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lifejacket
Made in three padded sections with an oval hole for the neck and two webbing ties. Stencilled inscription: 'BODDY PATENT NO 4 / BACK / FRONT / ADULT OR CHILDS LIFE JACKET / WARRENTED BOARD OF TRADE SURVEY'. From SS 'Naiad' of Liverpool, torpedoed off the Scillies 15 December 1916 while bound for Buenos Aires with a cargo of drainpipes.
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Object Details
| ID: | EQA0122 |
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| Collection: | Ship equipment; Lifesaving and medical equipment |
| Type: | lifejacket |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Boddy Life Saving Appliances Ltd |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Vessels: | Naiad fl.1916 |
| Date made: | circa 1916 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 102 mm x 844 mm x 300 mm |