Great Britain & The Sea

Queen Elizabeth II

Reverse of #76 Queen Elizabeth II

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty 1871 - 1936

Set of 4 Mountbatten Medallions Albums

First Page of Mountbatten Medallions

Cover of Mountbatten Medallion Collection

This medallic collection illustrates many of the foremost maritime achievements of Great Britain. Chronologically, a start is made with a representation of the Tudor ship-of-war, the Great Harry. She was built by Henry VIII, who in 1546 established a naval administration which, under varying names, has had a continuing existence ever since.
The collections covers adventurous trafficking by merchant venturers throughout the world's oceans and seas; also exploration, expansion, war. It commemorates many of the most important measures which help to safeguard life at sea, invention, and many other activities pertaining to the business of a great maritime nation. It ends with such recent events as the launching of the Queen Elizabeth II, possibly the last of the giant liners which were once so splendid a feature of the Atlantic trade; the advent of the nuclear-powered submarine Dreadnought, and the single-handed circumnavigation of the globe by Sir Francis Chichester in his yacht Gypsy Moth IV. Although every side of the nautical theme is represented, there is considerable emphasis on later times, and thus on events in which living people have been actively concerned.
Among our many subjects are the earliest efforts to discover a north west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and thus to the riches of the Orient; the defeat of the Armada in 1588; the capture of Gibraltar in the 18th century; the victories of Nelson and other famous admirals. The collection covers the exploration and voyaging of Drake, Cook, Vancouver, and Fitzroy of the Beagle; progress in every direction of shipwrightry from Tudor times, through the daring experiments of Brunel in the Victorian era, to the latest advances and newest materials. The work of Trinity House, the Corporation of Lloyds and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution has its rightful place, as has such an event as the foundation of the East India Company, which exerted such influence upon the expansion of British interests overseas.
Great Britain remains a leading maritime nation, whose work and example have enriched others besides herself. This medallic history enshrines in permanent form the great events of what is a fine and continuing story.

Each medallion is fitted in a plastic capsule, and the complete collection is housed in book format in four volumes.

Details of Medallions
The complete set of medallions is as follows:-
First Album

#	Title	Subtitle
1	Henry Grace a Dieu	Great Warship of Henry VIII
2	The Great Seal of Trinity House	Guardians of the Home Seas
3	Sir Martin Frobisher	The North West Passage
4	Sir Francis Drake	First Circumnavigation
5	Sir Walter Raleigh	The Founding of Virginia
6	The First Ark Royal	Flagship Against the Armada
7	Lord Howard of Effingham	Defeat of The Spanish Armada
8	Sir Richard Grenville	Glory of H.M.S. Revenge
9	Davis Backstaff	Aid to Navigation
10	The East India Company	Trade with the East
11	Sovereign of the Seas	The First Triple Decker
12	Robert Blake	General at Sea
13	Samuel Pepys	The Professional Navy
14	The Hudson's Bay Company	Development of Canada
15	The Royal Observatory	Navigational Research
16	H.M.S. Resolution in a Gale	Battling Through Endurance All
17	Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue	Destruction of French Fleet
18	First Eddystone Lighthouse	The Way to Safety
19	Capture of Gibraltar	Victory by the Marines
20	William Farmer	The Steering Compass
21	Hadley and Cunningham	Quadrant and Telescope
22	Commodore George Anson	Voyage Around the World
23	Capture of Quebec	Combined Operations
24	Admiral Hawke	The Royal George
25	Captain Cook	Navigator Extraordinary

Second Album

#	Title	Subtitle
26	Harrison's Chronometer	Accurate Timekeeping at Sea
27	Act of Navigation	Statutory Registry of Merchant Ships
28	Samuel Enderby	Whaling in the Pacific
29	Colonising Australia	First Convict Fleet
30	George Vancouver	Charting Coast of America
31	Earl Howe	Glorious Victory June1794
32	Battle of Camperdown	Defeat of the Dutch
33	Battle of the Nile	Ferocious Sea Battle
34	Matthew Flinders	Australian Coast Surveyed
35	Admiral Nelson	Victor of Trafalgar
36	P.S. Comet 1812	Europe's First Commercial Steamship
37	Herefordshire	Built at Bombay 1813
38	Algiers	Bombardment to Free the Slaves
39	Sir Stamford Raffles	Development of Singapore
40	Aaron Manby	First Iron Steamship
41	The Great Migration	Under Sail
42	R.N.L.I	Saving Life at Sea
43	East Indiamen	Britain's Finest Merchant Ships
44	Charles Darwin	Voyage of Discovery
45	Cape Breton	Steam Crosses North Atlantic
46	Lloyds Register	Safety of Ships at Sea
47	P.S. Hindostan	Early P. & O. Steamer
48	P.S. Great Western	Trans-Atlantic Steam
49	Grace Darling	Heroic Rescue at Sea
50	Scottish Maid	Design Innovations

