Red port-hand buoy
Red port-hand buoy, with no topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.
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Can Buoys or Port-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his left-hand side when coming in from seaward.
Diorama, Buoyed Approaches to a Port
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- Science Museum, Workshops
Buoyed Approaches to a Port - diorama with models of buoys and topmarks
The models illustrate the buoyage system which was in operation around the British Isles until 1979. The Lateral System of Buoyage was based on the International Agreement for a Uniform System of Maritime Buoyage. This system was agreed upon in 1936, and was superseded in 1979.
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Red port-hand buoy with red can topmark
Red port-hand buoy with red can topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.
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Can Buoys or Port-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his left-hand side when coming in from seaward.
Red port-hand buoy with red cross topmark
Red port-hand buoy with red cross topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.
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Can Buoys or Port-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his left-hand side when coming in from seaward.
- Object Number:
- 1963-309/3
- type:
- buoy
Red and white chequered port-hand buoy with red can topmark
Red and white chequered port-hand buoy with red can topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.
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Can Buoys or Port-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his left-hand side when coming in from seaward.
Red and white chequered port-hand buoy
Red and white chequered port-hand buoy, no topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.
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Can Buoys or Port-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his left-hand side when coming in from seaward.
Red and white chequered middle-ground buoy
Red and white chequered, middle-ground spherical buoy, with a red can topmark.
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Middle-Ground buoys - indicate shallow water with a channel on either side.
Spherical buoy, with a cross topmark
Red and white striped middle-ground spherical buoy, with a cross topmark.
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Middle-Ground buoys - indicate shallow water with a channel on either side.
Spherical buoy with a ball topmark
Red and white striped middle-ground spherical buoy, with a ball topmark.
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Middle-Ground buoys - indicate shallow water with a channel on either side.
Spherical buoy with a Saint George cross topmark
Red and white striped middle-ground spherical buoy, with a Saint George cross topmark.
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Middle-Ground buoys - indicate shallow water with a channel on either side.
Isolated danger buoy - Spherical with a ball topmark
Red, black and white striped isolated danger spherical buoy, with a black ball topmark.
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Isolated danger buoy - can be passed on either side.
Middle-ground buoy with tower topmark
Red and white striped buoy, also known as a middle ground buoy, with a tower topmark.
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Mid-channel mark - indicates the centre of the fairway and can be passed on either side, but preferably to port.
Black starboard-hand buoy
Black starboard-hand buoy, no topmark. A star-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.
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Conical or starboard-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his right hand when coming in from seaward.
Black starboard-hand buoy with black triangular topmark
Black starboard-hand buoy, with a black triangular topmark. A starboard-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.
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Conical or starboard-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his right hand when coming in from seaward.
Black starboard-hand buoy with black double cone topmark
Black star-hand buoy, with a black double cone topmark. A starboard-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.
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Conical or starboard-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his right hand when coming in from seaward.
Black and white chequered starhand-board buoy
Black and white chequered star-board buoy, with no topmark. A starboard-hand buoy is also known as a conical buoy.
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Conical or starboard-hand buoys - passed by the mariner on his right hand when coming in from seaward.
Black and white striped middle-ground buoy with black double cone topmark
Black and white striped, spherical, middle-ground buoy, with a black double cone topmark.
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Middle-ground buoy - indicates shallow water with the main chanel to the left. This buoy would be found at the outer end of the middle-ground.
Black and white striped middle-ground buoy with black triangular topmark
Black and white striped, spherical, middle-ground buoy, with a black triangular topmark.
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Middle-ground buoy - indicates shallow water with the main chanel to the left. This buoy would be found at the inner end of the middle-ground.
Green port-hand wreck buoy
Green port-hand wreck buoy, with no topmark. A port-hand buoy is also known as a can buoy.
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Wreck Buoy - indicates the presence of a wreck. Models 1963-309/18 (port-hand), 1963-309/19 (either side) and 1963-309/20 (starboard-hand).
Green spherical wreck buoy
Green spherical wreck buoy, with no topmark.
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Wreck Buoy - indicates the presence of a wreck. Models 1963-309/18, 1963-309/19 and 1963-309/20, passed on port-hand, either side and starboard-hand respectively.
Green conical wreck buoy
Green conical wreck buoy, with no topmark.
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Wreck Buoy - indicates the presence of a wreck. Models 1963-309/18, 1963-309/19 and 1963-309/20, passed on port-hand, either side and starboard-hand respectively.
Landfall navigation buoy
Black and white striped landfall buoy, with a tower topmark.
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Landfall Buoy - indicates the seaward approach to an estuary or harbour.
- Object Number:
- 1963-309/21
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- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Hexagonal prism cage
Hexagonal prism cage, 1 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
Hexagonal prism cage
Hexagonal prism cage, 2 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
Black triangular cage
Black triangular cage, 1 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
Black triangular cage
Black triangular cage, 2 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
Black caged double cone
Black caged double cone, 1 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
Black caged double cone
Black caged double cone, 2 of 2. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
Red spherical cage
Red spherical cage. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
Red stand
Red stand, 1 of 3. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
- Object Number:
- 1963-309/29
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Red stand
Red stand, 2 of 3. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
- Object Number:
- 1963-309/30
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Red stand
Red stand, 3 of 3. Part of the buoyed approaches model.
- Object Number:
- 1963-309/31
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
