Nautical Collection (page 7)

Petty Officer at Wheel
A 2nd class Petty Officer of the Royal Navy, at the ships wheel

Stevens Screw Propeller
American engineer John Stevens is the first to apply the screw principle to propel a steamboat, though it will be some time before his device replaces the paddle wheel

Sailor / Heaving the Lead
A sailor of the British navy heaves the lead to measure the depth of water in which the ship is sailing

Coaling a Battleship
Vast quantities of coal are required to keep the worlds navies operating : purpose- built coal supply ships carry the coal to a fuel-hungry warship of the Royal Navy

Sailors Furling Sail
Sailors on the yard-arm furling (= folding) sail

Sailors Reefing a Sail
Five sailors in the rigging of a sailing ship, reefing a sail (i.e. taking it in partially or taking it down entirely)

Lunar Navigation / 1862
Taking a lunar distance

Coaling at Jamaica
At Kingston, Jamaica (West Indies), long lines of women carry baskets of coal to enable the liner to continue on its way

Ships Compass
A ships compass ( rose des vents ) on a French warship

Girl Naval Mascot
Sailors of the American Navy holding up their girl mascot on board the warship Northampton

Stoking a Liner
Seedie Boys - firemen at work in the stokehole of a P&O passenger liner en route to India

Reading the Log - 3
On board a troop ship bound for the East, a log line is used to measure the speed of the ship in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

Reading the Log - 2
Aboard a ship on the way to India a log line is used to measure her speed in knots, an operation known as reading or heaving the log

Taking in Sail 1880
The crew of HMS Lynx take in sail during a squall

Nautical / Navigation
Look-out man from the crow s- nest during Wordenskjolds Arctic expedition

Sea Compass
A Ships Compass in its box; the Compass Needle; and the Card of the Winds

Navigation / A Viatorium
A viatorium or a journey ring

Navigation Using the Sun
Navigation by reference from the sun

Tracing Magnetic Pole
Tracing the magnetic pole

Edward Vii / Boning & Smal
EDWARD VII, BRITISH ROYALTY as PRINCE OF WALES in nautical garb wearing a bargee hat, and holding a telescope

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