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H.M.S. 'Arethusa' comemoration plate
Brass plate in wooden frame from the light cruiser HMS 'Arethusa' 1913. Presented by Winston Churchill after the battle of Heligoland August 1914. 'HMS 'ARETHUSA / COME ALL YE JOLLY SAILORS BOLD / WHOSE HEARTS ARE CAST IN HONOUR'S MOULD / WHILE ENGLISH GLORY I UNFOLD / HUZZA FOR THE ARETHUSA /HER MEN ARE STAUNCH / TO THEIR FAV’RITE LAUNCH / AND WHEN THE FOE SHALL MEET OUR FIRE / SOONER THAN STRIKE WE’LL ALL EXPIRE / ON BOARD OF THE ARETHUSA', ‘AND NOW WE’VE DRIVEN THE FOE ASHORE / NEVER TO FIGHT WITH BRITONS MORE / LET EACH FILL HIS GLASS / TO HIS FAV’RITE LASS : / A HEALTH TO OUR CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS TRUE / AND ALL THAT BELONG TO THE JOVIAL CREW / ON BOARD OF THE ARETHUSA.’
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0207 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Plate |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | World War I: Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Arethusa (1913) |
| Date made: | 1914 |
| People: | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 665 x 572 x 2 mm |