HMS Despatch was a Danae-class light cruiser. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company. This screen badge is made of cast iron Badge due to the saving of precious non-ferrous metals during war-time. HMS Despatch was operating in the South Atlantic for the early part of the war, where she captured the German merchant Düsseldorf and intercepted the German merchant Troja. She was also in the Mediterranean, escorting convoys in late 1940, and became involved in the Battle of Cape Spartivento.

HMS Despatch was reduced to the reserve in January 1945, and sold on 5 April 1946 for scrapping. She arrived at the yards of Arnott Young, Troon, Scotland in 1946 to be broken up.

To Note: This Royal Navy tampion came from the infamous 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, after a period of time of being stored in the back rooms TM bought it all.

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A Note from TM Owner, Mark Jameson -

"We have been the World’s largest dealers in these original Royal Navy artefacts for over twenty years now, the bulk of our stock coming directly from invitation by the Royal Navy and the Royal Navy Museum in Portsmouth Dockyard. In a market full of souvenirs & fakes, we are are proud to present to you these, the ‘Real McCoy,’ in which to confidently invest, and wholeheartedly enjoy."