Chart No 9 (Central Pacific, area sorth of Tokelau Is (Union Group) and north west of Samoa Is (Navigator Is)

Scale circa 1:400,000. Bound in 1926, Pacific Cable Fanning Island - Suva. Chart No 9. Mss cable routes marked in blue, red and brown. Mss note ' The soundings were taken by C.S. Faraday 24-1-27. The figures at each position line denote the length of cable payed out from Fanning when the observations were taken, but the cable figures in red at each splice & CH CO show length of cable from Fanning afte the repair in January 1927 when the cable was lengthened by 14.49 nm.

Object Details

ID: PIR266:6/9
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Siemens Bros & Co Ltd; Stanford, Edward
Date made: 1926
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 68.5 cm x 101 cm; Between neat lines: 55 cm x 90.5 cm