As Seen on BBC Celebrity Antiques Road Trip & Antiques Road Trip | Company No. OC353913 | VAT Reg. GB102869028
Call 01691 774567 Request Free Valuation Bid Online Now

Antiques, Collectables & Affordable Art - including works by Monet, Lowry, Brauner and Freud

Scarce Royal Navy HMS Frobisher Silver Napkin Ring

The auction will start in __ days and __ hours

Start price: £30

Estimated price: £50 - £100

Buyer's Premium:

Description

Scarce Royal Navy HMS Frobisher Sterling Silver Napkin Ring ‘Prize for Seamanship April 1937 Cadet D.L.Davenport. . Hallmarked London 1933 for S J Rose & Son. In 1924 HMS Frobisher served the Mediterranean Fleet as flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron , converted in 1930 to a cadet’s Training Ship, in which role she served from 1932 until 1939
At the outbreak of World War Two, HMS Frobisher started an extensive refit, that rearmed her with some serious firepower, She was involved in Operation Neptune on 6 June as a member of Gunfire Bombardment Support Force D allocated to Sword Beach in the D-Day landings The ship bombarded German coastal defences on 6 June, but was damaged by a torpedo in August.