An original Royal Navy gun tampion, painted brass mounted on a wooden plaque HMS Vigo was a Royal Navy Battle Class Destroyer. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. HMS Vigo was launched in September 1945, commissioned in 1946In the 1950's she became a Gunnery training ship based at Portsmouth and was a patrol ship in Icelandic Waters during the Cod War. Following decommissioning in 1959, she was finally scrapped in 1964 at Faslane. 

To Note: This Royal Navy tompion 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."