Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on September 12, 2003 at 06:38:33 from 217.137.106.21 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Compass (and War) posted by John Nichols on September 12, 2003 at 01:17:34:
"Or AR was using a ships compass with the naval bearings"
Commander Walker was newly appointed Commander of HMS Ganges, the Naval Ratings Training School. He would surely have been able to borrow an elderly Naval boat compass, just the sort that would have been marked in points - there must have been any number at Ganges.
It is surprising, though, that they evidently didn't use a hand bearing compass.