This is a totally rare broken section of large wooden deck timber which was either part of the deck support or a mounting used to secure equipment on the deck .The part has to large bolt holes.
The section is 7 inches long by 2 half inches wide it is still very solid not braking up or falling apart it has been burnt in a fire probably when the ship was hit.The part has been completely dried out over the years it is in excellent condition solid, well-preserved, and carefully cleaned making it ideal for display or as part of a collection. The deck timber was used on the German battleship Tirpitz and was recovered in 1974 from the lake bed where the battleship sunk at Kaafjord in Norway on 12th November 1944.The china plate comes with 2 X A5 laminated information cards with pictures of the broken section and diagram.
This section of wood was recovered with Kriegsmarine crockery, bottles and other items were recovered by Peter Cornish of the British Sub-Aqua club, who successfully masterminded the recovery of the bow section of the British midget submarine X-7 from Kaafjord in Norway. During the search for the submarine in 1974 the British Sub-Aqua club found two huge mounds of broken crockery, bottles, and other items one from either side of the Tirpitz were discovered on the bed of the lake.
The X-7 Submarine was sunk in September 1943 during an unsuccessful attack on the Tirpitz although several mines carried by the X-7 detonated the ship did not sink. The concussion from the explosions did however break most of the crockery and other items carried onboard and it was dumped overboard after the attack and some of the items ended up of the lakebed after she was sunk.
This is a totally rare broken section of large wooden deck timber which was either part of the deck support or a mounting used to secure equipment on the deck .The part has to large bolt holes.
The section is 7 inches long by 2 half inches wide it is still very solid not braking up or falling apart it has been burnt in a fire probably when the ship was hit.The part has been completely dried out over the years it is in excellent condition solid, well-preserved, and carefully cleaned making it ideal for display or as part of a collection. The deck timber was used on the German battleship Tirpitz and was recovered in 1974 from the lake bed where the battleship sunk at Kaafjord in Norway on 12th November 1944.The china plate comes with 2 X A5 laminated information cards with pictures of the broken section and diagram.
This section of wood was recovered with Kriegsmarine crockery, bottles and other items were recovered by Peter Cornish of the British Sub-Aqua club, who successfully masterminded the recovery of the bow section of the British midget submarine X-7 from Kaafjord in Norway. During the search for the submarine in 1974 the British Sub-Aqua club found two huge mounds of broken crockery, bottles, and other items one from either side of the Tirpitz were discovered on the bed of the lake.
The X-7 Submarine was sunk in September 1943 during an unsuccessful attack on the Tirpitz although several mines carried by the X-7 detonated the ship did not sink. The concussion from the explosions did however break most of the crockery and other items carried onboard and it was dumped overboard after the attack and some of the items ended up of the lakebed after she was sunk.
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