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Description: | FRODSHAM AND KEEN LIVERPOOL
WE HEREBY GUARANTEE THIS COMPASS ORIGINALLY / BELONGED TO THE S.S. "GREAT EASTERN" / 18.915 TONS. - 6.500 H.P. / LAUNCHED AT LONDON 1857 / BROKEN UP AT LIVERPOOL 1889. / W.H. HIVEY & C.o LIVERPOOL
Dry card compass in a copper bowl mounted in gimbals in a wooden box with a sliding lid. The paper card is graduated in 1/4 points with a fleur-de-lys at the North point. The maker's name is printed around the centre of the compass card. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | mariners' compasses | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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