Third Album

#	Title	Subtitle
51	P.S. Britannia	Liverpool to Halifax 1840
52	The Navy Against the Slavers	The Suppression of the Slave Trade
53	Sir James Clark Ross 1800 - 1862	Discoveries in Antarctica
54	S.S. Great Britain	Product of Brunel'a Genius
55	North West Passage	McClintock Searches for Franklin
56	Triumph of Screw Propulsion	Admiralty Trials 1843 - 1845
57	S.S. John bowes	New Era in Bulk-Carrying
58	The First Transatlantic Cable	Laid by H.M.S. Agememnon
59	H.M.S. Warrior 1860	First Iron-Built Armoured Warship
60	Cutty Sark	Age of the Great Clippers
61	S.S. Oceanic 1870	Pioneer Luxury Liner
62	H.M.S. Captain 1869	Turet Ship
63	H.M.S. Challenger	The Foundation of Oceanography
64	H.M.S. Devastation	Prototype Battleship 1871
65	Samuel Plimsoll 1824 - 1898	The Sailor's Friend
66	Greenwich Meridian	Established in 1884
67	Tilbury Dock	Opened in 1886
68	S.S. Bakuin	Pioneer British Oil Tanker
69	Sir Charles Parsons	Turbinia
70	The "A" Class Submarine 1901	Fisher's Toys
71	H.M.S Dreadnought 1906	First of a Great Class
72	T.S. Mauretania	Proud Holder of the Blue Riband
73	Captain Scott 1868 - 1912	Antarctic Expeditions
74	Prince Louis of Battenburg	The Course Indicator
75	Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa	Hero of Jutland

Fourth Album

#	Title	Subtitle
76	H.M.S Queen Elizabeth	Completed at Portsmouth 1915
77	Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty	1871 - 1936
78	H.M.S. Furious	Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier
79	Sir Ernest Shackleton	Voyage of the James Caird 1916
80	The Battle of Jutland	1916
81	The Raid on Zeebrugge	German Submarine Base
82	Sureender of the German Fleet	Scapa Flow 1918
83	M.S. Fullagar 1920	First All-Welded Ship
84	H.M.S. Hermes	Aircraft Carrier
85	T.S. Queen Mary	Queen of the Atlantic 1936 - 1967
86	T.S Viceroy of India 1929	Pioneer Liner
87	H.M.S. Ark Royal	Launched 1937
88	H.M.S. King George V	A Battleship Laid Down in 1937
89	Dunkirk 1940	An Epic Rescue
90	Attack on Taranto 1940	A New Era in Sea Warfare
91	The Battle of the Atlantic	1939 - 1945
92	The Pursuit of the Bismarck	By H.M.S. Hood
93	The Battle of Crete May 1941	Loss of H.M.S. Kelly
94	H.M.S. Kelly	Commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten
95	The Normandy Landings	D-Day 6 June 1944
96	Guided Missile Destroyers	H.M.S. Devonshire 1960
97	Christopher Cockerel's Concept	The Hovercraft 1959
98	Sir Francis Chichester	Solo Cirumnavigator
99	H.M.S. Dreadnought	Commissioned 1963
100	T.S. Queen Elizabeth II	The Last of Her Class?

Specifications

Diameter	44 mms.
Weight Each	36.9 grams
Total Weight	3,690 grams
Alloy	0.925
Total Silver Content	109.7 troy ounces

Prices & Availability
Our price for an individual medallion recognises that we will sell more of the most popular subjects, and may be left unable to sell our remaining stock.

Medalic History Collection

Note
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