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Description: | A ship's bell used on the HMS Tyne. The bell is made from silver-plated brass and the words 'H.M.S. Tyne 1940' has been impressed onto the bell and painted with the colour red. The bell has a clapper made from steel (cream in colour) which would have been attached to the loop inside the bell the crown at the top of the bell is cream in colour and would have been attached to a bell bracket. Bells were used for various things like signalling, warnings and time keeping issues e.g. changing of the watch.
Part: bell, Material: metal, brass
Part: bell, Material: metal, silver plating
Part: clappers, Material: metal, steel | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.393788 | Go to resource |
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