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Life Raft Fragment

Specifications

Life Raft Fragment

Category

Military

Classification

CHENHALL - Distribution & Transportation Objects - Water Transportation Equipment - Watercraft - Vessel, Emergency - Lifeboat - Raft, Life

Object Origin
Date Manufactured:

c. 1940

Place of Production:

Germany

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Rectangular fragment of yellow life raft from the U-505. Text is printed in black on the front of the fragment. The reverse side is black.

Materials:

rubber

metal

Marks: “Bootsriemen durch Ruderdolle stecken / und durch Gummischlaufe sichern”

Measurements: Object:
    Length: 2 in, Width: 9.5 in

Credit

Gift of William C. Chapman, SOM 2-C., 1999.14.2

Display Status

On Exhibit

Life Raft Fragment

About: Life Raft Fragment

About: Life Raft Fragment

This is a fragment of a German lifeboat reading “Put the boat strap through the oarlock and pull it through the rubber loop” in German.

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