ROYAL NAVY REVENGE CLASS BATTLESHIP HMS ROYAL OAK for Sale

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ROYAL NAVY REVENGE CLASS BATTLESHIP HMS ROYAL OAK For Sale

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ROYAL NAVY REVENGE CLASS BATTLESHIP HMS ROYAL OAK:
$2.53

HMS ROYAL OAK

HMSRoyal Oakwas a Revenge class battleship launched in 1914 and completed in 1916,Royal Oakfirst saw action at the Battle of Jutland. In peacetime, she served in the Atlantic, Home and Mediterraneanfleets. The ship drew worldwide attention in 1928 when her senior officers were controversially court martialled after a dispute by Rear Admiral Collard, Captain Dewar and Commander Daniel.

On 14 October 1939,Royal Oakwas anchored at Scapa Flow when she was torpedoed by U-47. OfRoyal Oak\'s complement of 1,234 men and boys, 833 were killed that night or died later of their wounds. The loss of the old ship — the first of the five Royal Navy battleships and battlecruisers sunk in the Second World War — little affected the numerical superiority enjoyed by the British navy and its Allies, but the effect on wartime morale was considerable. The raid made an immediate celebrity and hero out of the U-boat commander, Gunther Prien.

Now lying almost upside-down in 100 feet of water with her hull 16 feet beneath the surface,Royal Oakis a designated war grave. In an annual ceremony to mark the loss of the ship, Royal Navy divers place a White Ensign at her stern.

6 x 4 ins PHOTOHIGH QUALITY, GLOSS, PRINTING PAPERPLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A QUALITY MODERN COPYIN PRISTINE CONDITION