£800
LOG BOOK FOR H.M.S. INVINCIBLE, 1914-1918
by W.T. Sonnet, 27 July 1914 – 20 February 1915, including entries listing Scapa Flow and participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, sailing for the Falkland Islands on 29 November, on the 8 December being engaged with the Scharnhorst, Spee and Gneisenau, sinking the latter, though with some damage to herself, returning to Scapa Flow, March 8 the First Day of Blockade German Ports by England. The logbook ends on 12 December 1918, presumably on another ship, the Invincible having been sunk at Jutland, manuscript on blue paper, numerous press cuttings adhered although a few loose, contemporary cloth-backed boards, front cover becoming loose; together with three magazines, a copy of The Battle of the Falkland Islands by Commander H. Spencer-Cooper, and a small piece of shrapnel mounted on a wood base with inscription reading "H.M.S. Invincible/Battle off Falklands/Dec. 1914"
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