This is a totally rare base plate connecting through the floor from underside of the Sestrel compasses between the binnacle on the compass platform and the bridge of the ship. The plate is brass made it does not retain much of its original brass colour it has turned green from being buried at sea.The cover is not damaged from the sinking.The base plate has a lovely maker plate which has some clear to see maker markings and part number on the plate it has some corrosion damage 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 plate is 13 inches long by 9 inches wide. The part is from inside HMS Grafton and is marked on the information cards exactly where on the ship it is from.The ship which is that 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 3xA5 laminated information cards showing pictures of the area of the ship the part is from.
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 recovery.
This is a totally rare base plate connecting through the floor from underside of the Sestrel compasses between the binnacle on the compass platform and the bridge of the ship. The plate is brass made it does not retain much of its original brass colour it has turned green from being buried at sea.The cover is not damaged from the sinking.The base plate has a lovely maker plate which has some clear to see maker markings and part number on the plate it has some corrosion damage 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 plate is 13 inches long by 9 inches wide. The part is from inside HMS Grafton and is marked on the information cards exactly where on the ship it is from.The ship which is that 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 3xA5 laminated information cards showing pictures of the area of the ship the part is from.
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 recovery.
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