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Piece of decayed wood measuring 900m in length which according to the donor was found in clay which would originally have been excavated from the oil tunnels above Lyness in Hoy.
ID: 1998.021
Plaque: German Imperial Crown with laurel leaves, brass. From German Fleet in Scapa Flow.
ID: 1998.022
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Certificates of Discharge of George Robert Ritch, Rosslyn, Stromness 1952/63, Chief Engineer, along with letters of reference etc. dating from 1927-1930. Service with Harland and Wolf etc.
ID: 1998.023.1
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Certificates of Discharge of George Robert Ritch, Rosslyn, Stromness 1952/63, Chief Engineer, along with letters of reference etc. dating from 1927-1930. Service with Harland and Wolf etc.
ID: 1998.023.2
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Certificates of Discharge of George Robert Ritch, Rosslyn, Stromness 1952/63, Chief Engineer, along with letters of reference etc. dating from 1927-1930. Service with Harland and Wolf etc.
ID: 1998.023.3
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Certificates of Discharge of George Robert Ritch, Rosslyn, Stromness 1952/63, Chief Engineer, along with letters of reference etc. dating from 1927-1930. Service with Harland and Wolf etc.
ID: 1998.023.4
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Certificates of Discharge of George Robert Ritch, Rosslyn, Stromness 1952/63, Chief Engineer, along with letters of reference etc. dating from 1927-1930. Service with Harland and Wolf etc.
ID: 1998.023.5

Signal flag: From wreck of boom defence net carrier 'DISPENSER' which sank in Kirkwall Bat during a storm in World War Two. All crew lost. Red with yelllow cross. 'R'. Some small holes.

ID: 1998.024

Flag. White ensign, the first hung in St Magnus Cathedral to commemorate the Royal Oak.

ID: 1998.025
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Certificate: Mariner, Register Ticket No 151,643 of James Leslie, Fisherman, Westray. 25 April 1845.
ID: 1999.001