Museum.

In a recent ceremony, the battle honours of Second World War warship HMS Bermuda were handed over to museum chief Mr. Paul Leseur by the Captain of HMS Brave .

Mr. Leseur said: "We are delighted to have this item because we already have the ship's bell.'' The battle honours -- a teak plaque surmounted by the ship's crest and listing engagements it took part in -- were given to the museum for safekeeping by owner Mr. T.W. Ferrers-Walker.

The ship, a Colony class cruiser, was commissioned during the war, survived the hositilites and was finally broken up in the 60s.

Mr. Russell Southern, who retired last year as the Island's assistant director of Marine and Ports, is believed to be the only Bermuda resident who served on the ship.

He joined the cruiser in 1961 as a young Lieutenant and was on board when it was sent to Sierra Leone to join the country's independence celebrations.

The battle honours were previously on show at the Naval museum in Portsmouth, England, until Mr. Ferrers-Walker decided that they should join the ship's bell at the Dockyard museum.

The battle honours were handed over to Mr. Leseur by Capt. C.A. Johnston-Burt of the Brave in a ceremony at the Maritime Museum.

MR. RUSSELL SOUTHERN -- Served on warship HMS Bermuda .