salvaged fluked kedge (aka "Yachtsman") anchors |
Anchors, Anchor Chain,
Propellers & Capstans
(CLICK HERE): |
painted kedge yachtsman anchor |
a great
double sheaved pair of pulleys |
Block
Pulleys
(CLICK HERE):
Most have been reconditioned, stripped and polished. These come to us
in a variety of sizes, some with hooks, eyes, beckets, etc and some without.
Single wheeled, double sheaved (wheels) and occasionally a triple or more here and
there...
...and deadeyes.
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double sheaved block pulleys |
Sig. Bergesen crockery |
Crockery
(CLICK HERE):
Salvaged from ships - all original from oceangoing vessels...
Dinnerware (cups,
plates, saucers, bowls) bearing each line’s unique House Flag emblem
**We hand pick
all our crockery during our annual buying trips, so these batches
only come in once a year and specialty pieces (mugs, egg cups, serving
pieces) are in demand...
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Doors
(CLICK HERE):
All of our ship doors are salvaged from
actual ships
- passenger, ferry, yacht, merchant marine, etc. They have a round or
square window and typically come with the frame and hardware, but not
always. We only receive a few in each
shipment. |
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salvaged Alfa signal flag |
Flags:
a SEA of salvaged maritime
country, signal and pennant flags |
salvaged Zulu
signal flag |
manual pump
foghorn |
Foghorns & Bells
(CLICK HERE):
manual pump foghorns (aka "manual whistles),
pneumatic horns, and sirens |
Norwegian pattern
rotary manual foghorn |
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Grates,
Hatch Covers & decking / flooring
(CLICK HERE):
Used as flooring, grates were made from hard or soft wood depending on the budget of the
ship.
Hatch covers (aka hatch boards or beams) are typically long, heavy, solid slabs of wood
with two carved out hand holds. |
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solid brass cast cleats 10" long |
Hardware, Cleats & Cannons
(CLICK HERE):
Barrels, belaying pins, bitts, bollards,
cannons (and other swords or weaponry), cleats, deck prisms, electrical
switches/receptacles, fids, oar lock hooks, shackles, speaking tubes, etc... |
salvaged iron line cannon, NYC mfr |
Szczecin Shipyard Poland 1976
builder's plate |
Hull Plates / Builder Plates, Ship logos, Name
Boards
(CLICK HERE):
All our brass and aluminum builder's plates
/ hull plates
are salvaged from ships, the actual dock or
a shipyard. Many have the date and hull number of a particular ship,
some feature graphics, logos or special unique images.
Logos and Name boards are salvaged from ships and bear the vessel name
and/or flag (emblem/logo) |
Sabine Towing Company, Houston TX salvaged
name board |
Polish inclinometer |
Instruments: Clinometers / Inclinometers,
Rudder Angle Indicators
& Trim Indicators
(CLICK HERE):
used to
measure the list of
a ship in
still water and the roll in rough water
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aluminum inclinometer by Kelvin Hughes |
1943 C. Plath sextant |
Instruments: Navigational
(CLICK HERE):
Anemometers, Barometers,
Chronometers, Clocks, Gauges, Manual Heading Indicators, Octants, optical tools (binoculars, telescopes), RPM
gauges, Sextants, Stadimeters,
ship logs / taffrail logs - all
salvaged from ships.
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French manufactured barometer
salvaged manual heading indicator |
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Instruments: Sound
Powered Ship Telephones
(CLICK HERE):
Ship phones are a rare find and
each is one-of-a-kind... |
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salvaged ship's keyboxes |
Keyboxes
(CLICK HERE):
All salvaged from merchant marine vessels, these
range in size and condition... Great display for lure collections or keeping
all the family's keys in one place! |
salvaged double panel keybox |
salvaged ship handrails |
Ladders,
Stairs & Handrails
(CLICK HERE):
All from ships: cabin bunk ladders, pilot /
Jacob's ladders, railing, mahogany hand rail and caprails... |
ship staircase |
lifering from the "Alex King" of Panama |
Lifesaving
Devices:
(CLICK HERE):
all salvaged:
liferings (ring buoy, life ring, life preserver,
lifesaver), lifeboat
oars, retrieval poles, etc... |
salvaged wooden lifeboat oars |
salvaged galvanized ship lanterns w/ Fresnel lenses |
Lights & Lanterns
(CLICK HERE):
Salvaged from merchant marine and cruise ships,
lighting on board varied in size, material (galvanized steel, brass, copper,
aluminum), and type (electric running lights, oil burning lanterns, etc.)
Large sized copper and brass salvaged fox lights / cargo lights. |
salvaged brass
passageway lights |
Polynesian boat converted to a bench |
Reclaimed boats:
Boatwood
Furniture, Accessories, Rudders
(CLICK HERE):
We get actual small boats and the occasional dinghy as well as salvaged
dugouts and outriggers that have been converted to furniture.
Salvaged rudders make
artistic wall features.
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boat rudder |
salvaged hand woven rope fender |
Rope / Line & Fishing tools: Fenders, Bumpers,
Nets, Traps:
(CLICK HERE):
Anything made with rope (line): rope fenders/bumpers, wood buoys, raw line (cable), fishing and cargo nets, hand
woven day markers / day shapes, lobster cars, float lines, Maine lobster traps,
crab traps, oyster pots, etc...
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1" gauge salvaged line |
Swedish ship's exit placard |
Salvage
as ART
(CLICK HERE):
Salvaged art and remnants from cruise ships,
sounding boards, original deck plans and blueprints |
framed
original deck plan / blueprint "City of Erie" |
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Steamer Trunks
and
Cargo Crates / boxes
(CLICK HERE):
Steamer trunks from
the British Raj when Great Britain occupied India (1850s -
1940s) - they stored passengers' personal valuables during ocean transit...
and general cargo boxes, cargo crates and other salvaged ship boxes |
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... Misc Ship breaking yard finds
(CLICK HERE):
all salvaged items we hand pick at the breaking yards
that don't have a category of their own... furniture, air scoops /
cowlings / air vents, deckhand megaphones / bullhorns / hailing trumpets, fire fighting
equipment, dive pumps, scuba accessories, gears... |
salvaged steel
cowl / air vent scoop |
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