HMS Shakespeare Gun Tompion – 1917

Original unofficial gun tampion from HMS Shakespeare – 1917

HMS Shakespeare was a Thornycroft type destroyer leader launched in 1917

HMS Shakespeare was one of five flotilla leaders of the Shakespeare class

HMS Shakespeare was recommissioned at Port Edgar in 1920 , reduced to Reserve in 1925, and Commissioned again in 1928

Later in her service career, HMS Shakespeare was handed over to the breakers in part-payment for RMS Majestic in 1936, and was scrapped

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

Dimensions :

18cm diameter

1kg weight

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