Lot Archive

Lot

№ 287

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£100

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (199163 B. W. Fisher, Ldg. Sean., H.M.S. Nairana) good very fine, scarce
£60-80

H.M.S. Nairana was a seaplane carrier, purchased for conversion when building. Commissioned in August 1917, she served with the Grand Fleet, 1917-18 and then as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force to North Russia. She was scrapped in 1921.