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Re: Master & Commander
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2003 Dec 6, 21:33 -0500
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2003 Dec 6, 21:33 -0500
Jan, Your last message seems to be contradictory - or I misunderstand. Did you mean "1928" and "WWI"? Also, do you know whether and how the R.N. made sure that the quality of the instruments was adequate? Did the officers have to buy through the Navy or buy a certain type, brand, model, get it certified,...? Herbert Prinz Jan Kalivoda wrote: > It is a fact, that so late as in 1928, the Royal Navy required from Navy officers that they hade bought a sextant as their personal property, otherwise they could not be assigned to a ship. Only after WW I Navy ships started becoming the sextants from Navy stores. > > Jan Kalivoda
