The Official Merchant Navy Battle of the Atlantic Sovereign
The Merchant Navy is often referred to as the ‘Fourth Service’, but it has also become the forgotten service, with the…
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The Battle of the Atlantic ‘For all Seafarers’ coin
In February 1941, during the Battle of the Atlantic, a Merchant Navy vessel, the SS Gairsoppa, was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-101 off the Irish coast.
Celebrating the 90th birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
A £100 silver Piedfort coin issued to celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday bears the monarch’s coat of arms with the…