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H.M.S. 'Vindicitive' propeller blade fragment
Fragment of propeller blade mounted on teak plank from HMS 'Vindictive's' deck. Inscribed on propeller blade: 'To the First Lord from R.K. 23rd April and 10th May 1918'. On plaque: 'Tip of propeller blade of HMS Vindictive presented by Vice Admiral Sir Roger Keyes to Sir Eric Geddes First Lord of the Admiralty as memento of atttack on Zeebrugge and Ostende 23rd April and 10th May 1918.'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0460 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Propeller blade |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | HM Dockyard, Chatham |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918; World War I: Zeebrugge Raid, 1918 |
| Vessels: | Vindictive (1897) |
| Date made: | 23 Apr 1918 |
| People: | Keyes, Roger John Brownlow |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 303 mm x 658 mm x 217 mm |