HMS Manxman Ships Crest, Aluminium 9x7 " One Off Casting 1941 Minelayer

HMS Manxman Ships Crest, Aluminium 9x7 " One Off Casting 1941 Minelayer (image 1/1)
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~ HMS Manxman, Ships Crest - Unmounted ~ ~ One Off Casting ~ This circular aluminium plaque is painted and depicts a three gold & silver legs conjoined in armour on a blue background.~ HMS Manxman ~ HMS Manxman (M70) was an Abdiel class minelayer. Commissioned on 7 June 1941, her first mission was the delivery of mines to Murmansk. Manxman then transferred to the Mediterranean, where she was employed on relief runs to Malta. In August she took part in Operation Mincemeat, which involved mine-laying in the Gulf of Genoa while disguised as the French vessel Leopard. From October 1941 to February 1942, Manxman was returned to the Home Fleet and took part in a number of mine-laying operations in the North Sea and the English Channel. In March, she joined the Eastern Fleet at Kilindini the Indian Ocean. After escort and patrol duties, on 8 October she participated in the assault and capture of the island of Noise Be on the north west coat of Madagascar, which was occupied by Vichy French forces. Transferring to the Mediterranean again, Manxman was sent with supplies to Malta followed by mine-laying in the Sicilian Channel. On 1 December, whilst in transit from Algiers to Gibraltar, she was torpedoed by U-375 and severely damaged on the position 36°39′N 0°15′E. Following emergency repairs at Oran and Gibraltar, she returned to Newcastle-upon-Tyne read more
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