HOME   NEWS   SEARCH   SITEMAP   TIMELINE   IMAGES   HELP   VIDEOS   TOUR   STORE   CONTACT

After Steerage on the Lower Deck

Go up

 Go up 2 decks & overlook the quarter deck

 Go up


Le Clanché Battery
(ancestor of the modern dry cell)
The image shows a post office cell. The Victorian Navy used Ship & Boat cells.
Victorian Naval Forces - Torpedo Manual - Whitehead Torpedoes 1889

Go aft
Go aft to the ward room
Go aft

Lower Deck

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

The After Steerage was where the Firing Battery was located. The battery was intended to provide the current to detonate the torpedo (mine) that exploded prematurely on March 5 1880.

"How far was the binnacle stand from the battery? - The battery was down below in the after steerage." mouseover on main image
"And the distance from there was fourteen feet? - "Fourteen feet horizontally & six perpendicularly."

Interview with Gunner James Tubb,
28 March 1881 Torpedo Accident Report,

mouseover battery and red dot.