General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

WOOD

Dimensions

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

Length

145.0 cm

Width

50.0 cm

Height

81.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Models

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Bassett Lowke

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Northampton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

ONE OF THE SCIENTISTS ON BOARD THE CHALLENGER WAS CANADIAN BORN JOHN MURRAY. HE EDITED THE 50 PUBLISHED VOLUMES OF THE RESULTS THAT THE EXPEDITION PRODUCED, AND WROTE THE THEN STANDARD TEXT FOR OCEANOGRAPHY ENTITLED 'THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN'.

Function

DISPLAY

Technical

WOODEN STEAMER WITH AUXILIARY SAIL. ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A CORVETTE (SMALL, THREE MASTED WARSHIP CARRYING BETWEEN 10 & 20 GUNS), THEN CONVERTED INTO A FLOATING LABORATORY. IN THE CONVERSION, 20 GUNS WERE REMOVED, ACCOMODATIONS FOR THE SCIENTISTS & THEIR LABS WERE PROVIDED, AND THE DREDGING PLATFORM INSTALLED FROM WHICH THE DREGES AND TRAWLS COULD BE LOWERED AND RAISED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

none apparent

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A