Charts No 1B. North Pacific Ocean - Fanning Island. Surveyed by Captain A. Mostyn Field, R.N., assisted by Lieutenants F. C. Pasco, J.A. Waugh, G.E. Hares, A.W. Lowis, C.R. Brewis & Mr F. Payne, Boatswain, R.N.. H.M. Surveying Ship 'Penguin', 1897.
Scale 1:50,000 (bar). Bound in 1926, Pacific Cable, Fanning Island - Suva. Chart No 1B. Black and white chart. Lights coloured. Mss cable outes marked in blue and red. Mss colour cable key. Soundings in Fathoms. Abbreviations Identification panel. . Blue stamp 'Siemens Brothers & Co Ltd, Woolwich, London, C.S.Faraday'. Mss Note 'The soundings shown in red were taken by C.S. Faraday during the laying & repair of the 1926 Fanning-Suva Cable'. Mss signature Robt Allan Commanding. Bar scales. Black No 496 on the reverse of the chart. One inset: (a) Fanning Island - Whaler Anchorage, surveyed by Captain A. Mostyn Field R.N. and the officers of H.M. Surveying ship 'Penguin' 1897, scale 1:9,070.
Object Details
| ID: | PIR267:23/6 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | HM Admiralty |
| Date made: | 1926 |
| Credit: | © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall sheet dimensions: 101.5 cm x 68.5 cm; Between neat lines: 99 cm x 65.5 cm |