Lot 4989
Sale 85 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes
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Admission ticket, "Visit of Special Service Squadron to New South Wales, April 1924. Admit one/to special inspection, H.M.S. "Hood"/Saturday, 19 April, 1924. Steamer leaves No.8 Wharf [Lane Cove jetty], Circular Quay, at 9.45 am sharp." Very fine.
HMS "Hood" in company with HMS "Repulse" and the "Light Cruiser Squadron" visited Australia in 1923/24. Known as "The Empire Cruise" or "World Cruise", it was known by the crews as "The Booze Cruise". HMS "Hood" was sunk by the German ship "Bismark" on 24 May 1941 in "The Battle of the Denmark Strait". The "Bismark" was sunk on 27 May 1941. The ticket was used by H.A. Judd when she took a group of school children to visit the "Squadron".
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $70