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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 714

(x) Pair: Chief Petty Officer J. C. Smith, Royal Navy

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (LS (R) J C Smith D162131M HMS Fearless); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (CPO(OPS)(R) J C Smith D152131M RN), good very fine (2)

HMS Fearless, the last steam-powered ship in the Royal Navy, saw service during the Falklands War as a Headquarters vessel to Commodore Amphibious Warfare (Commodore Michael Clapp) and the CO of 3 Commando Brigade, Brigadier Julian Thompson.

During her unusually long and varied career (1965-2002), Fearless was also used for such diverse duties as a venue for Harold Wilson and Ian Smith to hold talks over the future of Rhodesia, and made a guest appearance in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me as the ship which picks up Bond's escape pod. Her motto, Explicit Nomen, was also particularly apt.

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Sold for
£500

Starting price
£400