Ship's bell

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Ship's bell from HMS 'Dreadnought' 1801. With maker's name in raised lettering 'PACK & CHAPMAN OF LONDON FECIT 1778'. Complete with argent and six rectangular section canons. Normal moulding wires from crown, arranged 2, 2-2, 3-2. Two square holes in crown between double canons for false crown staple. Stump of square section, cast-in crown staple remains. Painted black.

'Dreadnought' a Second Rate of 98 guns, launched Portsmouth Dockyard, 13 June 1801. Broken up on 31 March 1857.

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Object Details

ID:	EQA0458
Collection:	Ship equipment; Communications and signalling
Type:	Ship's bell
Display location:	Display - Maritime London Gallery
Creator:	Pack & Chapman
Events:	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels:	Dreadnought (1801)
Date made:	1778
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 590 x 592 mm
Parts:	Ship's bell Display label (EQA0458.1)