Lifeboat fragments
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1982
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0775.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Watercraft America Inc.
- MODEL
- WATERCRAFT
- LOCATION
- Edgewater, Florida, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FIBROUS GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC HULL & COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Marine Transportation
- Category
- Vessels
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Watercraft
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Florida
- City
- Edgewater
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Period
- BETWEEN 1976 & 1982
- Canada
-
ONE OF TWO U.S. COAST GUARD APPROVED LIFEBOATS ABOARD OCEAN RANGER DRILLING RIG. BOAT CONTAINED NO FUEL, PROVISIONS OR OTHER EQUIPMENT AND MANY OF THE SEATBELTS WERE STILL ROLLED-UP ON RECOVERY. BOAT SHOWED NO SIGNS OF HAVING BEEN OCCUPIED (REPORT P.358). 69 OF THE 84-MAN CREW WERE CANADIANS. - Function
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Unknown - Technical
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WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1976, THE OCEAN RANGER WAS THE LARGEST, SELF-PROPELLED SEMISUBMERSIBLE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT IN THE WORLD (REPORT, p.vii) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NUMEROUS MARKINGS ON LIFEBOAT FRAGMENTS PERTAINING TO TENSILE STRENGTH TESTING, ETC. SMALLEST PIECES CONTAINED IN 2 'TECHNITROL LIMITED' ENVELOPES.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- DARK ORANGE COLOURED EXTERIOR - BROWN ON REVERSE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Watercraft America Inc., Lifeboat fragments, before 1982, Artifact no. 1985.0775, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0775.001/
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