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Backstaff sighting vane
Wooden sight vane with an inlaid brass pinhole sight and a brass pressure plate for holding it tightly in place on the thirty degree arc.
The instrument 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.
The instrument 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: | NAV1974 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Backstaff sighting vane |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | Before 1703 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 43 mm x 118 mm x 48 mm |