Coriolanus

Ship's wheel from the Clyde-built iron merchant ship 'Coriolanus', scrapped at Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1936. The ship's replacement figurehead of 1902 (FHD0071) is also in the collection but both were acquired at different times, the wheel in 1974 and the figurehead in 1980.

Object Details

ID: EQS0122
Collection: Machinery and fittings
Type: Ship's wheel
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Archibald McMillan and Son Ltd
Vessels: Coriolanus (1876)
Date made: 1876
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 1676 mm