Sir, – This short discourse goes virtually nowhere to answer all, some, or any of the mused but rightfully opined questions posed by Tearless and latterly the respondents in the Spring Edition. It may, however, add a little to readers’ interests on the matter of wither went the Royal Navy’s Trophy inheritance. I can attest to the ground root knowledge that in the early 1970s many trophies were job lot sold to local antique dealers as the space in storage in Portsmouth Dockyard grew ever filled. This was discovered by rightly irritated naval personnel and complaints were duly rendered. Within a…
