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Ship Salvage:

 
ART
salvaged deck plans, sounding boards, placards, information boards -
anything that you could put on your wall and call "art" that actually came off a ship.

 As always, please call or email for pricing.  Sold pieces remain pictured to show the variety of pieces we have carried in the past and what we continue to search for during salvage buying trips.

*Items that are in stock and available for purchase will read "available" under the picture; those that do not read "available" have been sold out.  This website is updated daily.

 


salvaged metal ship's "Onboard Complaint Box"
appx 10 x 5" x 13 1/2" tall
1 available



salvaged ship's wood painted
"Hand Operated Water Maker" box
appx 14 x 5" x 7" tall
1 available


salvaged ship's wood Near Miss (complaint box)
appx 8 x 12" x 8" tallest
1 available

salvaged ship's wood painted SOLAS& firefighting manual /
Fire safety operational booklet cubby
appx 12 x 6 x 15" tall
2 available

Marsec Level Board
appx 3' x 2'

ship's "danger" high voltage (Balinese) porcelain sign
white - 6" x 8"

ship's "danger" high voltage (Balinese) sign
metal - appx 16" x 16"

salvaged aluminum ship's "Fire Station" signs (red & white):
French: "Poste d'incendie"
"lg" appx 38"x8", "med" 28 1/2"x 8", "sm" 23"x8"
3 lg, 1 med, 1 sm pictured available

salvaged ship's wayfinding acrylic signs:
Hospital / Dispensary, Elevator, Staifway, Rating's Mess Room, C/Eng Room, Off. Mess Room, Cargo Oil Cont. Room
appx 12" x 4", 1 of each pictured available


salvaged ship's wayfinding acrylic signs:
Stern/Bow (with Greek edits), Control Room, Stairway (sold out):
appx 8 1/2" (control room) to 16" long (stairway)
 1 of each (Stern, Control Room) available

salvaged green/white ship's wayfinding wood signs:
Hospital & Strecher, Cargo Control Room, Engine Room
appx 16-18" long, 1 of each pictured available

vintage Navy International Maritime Signal Flags chart
(appx 27"x19") framed  

salvaged off the H.Q.S "Wellington"
(HMS = His/Her Majesty’s Ship,
HQS =  Head Quarters Ship); paper printing inside
opening frame, appx 19" x 15" available

salvaged, framed "Why is a Ship Called She"
appx 16" x 16"

salvaged ship's Exit wayfinding signage:
appx 24" x 13"
1 available

salvaged wood framed brass placard
"Conference / Ship's file Room"
appx 21" x 4"

original ship blueprints from "City of Erie";
(appx 86" x 32")

framed paper blueprint / schematic of the M/V Pacific Breeze
with hand-colored funnel detail: "Firefighting System Sea Water Diagram"
hand-colored funnel is of the Croatian compay "Mediteranska plovidba" (Mediterrean Shipping)
appx 28" x 49"
 
aluminum "General Arrangement" board salvaged from
the M/V Iron King
appx 23" x 61"

Large deck plans board 79" x 35 1/2"    

salvaged ship's bridge reference: world map (Soviet era):
appx 34 1/2" x 51 1/2", 22 lbs
2 similar but unique available



salvaged ship's Fire Control Plan w/ surveyor date
from the M.S. Mol Advantage with SOLAS stamp Kobe, Japan Mach 14, 2003
appx 26" x 60", 18 lbs - 1 available



salvaged framed deck plans: German and Russian
German: Peildeck (Observation Deck)
German: brückendeck, Russian:мостовая палуба (Bridge Deck)
*please note: items with plate glass are not eligible for shipping
appx 49" x 36 1/2", appx 36 lbs: 1 available

salvaged ship's art: drill rig photo
appx 21" x 31 1/2"
1 available

salvaged ship's art: framed certificates from American Bureau of Shipping
"Certificate for Classification for Hull - Alabama Drydock & Shipbuilding Co.
Mobile, Alabama, build year 1977, owner: Diamond M Maritime Co., Houston Texas, Hull No. 715, Diamond M Epoch"
appx 27 1/2" x 19 1/2"
1 available

salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape
unidentified steamship under sail
appx 20" x 39"

salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape
pictured vessel (Italian ocean liner): Rex 1932
appx 20" x 31",  1 available

salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape
pictured vessel (American ocean liner): United States 1952
appx 20" x 32",  1 available


 
salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape *cracked glass
pictured vessels (British built ocean liner): Lusitania 1907
and (German built ocean liner) Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse 1897
appx 60" x 39 1/2", 29 lbs,  1 available

salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape
pictured vessel (German built ocean liner): Bremen 1929 (Hapag-Lloyd)
appx 35 1/2" x 20"

salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape
*water damage bottom right corner
appx 35 1/2" x 20",  1 available

salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape
pictured vessel (French ocean liner): Normandie 1935
appx 32" x 20",  1 available
 

 
salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape *note damage in center image
pictured vessel (built by Wigham Richardson for British Cunard Line): RMS Mauretania
appx 87" x 36", 38 lbs,  1 available

salvaged steamship art from the MV Island Escape
pictured vessel (UK -built ocean liner): Mauretania 1907
appx 32" x 20",  1 available


salvaged unframed steamship art from the MV Island Escape
steamship #3
appx 18" x 27",  1 available

salvaged unframed steamship art from the MV Island Escape
steamship #2
appx 18" x 33",  1 available

salvaged unframed steamship art from the MV Island Escape
steamship #1
appx 18" x 33",  1 available
Salvaged Ship Sounding Boards / plans / trackers
*Items not sold will read "available" under the picture; as always, please call or email for pricing.  This site is updated daily.
Sold pieces remain pictured to show the variety of pieces we have carried in the past
and what we continue to search for during salvage buying trips.

salvaged ship's Bunkering Operation Procedures 63:
from the M.S. Mol Advantage (container ship), IMO #9245005
appx 25" x 41", 5 lbs
1 available

salvaged aluminum ship's bunkering procedures board:
"Weisshorn" - US-Coast Guard 155.750, IMO#9126974
appx 36" x 18", 1 available

salvaged U.S.C.G. F.O. Bunkering Stystem diagram:
from the MV Chengtu, IMO #9007362
appx 18" x 13",  2 available

salvaged framed ship diagram: "Cargo and Ballast System"
appx 36" x 19 1/2",  2 available

salvaged ship's sounding board:
date/draft/rpm, appx 24 x 18"
  1 available

salvaged ship's Portugese instruction board:
Portugese: "escada de portalo peso maximo angulo maximo
operado apenas por pessoas treinadas"
(English: portal ladder - maximum weight - maximum angle -
operated only by trained personnel"
die cut (?) plexi over plexi; appx 20 x 20"
  1 available



salvaged sounding board;
appx 26" x 52" available


salvaged sounding board;
appx 25" x 50" available


salvaged sounding board (black):
Sounding Board for Ballast and Fresh Water
German: Peiltefal für Ballast - und Frischwasser
appx 29" x 28"
1 available

salvaged sounding board (green w/yellow text):
appx 27" x 33"
1 available

salvaged sounding board (green w/white text):
appx 27 1/2" x 31", last update 05-2019
1 available

salvaged tank sounding board (black)
appx 19 1/2" x 26",  1 available

salvaged sounding board (black w/tray):
"Soundings", appx 43" x 38", 20 lbs
1 available

salvaged sounding board (black w/wood frame):
"Sounding Board - Caro Oil Tanks", appx 37" x 47 1/2"
1 available

salvaged sounding board (green):
"Sounding Board, Hold / Bilge" appx 28" x 21 1/2", -- lbs
1 available

salvaged sounding board (green):
"Sounding Board - IMO #9002702" appx 28" x 21 1/2", -- lbs
1 available

salvaged ship's sounding board: (36/12 or 36/3)
 appx 36 x 32"
  1 available

salvaged ship's sounding board
from the M.S. Princess Castle
 appx 35 1/2 x 40"

salvaged ship's sounding board: (36/1)
"Date/Ballast Water", appx 29 x 36"
  1 available

