Post WW2 British Royal Navy SS Nevasa Troopship Badge

For sale is a Post WW2 British Royal Navy SS Nevasa Troopship Badge.

This badge is in good condition and measures 2.3cm in diameter. 

SS Nevasa, also known as HMT Nevasa, was a British troopship built on the River Clyde, Scotland, in 1955 by Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. with financial support from the British Government and launched on 30 November 1955.

The ship was the first troopship built since the end of the Second World War and the largest troopship at that time to be built in the United Kingdom. She entered trooping service in July 1956, shortly before the Suez Crisis and from then until October 1962 was continuously employed in reinforcing and relieving British garrisons in the Far and Middle East. 

This will be sent via Royal Mail tracked 24 and dispatched within two working days.