Pocket Compass (Unknown)

Pocket Compass

Created by: Robinson
Archive: National Maritime Museum
Reference number: Object ID no. AAA2335
Date: Unknown
Notes: An unprovenanced relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-1848. Parts of a pocket compass or other magnetic instrument. A steel bar rotated on a brass rod ending in a steel pivot. It is marked with the Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich number 7. The item was made by Robinson, Portland Place, London.

Sunken ship