Ship's bulkhead clock

Ship's bulkhead clock with an enamel dial, Roman numerals, blued steel hands and a subsidiary seconds hand, mounted in a walnut fixing block. The block has a paper label attached which reads, 'This clock was removed from one of the Blockships sunk to form part of the Mulberry Harbour at the Invasion of France on 6 June 1944. The ship was sailed to France and scuttled by Captain J. H. McK. Warner, Charlotte Warner's father'.

These striking clocks were used to sound the ship's 'watches'.

Object Details

ID: ZBA0250
Collection: Timekeeping
Type: Ship's clock
Display location: Display - ROG
Creator: Thomas, Seth
Date made: circa 1900
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London