Bronze Age Gold from Wales

H.M.S. COURAGEOUS, Christmas card

Cream card with drawn image of a boar on front. Red, white and blue ribbon on left hand side. H.M.S. COURAGEOUS Christmas card from 'Your loving son, Willie'.

H.M.S. COURAGEOUS Christmas card from 'Your loving son, Willie'. Sent by William John Watkins of Cross Keys, Gwent who served on board H.M.S. COURAGEOUS from 1917 to 1919.

HMS Courageous (S50) was a Churchill-class nuclear fleet submarine in service with the Royal Navy from 1971. In 1982, the Courageous was sent with her sister ship, HMS Conqueror, with the British task force to retake the Falkland Islands from the occupying Argentine forces. She returned home later in the year without damage. The Courageous was retired from service in 1992. She is now a museum ship at Devonport Dockyard. (wikipedia)

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

88.69I/4

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Watkins, William John
Association Type: Sender

Acquisition

donation, 2/8/1988

Measurements

Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 89

Material

Card
Paper
Cotton
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