AN ARMCHAIR MADE FROM THE WOOD OF H.M.S. VINDICTIVE, 1918

the back carved with naval crown and inscribed as per title -- 40½ x 25½in. (103 x 64.7cm.)

Provenance: Southampton Master Mariners' Association

An 'Arrogant' class cruiser built at Chatham in 1897, she was obsolete by the start of hostilities in 1914 but in fact proved her worth with noble service in the Zeebrugge Raid of April 1918. With most of her guns replaced with howitzers, flame-throwers and mortars and under heavy fire, she managed to lay alongside the mole and embark Marine gunners and a large raiding party. Her upperworks were heavily damaged and her captain, Alfred Carpenter, was awarded the Victoria Cross. Sunk as a blockship during the second Ostend Raid on May 10th that year, she was raised in 1920 and her bow section is preserved in Ostend harbour as a memorial to the twenty-eight men lost in the raid.

Condition Report

Arms re-attached, chair complete and in good overall condition, it's considered 'fragile'

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