[M] A LAUNCHING BOX FOR H.M. LIGHT CRUISER CAROLINE, 1914

A LAUNCHING BOX FOR H.M. LIGHT CRUISER CAROLINE, 1914

comprising a plated cigarette box with repoussé depiction of Caroline to lid, with plate inside inscribed H.M. LIGHT CRUISER / "CAROLINE" / BUILT BY / CAMMELL LAIRD & CO. LTD. / SHEFFIELD & BIRKENHEAD, wood-lined interior -- 6in. (15cm.) wide; together with a cut glass inkwell with hinged brass lid engraved H.M.S CAROLINE / CHRISTMAS 1916 / FROM L.R.C.

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Laid down at the end of January 1914, Caroline was completed in early December and commissioned as Leader of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, Grand Fleet. Joining the Light Cruiser Squadron in February 1915 she fought at the Battle of Jutland and remained with the LCS until the armistice. In February 1924 she became the Harbour Training Ship for the Ulster Division RNVR at Belfast and served as an admin centre for escorts based at Londonderry 1939-45. Returned to the RNVA after the War, she was refitted by Harland & Wolff in 1951 and used until 2009 by the RNVR being decommissioned in 2011 and, after a drydock inspection and restoration, she remains afloat in her old dock in Belfast as a museum ship.

Condition Report

Plating worn on lid and to front.

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