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Warship Week Adoption Plaques & Crests

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This thread has been created for members to post photographs of the plaques which were originally presented to town halls and council offices, but some have migrated to libraries, museums and naval societies. For parishes there were illuminated certificates that are likely to be found in village halls and churches. There were two types of presentation plaques, an admiralty shield or a ships crest, both types had a brass plaque stating whom it was from and who presented to with a date for Warship Week. There were 1173 Warship Weeks so there should be plenty around either on display or stored away. It would be appreciated when members are adding photos to include the inscription and where the plaque is on display, and of sufficient size to enable the inscription to be readable.
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Nice one JB. I have never come across any of these, but will now be searching ..!!

Hi Jim, I have posted these pictures before but can't remember where so i'll post them again here. Pictures taken in Skipton North Yorkshire VESPER'S Adopted town. Regards Dave
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These are soooo good .... can't understand why I have never bumped into any. Maybe not looking. Is there a database of list where all of these are/were?

There are a number of Warship Week Adoption Plaques, (no photograhps) on the Imperial War Museum Memorial web site, put a search in for Warship Weeks. If you find a plaque you can register it with the IWM but am currently trying to find out how to get a form for the information they require. Also there were adoption plaques presented to the ships which are harder to find as they could have been scrapped along with the ships. If you need any information on Warship Weeks let me know as have been researching for a number of years. Peter Schofield Cumbria

Dave, thanks for the pics relating to Vesper, a great contribution. I was aware of the thread on warship adoptions, but created this one in the Photo Gallery to concentrate on photographs of them. Jim [COLOR=red]Moderator Note: Other threads merged, See below[/COLOR]

There is more information and discussion about Warship Week here: [URL]http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9608[/URL] Please remember that thuis is a Gallery thread, set up by Jim for photographs, as he has mentioned. Cheers

Christchurch adopted HMS SEAGULL see attached photo of the plaque which now hangs in the Royal British Legion Club Bar. This is the official badge and I have enclosed another of 1948 vintage together with a very apt motto !!!!! Regards gerry
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The adoption plaque for HMS Kennet, adopted by Knottingley in Yorkshire. [URL]http://www.knottingley.org/heroes/articles/hms_kennet_adopt.htm[/URL]
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[B]Friday 15 January 1943 HMS Anson’s Plaque[/B] The Lord Mayor, Sir Joseph Samuel presided over a short ceremony associated with the London Warship Week when the City of London adopted the battleship HMS Anson. Sir John Laurie last year’s Lord Mayor presented to Admiral George D’Oyly Lyon C-in-C, The Nore the drawing for a plaque which, when the materials become available, will be completed and placed in HMS Anson. In turn Sir George Lyon on behalf of the Admiralty presented a plaque to the City of London to commemorate the adoption of the battleship. Captain HRG Kinahan of HMS Anson on behalf of the officers and men expressed great pride in this association with the City of London. They would continue their efforts he said, till all the bells of London rang out the news of victory and peace.

Having just watched David Camerons immigration speech in Romsey on the 1800 BBC news the bit that interested me was the Warship Week adoption plaque in the form of an Admiralty shield on the side wall. Romsey adopted two vessels MTB 30 and HMS Egilsay Isles Class Trawler AS Minesweeper, the plaque will be for the latter vessel as a standard crest with the MTB number was presented to these vessels. I would be interested if anyone can identify the building, there is an inn sign with a white swan behind the PM looking through the window. Watched the 2200 news with added interest and noticed the MTB Crest and the Wings for Victory and Salute the Soldier plaques as well as the Admiralty crest.

