22nd Oct, 2008 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association)
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[M] H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE: SURVIVORS'...
H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE: SURVIVORS' AUTOGRAPHS
twelve autographs in pencil on linen, the bottom annotated These
are the autograph names of the 12 men saved from H.M.S. Hampshire in the harsh sea […;…whilst on the Hospital Ship], Sunday June 5th 1916, now pasted on to card
7 x 4½in. (18 x 11.5cm.)
H.M.S. Hampshire was an armoured cruiser built at Tyneside in 1908. Departing from Scapa Flow in poor weather at 4.45pm on the 5th June, she rendezvoused with escort destroyers who, in now dreadful conditions, were sent back. Aboard was Lord Kitchener and staff whom the British Government had entrusted on a secret mission to discuss the financial and material difficulties of Russia with the Tsar. At 7.40pm Hampshire hit a mine field laid by U-75 a few days before, and took less than fifteen minutes to sink. It was impossible to launch any boats and one warrant officer and thirteen men clinging to a raft were washed up on the coast of Marwick Head the next morning, of these two died almost immediately.
twelve autographs in pencil on linen, the bottom annotated These
are the autograph names of the 12 men saved from H.M.S. Hampshire in the harsh sea […;…whilst on the Hospital Ship], Sunday June 5th 1916, now pasted on to card
7 x 4½in. (18 x 11.5cm.)
H.M.S. Hampshire was an armoured cruiser built at Tyneside in 1908. Departing from Scapa Flow in poor weather at 4.45pm on the 5th June, she rendezvoused with escort destroyers who, in now dreadful conditions, were sent back. Aboard was Lord Kitchener and staff whom the British Government had entrusted on a secret mission to discuss the financial and material difficulties of Russia with the Tsar. At 7.40pm Hampshire hit a mine field laid by U-75 a few days before, and took less than fifteen minutes to sink. It was impossible to launch any boats and one warrant officer and thirteen men clinging to a raft were washed up on the coast of Marwick Head the next morning, of these two died almost immediately.
Sold for £136
Estimated at £100 - £150
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
H.M.S. HAMPSHIRE: SURVIVORS' AUTOGRAPHS
twelve autographs in pencil on linen, the bottom annotated These
are the autograph names of the 12 men saved from H.M.S. Hampshire in the harsh sea […;…whilst on the Hospital Ship], Sunday June 5th 1916, now pasted on to card
7 x 4½in. (18 x 11.5cm.)
H.M.S. Hampshire was an armoured cruiser built at Tyneside in 1908. Departing from Scapa Flow in poor weather at 4.45pm on the 5th June, she rendezvoused with escort destroyers who, in now dreadful conditions, were sent back. Aboard was Lord Kitchener and staff whom the British Government had entrusted on a secret mission to discuss the financial and material difficulties of Russia with the Tsar. At 7.40pm Hampshire hit a mine field laid by U-75 a few days before, and took less than fifteen minutes to sink. It was impossible to launch any boats and one warrant officer and thirteen men clinging to a raft were washed up on the coast of Marwick Head the next morning, of these two died almost immediately.
twelve autographs in pencil on linen, the bottom annotated These
are the autograph names of the 12 men saved from H.M.S. Hampshire in the harsh sea […;…whilst on the Hospital Ship], Sunday June 5th 1916, now pasted on to card
7 x 4½in. (18 x 11.5cm.)
H.M.S. Hampshire was an armoured cruiser built at Tyneside in 1908. Departing from Scapa Flow in poor weather at 4.45pm on the 5th June, she rendezvoused with escort destroyers who, in now dreadful conditions, were sent back. Aboard was Lord Kitchener and staff whom the British Government had entrusted on a secret mission to discuss the financial and material difficulties of Russia with the Tsar. At 7.40pm Hampshire hit a mine field laid by U-75 a few days before, and took less than fifteen minutes to sink. It was impossible to launch any boats and one warrant officer and thirteen men clinging to a raft were washed up on the coast of Marwick Head the next morning, of these two died almost immediately.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Association), 22nd Oct, 2008
