HMS Beaufort was a Hunt-class destroyer. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was launched on 9 June 1941 and commissioned on 3 November 1941. During the Second World War the ship served in the Mediterranean Sea, escorting convoys and covering landings. She was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1952 and scrapped in 1965.

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This Royal Navy tread plate came from the famous Ferrers Walker collection.Mr Ferrers Walker spent a lifetime collecting the largest and most significant WW1 and WW2 Naval history artefacts.He gave his collection to Portsmouth Naval Museum to exhibit.