Royal Navy WW2 Ships Badge – HMS Osiris 1928
HMS Osiris was an O-class Submarine
Built by Vickers-Armstrongs of Barrow-in-Furness
She was first commissioned for service with the 4th Submarine Flotilla on the China Station
In 1940 HMS Osiris sank the Italian merchantman Morea off Albania, with gunfire in a surface engagement, after Morea twice evaded torpedoes fired at the ship
In the following month during an attack carried out on a convoy in the Otranto Strait, HMS Osiris torpedoed and sank one of the convoy escorts, the Italian torpedo boat Palestro
HMS Osiris was sold to be broken up for scrap in South Africa in 1945
A wall mounted collectable piece of Royal Navy history
Dimensions :
8.5in diameter overall bakelite mount
6in diameter badge
1.3kg weight
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