Lot 145
A SHIP PLAQUE 'HARRIER'
A cast iron ships plaque with a running dog of black and white, between sea and sky centrepiece. On the back of the 4.1/2" rectangular painted plaque is Harrier. An ornate border of gilt rope has four holes recessed for fixing purposes.
HMS Harrier a Halcyon Class Minesweeper that was launched in 1934. She had a busy war, including the Raid on Loftofen Island and Norway. On Arctic Convoys 1941-43 and off the Beaches at Ouistreham during the D Day Landings 1944. Once hit by a 550lb bomb which hit the bridge and came out through the ships side, one of the attacking Junkers JU88's was shotdown by the ships AA guns. She also took survivors off the Cruiser HMS Hampshire, when that ship was sunk. Sold off in 1950, her motto was Tenaciter Sequer 'I follow tenaciously'. Her crest 'On a green field a Harrier gold'.
