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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II H.M.S. Warspite, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Alderney |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Reverse description | A dramatic broadside view of HMS Warspite under way at sea, depicted with her main armament firing a salvo, smoke billowing from the gun barrels. A colored White Ensign flies prominently above the vessel, rendered in applied color. The ship's name HMS WARSPITE is flanked on either side by anchor devices. The surrounding legend THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY arcs around the upper periphery, while FIVE POUNDS appears in the lower field below the vessel. |
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| Mintage | 2005 - Proof - 15,000 |
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HMS Warspite earned more battle honours than any other ship in Royal Navy history — fifteen in total, spanning both World Wars. At Jutland in 1916, a jammed helm sent her into an uncontrolled circle directly through German lines, drawing fire from half the High Seas Fleet and surviving. At Narvik in 1940 she steamed up a Norwegian fjord under air attack to destroy seven German destroyers at point-blank range. By 2005, Alderney had developed a reliable market issuing silver proofs commemorating British naval subjects, largely absorbed by the collector rather than the circulating economy.