A ship's bell is used to indicate the time aboard a ship and hence to regulate the sailors' duty watches. The bell itself is usually made of brass or bronze and often has the ship's name engraved or cast on it. The ship's cook (or his staff) traditionally has the job of shining the ship's bell.
Read more about Ship's Bell: Timing of Duty Periods, Other Uses, Name of The Ship, Number of Bells, Cook and Boatswain, Baptizing Children
Famous quotes containing the words ship and/or bell:
“I would rather not see such winds subside, which carry your slow ship away, although they leave me, cast down, on an empty shore, often, with clenched hand, calling you cruel.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)
“The one who should remove the bell is the one who hung it up.”
—Chinese proverb.