8th Nov, 2016 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch')
102
[M] a pair of 12in. tompions from the 'London'...
a pair of 12in. tompions from the 'London' Class Battleship H.M.S. London [1899]
cast in brass with remnant enamelling, threaded backs, now with suspension loops -- 11½in. (29cm.) diameter
(2)
H.M.S. London was one of five in her class, but this was really a continuation of the three 'Formidable' class ships of a year earlier. Like Caesar, she served in the Mediterranean initially and returned to the Channel Fleet in 1908. In WW1 she was initially deployed at Sheerness to guard against German invasion and was present when her sister ship, Bulwark, blew up at the quayside, the inquiry being held on London. She supported the landings at Anzac Cove in the Dardanelles Campaign in 1915 and a year later was sent to Rosyth for conversion to a mine layer. She was sold for scrapping in 1920 and broken up in Germany.
cast in brass with remnant enamelling, threaded backs, now with suspension loops -- 11½in. (29cm.) diameter
(2)
H.M.S. London was one of five in her class, but this was really a continuation of the three 'Formidable' class ships of a year earlier. Like Caesar, she served in the Mediterranean initially and returned to the Channel Fleet in 1908. In WW1 she was initially deployed at Sheerness to guard against German invasion and was present when her sister ship, Bulwark, blew up at the quayside, the inquiry being held on London. She supported the landings at Anzac Cove in the Dardanelles Campaign in 1915 and a year later was sent to Rosyth for conversion to a mine layer. She was sold for scrapping in 1920 and broken up in Germany.
Sold for £1,488
Estimated at £300 - £500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
a pair of 12in. tompions from the 'London' Class Battleship H.M.S. London [1899]
cast in brass with remnant enamelling, threaded backs, now with suspension loops -- 11½in. (29cm.) diameter
(2)
H.M.S. London was one of five in her class, but this was really a continuation of the three 'Formidable' class ships of a year earlier. Like Caesar, she served in the Mediterranean initially and returned to the Channel Fleet in 1908. In WW1 she was initially deployed at Sheerness to guard against German invasion and was present when her sister ship, Bulwark, blew up at the quayside, the inquiry being held on London. She supported the landings at Anzac Cove in the Dardanelles Campaign in 1915 and a year later was sent to Rosyth for conversion to a mine layer. She was sold for scrapping in 1920 and broken up in Germany.
cast in brass with remnant enamelling, threaded backs, now with suspension loops -- 11½in. (29cm.) diameter
(2)
H.M.S. London was one of five in her class, but this was really a continuation of the three 'Formidable' class ships of a year earlier. Like Caesar, she served in the Mediterranean initially and returned to the Channel Fleet in 1908. In WW1 she was initially deployed at Sheerness to guard against German invasion and was present when her sister ship, Bulwark, blew up at the quayside, the inquiry being held on London. She supported the landings at Anzac Cove in the Dardanelles Campaign in 1915 and a year later was sent to Rosyth for conversion to a mine layer. She was sold for scrapping in 1920 and broken up in Germany.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch'), 8th Nov, 2016
