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Cross-staff vane, part
Part of a cross-staff vane. A small wedge-shaped brass plate is fitted in the vane; it was pressed against the staff by the tightening screw, to clamp the vane without damaging the staff.
This item was recovered from the wreck of the ‘Stirling Castle’, which ran aground on the Goodwin Sands off the Kent coast during the Great Storm of 1703.
This item was recovered from the wreck of the ‘Stirling Castle’, which ran aground on the Goodwin Sands off the Kent coast during the Great Storm of 1703.
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Object Details
| ID: | NAV1973 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Cross-staff vane, part |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | circa 1703 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 24 mm x 62 mm x 24 mm |