WW2 British Royal Navy HMS Implacable Silver Plated Brass Match Box

For sale is a WW2 British Royal Navy HMS Implacable (R86) Silver Plated Brass Match Box.

This is in mostly good condition, unfortunately most of the silver plate has worn away. This match box measures 8.3cm in length x 7.8cm height x 2.3cm width. To the centre is an enamel plaque of the HMS Implacable. 

HMS Implacable was the name ship of her class of two aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy during World War II. Upon completion in 1944, she was initially assigned to the Home Fleet and attacked targets in Norway for the rest of the year. She was subsequently assigned to the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) where she attacked the Japanese naval base at Truk and targets in the Japanese Home Islands in 1945. The ship was used to repatriate liberated Allied prisoners of war (PoWs) and soldiers after the Japanese surrender, for the rest of the year. Implacable returned home in 1946 and became the Home Fleet's deck-landing training carrier, a role that lasted until 1950. She briefly served as flagship of the Home Fleet in 1950. During this time she participated in many exercises and made a number of port visits in Western Europe. She was placed in reserve in 1950 and converted into a training ship in 1952, and served as flagship of the Home Fleet Training Squadron. The ship was considered for a major modernisation in 1951–1952, but this was rejected as too expensive and time-consuming. Implacable was decommissioned in 1954 and sold for scrap the following year.

 This will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.