2nd Nov, 2021 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Zephyr)
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[M] A SHIP'S BELL FROM THE FOUR-MASTED BARQUE CORUNNA, 1893
A SHIP'S BELL FROM THE FOUR-MASTED BARQUE CORUNNA, 1893
cast in brass with black-filled lettering with name and date to front, complete with clapper -- 6in. (15.5cm.); mounted in lyre-shaped stand for deck attachment
Corunna was a large (2,256 ton) four-masted barque built by Henderson's of Meadowside (Glasgow); Re-named Epoca in 1917, she was sunk by explosives set by U-93 thirty nautical miles SW of the Gironde carrying steel, oil and general cargo from New York to Bordeaux.
Sold for £868
Estimated at £200 - £300
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
A SHIP'S BELL FROM THE FOUR-MASTED BARQUE CORUNNA, 1893
cast in brass with black-filled lettering with name and date to front, complete with clapper -- 6in. (15.5cm.); mounted in lyre-shaped stand for deck attachment
Corunna was a large (2,256 ton) four-masted barque built by Henderson's of Meadowside (Glasgow); Re-named Epoca in 1917, she was sunk by explosives set by U-93 thirty nautical miles SW of the Gironde carrying steel, oil and general cargo from New York to Bordeaux.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Zephyr), 2nd Nov, 2021
Mercantile (Sail) – 1-92A
Mercantile (Steam) – 93-151
Naval (Sail) – 155-236
Naval (Steam) – 240-340
Navigation & Scientific Instruments – 341-392
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