Original Royal Navy unofficial gun tampion HMS Carnarvon 1905
HMS Carnarvon was a Devonshire Class Armoured Cruiser
Built by William Beardmore & Company, Dalmuir
When WW1 began HMS Carnarvon was assigned to the Cape Verde Station to search for German commerce raiders while protecting British shipping
HMS Carnarvon was transferred to the South Atlantic two months later and assigned to the squadron that destroyed the German East Asia Squadron at the Battle of the Falklands
She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station in 1915 and continued to patrol against German raiders and escort convoys to the end of the war
In 1919, HMS Carnarvon became a training ship and was then sold for scrap in 1921
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 :
18cm wooden mount
14cm badge
2kg weight
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