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By Hi I was wondering if you could help me with a rather unusual request. My mother was a young girl on the Falkland Islands and helped nurse the crews of the Exeter, Ajax and the Achillies after the battle of the river plate. She has recently died and left me the Battle of the River Plate Plaque. The story she always told me was that only five were made (I think that is unlikely), that each plaque contains the wood of one ship the metal from another ship and the crewman who made them was off the last of the three ships. This was my mother prized possession and I would like to know more about the existence of the other plaques or any other relevant information. Pat Underlin
Thank you for your interesting message. I would think the Battle of the River Plate, Plaque left to you by your Mother is both unusual and unique, I have not heard about such plaques, nor can I unearth any detail about them. I would not be at all suprised, if in fact, your Mother's story of but five of them being made is probably right. Such a piece of memorabilia is likely to have been limited in its output, it was made by hand, and used materials from two ships, to be made by a crewmember of the third ship in the You most likely have a little treasure there that records an important victory for the Navy early in WW2, when too much was not going right for those members of the then British Empire that stood alone against the might of Germany. Is is at all possible to Photograph your Plaque, and E-Mail me a copy please? With your story, I can then add the photo, put it up on AHOY, and who knows, we might be able to solicit some feed back from the Internet, one never knows, who around the world may stumble on this I am forever being amazed how when I write about a specific subject, little added pieces of the jig saw are teased out from a new source. Thank you again for sharing with me your Plaque story, and I hopefully await a photo. Best regards,
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