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Capstan on the Lower Deck

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Lower Deck

Capstan on Lower Deck Ward Room Captains Sleeping Cabin Passage 1st Lieutenant's Cabin After Steerage Paymaster's Cabin

The Ratings Messdecks also contained the steam operated capstan. mouseover on main image

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Drawing reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press Australia from "The Royal Australian Navy", David Stevens. www.oup.com.au

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