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Backstaff horizon vane, part
A broken part of a wooden horizon vane 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: | NAV1976 |
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| Collection: | Astronomical and navigational instruments |
| Type: | Backstaff horizon vane, part |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | Before 1703 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 57 mm x 53 mm x 20 mm |