A rope gauge used by Keith Murray for marine surveying
Date1945-1980
Object number00045892
NameRope gauge
MediumWood, brass
DimensionsOverall: 118 x 46 x 4 mm, 52 g
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Keith Murray
DescriptionThis rope gauge used by Keith Murray, was used to measure the breaking loads of a variety of ropes including manila, tarred hemp, cable laid and galvanised hawser steel ropesHistoryKeith Murray completed his engineering apprenticeship with Morts Dock & Engineering Co shortly before the outbreak of WWII. During the war he supervised the conversion of trawlers to minesweepers and passenger ships to armed merchant cruisers.
1919-1954
1945 - 1996
1901-1904
c 1850
