Memorial

HMS Sandwich

Source: Copyright Amy Savage by kind permission of the Commanding Officer HMS Collingwood

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Current Location

Warrant Officers & Senior Rates Mess, Jackson Building, Mermaid Road, HMS Collingwood, Newgate Lane, Fareham, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 1AS, England

SU 56865 04164

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Type of Memorial: Other memorial
WMR Reference Number: 100908
Description: Rectangular serving tray with handles. Hallmarked silver on reverse. Inscription is incised on front of tray. Displayed in cabinet in foyer of Warrant Officers & Senior Rates Mess.
Inscription: PRESENTED TO/ H.M.S. "SANDWICH"/ BY ANGLO-NEWFOUNDLAND STEAMSHIP CO LTD/ NEWFOUNDLAND,/ IN APPRECIATION OF THE RESCUE SERVICES/ RENDERED BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW,/ ON THE OCCASION OF THE TORPEDOING OF THE/ S.S. "GERALDINE MARY" IN THE ATLANTIC./ 4TH AUGUST 1940.