HMS Duncan Boat Badge – 1933
£300.00 (inc. VAT)
Original Royal Navy boat badge from HMS Duncan
HMS Duncan was a D-class Destroyer Leader
Built Portsmouth Dockyard
HMS Duncan was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935. HMS Duncan returned to the Mediterranean Fleet just after World War II began
HMS Duncan rejoined the 13th Destroyer Flotilla at Gibraltar in July and escorted several convoys to Malta during the rest of the year. She joined the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean to participate in Operation Ironclad in 1942
The ship was recalled home to be converted into an escort destroyer in late 1942
HMS Duncan helped to sink two German submarines in October 1943. The ship was assigned to anti-submarine duties in the Western Approaches in 1944, and in 1945 he was transferred to coastal anti-submarine patrols to counter any last effort by the Kriegsmarine to interfere with the Allied supply lines to the Continent
Scrapped in 1949
Dimensions :
13.5 cm x 12 cm
1.4 kg weight
We have been the Worlds largest dealers in these original Royal Navy artefacts for over thirty 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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