Bells from Warships

Waipawa Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue 149, 7 September 1928, Page 1 (Supplement)

Bells from Warships

In a recent order the British Admiralty announced that it had decided to dispose of about 60 bells which are surplus to requirements. No bell will be sold, however, until three months after the order authorising its disposal, so that officers serving abroad who have a personal claim for consideration should have an opportunity to apply. The bells will be sold for £5 apiece to any naval and civil officers, naval establishments, or R.N.V.R. divisions.

Most of the bells are from ships which were engaged in naval actions during the war- The “Jutland bells" to be sold include those from, the Ajax, Conius, Constance, Moorson, Mounsey, Morris, Mons, Morning Star, Mystic, Obdurate, and Obedient. The bells of ships engaged in the Dardanelles include those of the Jackal, Renard, and Savage. The list also includes the bells of several submarines.