Here's the screen badge of H.M.S. Obdurate, as presented to the town of Warrington. It can be seen in the town's very fine museum. The badge is about 18 inches high. The shield is about 2 feet high. [ATTACH]128606[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]128607[/ATTACH]
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[B]Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror Wednesday 3 June 1942 - For HMS Pict[/B] Approval has been expressed of the arrangements made by the committee appointed to consider the presentation of a commemorative plaque to HMS Pict. The council have agreed to purchase a plaque at an approximate cost of £10 and that it shall have a representation of HMS Formidable and the following wording: This plaque is presented to HMS Pict to commemorate her purchase and adoption by the residents of the Urban District of Portishead including North Weston and Weston-in-Gordano parishes during their Warship Week in the Saving Campaign 28th February – 7th March 1942. It is intended to hold a public ceremony in High Street if fine and in the Portishead cinema if wet, at which the Admiralty will present a plaque to the Council and in return the Portishead plaque will be presented a representative of HMS Pict. [B]Western Daily Press and Bristol Mirror, Fri 10 July 1942 - Plaque for HMS Thunderbolt[/B] The council approved a design of a plaque for presentation to the submarine Thunderbolt, the ship adopted by the urban and rural districts as a result of the Warship Week achievement. The cost of the plaque and presentation is to be shared by the two districts, the money being raised by subscription. [B]Nottingham Evening Post – Saturday 19 Aug 1942, Warship Week Plaque – Admiralty Gift to Nottingham[/B] The plaque to commemorate the adoption of HMS Orion by the citizens of Nottingham during Warship Week November 29th, 1942, has been received by the Town Clerk (Mr. JE Richards) for safe keeping. The plaque, which is in the form of a shield of ebonised wood, contains a centre piece bearing the figure of ‘Orion’ the Greek god of after which the ship was named. This is surmounted by an old sailing ship and underneath is the name Orion in bold letters. At the foot of the plaque is a brass tablet bearing the inscription: Presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to commemorate the adoption of HMS Orion during Warship Week November 29th 1941. It has not yet been decided where the plaque is to be affixed. [B]Gloucestershire Echo – Tues 23 Mar 1943 - Warship Week Plaque[/B] The Chairman drew attention to a plaque which had been received from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty which would be placed in the Council’s meeting room. The inscription on the plaque was as follows ‘Presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Cirencester Rural District Council to commemorate the adoption of HMS P31 during Warship Week March 1942’ [B]Western Daily Press Sat 30 Jan 1943 – HMS Protector Plaque - Kingswood and Mangotsfield Presentation[/B] On Thursday Evening next at 7.30 in the Church Hall, Kingswood, a plaque will be presented to HMS Protector, the ship adopted by the Kingswood and Mangotsfield Urban Councils and the Warmley Rural Council as a result of Warship Week. A corresponding plaque presented by the Admiralty to the councils will be received by a distinguished naval officer. A number of seats in the hall will be available to the public. [B]Western Morning News Sat 5 June 1943 - Plaque for Camelford[/B] At Camelford on Thursday Vice Admiral AG Craufurd, on behalf of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty presented to Mr J H Slee (chairman of the Rural Council) a plaque to commemorate the adoption by the district during their Warship Week of the minesweeper HMS Birch. A naval officer received from Mr J M Olde (chairman of the Warship Week) a plaque made of Delabole slate and given by the vice chairman of the Week (Mr W T Setchell) [B] Western Morning News – Sat 13 Dec 1947 Plymouth Gift To Be Returned[/B] As there is no warship bearing the name Adventure on the active service list, the Admiralty has directed that the plaque which the city of Plymouth presented to the minelayer HMS Adventure in 1943 commemorating Warship Week shall be returned to the donors. It is hoped that the return of this plaque will be marked by ceremonial suitable to the occasion. The plaque was presented to Adventure on behalf of Plymouth by the Lord Mayor (Lord Astor) on the quarter-deck of the ship at Devonport.

