This commemorative brass bell is currently displayed on the first floor of the New Plymouth District Council civic centre building on Liardet Street, outside the office of the Mayor.
The MV Smit-Lloyd 10 was the support vessel for the Discoverer II oil rig which discovered the Maui gas field in March 1969. Built in the Netherlands in 1966, the 59-metre tug could carry 784 tonnes.
Inscription:
To commemorate the discovery of crude oil in the offshore well Maui 1 the supply ship MV Smit-Lloyd 10 presents her bell to the people of New Plymouth and also honours all those who were associated with the venture March 1969
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