Pattern no.182 Mod. Boat's compass

Pattern no.182 Mod. Boat's compass Engraving, Portrait of Blaise Pascal on paper

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Pattern no.182 Mod. Boat's compass
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Engraving, Portrait of Blaise Pascal on paper
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Pattern no.182 Mod. Boat's compass

This type of Boat's Compass and all metal binnacle came into use in the Royal Navy during the Great War (1914-18) and was afterwards adopted as the standard type of Boats' Compass, superseding Pattern 20 (inventory number 1933-488).

It is a liquid compass fitted with an expansion chamber of the Hammersley type at the base of the bowl.

Details

Category:
Navigation
Object Number:
1924-410
type:
compasses (direction indicators)
credit:
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty