MID-20TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH TEAK REFECTORY TABLE
MID-20TH CENTURY
The planked top above a plain frieze on turned supports joined by an H-stretcher, bearing two plaques 'BUILT FROM TIMBERS FROM HMS GANGES 1821-1932'AND 'CASTLES SHIPBREAKING MANUFACTURERS 160 MILLBANK LONDON S.W.1'
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high; 84 in. (213.5 cm.) wide; 36 in. (90.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

HMS Ganges was commissioned in 1821 by Rear Admiral R. L. Bayes of the Royal Navy. Built in Bombay she served as a training ship from 1862 until 1976.

Castles Shipbreakers were situated on Baltic Wharf, Millbank and expanded to take on armoured wooden battleships in the 1870s.

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