THE SHIP'S BELL FROM THE SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY SHIP T.S.S. ONWARD, CIRCA 1905

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THE SHIP'S BELL FROM THE SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY SHIP T.S.S. ONWARD, CIRCA 1905
in chrome-plated brass, the front with name over a semi-circle and foliate motif, clapper and lanyard -- 16in. (41cm.) high; with framed photograph and historic details
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Lot Essay

The 1,688-ton turbine steamer Onward was built for the South Eastern & Chatham Railway by Denny Bros., Dumbarton in 1905. After her use as a troop-carrier in the First World War, she joined the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company in 1920. In 1921 she was renamed Mona's Isle and used on the Douglas-Dublin service. Converted into an armed boarding vessel during the Second World War, she was damaged at Dunkirk and subsequently used as an anti-aircraft protection ship off the Tyne/Forth area. After the war, she was returned to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, where she remained until she was broken up at Milford Haven in 1948.

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