£65
A FIRST WORLD WAR BATTENBURG COURSE INDICATOR FROM SMS HINDENBURG. A base plate for a Battenburg course indicator with a 360 degree scale to the outer edge and 1 - 170 to the lower half, with a paper label 'Batenburg Course Indicator a mechanical calculator for triangulating Velocity for gunfire. Also known as a Dumerique, Salvaged from S.M.S. Hindenberg scuttled in 1919 at Scapa Flow. Raised by Cox & Danke in 1931'.
The S.M.S. Hindenburg was a Battlecruiser of the Imperial Navy, third of the Derfflinger class with eight 12" guns. Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the ship to be scuttled on the 21st June 1919.
29cm wide. *CR Surface marks and labels attached, good condition given the history of this item.
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