Launching bottle

Green glass bottle (broken), covered with rope work and tied with red and blue ribbons. In glass-topped wooden box with the lid secured by brass screws. On a brass plate on the side of the box: 'CHRISTENING BOTTLE S.S. "OCEAN STRENGTH" MRS HENRY P. GIBBS SPONSOR JUNE 14TH 1942. TODD-BATH IRON SHIPBUILDING CORP SOUTH PORTLAND MAINE',

Object Details

ID: ZBA1266
Type: Bottle
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Ocean Strength 1942
Date made: 1942
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Box: 345 x 100 x 102 mm
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