[B]Cheltenham Chronicle, Sat 16 Jan 1943 - Warship Building Delays Plaques[/B] A letter was read at Northleach RDC meeting on Wednesday from Mr Oliver Stanley chairman National Savings Committee, saying he had been much concerned about the delay in executing the commemorative plaques to be sent to local authorities who had adopted ships in connection with Warship Weeks. Mr Stanley added that the First Lord of the Admiralty had reported that this delay was due to the necessary labour being required on vital work for the fleet. It was hoped to complete delivery of the plaques by June. The council readily accepted the reason given. Mrs W S Morrison who forwarded the letter to the council, also stated that she would be pleased to serve on the sub-committee for devising ways and means for the Northleach district keeping in touch with the officers and men of their adopted ship HMS Starwart even after the exchange of plaques. Mr Brigstoke who first mentioned this idea, said that the necessary machinery was being set up in the district towards establishing such a link. He suggested that Mr Abell of Foxcote be added to the sub-committee. Mr Brigstoke also informed the Council that the Northleach plaque executed by Messrs. Martin of Cheltenham was finished. [B]Western Daily Express Tues 21 Feb 1942 - Tetbury Warship Week[/B] The Duchess of Beaufort took the salute when military and civil defence units paraded at Tetbury for the opening of Warship Week by which the district aims to raise £63,000 for the purchase of HMS Tern. HMS Tern – 19 Dec 1941 scuttled in Hong Kong to prevent capture by the Japanese. [B]The Naval Historical Branch (1983) quotes Tetbury as adopting MTB 345[/B]. MTB 345 was an experimental motor torpedo boat constructed in 1941, which saw limited service with the RN before being transferred to the exiled Royal Norwegian Navy on 16 March 1943. She sailed with the Royal Norwegian Navy for three months in 1943, until captured by German forces on 28 July 1943, during her second mission to the coast of occupied Norway. Two days after their capture the crew of MTB 345 were executed by the Germans based on Hitler's Commando Order. Following their capture of MTB 345, the Germans pressed the motor torpedo boat into Kriegsmarine service, renaming her SA 7. SA 7 was lost in a fire in the North Sea in August 1943. After the end of the Second World War, the British Admiralty investigated the Commando Order killings in Norway, and sought out German officers suspected of involvement. In a war crimes trial, Generaloberst (Colonel General) Nikolaus von Falkenhorst was sentenced to death for his role in the Commando Order executions that occurred in Norway during the occupation, including the killing of MTB 345's crew. Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service, SD) commander Hans Wilhelm Blomberg was executed in January 1946 for his role in the killing, while Admiral Otto von Schrader committed suicide in Norwegian custody in July 1945 before he could be brought to trial. Finally: [B]Western Daily Express Tues 21 Dec 1943 – Exchange of Plaques - Tetbury’s Warships Week[/B] Captain W B Walker represented the Admiralty at Tetbury when commemoration plaques relating to Tetbury subscribing £69,821 during Warship Week were exchanged. Tetbury’s plaque to be forwarded to HMS Grayling was carved by a village craftsman from a piece of oak grown at Tetbury. (HMS Grayling was an AS Trawler) This is just one of a number of complex adoptions. [B]The Daily Mail, Mon 8 Feb 1943[/B] An interesting ceremony is due to take place at the Hull Guildhall on Thursday of this week when the Lord Mayor of Hull in company with the Mayor of Hedon and the chairman of the Haltemprice Council, will receive Admiral Cosmo Graham, officer in charge of the Humber Defences who, on behalf of the Admiralty, will hand over three plaques bearing the crest of HMS Mauritius, the vessel adopted by this area during last year’s Warship Week. The plaque’s are in colour with a key in scarlet crossing the design, in which the industry of the island of Mauritius is typified by sugar canes. In return the Lord Mayor of Hull will hand to the Admiral a teak plaque to be placed on the ship to remind the crew of Hull’s interest in their welfare. It has been carved by a local craftsman from a block of teak to match one already on the vessel presented by Mauritius itself, and will bear the arms of Hull, Hedon and Haltemprice. In good time the Admiralty gifts will find a place of honour in the council houses of the three local authorities, but for the present they are on view in the shop of Mr P R Davies, Waterworks St, Hull.

[B]Gloucester Citizen – Wed [I]6 May 1942[/I], Gloucester and District Warship Week[/B] Adoption of HMS Jaguar by Gloucester and District – On Saturday Next, May 9th At 3pm at the Guildhall, Gloucester. His Grace the Duke of Beaufort, KG, KCVO, Lord High Steward of the City and Lord Lieutenant of the County will receive the Admiralty plaques on behalf of Gloucester and District, from Vice-Admiral L D I Mackinnon, representing the Admiralty, CB, GVO, and present to the Admiral, for HMS Jaguar, a plaque to be placed on the ship. While the general public will be welcome to attend this very interesting ceremony, it is hoped that all those who took an active part in accomplishing the great success of Warship Week will endeavour to be present. [B]Gloucester Citizen [I]Fri 8 May 1942 [/I]Gloucester and District Warship Week[/B] The meeting arranged for tomorrow (May 9th) at the Guildhall Gloucester, 3 pm by the Gloucester and District Savings Committee for the presentation of the plaques has been cancelled This was the reason: At 02.27 hours on [I][B]26 Mar, 1942[/B][/I], HMS Jaguar (F 34) (Lt. Cdr. L R K Tyrwhitt, DSO, DSC, RN) was hit by two torpedoes from the German submarine U-652. The ship caught fire and sank in a short time north-east of Sidi Barrani, Egypt in position 31º53'N, 26º18'E. Three officers and 190 ratings were lost. Eight officers and 45 ratings were picked up by the armed whaler HMS Klo and taken to Tobruk. The adoption plaques are now with Glouceseter and District, have it on good authority there are two identical plaques but with different inscriptions on the brass plate

