Royal Navy Unofficial Boat Badge – HMS Warspite 1915

Royal Navy Unofficial Boat Badge – HMS Warspite 1915

HMS Warspite was a Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship

Built Devonport Dockyard , laid down in 1910

Unofficial , as this badge pre dates the Admiralty standardisation of Royal Navy badges in 1919

HMS Warspite served in both World Wars, earning the most battle honours of any individual Royal Navy ship. For this and other reasons she gained the nickname the Grand Old Lady after a comment made by Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in 1943 , while she was his flagship

She was present at the Battle of Jutland in WW1, as part of the Grand Fleet

During WW2 she was involved in several major engagements, including battles in the North Sea and Mediterranean.

She ran aground on her way to be broken up in 1947 and was scrapped in 1950

Dimensions :

22cm overall  17.5cm badge diameter

3kg 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.