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Auction: 25003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 174

(x) A collection of materials relating to H.M.S. Implacable, which participated in the Battle of Trafalgar and whose figurehead and stern gallery are notably on display at the National Maritime Museum Greenwich

To include an autograph letter written by Admiral Richard Godwin Keats on board Implacable off the coast of Cadiz, dated 24 July 1810, written whilst en route to defend Cadiz; a photograph and accompanying glass plate negative of Implacable; a Punch cartoon of the ship to promote the fundraiser, dated 28 October 1925; a 20th century pamphlet ‘The Story of The Implacable’; together with a couple of modern copy photograph postcards (5)

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate
£40 to £60

Starting price
£30