HMS Birmingham Teak pen

This pen was made using genuine salvaged Burmese Teak from the HMS Birmingham, the Birmingham was a two-screw ship, was built at Elswick, launched on 7 May 1913 and completed on 30 January 1914. She joined the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet in 1914, visiting Kiel in June that year.

On 9 August 1914, she spotted the U-15, whose engines had failed as she lay stopped on the surface in heavy fog, off Fair Isle. The crew of Birmingham could hear hammering from inside the boat from attempted repairs, and so fired on her but missed. As the U-boat began to dive, she rammed her, cutting her in two. U-15 went down with all hands, the first U-boat loss to an enemy warship.[1] Birmingham also sank two German merchant ships that year and took part in the Battle of Heligoland on 28 August, and the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915.

A great looking writing instrument with some interesting history.
Nicely done Thomas.

Les

An interesting story Johnny, thanks for sharing, and of course, a very good looking pen, well turned and finished.

Nice pen Johnny.

Significant history igniting memories and stories of the past Naval stories tinged with sadness of mans inhumanity towards man.One can but imagine impact of owning a pen made from a scrap of timber from this ship from the past.

Jon you are accumulating a museum of look a likes where Teak seems to feature. Thanks for sharing this with us.During the forties I destroyed everything I had collected in products etc from the warring countries we opposed including stamps etc.

Peter.

Penpal said:

Significant history igniting memories and stories of the past Naval stories tinged with sadness of mans inhumanity towards man.One can but imagine impact of owning a pen made from a scrap of timber from this ship from the past.

Jon you are accumulating a museum of look a likes where Teak seems to feature. Thanks for sharing this with us.During the forties I destroyed everything I had collected in products etc from the warring countries we opposed including stamps etc.

Peter.

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Thanks, most of my Naval pens are made from Teak, all with COA and photos to show where i salvaged them from , mainly Chopping boards, bookends et al from the original ships when they were scrapped many years ago, To buy the antiques are not cheap but to turn them into something more practical or as a collection is what i am trying to achieve. There is limited amount of stock due to the sizes of antiques available and when they are gone they are gone. I still keep looking for Woods with Provenance for my collection. .

Great looking pen Johnny.
Interesting history.

great pen with wonderful history. I just acquired some Burmese teak from the s.s. pegu sunk off the cork coast and used to rebuild the cutty sark

I missed this one.
Nice pen with some great history!!!
Well Done!!