Mechans Engine Indicator Dial
A ship’s engine indicator dial, made by Mechans Ltd of Scotstoun, Glasgow. Enamelled steel.
Tag: ship
Model Sternframe and Rudder
A metal model ship’s sternframe and rudder, maker unknown, for a 15,500 tonnes bulk carrier.
Meadowside Shipyard Plan
A pencil plan of a proposed cargo ship, from the Meadowside shipyard in Glasgow. Date unknown, but pre-1930s.
Model Yarrow Boiler
A model Yarrow boiler, as fitted to hundreds of Clydebuilt ships.
McAughtry Planimeter
A planimeter made in Glasgow by McAughtry & Son, engraved with the name of the MV British Valour, an oil tanker launched in 1927 by Lithgows in Port Glasgow. A planimeter would be used onboard a ship to calculate engine power – it can measure the area under a curved graph.