Commemorative Ship's Bell for the H.M.S. Tiger

Mid-20th century, brass bell with walnut support, the bell engraved "Metal / From / H.M.S. Tiger / Jutland 1916."

DOA 14 x 16 x 7 in.

The HMS Tiger was a battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s. The ship was the most heavily armored British battlecruiser at the start of the First World War in 1914. The ship was assigned to the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron (1st BCS) for the duration of the war and participated in the Battle of Dogger Bank in early 1915, though she did not perform well. Tiger next participated in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where she was only lightly damaged despite suffering many hits by German shells. Apart from providing distant cover during the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917, she spent the rest of the war patrolling the North Sea. The Tiger was decommissioned in 1932.

Minor verdigris and spotting to the brass bell, otherwise good estate condition.