Mirror, signalling
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0770.013
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 13
- Total Parts
- 28
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.1 cm
- Width
- 10.1 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
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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
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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
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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
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INSTRUCTIONS PRINTED ON PAPER LABEL GLUED TO MIRROR/ ALL NORSE TEXT, AS FOLLOWS: ‘SIGNALSPEILET/ Godkjent av Sjofartsdirek-toratet. Pat. anm./ BRUKSANVISNING/ 1. Hold Speilet ca. 20 cm fra oyet med denne side mot/ Dem, og sikt-gjennom speilet langs overkant au sikte-apningens smaleste ende mot malet./ 2. Strekk ut den andre handen 1 sikteretningen, loft tom-/ melfingeren noe opp og bring dens topp til a tangere/ siktelinjen./ 3. Snu deretter pa speilet slik at overkant av det fra/ speilets sikteapning reflekterte skyggebilde tapgerer/ topp av tommelfingeren. De reflekterte solstraler fra/ speilet gar nu i sikteretningen./ OSC. STORM-LARSEN, Sandefjord. TIF. 6 28 32' [NB: loose label removed for storage in Supp. Info. file in Fall, 2010]
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- SQUARE-SHAPED HAND MIRROR, FOR DAYLIGHT SIGNALING/ TRIANGULAR OPENING NEAR BASE/ FAIR CONDITION/ FROM #2 LIFEBOAT
- Decoration
- N/A
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