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Piece of sawn timber from S S Turakina

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human history
  • Description

    Piece of sawn timber from S S Turakina

    "sawn timber block (railing?) TL 18.0cm (7.5x6.5); labelled wreckage from "SS Turakina" sunk by German raider in Tasman Sea 300 mls off NZ coast; 2 January 1941" [maritime register]

  • Accession Number
    1969.135
  • Other Id

    41891 (ethnology)

    mar.387 (maritime)

    W3233 (war)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    Scars on the Heart

Images and documents

Artefact

  • Display location

    Scars on the Heart

  • Associated Notes

    Piece of sawn timber from S S Turakina

    "sawn timber block (railing?) TL 18.0cm (7.5x6.5); labelled wreckage from "SS Turakina" sunk by German raider in Tasman Sea 300 mls off NZ coast; 2 January 1941" [maritime register]

  • Associated Event
    WW2; 1939-1945
  • Associated Person

     Turakina

  • Period

    World War 2/Wars

  • Media

    wood/plant material

  • Measurement Reading

    184.2 x 101.6 x 66.68mm

  • Classification

    Fragment

    10 Unclassifiable Artifacts

  • Last Update
    16 Jun 2023
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