Tablecloth
Green velvet tablecloth embroidered in white silks with destroyers, their names underneath, some with sailors on board. The destroyer leader is embroidered in the centre. Bunches of flowers done in pink/yellow/white and red silks in each corner. Inscription: 'HMS STUART DESTROYER LEADER 6TH FLOTILLA 1ST AND 2ND DIVISION MEDITERRANEAN FLEET MALTA, HMS TUMULT, HMS SPORTIVE, HMS SPORTIVE, HMS TOMAHAWK, HMS SPEAR, HMS SPARROWHAWK, HMS SERAPH, HMS SPEEDY, HMS SIKH.'
Object Details
| ID: | TXT0200 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Textiles |
| Type: | Tablecloth |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Seraph (1918); Sikh (1918) Stuart (1918) Tomahawk (1918) Tumult (1918) Sportive (1918) Sparrowhawk (1918) Spear (1918) Speedy (1918) |
| Date made: | circa 1918 |
| People: | Mediterranean Fleet |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1025 mm x 997 mm |