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OBJECT TYPE: signalling
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0770.020

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 20
Total Parts: 28
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER/ PLASTIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 35.3 cm
Width: 23.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Marine Transportation
Category: Miscellaneous
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 WAS LOST DURING A STORM FEB. 15, 1982. OF THOSE KILLED 69 WERE CANADIANS.
Function: ITEMS CARRIED ABOARD OCEAN RANGER LIFEBOATS SPECIFICALLY, & TYPICAL OF ANY LIFEBOAT EQUIPMENT. THIS COLLECTION OF ITEMS IS NOT COMPLETE, BUT .21 'OCEAN RANGER LIFEBOAT CHECK LIST' DOES INVENTORY FULL COMPLEMENT TO BE CARRIED. KIT INCLUDES FIRST AID ITEMS, RATIONS, TOOLS & SIGNALING EQUIPMENT.
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: EXTENSIVE TEXT ACCOMPANIES ILLUSTRATIONS. ENGLISH & NORSE TEXT. TEXT INCLUDED: ‘Rescue Signal Table/ FOR USE ON LIFEBOATS/ AND LIFE RAFTS'; ‘Replies from life-saving stations or maritime rescue units to distress signals made/ by a ship or person'; and ‘Landing signals for the guidance of small boats with crews or persons in distress'. Signals are provided for day and night signaling, for the following message: ‘You are seen - assistance will be given as soon as possible'; ‘This is the best place to land'; ‘Landing here highly dangerous'; and ‘Landing here highly dangerous. A more favourable location for landing is in the direction indicated.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: OVERSIZE DOCUMENT, ENCAPSULATED IN HEAVY-GAUGE PLASTIC/ IN VERY GOOD CONDITION/ FROM #2 LIFEBOAT
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Chart, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0770, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1985.0770.020/

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