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1. bilge rat🇬🇧

   Leading Seaman·6 years ago

   thanks doug,
   those are great photo's, they really show the hard life she had, she certainly merited her second names!
   
   cheers
   neil

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2. RNinMunich🇩🇪Bronze

   Fleet Admiral·6 years ago

   Nice one Neil,
   Welcome aboard👍
   Attached pics taken in Malta show her battle damage from bomb splinters plugged with chunks of wood. Earned her the second nickname of HMS Porcupine!😮
   Cheers, Doug 😎

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3. bilge rat🇬🇧

   Leading Seaman·6 years ago

   nerys, thanks, yes, she had quite a history, but a sad end. i remember reading the book 'hms pepperpot' a very interesting book of her history.
   
   neil

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4. Nerys🇬🇧

   Fleet Admiral·6 years ago

   That's nice, 'Penelope', light cruiser 'Arethusa' class . Lots of action on the Norwegian convoys and then Mediterranean. She was holed so many time that she was nicknamed HMS Pepperpot!
   Lovely model nevertheless.
   
   Nerys

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