[B]Gloucester Journal Sat 22 May 1943 – Savings Record Recognised[/B] Commander C R de B L Townshend on behalf of the Admiralty presented at Newwent a replica of the crest of HMS Rumba to Mr A W Southall (Chairman of the Newwent and District Council) to commemorate the effort during Newwent and District Warship Week in Feb 1942, when over £106,000 was invested in National Savings. Mr Southall said that just over a year ago Newwent and District set out to raise £62,000 during their Warship Week. They succeeded in getting £106,620, which more than paid for HMS Rumba the ship they adopted. Out of 112 Warship Weeks held in the South West Region, Newwent was placed 15th on the list with £12 6s 6d per head of population. Mr Southall asked Commander Townshend to accept an oak plaque on which was carved a representation of a sheaf of wheat. This Mr Southall said represented the chief industry of the district which was purely agricultural. He hoped the plaque would have an honoured place on HMS Rumba like the one he was receiving in exchange. The latter would be placed in the old Town Hall, one of the oldest historical buildings in the district. Commander Townshend said he would see that the District’s plaque was conveyed or sent to HMS Rumba. The exchange of plaques went to show the great interest the people of the countryside took in the Navy.

There was a plaque presented to Dundee in the 40s by the Captain of the cruiser CEYLON,I read somewhere about this presentation and the plaque, has anyone come across this write up and could explain more about it or does my old shipmate Scurrs know anything concerning this.

[QUOTE=ceylon220;10070642]There was a plaque presented to Dundee in the 40s by the Captain of the cruiser CEYLON,I read somewhere about this presentation and the plaque, has anyone come across this write up and could explain more about it or does my old shipmate Scurrs know anything concerning this.[/QUOTE] [B]New target chosen[/B] To provide some idea of the influence of large investors, Dundee Warship Week with a target of £2.5 million for HMS Ceylon was guaranteed success as even before the Week opened £2.4 million had been promised. The organisers increased their target to £3.5 million to provide enough for another vessel (destroyer) and announced it would be fitting if the small investor contributed the additional £750,000. In fact on the opening day £1,643,097 was stated as raised of which £1,615,340 was contributed through joint stock banks; the final total reached £3.75 million. The destroyer was theoretical as the Admiralty would only allow one ship to be adopted. Initially the War Savings Committee having fixed the target at £2.5 million hoped to realise £2.75 million which would cover the extras in the equipment of a modern cruiser. A final total of £3,782,775 was announced representing a per capita contribution of £23 1s 4d based on a wartime population of 164,000. The figure per capita for small savers would of course have been much less. The Dundee Courier and Advertiser quoted the following: The Admiralty would present a replica of the ships badge and a history of ships of that name for display in the City Chambers. In return a suitable plaque would be given to the ship to be fixed on the quarterdeck. Owing to technical considerations it would be impracticable to name a ship after a town or city. This must definitely accepted as a ruling, and no exception could be made. (This had been stated in 1941 and the rule must have been relaxed later as many towns and cities were allowed to adopt vessels with names of towns and ships as this provided closer affiliation). Dundee Warship Week held 31 Jan to 7 Feb 1942

[B]Hull Daily Mail Wed 9 Sept 1942[/B] At the conclusion of the Tank Weeks effort on 26 September an exchange of plaques will take place to commemorate the Withernsea Warship Week effort when the town adopted MTB 100. [B]Hull Daily Mail Fri 18 Sept 1942[/B] Arrangements are well in hand for an exchange of plaques in connection with Withernsea Warship Week when the town adopted MTB 100. The ceremony is due to take place at the Municipal Buildings at 1600 on Sat, 26 Sept and Commander Brown representing the Admiralty will, it is hoped be accompanied by Lord Middleton and other interesting personalities. Proceeding the ceremony a procession will take place. MTB100 was converted from experimental minesweeper MMS51 in 1940 and was never operational; reclassified as a target towing vessel CT 11 in 1943 - HMS Withernsea also stated as adopted by the Naval Historical Branch, probably when the boat was re-classified Alternatively CT may be an abbreviation for Controlled Target???

