Lot Archive

Lot

№ 920

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£90

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX. 127392 G. C. N. Perrin, L.S., H.M.S. Menestheus) one or two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine £60-80

H.M.S. Menestheus, an Admiralty-requisitioned merchantman, was fitted out for service as an auxiliary minelayer, but in 1944 she was converted for use as an amenity ship in the Pacific.