A lovely clean ex Ministry bell with broad arrow mark, clapper and nice thick rope lanyard.
1940 Boom defence vessel, net layer, built by Charles Hill & Sons Bristol.
HMS Herald ships bell that was presented to a the retiring Captain, having been made into a lamp.
The bronze bell from WW 2 Hms Brigand 1937, complete with clanger and lanyard.
HMS J2 (later HMAS J2) was a J-class submarine built for the Royal Navy by HM Dockyard at Portsmouth in Hampshire and launched on 6 November 1915. J2 torpedoed and sank the German submarine U-99 between the Orkney Islands and Norway on 7 July 1917.
The first boat, HMS J4 was commissioned at the height of the war on 17 July 1916 and assigned to the 11th Submarine Flotilla a tBlyth in Northumberland, where it was soon joined by the others.
From the Ferrers Walker Royal Navy Bell Collection Portsmouth
With early crown top and original clanger, this is a very collectable bell.
RMAS Elsing Bell 1970
RMAS KINTERBURY A378 1981 Ships Bell Auxiliary service vessel
