Welcome to our selection of antique Royal Navy and HMS artefacts. Royal Navy & HMS items are very collectable, with ships bells, treadplates and nameboards being the most popular maritime antiques and nautical collectables.
Below is our selection of Royal Navy & HMS maritime antiques and nautical collectables.
A solid silver antique Royal Navy Boatswain's call / Bosuns whistle. Made by Hilliard & Thomason in 1892.
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A pair of antique Royal Navy / British Admiralty copper rum measures.
One is faintly engraved '1/2 Gill' and has the British Admiralty / Royal Navy broad arrow or crows foot mark. Also stamped near the rim with a crown shape and the letters V. R. 6 ( Victorian period 1837 to 1901 ) also the letter D.
The second one is faintly engraved 'Gill' and has the British Admiralty / Royal Navy broad arrow or crows foot mark. Also stamped with the letter F.
The original internal tin coating is present on both.
A stylised dolphin or sea serpent, these were used for decoration on Royal Navy Admirals Barges.
Made from cast brass and chrome plated.
Height: 11.5 inches / 29 cm.
A copper fixing pin recovered from the wreck of H.M.S. ANSON, wrecked on Loe Bar, Cornwall on 29th Dec 1807. Mounted on hardwood base with brass plaque. The copper fixing pin has Naval Broad Arrow marks stamped along its length. base measures 14.5" (37cm) x 6" (15cm)
A hand carved sailors momento photo frame HMS Berwick.
Sailors were well known for their folk art and craftsmanship skills and this is a fine example.
Hand carved by a Royal Navy sailor and made as a momento for a loved one back at home.
H.M.S. Berwick was a County -class heavy cruiser and was launched in March 1926.
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A Royal Navy / British Admiralty cast iron flagstaff crown.
These were fitted to the top of the flagstaff on Royal Navy ships.
Height: 8.5 inches / 22 cm.
Width: 8 inches / 20 cm.
A cast brass crest for the American Destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DLG 8)
The American Destroyer USS MACDONOUGH (DLG 8) was launched in July 1959 and had a displacement of 5800 tons and a length of 512.5 feet. This American warship was decommissioned in October 1992 and was broken up for scrap.
Diameter of crest: 12.5 cm / 5 inches.
A cast brass crest for the Nuclear Submarine LE REDOUTABLE.
The French Nuclear Submarine LE REDOUBTABLE or "The formidable" was built in 1964 and had a displacement of 8000 tons and a length of 420 feet. The Submarine was decommissioned in 1991and in the year 2002 opened as a museum ship.
Diameter of crest: 12 cm / 4.75 inches.
A matching pair of British Admiralty / Royal Navy pattern ship's Port and Starboard navigation lanterns. Constructed from copper with brass fittings, glass fresnel lenses and original oil burners.
Applied brass plaques stamped BOW PORT PATT 23 & BOW STARBOARD PATT 24, The lanterns are also stamped: ALDERSON & GYDE LTD, BIRMINGHAM, 1944 & 1945. - Height to top of chimney 16" / 40 cm - max 18" / 46 cm.