Bell Of Hms "Fiji"
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A SHIP’S silver bell, bought by the people of Fiji in 1939 for presenta tion to HMS Fiji, arrived back in Suva by the “Taranaki” early in August.
The bell, with other gifts intended for the cruiser, was never formally presented to HMS Fiji, as war broke out before the vessel was completed, and in 1941 she was lost in the Battle for Crete.
The gifts remained in the United King dom during the war, but are now to be kept in the Colony until another Royal Navy ship is named “Fiji.”