LOT 299 BRASS, IRON AND TEAK BINNACLE, FROM THE SS GOTHLAND LATE 19TH CENTURY
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BRASS, IRON AND TEAK BINNACLE, FROM THE SS GOTHLAND LATE 19TH CENTURY with a brass hood, painted iron compensating quadrantal spheres, a chart tube, and side light; the interior 8in. compass dial on a gimbal ring stamped CHADBURNS LIVERPOOL, LTD. and numbered 1408 (151cm high) Footnote: Note: The SS Gothland was a 7,755 gross ton passenger steamer, built in 1893 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast as the ''Gothic'' for the White Star Line's New Zealand service. Launched on 28th Jun 1893 with accommodation for 104 1st and 114 3rd class passengers and refrigerated cargo space, she sailed on her maiden voyage from London to Capetown and Wellington on 28th Dec. 1893. She was renamed the Gothland in 1908 and converted to a emmigrant carrier with 3rd class accommodation for 1800 passengers. Her name changed between the two for the next 10 years and she was eventually scrapped in 1925 after running aground the year before.
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