Franklin Mint
Famous Ships
30 x Proof-Like Silver Medals
Each silver medal is Sterling (.925) and weighs +/- 40.0 grams
Total weigh STG is +/-1200 gr which is 1110.0 gr pure
Description: 1) Captain Scott 1868 -1912 Antarctic Expiditions 2) Sir Ernest Shackleton - Voyage of the "James Caird" 1916 3) H MS "Dreadnought" 1906 - First of a Great Class 4) Surrender of the German Fleet - Scapa Flow 1918 5) T S "Mauritania" - Proud Holder of the Blue Riband 6) The Raid on Zeebrugge - German Submarine Base 7) H.M.S "Furious" - Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier 8) Prince Louis of Batternberg - The Course Indicator 9) The Battle of Jutland - 1916 10) The A Class Submarine 1901 - "Fisher's Toys 11) The Battle of Great May - 1941 - Loss of H.M.S "Kelly" 12) H.M.S "Hermes" - Aircraft Carrier 13) Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa - Hero of Jutland 14) M.S "Fullagar" 1920 - First All-Welded Ship 15) Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty - 1871-1936 16) T.S Viceroy of India 1929 - Pioneer Liner 17) T.S "Queen Mary" - Queen of the Atlantic 1936-1967 18) H.M.S "Ark Royal" - Launched 1937 19) H.M.S "Kelly" - Commanded By Lord Louis Mountbatten 20) Attack on Taranto - A New Era in Sea Warfare 21) Dunkirk 1940 - An Epic Rescue 22) The Battle of the Atlantic - 1939-1945 23) The Pursuit of the "Bismarck" - By H.M.S "Hood" - Completed at Portsmouth 1915 24) H.M.S "Queen Elizabeth" - Completed at Portsmouth 1915 25) The Normandy Landings - D-Day 6June 1944 26) Christopher Cockerell's Concept - Thee Hovercraft 1959 27) Guided Missile Destroyers - H.M.S "Devonshire" 1960 28) H.M.S "Dreadnought" - Commissioned 1963 29) Sir Francis Chichester - Solo Circumnavigator 30) T.S "Queen Elizabeth 2" - The Last of Her Class A FASCINATING COMMEMORATION OF THE VARIOUS SHIPS USED IN HISTORY.
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