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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0291 |
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| 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 |
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