Can Anybody Tell Me Anything About This?

Can Anybody Tell Me Anything About This?

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Doofus

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25,732 posts

172 months

Wednesday 28th January 2015
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I've recently had this come into my posession. I intend to strip the paint off, and restore it, but I'm very intrigued by what it actually is. It is obviously from a gunship/warship/battleship, and as it's wooden (oak?), I'm guessing at WW2, but if anyone can tell me anything more, including what, if anything, the two 'empty' cupboards (right hand side, and top left) should hold, I would be much obliged.

I have Googled til I am blue in the face, but I don't know what I'm looking for.



This is the bottom left cupboard


Eric Mc

121,779 posts

264 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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Got to be a key locker?

Edited by Eric Mc on Thursday 29th January 07:55

bishbosh66

118 posts

121 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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Possibly the "important key board", or alternatively a keyboard from the regulators office. As to what would be held in the right hand side, possibly key logs or rule/regulation books.

mcdjl

5,438 posts

194 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheron-class_destr...
Could fit the bill....I just googled the armament and that was the first match.

Doofus

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25,732 posts

172 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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That's interesting, thank you. I was going to ask if the weaponry gave an indication of the boat the cabinet came from.

From a possibly related source, For some time now, I have had cap ribbons for HMS Impregnable, HMS Greenwich and HMS Zealandia. I also have some cloth badges, which I believe are to do with torpedoes. Whether any of these are connected, I don't know, but as I say, they could be from the same source.


Doofus

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25,732 posts

172 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Sorry to bump this guys, but I'm now more intrigued by the badges above. The only (vaguely) similar stuff I can find appears to be 'replica' stuff from China. But even they don't appear to know what they're replicating.

Do you?

Phud

1,262 posts

142 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Badges are of RN torpedosman, different colours go on different uniforms, No1, 2's and such.

No sure what happened to the branch

http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Uniform/Torpedo_branch...

Edited by Phud on Tuesday 10th February 22:28

silvagod

1,052 posts

159 months

Tuesday 10th February 2015
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Doofus said:
Sorry to bump this guys, but I'm now more intrigued by the badges above. The only (vaguely) similar stuff I can find appears to be 'replica' stuff from China. But even they don't appear to know what they're replicating.

Do you?
Nearest I can find is the following (4th Item on the list):

http://www.gnmilitaria.co.uk/shop.php

Merchant Navy badge for being on a ship that was sunk by a mine or torpedo and returned to sea. WW1 and rare apparently! My guess is that the stars may symbolise either 1 or more times the ship has been hit.

ETA see the post above....he's right, I am mistaken!

Doofus

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172 months

Wednesday 11th February 2015
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Thanks both, much appreciated thumbup

bishbosh66

118 posts

121 months

Friday 13th February 2015
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I believe you may have photgraphed them upside down. Certainly in my RN time the "star" was above the trade. One star indicating a scale B Able Seaman, 2 star would be a qualified Leading Hand.