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2. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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   Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship [3]: 151 Helm of TS Golden Bear. A ship's wheel is composed of eight cylindrical wooden spokes (though sometimes as few as six or as many as ten or twelve depending on the wheel's size and how much force is needed to turn it.) shaped like balusters and all joined at a central wooden hub or nave (sometimes covered with a ...

3. Whipstaff - Wikipedia

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   A whipstaff is a steering device that was used on European sailing ships from the 14th to the 18th century. Its development preceded the invention of the more complex ship's wheel and followed the simple use of a tiller to control the steering of a ship underway. [1] In a typical arrangement, an iron gooseneck was fitted at the fore end of the ...

4. Breadalbane (ship) - Wikipedia

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   Below the cabinet was the wooden steering wheel. The ship was wrapped in soft, pink coral. In 1983, another four crewed- and six remotely operated vehicle dives were made, during which the ship's wheel was recovered and turned over to Parks Canada for preservation and display.

5. Steering wheel - Wikipedia

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   1913 Ford Model T Speedster with rigid steering column and four-spoke wooden steering wheel Near the start of the 18th century, many sea vessels appeared using the ship's wheel design. However, historians are unclear when that approach to steering was first used. [ 1 ]

6. File:Steering wheel ship.svg - Wikipedia

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   This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Steering_wheel_ship_1.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0, GFDL . 2010-06-14T15:58:58Z ZooFari 1154x1155 (166697 Bytes) Removed background

7. Medieval ships - Wikipedia

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   Medieval ships were the vessels used in Europe during the Middle Ages. Like ships from antiquity , they were moved by sails , oars , or a combination of the two. There was a large variety, mostly based on much older, conservative designs.