Service
The Lanchester gave good service to the Royal Navy throughout the war and for some decades after. The last examples left Royal Naval service in the 1970s and are now collectors' items.
A large number of Lanchesters were subsequently sold off to foreign nations. These are often marked with carry two broad arrows – point-to-point (appearing as a six-pointed star) – stamped just before the serial number. This symbol is sometimes accompanied by the letter ’S’ and denotes "Sold out of Service".
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Famous quotes containing the word service:
“The socialism of our day has done good service in setting men to thinking how certain civilizing benefits, now only enjoyed by the opulent, can be enjoyed by all.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The gods’ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)
“I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look, begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)