NAVAL RELICS
BAN ON SALE IMPOSED LINK WITH NAPOLEON A telephone message from the Minister of Supply; stopped Falmouth Town Council from selling naval relics from its promenade and park for use as scrap. "National relics of this character must remain until the need for scrap is far more acute than it is now," said the message. The Council had decided to sell guns from the wooden frigate Bellerophon, which figured in the Napo Iconic wars. in 1786, she accompanied the Victory with Nelson's body back to England after Trafalgar and Napoleon boarded her to surrender after Waterloo. An anchor weighing 80cwt. which was also to be sold, came from the St, Vincent, one of the last of the old sailing line of battle ships. It is described as a unique example of the Avater hammer forging in the days before steam.' v
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 239, 18 November 1940, Page 7
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143NAVAL RELICS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 239, 18 November 1940, Page 7
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