Diorama, Buoyed Approaches to a Port

Made:
1965-1990 in London
maker:
Science Museum, Workshops

Buoyed Approaches to a Port - diorama with models of buoys and topmarks

The models illustrate the buoyage system which was in operation around the British Isles until 1979. The Lateral System of Buoyage was based on the International Agreement for a Uniform System of Maritime Buoyage. This system was agreed upon in 1936, and was superseded in 1979.

Details

Category:
Navigation
Object Number:
1963-309
type:
diorama

Parts

Red port-hand buoy

Red port-hand buoy

Red port-hand buoy, with no topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/1
type:
buoy
Red port-hand buoy with red can topmark

Red port-hand buoy with red can topmark

Red port-hand buoy with red can topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/2
type:
buoy
Red port-hand buoy with red cross topmark

Red port-hand buoy with red cross topmark

Red port-hand buoy with red cross topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/3
type:
buoy
Red and white chequered port-hand buoy with red can topmark

Red and white chequered port-hand buoy with red can topmark

Red and white chequered port-hand buoy with red can topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/4
type:
buoy
Red and white chequered port-hand buoy

Red and white chequered port-hand buoy

Red and white chequered port-hand buoy, no topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/5
type:
buoy
Red and white chequered middle-ground buoy

Red and white chequered middle-ground buoy

Red and white chequered, middle-ground spherical buoy, with a red can topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/6
type:
buoy
Spherical buoy, with a cross topmark

Spherical buoy, with a cross topmark

Red and white striped middle-ground spherical buoy, with a cross topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/7
type:
buoy
Spherical buoy with a ball topmark

Spherical buoy with a ball topmark

Red and white striped middle-ground spherical buoy, with a ball topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/8
type:
buoy
Spherical buoy with a Saint George cross topmark

Spherical buoy with a Saint George cross topmark

Red and white striped middle-ground spherical buoy, with a Saint George cross topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/9
type:
buoy
Isolated danger buoy - Spherical with a ball topmark

Isolated danger buoy - Spherical with a ball topmark

Red, black and white striped isolated danger spherical buoy, with a black ball topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/10
type:
buoy
Middle-ground buoy with tower topmark

Middle-ground buoy with tower topmark

Red and white striped buoy, also known as a middle ground buoy, with a tower topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/11
type:
buoy
Black starboard-hand buoy

Black starboard-hand buoy

Black starboard-hand buoy, no topmark. A star-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/12
type:
buoy
Black starboard-hand buoy with black triangular topmark

Black starboard-hand buoy with black triangular topmark

Black starboard-hand buoy, with a black triangular topmark. A starboard-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/13
type:
buoy
Black starboard-hand buoy with black double cone topmark

Black starboard-hand buoy with black double cone topmark

Black star-hand buoy, with a black double cone topmark. A starboard-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/14
type:
buoy
Black and white chequered starhand-board buoy

Black and white chequered starhand-board buoy

Black and white chequered star-board buoy, with no topmark. A starboard-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/15
type:
buoy
Black and white striped middle-ground buoy with black double cone topmark

Black and white striped middle-ground buoy with black double cone topmark

Black and white striped, spherical, middle-ground buoy, with a black double cone topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/16
type:
buoy
Black and white striped middle-ground buoy with black triangular topmark

Black and white striped middle-ground buoy with black triangular topmark

Black and white striped, spherical, middle-ground buoy, with a black triangular topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/17
type:
buoy
Green port-hand wreck buoy

Green port-hand wreck buoy

Green port-hand wreck buoy, with no topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.

Object Number:
1963-309/18
type:
buoy
Green spherical wreck buoy

Green spherical wreck buoy

Green spherical wreck buoy, with no topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/19
type:
buoy
Green conical wreck buoy

Green conical wreck buoy

Green conical wreck buoy, with no topmark.

Object Number:
1963-309/20
type:
buoy
Hexagonal prism cage

Hexagonal prism cage

Hexagonal prism cage, 1 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.

Object Number:
1963-309/22
type:
cage
Hexagonal prism cage

Hexagonal prism cage

Hexagonal prism cage, 2 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.

Object Number:
1963-309/23
type:
cage
Black triangular cage

Black triangular cage

Black triangular cage, 1 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.

Object Number:
1963-309/24
type:
cage
Black triangular cage

Black triangular cage

Black triangular cage, 2 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.

Object Number:
1963-309/25
type:
cage
Black caged double cone

Black caged double cone

Black caged double cone, 1 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.

Object Number:
1963-309/26
type:
cone
Black caged double cone

Black caged double cone

Black caged double cone, 2 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.

Object Number:
1963-309/27
type:
cone
Red spherical cage

Red spherical cage

Red spherical cage. Part of the buoyed approaches model.

Object Number:
1963-309/28
type:
cage