keys, ship's

Ship's keys from HMS Rajputana. Split ring with two brass tags "Operators & Apps Lavy" on both, one YALE key, one CHUBB key, one key manufactured by S WITHERS & Co, and two unidentifiable keys, together with a piece of shrapnel from the German torpedo that hit HMS RAJPUTANA on Easter Sunday 13 April 1941, 150 miles west of Ireland. She was sunk by U108.

Object Details

ID: TOA0185
Collection: Machinery and fittings
Type: keys, ship's
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Rajputana 1926 (HMS)
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 103 mm
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