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The Swift (HMS Ark Royal, teak), in antique silver & antique copper

SKU: Swi_Ark_AntCop
£82.00
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The Swift feautures a Celtic knot design on the nib section. The lower nib is a contrasting colour to the upper nib section and main body, and matches the clip.

The brushed metal finish gives the Swift an antique look.


Features:

  • Twist action
  • Replaceable Schmidt P900 ballpoint black refill (Parker style/G2)
  • Celtic knot detail
  • Compact size (124mm in length)
  • Premium quality two-toned brushed metal hardware
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​Available finishes
  • Antique silver with antique brass
  • Antique silver with antique copper

Wood used to craft this pen:

HMS Ark Royal was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy's last remaining conventional catapult and arrested-landing aircraft carrier. Her sister ship, HMS Eagle, was the Royal Navy's first aircraft carrier to be equipped with an angled flight deck.

Construction and modifications:
Ark Royal was the sister ship to HMS Eagle, which was initially named HMS Audacious, hence the name of the class. Four Audacious-class ships were laid down, but two (HMS Africa and the original HMS Eagle) were cancelled when World War II ended, and construction of the other two was suspended for several years. Both surviving ships were extensively upgraded throughout their lifetimes.

The ship was originally designated Irresistible, but was renamed Ark Royal prior to launch. The immediately previous Ark Royal, also an aircraft carrier, was torpedoed off Gibraltar on 14 November 1941 with the loss of one member of the ship's company.

She was launched in 1950, and her completion took five more years. In this time, she underwent redesign and, when completed, she was markedly different from her sister ship. Shortly before her launch from the Cammell Laird shipyard, an image of the ship painted with her white undercoat was captured by the pictorialist photographer Edward Chambré Hardman. This has been exhibited many times under the name 'Where Great Ships Are Built' and later 'Birth of the Ark Royal'. When commissioned, she had a 5.5° partially angled flight deck, two steam catapults capable of launching aircraft weighing up to 30,000 pounds (14,000 kg), a deck-edge lift on the port side (the first British ship to be fitted with such a device), modified armament, and the new mirror landing system. Ark Royal was the first ship to be constructed with an angled flight deck and steam catapults, as opposed to having them added after launching. These innovations allowed aircraft to land and take off from the carrier at the same time. Her flight deck as built was 800 by 112 feet (244 by 34 m).
​The teak used to create this pen was an original part of HMS Ark Royal (R09) and was removed from her quarterdeck when she was decommissioned and broken up in the early 1980’s.
This pen will be supplied with a certificate of authenticity.
Source: http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Royal-Navy/Aircraft-Carrier/R-09-HMS-Ark-Royal.htm
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