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Also known as Nautical signal bell, signal bell, Nautical bell, ship bell

bell made for use on a ship

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Encyclopedic overview

Bell from RMS Titanic An underwater archaeologist with the Lighthouse Archaeological Maritime Program in St. Augustine, Florida, recording the ship's bell discovered on the 18th-century Storm Wreck

A ship's bell is a bell on a ship that is used for the indication of time as well as other traditional functions. The bell itself is usually made of brass or bronze, and normally has the ship's name engraved or cast on it.

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