salvaged ship's sounding board: (36/2)
Water Ballast Tank, appx 28 x 32"
  1 available


salvaged sounding board from the
M.S. Atlantic Dream; appx 35" x 40"

salvaged sounding board from the
M.V. Star Providence; appx 31" x 31"


ship's sounding board: appx 36" x 39"
1 available

sounding board #1 green - available

salvaged from the M.S. California Saturn

salvaged sounding board from the
M.S. Iris 1; appx 41" x 35"

salvaged sounding board from the
M.V. Federal Agno; appx 35" x 30"


ship's sounding board "Water on Board" from
the M/V Dona Maria - appx 32" x 40"

salvaged smaller aluminum boards
(German: "Anlegeanleitung" = Donning instructions)
appx 12" x 9"

salvaged onboard placard: Consultation Hours
appx 12" x 10"; gotta love the
"Urgent Be Except From The Rule"

aluminum Manoeuvering Characteristics board
salvaged from the M/V Onega - appx 22" x 17"
1 available

aluminum "Ship's Particulars" board from the
M/V Iron King - appx 12" x 17"

salvaged aluminum Ministry of Transport Rescue Signal Table
appx 9" x 12",  1 available

salvaged aluminum Rescue Signal Table
appx 22 x 17",  1 available

aluminum framed Manoeuvering Characteristics
salvaged from the MS. Cape Flora - appx 20" x 26"
1 available

salvaged ship's aluminum Life Jacket Instruction placard
English and French "Gilets de sauvetage"
appx 10" x 10", <1 lb
2 similar available

salvaged ship's aluminum placard
Canada Shipping Act; discharge prohibited
appx 16" x 16", 1 available

salvaged aluminum "Donning Instructions" placard
Regatta "Kon-Tiki - 98"
appx 13" x 9 1/2", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged aluminum "Maneuvering characteristics of Bow Thruster"
appx 13" x 9", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged Maneuvering Characteristics board from the Theresa Begonia:
(Tuvalu), chemical tanker. IMO #9078103
appx 15" x 11", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged aluminum instruction board w/ Asian characters:
 "Alcohol Rule for U.S. Ports & Waters Notice"
appx 11" x 17", appx 1 lb, this and 1 similar but unique available

salvaged aluminum "Donning Instructions" placards
T. Young & Son (sailmakers) Ltd.
appx 13" x 9 1/2", <1 lb, 2 available

salvaged Visibility Distance Table
appx 9" x 12",  1 available

salvaged aluminum "Discharge of Oil Prohibited"
sign with Asian characters
appx 21 1/2" x 9",  1 available



salvaged aluminum clad signs - red & white
"Passengers not permitted on vehicle deck /
shore ramp during cargo operations"
"Periodic announcements will be made permitting passengers
to disembark/embark"
appx 24" x 12",  1 of each available

salvaged aluminum Safety First board w/ PAN Ocean Shipping
Co Ltd (POSC), South Korea dated logo (oxx)
appx 23 x 17",  1 available

salvaged acrylic "Lost Time Accidents Record"
from the Clara Maersk, IMO# 8820016
appx 24" x 18",  1 available

salvaged acrylic alcohol Warning board (red)
Tidewater Marine International
appx 19" x 27"



salvaged ship's sign: double sided; paint on wood
"Fire Main Section" appx 20 x 11 1/2"
  3 similar but unique available



salvaged ship's sign: double sided; paint on wood
"Foam Main Section" appx 20 x 11 1/2"
  2 similar but unique available



salvaged ship's sign:
double sided; paint on wood
"Emergency Shower" appx 32 1/2 x 7 1/2"

salvaged ship's sounding board: (7/2)
paint on wood
"Emerg'cy Stop (Aggregate)" appx 31 x 12"

salvaged ship's sign: paint on wood
"Pressure Tested" appx 23 x 16 1/2"

sounding board: aluminum
 "H.F.O. Bunkering System" #2/3
appx 14" x 33"
1
available

