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surveying & navigational t&e: bearing plate
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, aircraft: compass, liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, gyro: element, compass(element only)
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, mariner's: compass, boat's liquid
surveying & navigational t&e: oceanographic instrument: hydrometer(set of 4 with thermometer)
surveying & navigational t&e: rangefinder
surveying & navigational t&e: rangefinder(set of 4 hand held station keeping instruments.)
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Gyrocompass, compass and binnacle
Gyrocompass repeater and binnacle
Gyrocompass repeater
On the bridge on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960), probably at Kiel (Colour transparency)
On board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960) leaving Kiel. (Colour transparency)
On the bridge on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960), probably at Kiel (Colour transparency)
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Kiel Canal (Photograph album)
Gyrocompass repeater and binnacle
On the bridge on board the United States Navy guided missile destroyer Claude V Ricketts (1960), probably at Kiel (Colour transparency)
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Boat's liquid compass
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The German Fleet (Photograph album)
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