~ HMS Canterbury (1915) Bronze Ships Boat Badge (C-Class Light Cruiser) ~
This pentagonal badge depicts a painted black bird on a white background within a rope boarder which has three mounting holes.
It would have originally been fitted to one of the ships launches.
~ Dimensions ~
The piece has a height of 5.25 inches (13.5cm), a width of 5.5 inches (14cm) and a depth of 0.6 inches (2cm). It weighs 1Kg
~ Condition ~
The badge is in decent condition.
~ HMS Canterbury ~
HMS Canterbury is a C-Class Light Cruiser and was built on 28 October 1914, launched on 21 December 1915, and completed in May 1916. Unlike the rest of the Cambrian subclass, Canterbury was armed with six torpedo tubes instead of the usual four.
Commissioned into the Royal Navy in April or May (sources differ) 1916, Canterbury was attached to the 3rd Battle Squadron in the Grand Fleet, commanded by Captain Percy M. R. Royds, and participated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May-1 June 1916. From 1916 to 1918, she was assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, operating as part of Harwich Force in the North Sea to defend the eastern approaches to the Strait of Dover and English Channel. On 5 June 1917, she and the light cruisers HMS Centaur and HMS Conquest sank the German torpedo boat S 20 in the North Sea near the Shouwen Bank off Zeebrugge, Belgium. In 1918 she was assigned to operate in the Aegean Sea, where she served out the rest of the war.