Lot Essay
In World War 2 H.M.S. Collingwood became the largest establishment in the Royal Navy for the training of 'Hostility Only' Ratings of the Seaman Branch and Communications, Signals and Wireless Telegraphy.
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A fine carved oak gavel signed and dated "H.M.S. Collingwood Wardroom Mess 1940 the head shaped as a ship-of-the-line in full sail above a capstan head, the handle carved as a capstan bar, in shaped and blue velvet lined storage case -- 10in.(25cm)long