What the sea brings forth

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Richard Lord

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Oct 28, 2009, 5:37:34 PM10/28/09
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Commercial crab and lobster fisherman Clive Brown found what looked like a block of wood covered in goose barnacles floating off Guernsey's south coast today.  When he retrieved the bulky mass of goose barnacles he found they were covering a piece of communication equipment.  The number 5829-99-519-7782 written on the equipment brings one to the ISO Group website on Google.  http://5820.iso-group.com/NSNDetail/5820-99-519-7782/5820995197782.aspx  

ISO Group supplies spare parts logistics for the defence industry.  I spoke with the US office and all I could learn was that the equipment had a UK code.  Clive removed about 40 lbs. of goose barnacles from the equipment.  He found also four Columbus or Gulf weed crabs, Planes minutus, which are a warm water species, in amongst the goose barnacles.
This image shows the equipment after most of the goose barnacles have been removed.  The communication equipment makes some noise when the Morse code switch is turned.  The panel of writing provides directions for "Emergency Operating Procedure 500 kHZ" and states that the aerial and earth line must be rigged.

Best wishes,

Richard

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Andrew Syvret

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