Bidspirit auction | HMS Petard Enigma WW2 Navy

HMS Petard Enigma WW2 Navy cover Signed by AS J Simpson who was serving on HMS Petard in this action with U559. Rare number 19 of 24 issued. Petard had the distinction of sinking a submarine from each of the three Axis navies: the German U-559, the Italian Uarsciek and the Japanese I-27. Members of the ship's crew recovered from U-559 a new, four-wheel Enigma cypher machine and the books to go with it, albeit at the cost of the lives of her First Lieutenant and an Able Seaman, both of whom were drowned when the U-boat they were searching sank with them inside. . Good condition Est.