WW2 Royal Navy HMS Ajax America & West Inidies Station Christmas Card

For sale is a WW2 British Royal Navy HMS Ajax America & West Inidies Station Christmas Card. This card was not issued and is not written inside. This Christmas card holds an original photograph of HMS Ajax.

  HMS Ajax was a Leander-class light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, the Battle of Crete, the Battle of Malta and as a supply escort in the siege of Tobruk. This ship was the eighth in the Royal Navy to bear the name. In February 1942, she was adopted by the civil community of Halifax.   As part of Force K, Ajax bombarded Gold Beach during the D-Day invasion; the battery at Longues gave some trouble but was silenced by 6-inch shells through the embrasures of two of the four casemates. She later supported the landings in southern France. Ajax also operated in the Aegean during the reoccupation of Athens and the communist uprising in Greece.   This will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.