Ship's Bell
The ship's bell of HMCS Ontario (III) is currently held at HMCS ONTARIO Sea Cadet Summer Training Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The second bell is held by the Maritime Museum of British Columbia. The Christening Bells Project at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt Naval and Military Museum includes includes information from the ship's bell of HMCS Ontario, which was used for baptism of babies onboard ship.
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Famous quotes containing the words ship and/or bell:
“A ship is a bit of terra firma cut off from the main; it is a state in itself; and the captain is its king.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Its quick silver bell beating, beating
And down the dark one ruby flare
Pulsing out red light like an artery,”
—Karl Shapiro (b. 1913)