On board ship what is kept in a binnacle?
Binnacle is the medical department's report of personnel at sick bay, excused from that day's duty. Before 18th century bittacle, through French "bitacle", from Latin "habitaculum", a little dwelling. Binnacle A binnacle is a waist-high case or stand on the deck of a ship, generally mounted in front of the helmsman, in which navigational instruments are placed for easy and quick reference as well as to protect the delicate instruments. Its traditional purpose was to hold the ship's magnetic compass, mounted in gimbals to keep it level while the ship pitched and rolled. A binnacle may be subdivided into sections and
City of New York (1885 ship) 1944, when she was laid up as a hulk in Quebec, a well known yachtsman Captain Louis Kenedy (1910–1991), bought her, converting her into a three-masted schooner. This was his fifth schooner. During refitting, Kenedy discovered that the ship's wheel, binnacle, and bell were the originals from the "Samson". At some point, these were removed and replaced: when selling the ship, Kenedy retained these original items. They would eventually be auctioned off along with a ceremonial bell-pull that had been used to ring President Franklin D. Roosevelt on board at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Although Kenedy had come from