HMS Hermes Teak ballpoint pen. Pewter with slightly rounded corners

with slightly rounded corners

The pen features Gunmetal coloured fittings which perfectly compliment the wood

a black one is installed in the pen ready to use

This is where the fixing nails went through the wood on the gratings

The brass flange is held in place with glue and copper through pin

HMS Hermes Teak ballpoint pen. Pewter with slightly rounded cornersHMS Hermes (R12) Ballpoint pen Stunning Ballpoint pen handmade in Teak removed from HMS Hermes during the dismantling work being carried out in India. HMS Hermes was in service with the Royal Navy from 1959 to 1984. Famously serving as the flagship during the Falklands war in 1982. She was decommissioned in 1984 and sold to be used by the Indian Navy in 1986. She was renamed to INS Viraat and served until 2017. Following a number of failed attempts to