HMS Hibernia Main Armament Tampion – 1905
£1,500.00 (inc. VAT)
Original unofficial main armament gun tampion from HMS Hibernia 1905
HMS Hibernia was a King Edward VII Class pre-Dreadnought Battleship
Built Devonport Dockyard
HMS Hibernia and her sister ships formed the 3rd Battle Squadron. The squadron was assigned to the Grand Fleet at the beginning of World War I, and served on the Northern Patrol
In 1915 she supported the Dardanelles Campaign and provided cover for the evacuation from the Gallipoli Peninsula. On returning to the United Kingdom she was again attached to the Grand Fleet before being transferred to Nore Command in May 1916, finishing the war as an accommodation ship
She was scrapped in 1922
Unofficial badge design, as the badge pre dates the standardisation of all Royal Navy badges that came into effect in 1919
Before the standardisation a senior rank or the crew itself decided on the design that would be on the badge
Dimensions :
36cm diameter
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