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1915 Star Trio & Royal Navy L.S.G.C.
To: 343938. E.J. BOULTON. SHPT, 1CL. R.N.
(HMS DOMINION)
Battleship / Minesweeper.
HMS Dominion served in the Grand Fleet until April 1916 and in August-September 1915, during sweeps by the fleet, she and her sister ships often steamed at the heads of divisions of the far more valuable dreadnoughts, where they could protect the dreadnoughts by watching for mines or by being the first to strike them.
On 29 April 1916, the 3rd Battle Squadron was rebased at Sheerness, and on 3 May 1916 it was separated from the Grand Fleet, being transferred to the Nore Command. Dominion remained there with the squadron until March 1918, being attacked unsuccessfully by a German submarine in May 1916 and undergoing a refit at Portsmouth Dockyard in June 1917.
Contained in a superb recessed and matted frame with genuine "Mine Clearance Service" badge.
SOLD