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Ship's bell
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.
'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 |
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| 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 |
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