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Merilyn Flag Box


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      Date: 1921 -

Description: Wooden box, divided into 16 compartments for storage of ship's signal flags. Intact catch and screw holes for hinges indicate a door, now missing. Exterior painted aqua and brown. One corner damaged. The box came from auxiliary motor vessel Merilyn, wrecked off Goose Island, November 24, 1958.

Format: realia
Object: wooden boxes
Material: wood (material)

Titles:
Merilyn Flag Box

Subjects: shipwrecksflagssignals & signalling

People/Orgs: Merilyn (vessel)

Places: Goose Island, Furneaux group, Tasmania

Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.

Object number: FHR_00258

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