19th Jul, 2023 10:30
Air, Land & Sea: Militaria & Ethnographica
RECOVERED PORTHOLE FROMN THE R.M.S. PORT NAPIER
WWII PERIOD
the brass cover with screw close, cracked glass aperture, mounted in cut-out steel surround modelled in the shape of the north of Scotland, on wooden frame base
Note: HMS Port Napier (M32) was a minelayer of the British Royal Navy during World War II, which was destroyed on 27 November 1940 in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire. This port hole wasd recovered by two professional divers in 1999.
35cm diameter
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Sold for £150
Estimated at £200 - £400
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