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Tuvalu, 20 Dollars 1993 Silver Proof Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch of 'HMS Royalist' Ship FDC

Name: Tuvalu, 20 Dollars 1993 Silver Proof Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch of 'HMS Royalist' Ship FDC
SKU: 63160
Price: 40.00 GBP
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£40.00

Tuvalu, 20 Dollars 1993 Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch of the 'HMS Royalist' Ship. Diameter: 38.7 Fineness: 0.925 Sterling Silver Proof Weight: 0.93599 Ounce Silver ASW. KM#18. The HMS Royalist was a "Dido" Class cruiser of 5,770 tons standard displacement with a main armament of 8-5.25 guns. She was built by Messrs Scott at Greenock, launched on 30 May 1942 and completed on 10 September 1943. She was attached to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow. On 30 March 1944 the ROYALIST left Scapa with the Home Fleet for a carrier-borne air strike against the German battleship TIRPITZ in Kaa Fjord, Norway, (Operation "Tungsten"). The enemy was caught napping, suffered very serious damage and was last seen to be burning fiercely. On 26 April, she again escorted a carrier force, this time against enemy shipping off the coast of Norway, and similar operations. "Hoops" and "Potluck" were also carried out on 8 and 14/15 May respectively, the ROYALIST again acting as one of the escorts. After refit in the Tyne, she left on 12 July for the Mediterranean. She continued to serve in the Mediterranean until the end of October when she left the United Kingdom and arrived at Portsmouth on 8 November, sailing again on 10th for Alexandria which she reached on 2 December 1944. The ROYALIST Ship continued to operate with the East Indies Fleet (5th Cruiser Squadron) until the beginning of December, leaving Trincomalee on 12 September for the United Kingdom, and arriving at the end of January 1946 where she was reduced to Reserve. She transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1956 and was sold in November 1967 to a Japanese company in Osaka for breaking up... GRADE: Silver Proof in Capsule only otherwise FDC.