[B]Calculating the number of plaques[/B] It is generally stated that there were 1,178, however this is only in England and Wales, if Scotland and Ireland (57) are included this comes to a round total of 1,235. For England and Wales it is said some 1,273 districts took part, this means that at least this number of plaques were presented as typically I am finding two plaques awarded to a district warship week i.e. one for the UD and one for the RD. Adding Scotland and Ireland plaques will then come to some 1,320 adoption plaques awarded. On top of this was the thousands of illuminated certificates to the parishes

[B]Tenbury-Wells[/B] branch of the RNA meets at the 17thcentury Kings Head Hotel in Cross Street having secured the use of a room when the group commissioned in 1985. Amongst the many items of naval memorabilia are the presentation and adoption plaques for Tenbury-Wells adopted warship HMS Balta. The Warship Week was held during March 1942. HMS Balta was an Isle Class Trawler built at Beverley by Cook, Welton and Gemmell and engined by Holmes. She was launched on 2 December 1940. Transferred to the RCN then after the war in 1946 sold to Chinese mercantile, converted to a cargo vessel and renamed Ching Hai. The vessel was deleted from Lloyd’s Register in 1992. Alongside the plaque is a framed article explaining how the presentation plaque came to be returned to Tenbury. ‘In 1947 an Admiralty letter stated that HMS Balta was no longer in commission and a further letter in 1949 advised that the ship had been sold to a private owner with representation in the Far East. Some years later the plaque was returned under the following circumstances. A certain gentleman from Sheffield who had served in the Navy saw the plaque in a breakers yard in a breakers yard in the Far East and recognised the name Tetbury as the town where a relative of his had resided for a short time. He obtained possession of the plaque and returned it to a Donor at Tetbury where it now hangs in the Council Office’. The plaques hung in the old Council Chamber for 50 years plus before being offered to the RNA on loan.

Leeds and HMS Ark Royal [B]Yorkshire Evening Post, Thursday, 2 July 1942 – Early Start With Work On Plaque[/B] With permission to obtain the teak, members of the staff of the Leeds College of Arts are ready to start work on the plaque which is to be presented to HMS Ark Royal adopted by the city when it raised the cost of a new vessel of that name during Warship Week earlier this year. The Admiralty is to give a plaque of the badge of HMS Ark Royal to the city, recording the Leeds Association with the ship. The Leeds plaque is will be 24 inches high and 16 inches wide with a depth of 3 inches. On it will be carved in full relief the city’s coat of arms with the correct heraldic colours. Its inscription will be: ‘To commemorate the adoption of HMS Ark Royal by the City of Leeds – Warship Week, January 31, 1942 to February 7 1942.’ It is hoped that the plaques will be exchanged in August. [B]Yorkshire Evening Post, Wednesday 26 August 1942 – Ark Royal Crest, Presentation to Leeds on September 19[/B] A replica of a plaque of the crest of HMS Ark Royal is to be exchanged for a Leeds coat of arms plaque at a ceremony in the city on September 19th. Lord Chatfield will represent the Admiralty and officers and ratings who served in the Ark Royal will be present. The Arks Royals Plaque has an inscription stating that it is presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Leeds to commemorate the adoption of HMS Ark Royal during Warship Week 1942. The Lord Mayor will present the Leeds plaque which is of teak and has been fashioned at the Leeds College of Art. It will be received by an officer of the Ark Royal and will be held in trust until another ship of her name is launched. [B]Yorkshire Evening Post, Saturday 19 September 1942 – Ark Royal[/B] Subscribing over £9,000,000 during its Warship Week early this year, Leeds adopted the next Ark Royal to be launched and today the Lord Mayor on behalf of the city received a plaque bearing the city’s coat of arms which will be held in trust by the Admiralty until another new Ark Royal is built. Although the article mentions a teak presentation plaque I believe this was changed to a brass plaque of smaller dimensions (12in x 9in) to fit the Admiralty's recommendation for these type of plaques. I hold an image of the plaque which shows the Leeds coat of arms over the identical words for the teak plaque. Where this plaque is now is anyone's guess as at some time it was held by an antiques dealer.

