History of St. Peter's Church Bell
The bell was originally the ship’s bell of ‘S.S. ‘Orungal’.
S.S. ‘Orungal’ (ex ‘Fezara’) , an oil-fired turbine steamship of 5,826 tons gross, was built in 1923 by alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd., Glasgow, fo rthe Khedivial Mail Steamship line and was operated in the East Mediterranean and Bosphorus Sea areas until 1927.
Thereafter the vessel was engaged in Australian coastal passenger and cargo service until she ran aground in a heavy fog on a reef off Barwon Heads, outside Port Phillip, in November 1940.
Unfortunately, during salvage operations the vessel caught fire and became a total loss.
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