£600
A BRIDGE BELL FROM THE FRENCH TORPEDO BOAT AQUILON, 1895
cast in brass with moulded rim and shoulder and inscribed to front in shadow lettering AQUILON / 1895 / AUGUSTIN NORMAND & Cie, complete with clapper and mounted on associated dolphin suspension arm, the bell -- 8 x 7in. (20.3 x 18cm.)
Aquilon was one of three 123-ton 'Filibustier' Class torpedo boats ordered in 1892 and all built by Normand. The first pair - Ariel and Filibustier achieved 25½kts on trials and were superb seacraft. Aquilon was ordered a year later in order to test new-type Normand boilers and achieved a splendid 26.16kts on her trials - and was able to maintain this speed as late as 1905. She was sold in 1919.
Good overall condition.
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