[B]Kent and Sussex Courier, Friday 12 December 1947 - Town’s Ship Out of Commission[/B] [I]HMS Brilliant[/I] which was adopted by the borough under the Warship Week adoption scheme has gone out of commission. Notifying this to the Tunbridge Wells Council the Admiralty expressed its appreciation of the kind in the interest shown in connection with the ship and her crew and enquired whether the Council desired to recover the plaque presented to the ship by the townspeople. At the Council meeting the Town Clerk was instructed to apply for the plaque to be returned to the town. Tunbridge Wells Warship was held 28 Feb to 7 Mar 1942 when they adopted the B Class Destroyer.

Currently for sale from Canada on ebay is the Warship Week presentation plaque to HMS Valentine from Dorchester and District. The plaque made is way to Canada by the following route: HMS Modbury Type III Hunt Class Destroyer adopted transferred to Greece 25 Nov 1942; HMS Valentine adopted transferred to Canadian Navy as HMCS Algonquin 7 Feb 1944 Dorchester and District Warship Week 7-14 March 1942 Raised £283,330 Ebay item No. 321641616013

[QUOTE=peter schofield;10131773]Currently for sale from Canada on ebay is the Warship Week presentation plaque to HMS Valentine from Dorchester and District. The plaque made is way to Canada by the following route: HMS Modbury Type III Hunt Class Destroyer adopted transferred to Greece 25 Nov 1942; HMS Valentine adopted transferred to Canadian Navy as HMCS Algonquin 7 Feb 1944 Dorchester and District Warship Week 7-14 March 1942 Raised £283,330 Ebay item No. 321641616013[/QUOTE] [B]Western Gazette, Friday 12 February 1943 – Warship Week Plaques[/B] A plaque received from HMS Valentine the ship adopted by Dorchester and district by their Warship Week effort and another plaque prepared for presentation to the ship from the town and district, were on the table for the inspection of the Council. It was decided to arrange a local ceremony for the exchange of the plaques and to consult the Rural District Council with regard to it. [B]Western Gazette, Friday 2 July 1943 – Exchange of Warship Week Plaques[/B] There followed the ceremony of Warship Week plaques, exchanged between Dorchester and Rural District and HMS Valentine, the ship adopted as the result of last years Warship Week. One plaque was accepted by the Mayor on behalf of the town and another by Mr. Wyndham Hull on behalf of the Rural District. Vice Admiral J.T.C.P. Swabey, CB DSO represented the Navy.

I can't remember if I have already posted a copy of the HMS [B]Aldenham[/B] plaque in the Witney & District Museum, so I will post it here. I am starting to think that the question of individual towns and villages "adopting" ships is by no means clear cut. Chipping Norton, for example, adopted the Hunt class destroyer [B]Heythrop[/B], and when that vessel was sunk, the town adopted HMS [B]Magpie[/B]. There are, as a result, two WW2 plaques in the Town Hall. One on-line source suggests that HMS Heythrop was never "adopted", but that claim is clearly incorrect.
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[QUOTE=Euryalus;10152764]I can't remember if I have already posted a copy of the HMS [B]Aldenham[/B] plaque in the Witney & District Museum, so I will post it here. I am starting to think that the question of individual towns and villages "adopting" ships is by no means clear cut. Chipping Norton, for example, adopted the Hunt class destroyer [B]Heythrop[/B], and when that vessel was sunk, the town adopted HMS [B]Magpie[/B]. There are, as a result, two WW2 plaques in the Town Hall. One on-line source suggests that HMS Heythrop was never "adopted", but that claim is clearly incorrect.[/QUOTE] From my records I have Chipping and Woodstock Warship Week from 21-28 March 1942, but HMS Heythrop was lost on 20 March 1942 just previous to their Warship Week. The replacement vessel I have down as HMS Comet. Both Chipping and Woodstock would each have received a Warship Week plaque from the Admiralty possibly for Comet! Not sure if this helps.

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