29th Apr, 2025 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (INFLEXIBLE)
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[M] THE BELL FROM H.M. SUBMARINE 'H41', 1918
THE BELL FROM H.M. SUBMARINE H41, 1918
cast in brass and lacquered, inscribed in black-filled lettering SUBMARINE. / H41. / OCT 17, 1918. / WHAT I HAVE I HOLD., moulded rim and shoulder, ebonised crown top, inscribed '2123', clapper staple (lacking clapper) -- 8½in. (21.5cm.) high
Forty-three 'H' Class were built by various yards abroad and at home between 1915 and 1919. Displacing 423 long tons, they were popular with their crews of 22 despite equal numbers being sunk to the enemy as to dockyard accidents at four apiece. Built by Armstrong Whitworth, H41 was one of the latter four when she was drawn under the propellers of H.M.S. Vulcan which was testing her boilers in Blyth Dockyard basin on the 18th of October 1919 and pierced her pressure hull -- just a year after she was launched. She was sold for breaking in March 1920.
Sold for £1,488
Estimated at £250 - £350
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
THE BELL FROM H.M. SUBMARINE H41, 1918
cast in brass and lacquered, inscribed in black-filled lettering SUBMARINE. / H41. / OCT 17, 1918. / WHAT I HAVE I HOLD., moulded rim and shoulder, ebonised crown top, inscribed '2123', clapper staple (lacking clapper) -- 8½in. (21.5cm.) high
Forty-three 'H' Class were built by various yards abroad and at home between 1915 and 1919. Displacing 423 long tons, they were popular with their crews of 22 despite equal numbers being sunk to the enemy as to dockyard accidents at four apiece. Built by Armstrong Whitworth, H41 was one of the latter four when she was drawn under the propellers of H.M.S. Vulcan which was testing her boilers in Blyth Dockyard basin on the 18th of October 1919 and pierced her pressure hull -- just a year after she was launched. She was sold for breaking in March 1920.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (INFLEXIBLE), 29th Apr, 2025
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ORDER OF SALE :
Mercantile Sail: lots 1-47
Mercantile Steam: lots 49-129
Naval Sail: lots 135-197
Naval Steam: lots 200-291
Navigation & Scientific Instruments: lots 292-307
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