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275 - A DECORATIVE CARVED WOODEN LAUNCHING MALLET FOR H.M. SLOOP WOODCOCK, 1942
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A DECORATIVE CARVED WOODEN LAUNCHING MALLET FOR H.M. SLOOP WOODCOCK, 1942 the mallet carved overall, the head with fouled anchor devices and gilt-brass cuffs inscribed H.M.S. WOODCOCK LAUNCHED 26TH NOVEMBER, 1942 and THE FAIRFIELD SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING CO. LTD, contained within plush-lined carved wooden box of issue with dedication plate for Lady Hay and two keys -- 4½ x 13 x 7½in. (10 x 33 x 19cm.); together with 4 letters for Lady Hay regarding the launch (5) Laid down on Trafalgar Day, 1941, launched just over a year later and completed in May 1943, Woodcock was a modified Black Swan-class sloop. Deployed on Atlantic Convoys, she shared (with Starling and Kite) in the sinking of U-226. Sent to the Pacific to prepare for the invasion of the Japanese mainland in 1944-5, the A-bomb ended the War early; she was placed in reserve in 1946 and sold for breaking in 1955.
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