Sextant Telescope

Object/Artifact

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

Sextant Telescope

Entry/Object ID

1987.073.007

Description

-metal telescope for sextant (1987.073.001) -flares toward bottom to 30mm lens (see photo 2) -made by Heath & Co. Ltd., England in 1921 and used by Japanese Navy -donor's husband received bronze star medal in capture of ship Nagato serial # RO517155

Collection

Instruments Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Heath & Co. Ltd.

Date made

1939 - 1945

Place

City

London, England

Country

England, United Kingdom

Continent

Europe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Telescope, Sextant

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Telescope, Navigational

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Navigational Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Surveying & Navigational T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Search Terms

I.J.N.S. Nagato

Material

Metal, Glass