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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 108

South Atlantic 1982, no rosette (D. G. Williams), very fine

The MV Alvega was a Silver Line tanker chartered for use in the South Atlantic as a base storage ship. She was in Le Havre when she was chartered by the Government and sailed to Portsmouth on 1 May 1982. She was fitted with Replenishment at Sea (RAS) gear and left Porstmouth on 5 May 1982 for Ascension Island. The ship was used as a base storage tanker at Ascension until August 1982 when she was relieved by the Cunard tanker Lucerna. She then sailed for the Falklands where she was based at San Carlos, again as a base storage tanker, returning to Rosyth on 21 March 1984.

A total of 34 medals were issued to the ship.

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Estimate
£280 to £320

Starting price
£220