The bell from the German ship Rhein.

TODAY in KEY WEST HISTORY / December 11, 19401940 Even though the United States would not enter World War II for another year the war came close to Key West when the British Navy sunk the German merchant ship Rhein about 45 miles west of the Dry Tortugas.

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