Chart No 2 (Central Pacific, area west of Christmas Island)

Scale circa 1:400,000. Bound in 1926, Pacific Cable Fanning Island - Suva. Chart No 2. Mss cable routes marked in blue, red and brown. Mss note 'The soundings shown in red were taken by C.S. Faraday during the repair to the 1926 Fanning - Suva cable, January 1927. The figures at each position line denote length of cable payed out from Fanning when the observations were taken, but the cable figures in red at each splice & CH show length of cable from Fanning afte the repair in January 1927 when the cable was lengthened by 14.49 nm.

Object Details

ID: PIR266:6/3
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Siemens Bros & Co Ltd; Stanford, Edward
Date made: 1926
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall sheet dimensions: 68.5 cm x 102 cm; Between neat lines: 55 cm x 90.5 cm
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