Lot 363
GERMAN TORPEDO COMPASS, CARL PLATH, HAMBURG, REPUTEDLY FROM THE WARSHIP TIRPITZ
MID-20TH CENTURY
Auction: 4 July 2018 at 11:00 BST
£1,000
Description
with brass scale marked C. PLATH/ HAMBURG/ NR. 8689 with Kriegsmarine emblem, enclosing a liquid-filled plastic dome and compass
Dimensions
30cm high
Footnote
Note: By repute this torpedo compass was salvaged from the wreck of the Bismarck-class German warship 'Tirpitz'. The ship was sunk in 1944 and remained on the seabed near the Norwegian island Håkøya until after the war. From 1948-1957 a joint German-Norwegian company completed salvage operations.