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. Artificial horizon with a DC-driven gyro in a metal case. The mirror is gimballed and is contained in a gimballed cylinder within the case.
1923
National Maritime Museum

. Liquid compass Bowl: White metal painted black. Fill hole on side. Azimuth circle. Expansion chamber beneath bowl. Bowl rests on spring plate. Has four steadying arms at side. White inside with black lubber spike. Glazed. Card: Thin strip of paper with
1923
National Maritime Museum

. Scale: Unknown. A model of a Hall's anchor improved by N Hingley & Sons Ltd, sanctioned in 1923. The model is made entirely in aluminium alloy. The shank is square in section with rounded sides and at the top of the shank there is a D-shackle t
1923
National Maritime Museum

. Scale: Unknown. A model of a Hall's anchor improved by N. Hingley & Sons Ltd, sanctioned in 1923. The model is made entirely in an unknown metal with a galvanised finish. The shank is square in section and at the top of the shank there is a D-s
1923
National Maritime Museum

. There are 8 terminals. This is a part of ZBA7932 / LOA0131.
1923
National Maritime Museum

. This is a part of ZBA7932 / LOA0131.
1923
National Maritime Museum

. This is a small wooden box containing a number of lead masses and a coin. This is a part of ZBA7932 / LOA0131.
1923
National Maritime Museum

Badge of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. Badge of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. Founder's jewel. Obverse: Badge of the Order of Buffaloes with motto inscribed on blue enamelled scroll. Motto: 'NEMO MORTALIUM OMNIBUS HORI
1923
National Maritime Museum

Button, Royal Marines uniform: pattern 1923. Button.Button. Domed. Smooth edge. Around the bottom edge going up either side is a wreath of leaves. Within the wreath on a raised circular border with a stippled background is ROYAL MARINES. In the centre is
1923
National Maritime Museum

Medalet commemorating Save the 'Victory' Fund. Medalet commemorating Save the 'Victory' Fund. Obverse: Starboard view of HMS 'Victory' and two other ships. Legend: 'SAVE THE "VICTORY" FUND'. Reverse: Insc
1923
National Maritime Museum

Medalet commemorating Save the 'Victory' Fund. Medalet commemorating Save the 'Victory' Fund. Obverse: Starboard view of HMS 'Victory' and two other ships. Legend: 'SAVE THE "VICTORY" FUND'. Reverse: Insc
1923
National Maritime Museum

Moss's Wharf, Old Greenwich, 1923. The ramshackle waterfront buildings of R. Moss & Sons, Crane Wharf, 11-13 Crane Street, East Greenwich, immediately east of the Yacht public house (formerly the Yacht Hotel), with the bow of what may be a Dutch
1923
National Maritime Museum

Off Cowes, 1923: the yachts 'Britannia', 'Terpsichore' and 'Ilyrica'. Three yachts are shown racing off Cowes, Isle of Wight, in 1923. The painting is thought to show the yachts 'Britannia','Terpsichore' a
1923
National Maritime Museum

Passenger vessel; Canoe, Nyanza. Scale: Unknown. A model of a Nyanza canoe (Lake Victoria, East Africa) made entirely in wood which is unpainted and unvarnished. The hull consists of a dugout base with broad planks sewn onto it with raffia fibre, with l
1923
National Maritime Museum

Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1904. Admiral's full dress coat. Coat belonged to Admiral Sir Richard Webb.
1923
National Maritime Museum

Royal Naval uniform: pattern 1919. Lieutenant's mess jacket
1923
National Maritime Museum

Shotley medal. Obverse: Within a lifebelt a three masted square rigger with sails set. Naval crown and anchor below. Legend: "FOR MERIT AND EFFICIENCY THE SHOTLEY MEDAL". Reverse: Bust of Nelson in undress uniform. Legend: "ENGLAND EXPECTS
1923
National Maritime Museum

The last of the Actaeon Woolwich 10/2/23. Drawing depicting the Actaeon II (1906) mooring in Woolwich. Medium includes graphite.
1923
National Maritime Museum

Type O.1. Observer's compass-Experimental Model Bowl: Brass painted black. Fill hole on side. Glazed. Expansion chamber on underside of bowl. Bowl fitted to spring plate and has four steadying arms on side. Vernier on base plate. White inside with 90
1923
National Maritime Museum

Type O.2. Observer's compass-Experimental Model Bowl: Brass painted black. Glazed. Fill hole on side. White on inside with black lubber arm. Expansion chamber underneath. Bowl fixed to spring plate and has four stabilizer arms. Vernier on base plate
1923-4
National Maritime Museum

Cleopatra's Needle newspaper cuttings. Five newspaper cuttings from the Express and Echo referring to Cleopatra's needle. One article speaks about its arrival in London in 1877 from Egypt. Another is a tribute to the late Captain Henry Carter, w
Aug 1923
National Maritime Museum