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A PAIR OF ROYAL NAVAL EPAULETTES FOR A COMMODORE (FIRST CLASS)
by Matthews & Co, Portsmouth, contained in fitted tin box of issue with brass owner’s plate inscribed Sir M MacGregor, Bart RN; together with an associated bicorn hat in shaped tin, lacking owner’s plate
(2)
£200-300 100.
98 98. A CAPTAIN’S FULL DRESS UNIFORM FOR THE ROYAL NAVY
supplied by Gieves, Matthews & Seagrove Ltd and comprising full dress coatee and trousers; a pair of epaulettes; regulation bicorn hat; sword belt and frogging, contained within fitted Toleware tins of issue, the uniform tin inscribed H.K. Oram RN -- 24½in. (62cm.); together with a pair of Maltese epaulettes in fitted tin
(3) £600-800 THE BELL FROM THE RIVER CLASS DESTROYER H.M.S. BOYNE, 1905
with moulded rim and shoulder, inscribed in black-filled lettering as per title -- 12½in. (32cm.) high; associated clapper and knot- work pull
Ordered from Hawthorn Leslie under the 1903-4 programme, Boyne was laid down in February 1904, launched that September and completed in May 1905. Displacing 545 tons and measuring 222 x 23½ feet, she was initially armed with five 6-pounders, but from 1907 that became four 12-pounders and two torpedo tubes. Surviving the Great War, she was sold for breaking in August 1919 but seems to have been sunk as a target. This bell was recovered from the wreck in 1988 and a letter from the Ministry of Defence accompanies it, conferring rights to the vendor.
£700-900 101.
A COMMEMORATIVE BELL MADE FROM THE METAL OF H.M.S. TIGER (1916)
the 6in. bell of typical form, the front inscribed Metal from H.M.S. Tiger Jutland 1916, supported from a carved mahogany stand on display base. Overall measurements -- 14 x 16in. (35.5 x 40.6cm.)
The battle cruiser H.M.S. Tiger was laid down at Clyde bank in 1912. The 28,500 ton cruiser joined the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow after only a short time at sea. Her first battle was at Doggerbank where, on 24th January, 1915, her squadron sank the Blücher. Tiger suffered a direct hit, which resulted in the death and wounding of several of her men. The next action Tiger saw was at the Battle of the Jutland in May 1915, where she once again suffered severe loss as a result of 21 direct hits. Surviving the battle, she served in the Battle Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet between 1919 and 1923. A sea-going gunnery ship until 1929, Tiger replaced the battle cruiser Hood in the Atlantic Squadron from 1929 to 1931. In 1932, Tiger was sold in accordance with the ‘life duration’ clause of the Washington Naval Conference of 1921.
100 42 £150-250 additional images online at
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