HMAS Albatross Gun Tampion – 1926
£425.00 (inc. VAT)
Original Royal Navy gun tampion
Launched 1926
HMAS Albatross, later HMS Albatross was a seaplane tender of the Royal Australian Navy, which was later transferred to the Royal Navy and used as a repair ship
HMAS Albatross was built by Cockatoo Island Dockyard during the mid-1920s and entered service at the start of 1929
HMS Albatross
There was originally little need for a seaplane carrier in the Royal Navy, as several aircraft carriers were operational, and most warships from cruiser size up carried their own seaplanes
However, the loss of the aircraft carriers Courageous and Glorious early in World War II created scope for the ship’s use
HMS Albatross was assigned to Freetown in western Africa, where she and her aircraft were used for convoy escort, anti-submarine warfare, and air-sea rescue in the Atlantic
Dimensions :
18cm diameter badge x 23cm diameter mount
1.5kg weight
We have been the Worlds 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
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