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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

The Ship's Bell for

HMCS OKANAGAN

    

The bell for HMCS OKANAGAN is located at the Penticton Museum & Archives, Penticton, British Columbia

 

Photos courtesy of Julie H. Ferguson

 

Names engraved on this bell

Prepared by Julie H. Ferguson, August 27, 2019

 

Thomas Frederick Mackay 15 Sep 1968
Sarah Jane Miller 9 Apr 1969
Wayne Frank Burry 16 May 1970 (note: 1)
Simon Carrol Andrew Cairns 27 Jun 1971
Nicola Ann Glover 11 Jul 1971
Dorothy Ada Blagdon 3 Oct 1971
Lori Anne Margaret Robinson 10 Sep 1972
Trevor Ford Cameron 28 Jan 1973
Richard Neil Schneider 6 Jun 1976

Sarah Lynn Hillier 11 Jun 1978

Catherine Veronica Estabrooks 3 May 1981
Angel Marie Carbury 12 Jul 1981
Matthew Thomas Dillon 24 May 1987
William Gordon Muir 22 May 1993
Alexander David Clearwater 30 Jul 1995
Mark Cameron Taylor 22 May 1996
William Jacob Clearwater 4 Aug 1996
Andre William Pratt 22 Dec 1997

 

Note: (1) The date for the baptism of Wayne Frank Burry is engraved on the bell as 16 May 1970, however he was born in the fall of 1970, so it is likely that the date that should have been engraved on the bell is 16 May 1971.

 

 

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