The Ebba Brahe and its Bell
We have a ship's bell as a
dinner Gong! See a better photo at http://members.aol.com/SMartinBSc/men.html
From the Ebba Brahe built
for P. Valin in Quebec Canada in 1853
Is a similar ship to the Ebba Brahe but I cannot find any illustrations of the actual ship in Canadian or British Archives.
She worked for the Liverpool firm of JS De Wolf and Son performing emigrant trips
1857 Arrival in Victoria http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=4 Just Insert "Ebba Brahe" in the place for ship in the request.
She was later owned by an Anglesey firm
She became leaky and was sold in Port Louis, Mauritius
She ended her life as a Hulk in Calcutta, India
How the Bell ended up in the possession of Irvine Burgess of Liverpool can only be speculated - perhaps an unpaid rent?
(c) Simon Martin, Last Updated 25 February 2003