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English: A midshipman at the helm of a small naval vessel in the 1790s, showing the double wheel then in use on many ships (for bad-weather control by up to four men) the binnacle lower right and a log-line on a reel set in the taffrail behind, to the left of the port boat davit.
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Source https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-144833
Author Unknown - National Maritime Museum

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Midshipman at the wheel of a sailing vessel, with the caption: 'Nothing off Boy Luff'

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