This bell belongs to HMCS Griffon. As explained on the plaque the second HMCS Ottawa was briefly named HMS Griffin during the Second World War. Despite the difference in spelling, this is the reason the ship's bell of HMCS Griffon is the ship's bell of HMS Griffin. It is engraved with the names of children baptized on the ship.
Inscription
[plaque/plaque]
SHIP’S BELL
THE SECOND HMCS OTTAWA WAS THE DESTROYER
EX-HMS GRIFFIN WHILE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD WAS
NAMED HMCS GRIFFIN. DESPITE THE DIFFERENCE IN
SPELLING, THIS IS THE REASON THAT THE SHIP’S BELL
OF HMCS GRIFFIN IS THAT OF HMS GRIFFIN
1936
HISTORY – HMS GRIFFIN COMPLETED IN 1936
- COMMISSIONED AS HMCS GRIFFIN ON 20 MAR. 43
- RENAMED HMCS OTTAWA ON 10 APR. 43
- TOOK PART WITH HMCS KOOTENAY IN
DISTRIBUTION OF THREE U-BOATS
- PAID OFF 1 NOVEMBER 1945
[bell/cloche]
H.M.S.
GRIFFIN
1936
LINDA MARGARET GUY – OCT. 26, 1955
EDGAR FREDERICK BULLEN DEC. 17, 1955
A. N. DAVID MORRISON – JUNE 9, 1957
GEORGE EDWARD JENKINS – JUNE 9, 1957
KATHRYN ANNE SKIRRETT – JUNE 9, 1957
ELLEN JOAN SKIRRETT – JUNE 9, 1957
IAN RUSTY SKIRRETT – JUNE 9, 1957
HOWARD GORDON PETER GAMGEE – JUNE 7, 1957
JOHN GAVIN THOMSON – JUNE 9, 1957
SUSAN PATRICIA CAMPBELL – OCTOBER 20, 1957
BARBARA HELEN ECCLES 7 SEPTEMBER 1968
DWAYNE QUENTINE EVANS 26, DEC. 1968
DANIEL JAMES SKAKLIM – FEBRUARY 28, 1971
JENNIFER DIANE ECCLES JANUARY 30, 1972
TYLER STEVEN NEWMAN 17 OCT. 82
PARRY THEODORUS NEWMAN 02 JUL. 86
CASSANDRA THEA NEWMAN 26 JUL. 89
(???) 21 JAN. 91
ISABEL AMANDA SMITH 6 OCTOBER 1996
WILLIAM FLEMING SMITH 02 MAY 1998
GABRIEL NICHOLAS ANTHONY MASTROMATTEO 06 JULY 2001
Visitor information
HMCS Griffon Bell and Plaque
125 Algoma Street North
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Lat. 48.440582
Long. -89.2203805