Original Royal Navy HMS Colossus Screen Badge – 1943

Original Royal Navy HMS Colossus Screen Badge – 1943

Crown top badge on bakelite from 1943 Carrier HMS Colossus.

HMS Colossus had a relatively brief time with the Royal Navy. Built by Vickers Armstrong , launched in 1943 and commissioned in 1944.

She was the name-ship of the Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carriers, which were smaller derivatives of the Illustrious-class carriers.

HMS Colossus served with the British Pacific Fleet 1945-46, prior to being loaned to France. She was renamed Arromanches in 1946 and lent to the French Navy. While in French service, she participated in the First Indochina War in 1948 for three months. She was later purchased by the French in 1951.

In 1968 she was converted to an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) carrier, operating up to 24 helicopters. She was decommissioned in 1974 after a long career with the French Navy. She was broken up at Toulon in 1978.

Dimensions :

42cm  16.5in  dia mount

15in x 12in   38cm x 30cm  badge

8.2kg 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.