A BRASS SHIP'S BELL FROM THE S.S. CANNANORE

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A BRASS SHIP'S BELL FROM THE S.S. CANNANORE
the name over a semi-circle with black infilled lettering, clapper and pull -- 11in. (28cm.) high
See illustration

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

The steel steam trawler Cannanore was built by Hall, Russell & Co. at Aberdeen in 1908 but launched as the Cuatro. Originally owned by Sociedad Pescadora Argentina and operating out of Buenos Aires, she was registered at 270 tons gross (100 net) and measured 134 feet in length with a 23 foot beam. Still in her initial ownership in 1914, she was afterwards acquired by the Imperial Russian Navy and put to work as auxiliary minesweeper T.34 in the Arctic Ocean Flotilla. Seized by the Royal Navy in September 1918 and hurriedly renamed Firmaxe, her brief commission ended when she was sold out of the service in May 1920. Purchased by A.M. Jeewanjee of Bombay who renamed her Cannanore [a small town on the Indian south-west coast], she thereafter fished the waters of the Arabian Sea for her few remaining years.