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Name Size Where Location Description Remarks Type of Ship Presented to RNZN by St George Church, Gate Admiralty Mar 65 Name Size Where Location Description Remarks Type of Ship Presented to RNZN By St George Church, Gate Admiralty Mar 65. ACHERON Medium Tauranga A Class Submarine Pa Presented to Church RA J.O'C.Ross 4 Jun 67 ACHILLES Medium Portsmouth Royal Naval Museum Brass Leander Class Cruiser Existance tbc. Presented ACHILLES Small Nelson Nelson Boys' College Leander Class Cruiser by CNS ACHILLES Medium Auckland TS ACHILLES Leander Class Cruiser Auckland War 'Silver. Indefinite Loan to ACHILLES Large RNZN Leander Class Cruiser Memorial Museum Museum Nov 67 Presented by Earl Jellicoe King George V Class AJAX Waitaki Boys' High School c1921 Battleship Small brass bell inscribed "HMNZS ARABIS", complete with clapper and rope. This bell was used as a font in the Chapel On loan to Officers of Saint Christopher for many years and has the names of ARABIS Medium RNZN Museum Flower Class Corvette Training School children christened when the bell was in use in this manner. It is unlikely that the clapper and bell rope are those originally in use on board the ship. Presented 1968. At ARBUTUS 1944 Small Wellington TS AMOKURA Flower Class Corvette TOROA from 1956 - c1965 Could not be located 16 Modified Dido Class BELLONA (R) Westport Jun 72 (PH33/3) Cruiser Chapel of St Purchased from Admiralty Modified Dido Class BELLONA 1943 Medium RNZN Christopher By RA Phipps Jul 60 Cruiser Brass, Ship's Engraved "HMS BLACK PRINCE 1943" No Modified Dido Class BLACK PRINCE 1943 Medium Keri Keri St James Church names inscribed inside rim. Conditions for awarding - To be Presented 1968 Cruiser held for display in the Auckland Command Small brass bell comes with/w hanging bracket and clapper. Modified Dido Class BLACK PRINCE 1943 Medium RNZN Museum No. 2 Bell No markings. Said by donor to be Quarter Master's bell. Cruiser Purchased from HMS BLACKPOOL Medium Gisborne City MOD(NAVY) by Lt Cdr GC Whitby Class Frigate Wright 1972 BLACKPOOL Medium Waiheke Is Blackpool School Whitby Class Frigate Small working bell from HMNZS CANTERBURY. Engraved CANTERBURY 1971 Small with 'HMNZS CANTERBURY 1971'. Surplus to requirements after refit in 1990. Ship's bell from HMNZS CANTERBURY (i). Unknown if it was CANTERBURY 1971 the working or ceremonial bell. Believed to have been stolen whilst out on loan. No3 bell from ship. CANTERBURY 1971 Medium RNZN Museum Leander Class Frigate Deposited 9/90 Small bell used in the Petty Officers Mess of HMNZS CANTERBURY inscribed FWD PETTY OFFICERS MESS HMNZS CANTERBURY 1971 CANTERBURY 1978, made and donated by Taff Hughes, comes with hanging bracket and clapper. Purchased by RNZN from Trawler (Minesweeper CERESIO Wellington Hutt Valley High School Admiralty. Sold to School WW II) Apr 50 Presented by RA CHEVRON Medium Collingwood Collingwood School C Class Destroyer Washborne 1966 Areous (sp?) Girls Presented by R.T.Hale COWSLIP Wellington Flower Class Corvette College c1950 Purchased by RNZN from Trawler Murchison District High DALMATIA Murchison Admirlaty. Sold to school (Minesweeper/Danlayer School Apr 50 WW II) Given by owner of vessel Masonic Lodge, DUCHESS Auckland when broken up, but not Ferry (Danlayer WW II) Devonport wanted. Presented to ACNB by ECHUCA 1942 Medium Australia RNZN Sep 66 Wellington Maritime Vessel at Tauranga EMPIRE JANE Small Wellington Tug Museum Museum Medium size brass bell inscribed HMNZS ENDEAVOUR ENDEAVOUR 1956 Medium RNZN Museum 1956, letters painted in red, comes with clapper and bell Antarctic Support Ship rope. No names inscribed inside rim. Brass bell comes with clapper. Marked "FERNWOOD". Lieutenant C.J.Wright DSC RNZNVR had this bell at his FERNWOOD RNZN Museum home in Napier, however no further provenance is available. No names engraved inside rim. Purchased by RNZN from FREEDOM Tauranga Tauranga Sea Cadets Admiralty Aug 60. Tug ex ROCKGLEN Presented cOct 61 GAMBIA (R) Medium Auckland TS GAMBIA Presented 1968 Mauritius Class Cruiser Large cruiser size bell marked "HMS GAMBIA 1941" on Presented to RNZN by GAMBIA 1941 Large RNZN Museum front and on reverse, all painted in red. comes with clapper Mauritius Class Cruiser Admiralty Mar 65 and bell rope. Nickle plated. Crack around rim. Presented Jul 68. Also HAWEA Medium Dunedin TS WAIREKA Loch Class Frigate engraved NLTS WAIREKA Presented by Cdre JAB HAWEA Small Invercargill City Lewis on 50th Anniversary Lake Class Patrol Craft RNZN Sep 91 Medium size chromed bell inscribed "HMNZS HAWEA" and used on the Loch class frigate of the name. A replica of the HAWEA (Not Dated) Medium RNZN Museum ship's bell was cast and presented to the RSA in Westport after the 1951 strike. No names inscribed inside rim. Small brass bell marked "H.M.M.G.B. 703". From a motor gun boat. Removed from vessel when it was broken up in Tuff