Navigation Collection (page 28)

White Star Line, SS Olympic window sketches
A White Star Line handwritten booklet entitled Particulars of Oceanic Steam Navigation Co, SS Olympic, May 1911. The vessel returned to the shipyard in Belfast in October 1911 for alterations

WILLIAM FAWCETT
Although this vessel is not identified, it closely resembles the William Fawcett, the first steamship of the Peninsula Steam Navigation Co (later P&O)

SS Kingfisher, 1906
Photograph of the Turbine Steamer Kingfisher, built in 1906 by Messrs. Denny of Dumbarton for the General Steam Navigation Company

Radar navigation at a glance- a new device
Diagrammatic illustration of radar navigation. This was designed by the Admiralty Research Lab (mainly by Mr.J. Home Dickson)

Navigation by Blome 1685
Richard Blomes pictorial representation of Navigation

Motoring Hand Signal
A fashionable female motorist uses a hand signal to indicate her intention to turn right. Note her leather driving glove with a built-in make-up mirror!

Olaus Magnus / Navigation
Sailing by the wind

Lost at Crossroads / 158
A couple get out of their car with their map at a crossroads and look at the signs in frustration

Delolmes Chronometer
Delolmes chronometer

Navigation Lesson
A lesson in navigation

Using a Sextant
A French sailor uses a sextant

Compass Rose, Winds
A French compass rose including the four winds

William Fawcett Steamer
The first steamship of the Peninsula Steam Navigation Company, later the Peninsula and Oriental (P&O) line

Orduna Steamship
Passenger liner of the Pacific Steam Navigation company

Balkal (Cig Card)
British-built steamship built for use on Russias Lake Balkal. Her hull is designed to withstand the ice which frequently impedes navigation of the lake

Magnetism / Navigation
Magnetism used by the Chinese for navigation purposes. A statuette mounted on the front of a chariot points south at all times

Lunar Navigation / 1862
Taking a lunar distance

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

Steamship Brochure
Brochure for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and the Pacific Steam Navigation Company

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

Gulliver / Navigation
Gulliver studies navigation

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

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