completed Cornwall joined the 2nd Cruiser Squadron.
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DESCRIPTION -- Unusual item to have come across which is a superb match holder barrel item with a striker base, which has been hand made out of wood. It is set on a table plinth and the whole item is made from the original battleships timbers of the old vessel HMS BIRMINGHAM. There is a plaque attached to the piece with inscription and the size is 5" (13.5cm) high and it is in a fantastic condition.
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CONDITION -- Excellent
HISTORY -- HMS Birmingham was lead ship of the Birmingham group of three ships of the "Town" class of light cruisers built by the Royal Navy. Her sister ships were Lowestoft and Nottingham. The three ships were virtually identical to the third group of "Town" ships, but with an additional 6 in (150 mm) gun worked in on the forecastle.
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