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Harpoon Gun related to the vessel Cheynes II


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      Description: Harpoon gun, ex whale chaser Cheynes II. Mounted on pedestal. Intact and fully restored, with harpoon in the barrel. Painted gray with white turkshead OK. on arming handle. Inscription on breech "Knogsberg, Vapenfabrik 1969 No 898". Brass Plate Records: "Kongsberg Norge Hvalkanon". Restored by P C Fowler , Hobart 1994. The bung shown above is part of gun.

Format: realia
Object: harpoons

Titles:
Harpoon Gun related to the vessel Cheynes II

Institution: Maritime Museum of Tasmania

Object number: MMT_A_1996-017

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