My Great Ships Collection

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I'm pleased to note that this teak match cup retains its felt bottom and, more uncommonly, still has the striker strip attached.

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And lastly, you can see HMS Champion in service.

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Here is teak tobacco barrel from HMS Ganges. She was launched in 1821 as an 84Gun Ship of the Line (Second Rate).

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She was the last sail-powered vessel in the world to serve as a flagship.

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Here is HMS Ganges.

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Here is an interesting pipe holder made from teak of HMS Spartiate. She was a Diadem Class Armored Cruiser launched in 1898.

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Here she is.

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The last update for now is a teak candle holder from HMS Worcester. She was an 86 gun screw powered Ship of the Line (First Rate) launched in 1860.

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She served in many capacities and under different names (including HMS Frederick William) until 1948. Her last role was as a training ship. She foundered while under tow in 1948 and was finally raised in 1953 and broken up for scrap.

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Thank you all for looking. I hope to have more updates soon as I am getting close to my goal of having a representative piece of every Royal Navy vessel that was broken up and sold in this fashion.

Z

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Two additional Royal Navy vessels docked in my collection over Christmas. If this thread is still sparking any interest, I'd share those updates at this time.

Kind Regards,

Z

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First up is HMS Ormonde. She was a World War I Flower Class Sloop/Minesweeper launched in 1918.

I was able to acquire two teak barrels created when she was broken up.

The interesting thing about these types of items is that although each of these artifacts was produced at the time of the ship's breaking up, no two are alike. Each teak plank was different in color, grain, and pattern. Those distinctions show themselves in the relics themselves and can be seen here in these two teak barrels from HMS Ormonde.

Here is the first barrel.

Thank you for looking,

Z

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And now the second from HMS Ormonde.

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And here is HMS Ormonde in service in 1918.

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The other vessel from which I acquired a relic is HMS Restless. She was one of the Royal Navy's modern R-Class destroyers launched in 1916.

Built in response to the superior performance of contemporary German destroyers, the R-Class ships were leaps and bounds ahead of older Royal Navy destroyers in speed, performance, fuel economy, and other factors.

If I recall correctly, there were over 60 of these R-Class vessels launched during the war and most were assigned to screen Admiral Jellico's Grand Fleet at Scapa.

As such, HMS Restless saw action at Jutland and other North Sea engagements during The Great War.

Thank you,

Z