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Description: | The Museum has on loan the Steam Tug Cervia and the Dunkirk Little Ship New Britannic. The collection also includes full size original vessels amongst which are a Ramsgate Wherry, a 1941 Trawler and the Dunkirk Little Ship Motor Yacht Sundowner, which are owned by the Trust. Items of a more general nature relate to the various maritime trades and crafts (fishing, boat building, trade, smuggling). The Museum building once housed a specialist 'outstation' of the Royal Observatory and is the site of the Ramsgate Meridian, an important (though obscure) part of the search for accurate timekeeping at sea - one of the associated clocks has been returned to the building. The collection also includes items concerning the history of the lifeboat service (mainly at Ramsgate) in East Kent, items raised from wrecks on the Goodwin Sands, principally from the wreck of the 'Stirling Castle' a 17th Century Man of War and artefacts related to the development and function of the harbour at Ramsgate. | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | Clock House
Pier Yard
Royal Harbour
Ramsgate
Kent United Kingdom,
CT11 8LS | FAX: | 01843 587765 | Telephone: | 01843 587765 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:5754 | Go to resource |
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