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',
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Object Details
ID: | ZBA1266 |
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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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