CANADA STARCH ISSUED IN 1940'S HMS ARC ROYAL AIRCRAFT CARRIER

Description

GOOD CONDITION EXCEPT TOP RIGHT CORNER. FLIP PICTURE UP AND UNDERNEATH IT SAYS CANADA STARCH COMPANY. Ark Royal
served in some of the most active naval theatres of the Second World War. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war,
operations off Norway
, the
search for the German battleship
Bismarck
, and the
Malta Convoys
.
Ark Royal
survived several near misses and gained a reputation as a 'lucky ship'. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the
German submarine
U-81
and sank the following day: one of her 1,488 crew members was killed. SHIPPING: BUYER PAYS .