Talk:Ship's bell

message: Sorry, I was wondering if anyone could clarify when exactly a watch began and ended - something that is not quite clear in the article. I.e. does the afternoon watch, for instance, start at 12.00 (immediately after the 8 bells) or at 12.30 (following the first bell), I would assume the former, but would appreciate confirmation by someone who actually knows.
sakkout (talk) 09:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Watch's beginning 

message: I had thought that a ship's bell also had significance as it's soul, with the bell continuing to ring through every emergency, and only ceasing as the ship was to be abandoned.  I also seem to recall instances of the bells of wrecked ships being raised and preserved in cases when the wreck itself could not be recovered.  Anyone who knows better than I want to comment?  --Badger151 16:18, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ship's soul? 

message: I accessed this article to get info on the time of day pattern of ship's bells - thank you, it was very helpful. I am no expert on this subject, so I will not edit.
It appears from your text and the watch table's organization that the traditional watch table has the 18:30, 19:00 & 19:30 times for the last dog watch column shifted into the rows for first bell, two bells and three bells, instead of the rows for five bells, six bells, and seven bells. Jdavis1 (talk) 13:49, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible Error in Traditional Watch Table? 

message: In 1954, when my squadron was sent to Germany, I traveled from Tallahassee, FL to Bremerhaven, Germany on the USS Private Thomas. My recollection is that the intervals were adjusted at night to accommodate the change in time zones. Since we were moving eastward, toward the rising sun, time was compressed by sounding the bells in 25 minute intervals until the appropriate time was achieved. Is this a reasonable resemblance to the truth or just a fanciful memory? John Harvey (talk) 23:14, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bells aboard a moving ship 

message: Why and where does this article need additional citations for verification? What references does it need and how should they be added? Hyacinth (talk) 13:20, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Additional citations

message: What is the difference between the classical and simpler system? Not accounting for the "British usage after the Nore mutiny" variant, they seem to be the same, just described differently. The number of bells is the same for every hour in both tables, only the first one uses 24 hour time and the second one 12 hour time. Matushorvath (talk) 09:34, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The crew on board ship are traditionally divided into two or three watches, though for simplicity let's call them shifts in this note.  If each shift takes its turn, then the shifts never change which watch they stand and for instance the same shift will do the Middle or Night watch (00:00-04:00) every night.  To circumvent this the Dog Watch, stood in the late afternoon is split into two 2-hour watches (first dog and second dog).  Thus there are seven watches per day, and the shifts change around the clock.  In the American system this is not apparent from the bells and it is indeed identical to the simpler system used for "ship's clock" clocks designed for land use.  The British system currently rings 1-2-3-*, 1-2-3-8 so it is clear that they are two different watches.  Prior to the Nore Mutiny they rang 1-2-3-*, 5-6-7-8 which is similar, and possibly identical to, the American system.  See the discussion above as to whether * is 4 or 8. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 08:42, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Classical vs. simpler system

message: I've added "brass or" to "bronze".  Looking at the National Maritime site, the first five bells I checked were made of "metal", (1), bronze (1) and brass (3).  Certainly brass is more common on small boats, can anyone find reliable citations for the metal(s) used? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 14:57, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metal 

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message: Found this beautiful photo of the sailing vessel Roald Amundsen's ship's bell and got written consent from the author to upload and publish it on commons. Since I uploaded it, I don't want to put it in this article, but present it to you, so you can consider using it. Berndxfiedler (talk) 06:36, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ship's Bell Roald Amundsen