Brothers yard on the Thames after the war by Mr Alan HMMGB 703 Small RNZN Museum MGB 703 Owens, the accountant for the firm, who in turn gave it to Mrs Bull when they both lived in Sydney. Clapper & rope removed from bell, December 2014. Wellington Maritime HMML 400 Small Wellington Fairmile ML Museum Ex MV NGAROMA (1992). HMML 402 Small Fullers Ferries To be displayed in Fairmile ML `museum' in due course Presented 1968 to Royalist Sea Rangers HMML 403 Small Auckland Girl Guides Association Wanganui. To Girl Guides Fairmile ML Ass. Auckland 1991 for Boating centre. Brass bell from HMT PROMISE. Engraved with the word HMT PROMISE Small RNZN Museum Donated 1989 Tug 'PROMISE' only. No names engraved inside rim. Small brass bell comes with /w hanging bracket and clapper. Marked "H.M.M.T.B. 772". Lieutenant C.J.Wright DSC RNZNVR was in command of this vessel during 1944-45 HMMTB 772 Small RNZN Museum and won the DSC in this period. When the vessel paid off Lt Wright is reputed to have said that Commanding Officers could take small mementos. Forms part of Personal Collection EZW 0024. Presented by RA Phipps Scottish Isles Class INCHKEITH Medium Inglewood Inglewood High School Jun 58 Minesweeper Brass bell from HMNZS INVERELL with clanger and bell Bathurst Class INVERELL Medium RNZN Museum rope. Engraved with 'INVERELL 1942' No names inscribed Minesweeper inside rim. Bell from HMNZS IRIRANGI. Brass with red painted top and lettering. The underside of the rim has been inscribed with IRIRANGI RNZN Museum the names of the children christened on board the ship. See 'documentation' window for a link to the file listing all the names. Brass bell HMS JAMES COSGROVE 1918 (inscription painted red), there is the number '4' inscribed on the bracket head. The bell comes with a clapper and is attached to a wall Trawler (Minesweeper JAMES COSGROVE 1918 Small RNZN HMNZS OLPHERT mount. The internal is painted red, no engraving on the To OLPHERT Mar 56 WW II) rim. No bell rope. To be retained by HMNZS OLPHERT, if no longer required the bell is to be returned to the National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Chrome bell from HMNZS KAHAWAI with engraved lettering painted black. Currently had a black metal bracket KAHAWAI Small RNZN Museum HDML attached, no clapper and a white and green rope hanging from the bell, these are not original. Presented Dec 67. Cracked 1974. Padre KANIERE 1948 Medium Auckland St Stephens School Harry Taylor was school Loch Class frigate chaplain and organised the presentation Brass bell from HMNZS KIAMA with bracket, clapper and rope. The inside edge of the rim is inscribed with the Bathurst Class KIAMA Medium RNZN Museum names of the children who where christened on board ship. Minesweeper See 'documentation' window for the link to the list of names. Devon Intermediate Scottish Isles Class KILLIEGRAY New Plymouth Presented Mar 58 School Minesweeper Loaned to Cdr G.Bridson KIWI Medium HMNZS NGAPONA for lifetime. Deposited by Bird Class Corvette him at NGAPONA May 68 Lyttlelton Maritime L 1 Medium Lyttlelton L Class Submarine Museum Ceremonial brass bell from HMNZS LACHLAN. The following is typed on the Blue book page and may relate to names LACHLAN Medium RNZN Museum engraved inside the Bell (?): S.M. R. Munro 13/5/62, F. W. Survey ship Munro 1968, H. P. N. Munro 1968, A. C. Vickers 1969 No names inscribed inside rim. Presented to Blind Int. AK Engraved with HMS LAUREL 1915. Bell has name by Earl Jellicoe c1921. To "REGAUNTLET 1913" crossed out on the reverse side. HMS LAUREL Small RNZN Museum RNZN Museum 1997. Destroyer WW I Passes to the MSM by the Blind Institute. Comes with HMS RED GAUNTLET 1913 clanger. No names inscribed inside rim. crossed out on reverse. Purchased by RNZN 1950. Royal New Zealand LEANDER Large Auckland Sold to Mr Lagan for Leander Class Cruiser Yacht Squadron RNZYS for £45 Adm Sir Maxwell LEITH Grimsby Class Sloop Richmond MAENAD Auckland Ex RN Association Presented Feb 61 Algerine Class Sloop Purchased by RNZN from MAMELUKE Auckland New Lynn High School Admiralty. Sold to school Algerine Class Sloop Apr 50 Chrome working bell from HMNZS MANGA with engraved MANGA 1960 Small RNZN Museum HDML lettering painted red. Large Ceremonial Bell Impressed HMNZS MONOWAI 1976, On RNZN Museum charge. MONOWAI Medium Gisborne RSA engraved on the rim with the names of persons christened Loan to City arranged by onboard. Complete with clapper and bell rope. CNS. Ceremonial brass bell from HMNZS MONOWAI with clanger and bell rope. Engraved with 'MONOWAI 1976' lettering MONOWAI II RNZN Museum painted red. Engraved with names inside the rim from 1977 to 1985. See 'documentation' window for a link to the list of names and images. Presented to RNZN by Admiralty Aug 60. TS NIMROD Sea Cadet Obtained in belief that it Reserve Fleet Accounting NEPTUNE Unit came from cruiser.
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