Wooden circular binnacle with metal casing around. Would have been mounted on the deck of the ship and would have housed the ship’s compass. This particular binnacle is from Dias (the compass from Dias is already in the museum’s collection). The binnacle was found in a box in the ‘instrument’ shop in 1975 in the area of the ‘chippy’ shop. There was an area set aside at the rear where ‘carbide’, 'carade lamps’, ‘compasses’ etc. were stored.