The
ship's bell was ringing for us; a guitar in the background burlesqued the Wedding March under skinny fingers; the air was poisoned by a million cigarettes, they raised a pall of smoke above the mastheads, they set fire to the ship; smoke and flame covered the sea from rim to rim, smoke and flame filled the universe; the sea dried up, and I was left lying in its bed, lying in my coffin, with red-hot teeth, because the sun blazed right above them, and my withered lips were drawn back from them for ever.
His work - including a commission to copy the original Mary Rose
ship's bell - continued to be fruitful.
The
ship's bell of a German battleship will return to Orkney to toll over the watery graveyard of the biggest single loss of shipping in one day.
Within this wreck off the coast of Oman were two items that would enter the history books: Mearns and his team found a
ship's bell and an astrolabe -- a device used by sailors to plot the directions of their voyages -- which were later confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the oldest of their kind currently in existence.
Guinness World Records have independently certified the astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese armada ship, that was part of Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India in 1502-1503, as the oldest in the world and have separately certified the
ship's bell (dated 1498) recovered from the same site also as the oldest in the world.
Another displays the
ship's bell and a life ring from the S.S.
The
ship's bell went to the Vicar of St Sampson's church in upper Grangetown where the boys of the Havannah used to sing in the choir.
Leaders from different faith groups gathered to ring 100 times a
ship's bell located on the premises to coincide with the ringing of bells from Westminster Abbey and churches throughout the UK as well as on Royal Navy ships in port in Bahrain.
The chimes of the Chelsea Clock
Ship's Bell, originally designed and patented in 1898, have long alerted U.S.
The christening font normally found in a church ceremony was replaced by an upturned
ship's bell from the lifeboat and was held by volunteer second coxswain Ian Black.
Although modern ships have modern 24-hour clocks, in earlier times, a
ship's bell was used to indicate passing time, during a ship's watch, instead of using hours.
It is hoped the
ship's bell and numbering on its boilers will soon be found which will give confirmation over the wreckage.
ship's bell - (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.