8th Nov, 2016 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch')
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[M] A RARE, UNOFFICIAL BOAT BADGE FROM THE DOVER...
A RARE, UNOFFICIAL BOAT BADGE FROM THE DOVER PATROL MONITOR SIR JOHN MOORE [1915]
cast in alloy and mounted on a wooden shield with provenance pasted behind -- 15½in. (39.5cm.) high; together with a tompion from the Ottoman dreadnought Sultan Osman I (H.M.S. Agincourt) mounted on circuit board with plate; an unofficial badge for the Destroyer Tormentor (1917); alloy examples for the frigate Loch Quoich (1944); destroyer Troubridge (1942); two shore establishment badges; a presentation badge from the Pakistan naval base Karsaz mounted on wooden base dated 1958; and a flag of St George mounted on wood
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Sultan Osman I was originally built to order from Brazil and named Rio de Janeiro but was sold to Turkey before completion and renamed. A huge Dreadnought, she mounted fourteen 12in. guns in seven turrets and displaced over 30,0000 tons deep loaded. Completed when WWI broke out, Churchill impounded her until it was clear which side the Turks favoured. When they sided with Germany, she was absorbed into the Royal Navy as Agincourt and became, at 671ft, its longest ship. A substantial refit was required to maker her compatible with the Grand Fleet and she saw service at Jutland where her commander unleashed a broadside whose sheet of flame was so immense it was briefly thought her magazine had gone up! She was broken up in 1922.
cast in alloy and mounted on a wooden shield with provenance pasted behind -- 15½in. (39.5cm.) high; together with a tompion from the Ottoman dreadnought Sultan Osman I (H.M.S. Agincourt) mounted on circuit board with plate; an unofficial badge for the Destroyer Tormentor (1917); alloy examples for the frigate Loch Quoich (1944); destroyer Troubridge (1942); two shore establishment badges; a presentation badge from the Pakistan naval base Karsaz mounted on wooden base dated 1958; and a flag of St George mounted on wood
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Sultan Osman I was originally built to order from Brazil and named Rio de Janeiro but was sold to Turkey before completion and renamed. A huge Dreadnought, she mounted fourteen 12in. guns in seven turrets and displaced over 30,0000 tons deep loaded. Completed when WWI broke out, Churchill impounded her until it was clear which side the Turks favoured. When they sided with Germany, she was absorbed into the Royal Navy as Agincourt and became, at 671ft, its longest ship. A substantial refit was required to maker her compatible with the Grand Fleet and she saw service at Jutland where her commander unleashed a broadside whose sheet of flame was so immense it was briefly thought her magazine had gone up! She was broken up in 1922.
Sold for £806
Estimated at £250 - £350
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A RARE, UNOFFICIAL BOAT BADGE FROM THE DOVER PATROL MONITOR SIR JOHN MOORE [1915]
cast in alloy and mounted on a wooden shield with provenance pasted behind -- 15½in. (39.5cm.) high; together with a tompion from the Ottoman dreadnought Sultan Osman I (H.M.S. Agincourt) mounted on circuit board with plate; an unofficial badge for the Destroyer Tormentor (1917); alloy examples for the frigate Loch Quoich (1944); destroyer Troubridge (1942); two shore establishment badges; a presentation badge from the Pakistan naval base Karsaz mounted on wooden base dated 1958; and a flag of St George mounted on wood
(9)
Sultan Osman I was originally built to order from Brazil and named Rio de Janeiro but was sold to Turkey before completion and renamed. A huge Dreadnought, she mounted fourteen 12in. guns in seven turrets and displaced over 30,0000 tons deep loaded. Completed when WWI broke out, Churchill impounded her until it was clear which side the Turks favoured. When they sided with Germany, she was absorbed into the Royal Navy as Agincourt and became, at 671ft, its longest ship. A substantial refit was required to maker her compatible with the Grand Fleet and she saw service at Jutland where her commander unleashed a broadside whose sheet of flame was so immense it was briefly thought her magazine had gone up! She was broken up in 1922.
cast in alloy and mounted on a wooden shield with provenance pasted behind -- 15½in. (39.5cm.) high; together with a tompion from the Ottoman dreadnought Sultan Osman I (H.M.S. Agincourt) mounted on circuit board with plate; an unofficial badge for the Destroyer Tormentor (1917); alloy examples for the frigate Loch Quoich (1944); destroyer Troubridge (1942); two shore establishment badges; a presentation badge from the Pakistan naval base Karsaz mounted on wooden base dated 1958; and a flag of St George mounted on wood
(9)
Sultan Osman I was originally built to order from Brazil and named Rio de Janeiro but was sold to Turkey before completion and renamed. A huge Dreadnought, she mounted fourteen 12in. guns in seven turrets and displaced over 30,0000 tons deep loaded. Completed when WWI broke out, Churchill impounded her until it was clear which side the Turks favoured. When they sided with Germany, she was absorbed into the Royal Navy as Agincourt and became, at 671ft, its longest ship. A substantial refit was required to maker her compatible with the Grand Fleet and she saw service at Jutland where her commander unleashed a broadside whose sheet of flame was so immense it was briefly thought her magazine had gone up! She was broken up in 1922.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch'), 8th Nov, 2016
