FIVE SILVER SHIP'S NAPKIN RINGS FOR ELDER DEMPSTER LINES com...

Estimate

£250 - £350

FIVE SILVER SHIP'S NAPKIN RINGS FOR ELDER DEMPSTER LINES

comprising R.M.S. Karina, engraved Souvenir of Trial Trip, 1905; R.M.S. Falaba, engraved Souvenir of Maiden Voyage, 1906; R.M.S. Fantee; R.M.S. Elmina; R.M.S. Bornu; and another for the S.S. Rose of Lancaster

(5)

Karina, built 1905, was torpedoed by U-75 on 1^st August 1917 off Waterford with the loss of 11 lives; Falaba, built 1906, was torpedoed by U-28 on 27^th March 1915 off the Smalls Lighthouse with the loss of 102 lives. She was the first unarmed passenger ship to be sunk in the Great War and the incident caused outrage across Great Britain; Fantee, built 1920, was sunk by collision off Ushant on 4^th December 1938; Bornu, built 1899, was sold to the Admiralty in 1915 for use as an Army Transport but foundered off Ushant in October 1916; Rose of Lancaster, built 1957, was broken up in 1977 after severe fire damage.