HMS Bramble: a wooden commemorative spoon

HMS Bramble: a wooden commemorative spoon. The ovoid bowl inscribed 'HMS BRAMBLE MURMANSK USSR 16.5.42", the tapering handle inscribed "...BY EDINBURGH SURVIVOR", 7.25", (18.5cm) long, together with a Christmas card from HMS Exeter, of gatefold form with embossed crest and ribbon, enclosing monochrome photograph and printed greetings, (2). HMS Bramble was a Halcyon-class minesweeper launched in 1938, and sunk by German ships in 1942 in the Battle of the Barents Sea. The spoon was given to the current owner's father, a serving officer who was relieved of duty and went ashore the night before the sinking of the Bramble resulting in the loss of life of all crew.