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Searchlight wheel
A wheel from a searchlight elevating gear on a wooden mount with rubber feet and a suspension cord at one end. An attached brass plate is inscribed: WHEEL BELONGING TO ELEVATING GEAR OF A GIGANTIC SEARCHLIGHT USED BY THE GERMANS ON THE MOLE AT ZEEBRUGGE 1918'.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0692 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Searchlight elevating gear |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Germany |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 102 mm; Diameter: 260 mm |