A mounted ship's bell, CS The Cable, Scottish, 1935
A mounted ship's bell, CS The Cable, Scottish, 1935,
the 8in(20cm) diameter brass bell with infilled lettering, on a horseshoe bracket, with clapper and lanyard. Together with a small collection of photographs, crew of The Cable and the vessel stranded. 9.5x8x15in(24x20x38cm)
Built in 1924 by Alexander Stephen & Co. at Glasgow for the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, London, the cable laying ship The Cable was stranded and wrecked off Saigon on the 29th October 1935. Her remains were sold for scrap in the following March.
A mounted ship's bell, CS The Cable, Scottish, 1935,
the 8in(20cm) diameter brass bell with infilled lettering, on a horseshoe bracket, with clapper and lanyard. Together with a small collection of photographs, crew of The Cable and the vessel stranded. 9.5x8x15in(24x20x38cm)
Built in 1924 by Alexander Stephen & Co. at Glasgow for the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, London, the cable laying ship The Cable was stranded and wrecked off Saigon on the 29th October 1935. Her remains were sold for scrap in the following March.
