Sale Price:
£60.00
Original Price:
£85.00
This is a totally rare Bronze watertight bulkhead glade for a 1-inch rotating control shaft likely from either the machinery or steering compartments The bronze made part does not retain some of its original brass colour it has turned partly green from being buried at sea.The part is not damage by the impact of the ship being hit and sinking.The part has some corrosion and discolor but nothing to bad it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The part is 3 inches long by 3 inches wide. The part is from inside HMS Grafton which was sunk on 29th May 1940 off Dunkirk during the evacuation. The part was recovered in 1972 by a Royal Navy diver.The part comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards
HMS Grafton [H89] was a G-class destroyer commissioned in 1936, which played a key role in the early stages of World War II before being torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on 29 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation. The vessel, which served in the Mediterranean and on convoy duty, was ultimately scuttled after suffering heavy casualties during rescue operations.
Built by John I. Thornycroft & Co. at Woolston, Southampton, launched in 1935 and commissioned in March 1936. In May 1940, she assisted in evacuating British troops from the Dunkirk bridgehead. On 29 May 1940, while stopping to pick up survivors from the torpedoed destroyer HMS Comfort off the coast of Belgium, Grafton was herself torpedoed by the German submarine U-62. The explosion killed 15 crew members and 35 troops who had previously been rescued. The damaged ship was later scuttled by HMS Ivanhoe to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
This item along with many other items were recovered in the 1970’s-1980’s by Royal Naval diver Ron King who recovered these items from the seabed into his private collection where they have been ever since and are now available for the first time since there recover
This is a totally rare Bronze watertight bulkhead glade for a 1-inch rotating control shaft likely from either the machinery or steering compartments The bronze made part does not retain some of its original brass colour it has turned partly green from being buried at sea.The part is not damage by the impact of the ship being hit and sinking.The part has some corrosion and discolor but nothing to bad it is in nice solid condition the part has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The part is 3 inches long by 3 inches wide. The part is from inside HMS Grafton which was sunk on 29th May 1940 off Dunkirk during the evacuation. The part was recovered in 1972 by a Royal Navy diver.The part comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards
HMS Grafton [H89] was a G-class destroyer commissioned in 1936, which played a key role in the early stages of World War II before being torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on 29 May 1940 during the Dunkirk evacuation. The vessel, which served in the Mediterranean and on convoy duty, was ultimately scuttled after suffering heavy casualties during rescue operations.
Built by John I. Thornycroft & Co. at Woolston, Southampton, launched in 1935 and commissioned in March 1936. In May 1940, she assisted in evacuating British troops from the Dunkirk bridgehead. On 29 May 1940, while stopping to pick up survivors from the torpedoed destroyer HMS Comfort off the coast of Belgium, Grafton was herself torpedoed by the German submarine U-62. The explosion killed 15 crew members and 35 troops who had previously been rescued. The damaged ship was later scuttled by HMS Ivanhoe to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
This item along with many other items were recovered in the 1970’s-1980’s by Royal Naval diver Ron King who recovered these items from the seabed into his private collection where they have been ever since and are now available for the first time since there recover
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