salvaged aluminum whiteboard with Rig diagram
appx 18" x 29",  1 available

salvaged aluminum whiteboard:
Sailing Schedule w/Asian characters
appx 25 1/2" x 18",  1 available

ship's warning sign prohibiting cell phone use:
letters affixed to plywood
appx 29" x 22"

salvaged safety and fire plans from MS. Candia (Greek shipping line "Anek" owned vessel which served Piraeus-Iraklion route)
58 1/4" x 35"

 aluminum Arrangement of Antenna (Extension)
salvaged from the vessel City of Beirut.
drawing No. 2N-8000-204. appx 42 1/4" x 26 1/2"
available

sounding board - aluminum
Life Saving Plan salvaged from the vessel City of Beirut
drawing No. 2J-7222-002. appx 42 1/4" x 26 1/2"
"Modified due to the adjustment of car deck height 2003.06.25"
available

salvaged lifeboat instructions - German "Bedienungsanleitung
Operating Instruction" 25 1/2" x 18"

salvaged ship's "Crew Whereabouts" board: (36/10)
from the Hansa Lubeck, IMO #8909068
appx14 x 20 1/2"

salvaged metal (steel) ship's
"Crew Whereabouts" board: (36/13)
appx 9 1/2 x 23" (left side shows crew
 member title, right side flips to read "on shore leave")

salvaged aluminum whiteboard: Crew Whereabouts: Captain, Ch. Offr.
appx 31 1/2" x 20",  1 available
 

salvaged ship's warning board: (7/9)
"Beware of Propeller"
 appx 48" x 32"

salvaged ship's warning board: (7/8)
"Beware of Propeller"
 appx 55" x 14"

salvaged ship's warning board "Beware of Propeller"
(engraved into wood) appx 47" x 21 1/2" x 1 1/8" thick
 

salvaged ship's placard from the Island Escape:
Pier Maua S/A, Rio De Janeiro - Brasil, November 23, 2002
appx 9 1/2" x 11", <1 lb

salvaged ship's certification placard from the Island Escape:
Potable Water Transportation Services for cruise season 2004
Port of Santos
appx 9 1/2" x 7 1/2", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged placard from the Island Escape:
Sao Paulo, Brazil / Santos
appx 10" x 12", <1 lb

salvaged wooden sign  from P&O cruise lines "Aqua Hut"
appx 22" x 13" x 1 1/2" thick, appx 2 lbs

salvaged ship art: "The Manhattan in Japanese Waters"
From the collection of the Whaling Museum at
New Bedford Massachusetts
appx 19" x 14 1/2"

salvaged Lloyd's Register ship's placard from the Amazon Guardian:
Delivered October 1999, IMO #9197739
appx 8" x 10", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged ship's placard from the M/V Island Escape:
Pier "75" Christening - Livorno, July 18, 2009
appx 11" x 8", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged ship's framed art:
"Toulon Cote D'Azur", appx 16" x 22"
1 available

salvaged sailing ship art / deck plans:
from the MV Island Escape
appx 27" x 20"


salvaged ship's placard from the Island Escape:
Commemorating her first call to the port of Santorini November 15, 2006
appx 8" x 11", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged ship's placard from the Island Escape:
Fertimport SA, November 24th, 2002
Port of Santos
appx 8 x 7", <1 lb, 1 available

salvaged ship's framed art:
"Crossing & Cruising", appx 22 1/2" x 21"
1 available

salvaged ship art from the MV Island Escape
"Happy Birthday from your Crew", appx 19" x 15",  1 available

salvaged XL wooden ship's warning
"NO SMOKING"
app 68" long, 12" tall, 2" thick, 29 lbs
1 available
   

salvaged wood "No Smoking" placard
appx 16" x 12", 1 lb, 1 available

salvaged wood "No Smoking" placard
with Asian characters - red & white
appx 13" x 22",  1 available

salvaged acrylic over wood "No Admittance" placard
with Asian characters
appx 22" x 6 1/2",  1 available
 
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
 
salvaged sounding board from the *HMS Excellent - old and rare

salvaged sounding board from the *HMS Excellent - old and rare

salvaged sounding board from the *HMS Excellent - old and rare
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