HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258) - Ship's Bell

Ship's Bell

The Christening Bells Project at CFB Esquimalt's Naval and Military Museum includes information from the ship's bell of HMCS Kootenay (2nd) 1959 - 1995, which was used for baptism of babies onboard ship 1959 - 1988. The bell is currently held by the CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum, Esquimalt, BC.

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