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HMS Durban Trench Art from 1920s Hong Kong

Posted: April 29th, 2023 | No Comments »

An interesting bit of trench art (any decorative item made by military personnel, prisoners of war, or civilians where the manufacture is directly linked to armed conflict or its consequences) from the sailors of HMS Durban apparently done while in Hong Kong. HMS Durban was a stalwart of the Royal Navy China Station serving as part of the fleet throughout the 1920s and also into the 1930s until 19389 before being drployed around the Dutch East Indies, Singapore and then Africa. Odd perhaps too that the trench art is bronze horse shoes – not usually an itegral part of a battle ship’s equipment. Anyway here they are listed as being made while Durban was in Hong Kong at some point in the 1920s…

HMS Durban in Hong Kong, 1927


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