8th Nov, 2016 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch')
99
[M] A SCREEN BADGE FROM H.M.S. ARK ROYAL...
A SCREEN BADGE FROM H.M.S. ARK ROYAL [1914]
heavily cast in brass with depiction of the first Ark Royal, with threaded mounting points behind -- 24in. (61cm.) diameter
Bought on the stocks by the Admiralty in May 1914, what had been intended as a standard collier was effectively rebuilt from the keel up for a cost of £81,000 and produced the world's first purpose built aircraft carrier. Equipped with workshops and steam cranes, the floatplanes were launched from her decks on wheeled trolleys and landed next to her to be hoisted aboard. Although slow, she proved very useful and was deployed at the Dardanelles for gun spotting and many operations until withdrawn in May 1915 as being susceptible to U-boat attack. Renamed Pegasus in December 1934 to release the name for a new carrier, she survived until 1946 and was broken up in 1949.
heavily cast in brass with depiction of the first Ark Royal, with threaded mounting points behind -- 24in. (61cm.) diameter
Bought on the stocks by the Admiralty in May 1914, what had been intended as a standard collier was effectively rebuilt from the keel up for a cost of £81,000 and produced the world's first purpose built aircraft carrier. Equipped with workshops and steam cranes, the floatplanes were launched from her decks on wheeled trolleys and landed next to her to be hoisted aboard. Although slow, she proved very useful and was deployed at the Dardanelles for gun spotting and many operations until withdrawn in May 1915 as being susceptible to U-boat attack. Renamed Pegasus in December 1934 to release the name for a new carrier, she survived until 1946 and was broken up in 1949.
Sold for £1,612
Estimated at £600 - £800
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A SCREEN BADGE FROM H.M.S. ARK ROYAL [1914]
heavily cast in brass with depiction of the first Ark Royal, with threaded mounting points behind -- 24in. (61cm.) diameter
Bought on the stocks by the Admiralty in May 1914, what had been intended as a standard collier was effectively rebuilt from the keel up for a cost of £81,000 and produced the world's first purpose built aircraft carrier. Equipped with workshops and steam cranes, the floatplanes were launched from her decks on wheeled trolleys and landed next to her to be hoisted aboard. Although slow, she proved very useful and was deployed at the Dardanelles for gun spotting and many operations until withdrawn in May 1915 as being susceptible to U-boat attack. Renamed Pegasus in December 1934 to release the name for a new carrier, she survived until 1946 and was broken up in 1949.
heavily cast in brass with depiction of the first Ark Royal, with threaded mounting points behind -- 24in. (61cm.) diameter
Bought on the stocks by the Admiralty in May 1914, what had been intended as a standard collier was effectively rebuilt from the keel up for a cost of £81,000 and produced the world's first purpose built aircraft carrier. Equipped with workshops and steam cranes, the floatplanes were launched from her decks on wheeled trolleys and landed next to her to be hoisted aboard. Although slow, she proved very useful and was deployed at the Dardanelles for gun spotting and many operations until withdrawn in May 1915 as being susceptible to U-boat attack. Renamed Pegasus in December 1934 to release the name for a new carrier, she survived until 1946 and was broken up in 1949.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Torch'), 8th Nov, 2016
