FIVE-SHILLING WATCH
AN EXCELLENT CHRONOMETER LONDON, January 23. On his return to London Lieutenant Bene Corbett told of the part played by a five-shilling match in a.successful 10,000 miles voyage in a thirty-seven-ton mission yacht, the John Antle, from London last July to Vancouver, with a crew of seven. “ She was not fitted with a chronometer,” he said, “ so I bought a watch' for os, wrapped it in tlie lining of a hat. and placed it where it would receive the least jolting. “ When we reached the Atlantic our wireless broke down, and we had no means of checking the time. We had about 2,400 miles of open sea ahead. If that watch had gone wrong it would have meant miles from our desired position. Nevertheless, assuming the watch was correct, I reckoned we would see Trinidad at 4 in the afternoon, as we had only three quarts of oil left.”
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Evening Star, Issue 21639, 7 February 1934, Page 5
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