Nun buoy

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Buoy models
Model of hooped wooden nun buoy

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Model of hooped wooden nun buoy
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Model of hooped wooden nun buoy

This model represents an obsolete type of nun buoy. It is constructed of wood staves, hooped with iron, and is used for marking the position of an anchor or moorings and generally as a small mark buoy.

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Category:
Navigation
Object Number:
1923-33/6
type:
model
credit:
Corporation of Trinity House.