£100 - £200
AN UNOFFICIAL TOMPION CREST FROM H.M. SCOUT CRUISER AMPHION, 1911
cast in brass with polychrome, later suspension bracket to reverse -- 9½in. (24cm.) diameter
An 'Active' Class cruiser form the 1910 programme, Amphion was assigned to the Harwich Force in the run up to War in 1914. The day after war was declared, on the 5th of August, reports of a ship behaving suspiciously were received and the German ferry Königin Luise, now converted to a minelayer, was discovered discharging hundreds of mines in the Thames estuary. The Harwich Force gave chase, sank the ferry and Amphion received most of her crew as prisoners of war. Attempting to avoid the minefield on their return, she ran directly over them and Amphion broke her back when one detonated under her bridge, sinking within fifteen minutes and taking 132 officers and ratings and an unknown number of prisoners with her.
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