2nd May, 2017 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia')
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[M] AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING FLAG FRAGMENT...
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING FLAG FRAGMENT RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF H.M.S. BULWARK, 1914
heavily scorched and tattered and now affixed to white cotton backing -- 48in. (122cm.) wide
On 26th November, 1914 Bulwark, a 15,000 ton 'London' Class battleship of 1899, was moored at No.17 buoy in Kethole Reach, Sheerness. At 7.50am she was blown apart by a massive internal explosion, followed immediately by another even larger one. When the smoke cleared nothing was to be seen apart from floating wreckage and, of 750 aboard, only 12 survived. The blame was laid at faulty cordite charges and other internal explosions were to follow: Natal (Dec 1915); Vanguard (July 1917) and Glatton (Sept. 1918) - in addition to the battlecruiser losses at Jutland.
heavily scorched and tattered and now affixed to white cotton backing -- 48in. (122cm.) wide
On 26th November, 1914 Bulwark, a 15,000 ton 'London' Class battleship of 1899, was moored at No.17 buoy in Kethole Reach, Sheerness. At 7.50am she was blown apart by a massive internal explosion, followed immediately by another even larger one. When the smoke cleared nothing was to be seen apart from floating wreckage and, of 750 aboard, only 12 survived. The blame was laid at faulty cordite charges and other internal explosions were to follow: Natal (Dec 1915); Vanguard (July 1917) and Glatton (Sept. 1918) - in addition to the battlecruiser losses at Jutland.
Sold for £682
Estimated at £100 - £150
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING FLAG FRAGMENT RECOVERED FROM THE WRECK OF H.M.S. BULWARK, 1914
heavily scorched and tattered and now affixed to white cotton backing -- 48in. (122cm.) wide
On 26th November, 1914 Bulwark, a 15,000 ton 'London' Class battleship of 1899, was moored at No.17 buoy in Kethole Reach, Sheerness. At 7.50am she was blown apart by a massive internal explosion, followed immediately by another even larger one. When the smoke cleared nothing was to be seen apart from floating wreckage and, of 750 aboard, only 12 survived. The blame was laid at faulty cordite charges and other internal explosions were to follow: Natal (Dec 1915); Vanguard (July 1917) and Glatton (Sept. 1918) - in addition to the battlecruiser losses at Jutland.
heavily scorched and tattered and now affixed to white cotton backing -- 48in. (122cm.) wide
On 26th November, 1914 Bulwark, a 15,000 ton 'London' Class battleship of 1899, was moored at No.17 buoy in Kethole Reach, Sheerness. At 7.50am she was blown apart by a massive internal explosion, followed immediately by another even larger one. When the smoke cleared nothing was to be seen apart from floating wreckage and, of 750 aboard, only 12 survived. The blame was laid at faulty cordite charges and other internal explosions were to follow: Natal (Dec 1915); Vanguard (July 1917) and Glatton (Sept. 1918) - in addition to the battlecruiser losses at Jutland.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Hibernia'), 2nd May, 2017
