Vintage SS Nevasa British Military Troopship Ship Flag Metal Pinback Pin

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Vintage SS Nevasa British Military Troopship Ship Flag Metal Pinback Pin
7/8" in diameter. Unknown spot on the gold circle just above the flag. Might be glue or tape. Not rust.
SS Nevasa, also known as HMT Nevasa, was a British troopship built on the River Clyde, Scotland, in 1955. The ship was the first troopship built since the end of the Second World War and the largest troopship at that time to be built in the United Kingdom.
The ship was laid up in the River Fal from October 1962 to 1965. After this, she became an educational cruise ship, later from 1968 with a sister ship the SS Uganda. The conversion of the ship cost £500,000 and took place in Falmouth, Cornwall. The oil crisis in 1973/74 and its effect on running costs led to the ship's final cruise in December 1974.