SS 'Ocean' Viscount builder's plate

Builders plate from one of the lifeboats of SS 'Ocean Viscount'. Inscribed: 'LANE LIFEBOAT & DAVIT CORP, BUILT 9-26-42, Lgth 24' Beam 8' Depth 3.5, 403 Cub Ft, 0-34 Persons, B.W.G. 16, C.F.A.T. 66, Insp. by AL.L.MMI, No11279 NEW YORK. N.Y.' The lifeboat was lost overboard in the Atlantic and washed ashore at Maer Low Beach, Bude, Cornwall Feb 5th 1945.

Object Details

ID: REL0291
Collection: Relics
Type: Builder's nameplate
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Lane Lifeboat & Davit Corp
Vessels: Ocean Viscount fl.1945
Date made: 5 Frb 1945
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 3 mm x 140 mm x 87 mm