West Indies, Bahamas, Turks Islands, (British Colony) surveyed by Captn. R. Owen R.N. , HMS blossoom, 1830. Additions by Captn Barnett to 1845

Scale: circa 1: 4,490,000. Chart No 10A. Bound in West India Cables, Barbados - Demerara, Trinidad - Barbados and Barbados - Turks Island Cable Folder, 1924. Black and white chart. Lights coloured. Soundings in fathoms. Abbreviations Identification Panel. MSS cable routes marked in blue and red. MSS colour cable key. Tidal Information panel. Mss notes " The soundings in red were taken by C. S. Faraday July 1924. Existing cables were plotted from a letter dated 12.12.1923 received from the D.W.I. Cable Co (Firm Line) and from a D.W.I. Cable Cos Chart dated 1917 recieved at Turks Island 4-7-1924 (Dotted Line)'.
One inset (a) Grand Turk - West Coast by Captn R. Owen, R.N. 1830. Scale 1: 35,000 (bar).

Object Details

ID: PIR245:4/13
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Walker, J. & C.; HM Admiralty
Date made: 1842; 1903 1923 1924
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 69 cm x 51 cm; Between neat lines: 62 cm x 47.5 cm