General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALL WOOD CONSTRUCTION

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

13.5 cm

Height

480.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Vessel parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Newfoundland and Labrador

Period

BETWEEN 1976 & 1982.

Canada

DESPITE ITS SIZE, REPUTATION FOR INVULNERABILITY & REGULATORY CONTROLS OVER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION THE OCEAN RANGER & ALL 84 CREW MEMBERS WERE LOST DURING A STORM FEB. 15, 1982. OF THOSE KILLED 69 WERECANADIANS.

Function

ALL OARS FROM OCEAN RANGER OIL DRILLING PLATFORM. SPECIFIC DESIGNATION(ie. LIFEBOAT, LIFERAFT, ETC.) ABOARD RIG UNKNOWN.

Technical

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

'OCEAN RANGER' STENCILLED IN RELATIVELY SMALL PRINT ON ONE SIDE OF SHAFT/ 'OCEAN RANGER' STENCILLED IN WHITE PAINT ON BOTH SIDES OF BLADE (MUCH OF THIS PAINT IS FADED/ABSENT)/ 'MD 8 (9)/ 82-02-25/ 1100/ M Sabeau' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER NEAR BLADE TIP.

Missing

N/A

Finish

VARNISHED (?) WOOD SHAFT; RED PAINTED BLADE

Decoration

N/A