Chart No 10 (Central Pacific, Uea or Wallis Is and surrounding ocean area)

Scale circa 1:400,000. Bound in 1926, Pacific Cable Fanning Island - Suva. Chart No 10. Island coloured. Mss cable routes marked in blue, red and brown. Mss note ' The soundings were taken by C.S. Faraday. The figures at each position line north of the final splice denote the length of cable payed out from Fanning when the observations were taken, those south of the final splice denote length of cable payed out fro Suva, 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: PIR267:13/12
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