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Watch bell
Watch bell HMS 'Ladybird' 1916. 10 5/8 inch diameter. The bell has mouldings on crown and soundbow, solid argent with four equally spaced canons which are rectangular in section and have tapering bases. Soundbow 3/4 inch thick. The bell is incised on the lower waist: 'H.M.S. LADYBIRD' and on the upper waist on reverse side with a broad arrow. Incised inside the bell: 'BAPTISM CARENZA BRIDGET LEE 26.11.36'. The infant was the daughter of the second in command and the vessel was at the time in China.
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Object Details
| ID: | EQA0470 |
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| Collection: | Ship equipment; Communications and signalling |
| Type: | Watch bell |
| Display location: | Display - Sea Things Gallery |
| Vessels: | Ladybird 1916 [HMS] |
| Date made: | circa 1916 |
| People: | Blackburn, John Fulford |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 380 mm x 270 mm x 270 mm x 12 kg |
| Parts: | Watch bell |