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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Admiral Somerville
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, after the Raphael Maklouf portrait. The issuer name GIBRALTAR and the date 1994 appear in the legend surrounding the bust, with the initials RDM PM flanking the date. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR · 1994 RDM PM |
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Admiral Sir James Somerville is best remembered for commanding Force H at Gibraltar in 1940 and executing — under direct Admiralty orders he personally opposed — the attack on the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir, which killed nearly 1,300 French sailors within minutes. He considered the order one of the most repugnant of his career and wept afterward. Gibraltar's choice to commemorate him is pointed: Force H operated directly from the Rock, and Somerville ran some of the war's most consequential Mediterranean operations from that base, including the relief convoys to Malta.